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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:42:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: "J. K. Mohana Rao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Re: sanskrit Digest, Vol 30, Issue 6
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--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 1. knotty shlokas (P.K.Ramakrishnan)
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> Vyasa invoked Ganapati to take down his dictation of Mahabharata which is the
> largest single composition containing about one lakh shlokas. Ganapati put a
> condition that he would keep on writing and if he has to stop for some time
> waiting for a shloka to be dictated, he would quit. Vyasa put a counter
> condition that Ganapati should write only after understanding the meaning of
> every shloka.
>
> Whenever Ganapati's speed of writing overtook Vyasa's speed of dictation,
> Vyasa would dictate a knotty shloka (called granthi). Ganapati would take
> some time to understand its meaning. By then Vyasa would have
> uttered many more shlokas. Again when Ganapati catches up with Vyasa, Vyasa
> would again dictate a knotty shloka. Like this, there are 8800 such shlokas.
>
The word kUTa meaning poetic tricks is used for such poetry.
This is the basis for chitra paddhati. One type of this
paddhati is prahElika. I am giving a prahElika below:
aMbalidvEshiNaM vaMdE
ciMtakAyaSubhapradam |
kUragAyakRtatrAsaM
pAlanEtigavAMpriyam ||
In this there are words that look like Telugu words:
aMbali (gruel), ciMtakAya (tamarind),
kUragAya (vegetable), pAlanEti (milk and ghee)!
But this is a pure Sanskrit poem in praise of Vishnu>
May be readers will try to untangle the "knot".
I'll give the complete explanation in a day or two.
Regards! - J K Mohana Rao
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:52:45 EDT
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Subject: [Sanskrit] sanskrit teachers
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I am looking for a sanskrit teacher in New York City. I have been using the
textbook "samskritam baladarsa" If you know of anyone teaching sankrit in new
york please let me know.
Thank you for your help.
Steve
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Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:57:33 -0400
From: Zachary Studt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Learning Sanskrit
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Hello all,
I'm an American with no background in Hindi or any other Indian
language, currently trying to learn the Sanskrit language at a very
basic level. I've just finished memorizing the Devanagari alphabet
using Nicolai Bachman's flashcards. Basically my goal is to be able to
read the literature of Vedanta such as the Upanishads and Brahma
sutras, as well as some Vedic literature. I'd at least like to be able
to hear a Sanskrit quote or name and know the gist of its meaning. Can
anybody recommend a book or set of books that would be good for a
beginner like me? Also I'd like to mention that I'm on a budget in
case there are less expensive books that are still good for learning.
Thanks,
Zach
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