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1. Re: Umasutam -- clarification (Hera Moon)
2. Re: sanskrit Digest, Vol 53, Issue 15 Tryarthi-kavya (Toke)
reg - (Vimala Sarma)
3. Re: sanskrit Digest, Vol 54, Issue 1 (Balaji)
4. Shataartha-kaavya of Somaprabha (Anand)
5. Advantages of learning Sanskrit (Anand)
6. Re: Advantages of learning Sanskrit (Shobha Saraiya)
7. Re: Advantages of learning Sanskrit (prasanna)
8. Re: Advantages of learning Sanskrit (Vimala Sarma)
9. Re: Raghava Yadaveeyam (Ambujam Raman)
10. Re: Advantages of learning Sanskrit (Su S.)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:14:09 +0200
From: "Hera Moon" <heram...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Umasutam -- clarification
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Dear Sanskrit-loving global family,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymF9myktxXo
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymF9myktxXo&hl=de> &hl=de
In this cheerful rendering, we hear chAru-bhakShaNam instead of sAra-BhakShitam.
With this shift from eaten to eating (sAra may remain from a grammatical point
of view, I think), I personally see no grammatical incoherence.
The syntactical structure seems to be a simple (S)-V-O structure (namAmi + 6
direct objects describing Lord Ganesha). Please correct me if I am wrong.
By the way, its metre is vamshasthavilam, a 12-syllabled jagati with
ja-ta-ja-ra pattern.
Thank you for this sweet stuti. I have joyfully added it to my repertoire.
Hera
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Von: sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu [mailto:sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu] Im
Auftrag von hn bhat
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 1. Oktober 2009 13:47
An: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
Betreff: [Sanskrit] Umasutam -- clarification
This is my first submission to the Sanskrit Digest. The question had been
haunting me for a long time. I thought it better I can bounce it here to the
digest so there may be a chance of getting a satisfactory solution. It is a
simple shloka all of us are familiar and acquainted with: a prayer to Lord
Ganesha.
?????? ????????-?????? ??????-?????-??-????????????
??????? ????????????? ????? ??????????-???????????
It is too simple to need any annotations to the compound words. The
elephant-faced one, attended by the bhuuta-gana-s, having the food extract from
the fruits of kapittha
jamb? , the son of Um?, and the cause of destruction of worries -- I salute
the lotus (like) feet of Lord Vighnehsvara.
The translation also looks fine at first sight.
But strictly following the syntactic relation and order of the predication,
there seems to be something incompatible. All the adjectives in the karma
vibhakti, are applicable to Vighnesvara, who is the owner of the lotus-like
feet. But the main predication ????? requires by proximity
??????????-??????????| But most of the adjectives like ?????? etc. cannot be
related with this object in the karma as they applicble to ?????????? only,
which is obviously not the karma for the predication. Then how to relate these
adjectives?
If we relate them with ?????? and make the word as the karma for the
predication ?????, the sentence is complete after the predication, without
requiring anything as the object. Now, the second part ??????????-???????????
will be left without any relation with the first part. If we take the same verb
again, to relate to this second karma, isn't it a case for "?????????????????"
???? Is there any other way of interpretation or a feasible relation
established to yield a compatible meaning?
Looking forward a satisfactory solution,
With regards
--
Hari Narayana Bhat B.R.
EFEO,
PONDICHERRY
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:20:35 +1000
From: "Vimala Sarma" <vsa...@bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] sanskrit Digest, Vol 53, Issue 15
Tryarthi-kavya (Toke) reg -
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If there are hundred meanings, may I suggest the work becomes meaningless!
Although the phonology and grammar of Sanskrit is precise, the etymology
(meaning) is not, and this is a problem in translations. The same word may
have many different meanings some opposite ideas to each other, and, by the
same token, the poet has a large choice of words to use with different syllable
lengths to convey a meaning while still retaining the meter.
