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2. Re: Sanskrit program (Anand Buddhdev)
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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 03:19:37 +0100
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:02:08 +0530 sudhir kaicker wrote:
> I am writing to draw your attention to a website,
> http://www.sanskrit-lamp.org, from where our Sanskrit language
Hi Sudhir,
I downloaded this program today, and tried it out. I must say that I am
very impressed. It is a complete interactive book, and gives a very
clear and quick understanding of Sanskrit. It is very good for
beginners. I am particularly impressed by the detail and the way the
difference between vowels, consonants and syllables is explained; it is
likely that a lot of people who try to learn Sanskrit know another
Indian language, but they simply do not know the intricacies of the
Virama and how it works in Sanskrit, and why it is so important. You
have indeed undertaken a great task, and I wish you and your team a lot
of success in completing this very useful work, which I am sure a lot of
people will benefit from.
I would certainly like to see it completed, so that I can read the
chapters on verbs and nouns and more grammar.
Now, there are some bugs I would like to report.
1. I cannot hear any sound. I don't know if it's my computer, or there
is a fault. However, all other sound on my system works, so I am
assuming at this stage that there's a fault in the software.
2. In the page showing the vowels and consonants, the "am" and "ah", ie.
anusvara and visarga are shown as vowels, when in fact, they are not.
Here you have made the classic error that publishers of other Indian
languages make. When I learnt Gujarati, I was for a long time confused
about why the anusvara and visarga were shown as vowels. Similarly, you
have shown ksha and jnya as consonants. They are of course consonants,
and have special forms, but I would say that they do not belong in the
base consonants of the language. Putting them there confuses the
learner, and gives the learner the wrong impression of the actual total
number of vowels and consonants in the Sanskrit sound system.
3. Finally, when talking about the word "shanta", you have consistently
shown the word as "shanta" in Devanagari, but shown its pronunciation as
"shantah" with a visarga. Either add the visarga to the word, or remove
the visarga from the pronunciation. Otherwise, you will again confuse
the learner.
I am sorry to sound so pedantic, but these minute things are very
important when it comes to Sanskrit.
Hoping to hear your responses, and looking forward to the completed
book.
--
Anand Buddhdev
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