Vimala
From: sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu [mailto:sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu] On
Behalf Of hn bhat
Sent: Friday, 2 October 2009 4:04 AM
To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] sanskrit Digest, Vol 53, Issue 15 Tryarthi-kavya (Toke)
reg -
Member Toke asked for the information about tryarthi-kaavya, on knowing
dvyarthi-kaavya. I have heard of the names popular as dvisandhaana-kaavya, and
tri-sandhaana-kaavya or dvyashraya-kaavya/tryaashraya kaavya also.
Dvisandhaana-kaavya of Dhananjaya is also popularly known. Mention of a
Dvisandhaana-kaavya ascrinbed to Dandin is also available in Bhojaprabhanda
which is considered as the earliest of its species. Many more emerged in this
type.
A work Raghava-Yadava-Pandaviiyam authored by poet Chidambara (1600 ad) in is
available which describes the story of Ramayana, Bhagavata and Mahabharata in a
stretch.A commentary on this was written by his father Anantanarayana,
commenting three times each verse to bring out the triple meaning.
Two more with the same title and theme, is also available authored by
Rajacudamani dikshita and Anantacharya separately.
Another feat by the same poet Cidambara is Pancha-kalyana-champuu which
describes the story of five marriages of Rama, Krishna, Vishnu, Shiva and
Subrhmanya in a breath. Thus we have panca-sandhaana-kaaya giving Five layers
of meaning. A Sapta-sandhaan-kaavya by Meghavijayagani describes the story of
the Five tiirthankara-s plus Krishna and Baladeva (Ramacandra he calls).
Seven stries interwoven in each verse. Another fore-runner of this, is said to
be composed by Hemacandra, the versatile genius of Jaina writers, which is lost
today.
The highest degree of variable interpretations reached is the Shataartha-kaavya
of Somaprabha (1177 AD) in which he has interepreted himself in hundred ways on
account of which he is conferred the title "Shataarthika".
I hope this is the maximum limit available of interpretations to be thrust into
a poem. In betweendvisandhaana.and shataarthi many might have existed and only
few have come down to us.
With regards
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:05:18 +0100
From: "Balaji" <bal...@balaji27.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] sanskrit Digest, Vol 54, Issue 1
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I think the best explanation for paada-pa^nkajaM is that it is one of the 6
independent objects for the predicate 'Namami' as suggested by one of the
correspondents.
Regarding 'Bhakshitam' there is no need to look beyond the obvious meaning of
'being eaten' for the word. It only means that he is consumed ("Bhakshita") by
the desire for the fruits being alluded to.
I invite your comments on this.
Regards
Balaji
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From: hn bhat
To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] sanskrit Digest, Vol 54, Issue 1
Well. My Good Old young friend Aryurveda Narayanan has presented me two great
delightful things by his reply. A long desired contact with him a Good old
friend and an attempt to supplement my questions in a satisfactory way. Thanks
to this forum for providing me this opportunity
Regarding his suggestion, I also had the idea. He vighneshvara, [te]
paada-pa~NkajaM namaami. Will be sequence (anvaya). We will have to supply "te"
as "adhyaahaara" which in itself again attract a poetical blemish as such. Of
course, we can ignore such minor ones. But without supplementing, lotus feet
will stand alone without Vighneshvara as its body carried which looks absurd.
It does not change the status of the question. But some sophistication has
crept into it. First Gajaananam can be taken related with the verb and again,
paada-pa^nkajaM is detatched from Vighneshvara. on the dissection table our
doctor.
Dr. Ayurveda Narayanan is absolutely right in giving bhakshitam as
bhakshanam. I could not understand well the question of Dr. Naresh. But in both
explanation, bhakShitah kapittha-jambuu-phala-saaro yena saH would normally
yield compound in the same order:
bhakShita-kapittha-jambuu-phala-saaraH unless there is any specific rule for
changing the order. The similar compound is uuDharathaH. The rule 2.2.26
governs the placement of bhakShita to the first place as it is ending with
suffix [k]ta. I am afraid his explanation for the bahuvriihi may not be
acceptable in this case unless there is any special overriding the above
government (2.2.26).But I am not sure of the formation given by Narayanan,
whether it comes under the purview of this government or not. Presumably it
also should come. If this compound can be conveniently included in the next
rule 2.2.27 which excepts in the case of certain compounds belonging to
aahitaagni class. It is not possible if it is fixed to the number of compounds
listed thereunder. If it can be aakriti-gaNa, which needs similar
characteristics. The other suitable explanation would be as an aberration of
the rule, which is anticipated by Narayanan. There is no direct relation
between the past partici
ple and the agent as in the other explanation, a fact to be considered. Much
unconventional explanation would be kapittha-jambu-phala-saareNa bhakShitaH,
like dhaanyena dhanavaaan, but again the question of compound formation. Any
suitable solution is solicited.
Ayurveda Narayanan is also the proper person to pass a judgement on the so
called Ayurvedic interpretation of the verse as he himself is authority in
Ayurveda and well founded in Sanskrit Grammar as well. I also had the same
opinion on reading the interpretation.
Hope any more satisfactory explanation will emerge from this forum.
--
Hari Narayana Bhat B.R.
EFEO,
PONDICHERRY
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:03:08 +0530
From: Anand <synet...@mtnl.net.in>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Shataartha-kaavya of Somaprabha
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Dear Friends ,
Do you have a link to the above poem ? Please let me know . Thanks in
advance.
Regards ,
Anand
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:09:51 +0530
From: Anand <synet...@mtnl.net.in>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
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Dear Friends ,
I am putting together a little presentation on the advantages of learning
Sanskrit in day to day life . Can you please help me by adding to the
advantages and sharing examples . I am giving some application / advantages
below .
Memory improvement - remembering large numbers through katyapayadi
Improvement in pronunciation
Improvement in mathematical skills
Improvement in logical reasoning
Understanding the hidden meanings of day to day words and thus learning our
mother tongue better
Understanding the beauty underlying the religious poems and their
coorelation to learning e. g. Ramo Rajamani sada vijayate ..........
connected to Vibhaktis
Raising the just pride in our heritage
Ease of realising philological and philosophical thoughts
Quality of Conciseness
Thanks in advance.
Regards ,
Anand
A. K. Ghurye
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:53:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Shobha Saraiya <shobhy...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
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Ananaji,
?
I tell my students the following why they should learn samskritam.
?
1] All the Languages have come from Samskritam.
2] All our scriptures(i.e slokas,geetam, kritis..etc)?are written in
Samskritam, so it is important to know the meaning when one is ?reciting or
chanting them.
?
3] When we listen the commentry translated from Samskritam to English or any
other langauge?the bhava or the original meaning gets lost.
?
4] Samskritam is the language of Gods and originated in India.
?
5] It is a very sweet and humble loving language.
?
7] The Grammer is so perfect...I am only a novice at learning Sanskrit and
everyday
??? I get amazed how perfect? it is mathematically. No wonder it is close to
computers.
?
6] And all the excellent reasonings ?below.?
?
_Shobha_.
--- On Fri, 10/2/09, Anand <synet...@mtnl.net.in> wrote:
From: Anand <synet...@mtnl.net.in>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 2:39 PM
Dear Friends ,
I am putting together a little presentation on the advantages of learning
Sanskrit in day to day life . Can you please help me by adding to the
advantages and sharing examples . I am giving some application / advantages
below .
Memory improvement - remembering large numbers through katyapayadi
Improvement in pronunciation
Improvement in mathematical skills
Improvement in logical reasoning
Understanding the hidden meanings of day to day words and thus learning our
mother tongue better
Understanding the beauty underlying the religious poems and their
coorelation to learning e. g. Ramo Rajamani sada vijayate ..........
connected to Vibhaktis
Raising the just pride in our heritage
Ease of realising philological and philosophical thoughts
Quality of Conciseness
Thanks in advance.
Regards ,
Anand
A. K. Ghurye
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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 22:10:50 +0530
From: prasanna <prasanna....@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
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Dear Anandji,
A true novice question - What does _katyapadi_ mean and how does it help
in remembering large numbers? Are you talking about Samskritam helping out
in developing large numbers' based skills here?
One more reason for learning the language: simply marvelling at the thoughts
which might have gone through Shri Panini's mind when he sat down to frame
the rules. A slightly philosophical way of putting in the same - marvelling
at the possible reach of the human intellect/ mind
Is there any authoritarian biography of Shri Panini's available (other than
the ones on the net)?
Thanks and Regards
Prasanna
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Anand <synet...@mtnl.net.in> wrote:
> Dear Friends ,
>
> I am putting together a little presentation on the advantages of learning
> Sanskrit in day to day life . Can you please help me by adding to the
> advantages and sharing examples . I am giving some application / advantages
> below .
>
>
> Memory improvement - remembering large numbers through katyapayadi
>
> Improvement in pronunciation
>
> Improvement in mathematical skills
>
> Improvement in logical reasoning
>
> Understanding the hidden meanings of day to day words and thus learning our
> mother tongue better
>
> Understanding the beauty underlying the religious poems and their
> coorelation to learning e. g. Ramo Rajamani sada vijayate ..........
> connected to Vibhaktis
>
> Raising the just pride in our heritage
>
> Ease of realising philological and philosophical thoughts
>
> Quality of Conciseness
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards ,
>
> Anand
>
> A. K. Ghurye
> _______________________________________________
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Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 14:30:57 +1000
From: "Vimala Sarma" <vsa...@bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
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Shobha- Ji
All that is necessary is to say that Sa?skrit is the source of all
Indo-European roots and has a rich culture and long history, great literature,
and can be traced back to the vedic tradition. It is not necessary to
over-embellish.
Its grammar has some irregularities, it is not the source of all languages in
the world and it is moot point on whether it originated in India or in a region
in north west which subsequently spread to Iran and India. Even though it is
concise, the religious literature can be repetitious and sometimes prone to
over-exaggeration. We Indians like to think about the language as part of the
religion, but this aspect may not be of interest to others. I am not sure
about improvement in mathematical skills, logic, etc but I am willing to be
persuaded. Any kind of memorization helps keep the mind in good order.
Vimala
From: sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu [mailto:sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu] On
Behalf Of Shobha Saraiya
Sent: Saturday, 3 October 2009 1:53 AM
To: Sanskrit Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
Ananaji,
I tell my students the following why they should learn samskritam.
1] All the Languages have come from Samskritam.
2] All our scriptures(i.e slokas,geetam, kritis..etc) are written in
Samskritam, so it is important to know the meaning when one is reciting or
chanting them.
3] When we listen the commentry translated from Samskritam to English or any
other langauge the bhava or the original meaning gets lost.
4] Samskritam is the language of Gods and originated in India.
5] It is a very sweet and humble loving language.
7] The Grammer is so perfect...I am only a novice at learning Sanskrit and
everyday
I get amazed how perfect it is mathematically. No wonder it is close to
computers.
6] And all the excellent reasonings below.
_Shobha_.
--- On Fri, 10/2/09, Anand <synet...@mtnl.net.in> wrote:
From: Anand <synet...@mtnl.net.in>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 2:39 PM
Dear Friends ,
I am putting together a little presentation on the advantages of learning
Sanskrit in day to day life . Can you please help me by adding to the
advantages and sharing examples . I am giving some application / advantages
below .
Memory improvement - remembering large numbers through katyapayadi
Improvement in pronunciation
Improvement in mathematical skills
Improvement in logical reasoning
Understanding the hidden meanings of day to day words and thus learning our
mother tongue better
Understanding the beauty underlying the religious poems and their
coorelation to learning e. g. Ramo Rajamani sada vijayate ..........
connected to Vibhaktis
Raising the just pride in our heritage
Ease of realising philological and philosophical thoughts
Quality of Conciseness
Thanks in advance.
Regards ,
Anand
A. K. Ghurye
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 11:27:09 -0400
From: "Ambujam Raman" <ambujamra...@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Raghava Yadaveeyam
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Regarding dvi artha kavya I wonder whether anyone has mentioned:
GandharvarAjapuShpadantAcArya k^rita mahimnastOtram which is published by
Chowkamba Sanskrit Series (Document 68). It has been elaborately commented
by MadhusUdana saraswati..
Dr. S. Raman
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From: "Toke Lindegaard Knudsen" <toke_knud...@mac.com>
To: "Sanskrit Mailing List" <sanskrit@cs.utah.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Raghava Yadaveeyam
> On Sep 29, 2009, at 11:50 PM, Sarma G.A.S. wrote:
>
>> These are also called dwyarthi kavyas. There are also some tryarthi
>> kavyas - 3 different sets of stories embedded in one kavya.
>
> Do you have an example of a tryarthi-kavya?
>
> Many thanks,
> Toke
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 19:32:39 +0000
From: Su S. <subrahman...@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
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just my 2 naya-paise...as to why Samskritam is important.
Samskrtam is the oldest/longest-continuing tradition. If India can call itself
a civliization, its only because of Samskritam.
Samskritam literature is what makes India a civilization. Without the Samskrit
tradition,
India just becomes yet another country - no different from Argentina, England,
Germany, Korea or Zimbabwe.
Samskritam is needed to understand 'Dharma' and the 'Dharmic tradition'.
Samskritam literature provides an alternative to eurocentric models to living.
Samskritam provides a model of understanding of psychology and human action
which is not found anywhere else.
Samskritam in short - provides a 'Indic/Dharmic' superior/alternative
worldview
to a world currently dominated by european perspectives.
These in my view are definitely not over-embellishments :)
Regards,
Subramanya
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To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 14:30:57 +1000
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
Shobha- Ji
All that is necessary is to say that Sa?skrit is the source of all
Indo-European roots and has a rich culture and long history, great literature,
and can be traced back to the vedic tradition. It is not necessary to
over-embellish.
Its grammar has some irregularities, it is not the source of all languages in
the world and it is moot point on whether it originated in India or in a region
in north west which subsequently spread to Iran and India. Even though it is
concise, the religious literature can be repetitious and sometimes prone to
over-exaggeration. We Indians like to think about the language as part of the
religion, but this aspect may not be of interest to others. I am not sure
about improvement in mathematical skills, logic, etc but I am willing to be
persuaded. Any kind of memorization helps keep the mind in good order.
Vimala
From: sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu [mailto:sanskrit-boun...@cs.utah.edu] On
Behalf Of Shobha Saraiya
Sent: Saturday, 3 October 2009 1:53 AM
To: Sanskrit Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
Ananaji,
I tell my students the following why they should learn samskritam.
1] All the Languages have come from Samskritam.
2] All our scriptures(i.e slokas,geetam, kritis..etc) are written in
Samskritam, so it is important to know the meaning when one is reciting or
chanting them.
3] When we listen the commentry translated from Samskritam to English or any
other langauge the bhava or the original meaning gets lost.
4] Samskritam is the language of Gods and originated in India.
5] It is a very sweet and humble loving language.
7] The Grammer is so perfect...I am only a novice at learning Sanskrit and
everyday
I get amazed how perfect it is mathematically. No wonder it is close to
computers.
6] And all the excellent reasonings below.
_Shobha_.
--- On Fri, 10/2/09, Anand <synet...@mtnl.net.in> wrote:
From: Anand <synet...@mtnl.net.in>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Advantages of learning Sanskrit
To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 2:39 PM
Dear Friends ,
I am putting together a little presentation on the advantages of learning
Sanskrit in day to day life . Can you please help me by adding to the
advantages and sharing examples . I am giving some application / advantages
below .
Memory improvement - remembering large numbers through katyapayadi
Improvement in pronunciation
Improvement in mathematical skills
Improvement in logical reasoning
Understanding the hidden meanings of day to day words and thus learning our
mother tongue better
Understanding the beauty underlying the religious poems and their
coorelation to learning e. g. Ramo Rajamani sada vijayate ..........
connected to Vibhaktis
Raising the just pride in our heritage
Ease of realising philological and philosophical thoughts
Quality of Conciseness
Thanks in advance.
Regards ,
Anand
A. K. Ghurye
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