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1. Re: sanskrit Digest, Vol 42, Issue 1 (Krishnarao Lanka)
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3. Re: Sanskrit Digest, Vol 42, Issue 1 (Lakshmi Gopal)
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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:57:25 +0530
From: "Krishnarao Lanka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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krishnarao Lanka
Priya bandhu,
I have no idea about the book you are enquiring, but there is a
book "tantraBhidhAnam"
having many EkakShara nigantus, worth possesing. You may write to the
chowKhamba Sanskrit
series office, k37/99, gopal mandir lane, Po.Box No. 1008, VaranAsi (U.P),
India.
This was not written by Panini. But I hope it will serve your purpose
.
krishnarao
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> > Sir,
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> > I am looking for a particular book of Panini in which
> > he has given meaning of each Devnagri alphabets. If
> > this kind of title is available with you kinldy let me
> > know the hyperlink of the same or let me know the
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Hello There,
There is no book as such.
The Sanskrit alphabets are derived from "Maaheswara Sutras" .
The legend behind is that, Panini was a sage meditating on Lord Siva, and when
the Lord appeared before the sage, the lord made sound with his "Dhamruk". Thus
comes the name "Maaheswara Sutra", meaning, "given by the Maheswara". These
sounds are 14 in total... I don't know remember all of them....but the first
few are ..."a-yi-un", "r-lu-k", "ye-ong", "ai-ouch", "ha-ya-va-ra-t",
"ja-ba-ga-da-das", "kha-pha-cha-ta-tha-cha-ta-v"...etc....(forgive me for not
remembering the order and total of these sutras)
Using these, Panini created a "rule-book" alias "grammer" of what were to
become Sanskrit, as lengthy as 2000 rules...approx.
I hope my little knowledge was of some usefulness to you.
regards
Murali Krishna Vemuri
Suwon - South Korea.
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> > Sir,
> >
> > I am looking for a particular book of Panini in which
> > he has given meaning of each Devnagri alphabets. If
> > this kind of title is available with you kinldy let me
> > know the hyperlink of the same or let me know the
> > exact name of that particular book.
> >
> > Thanking you.
> >
> > Nitin Dhanta
> > Shimla (HP)
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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 08:43:59 +0100
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I found this (below) while I was searching on line. I do believe there is
such a work, if not many. I myself am very interested in studying the
individual meaning of each akshara. We here so much about how each letter in
Sanskrit has a particular meaning. Shyam Ghosh has written a book about the
Rig Veda. His introduction is really fantastic because he points out the
many ways in which Sanskrit and the vedas especially can be misinterpreted.
Along with this he provides a brief explanation, in english, of the meaning
of each akshara. I would think, but I;m not sure, that something like this
would have or does exist in one of the six Vedangas. I don't know if this is
at all helpful ... But if you come across some actual concrete - please let
me know!
Thanks
Root Meaning of the Sanskrit Alphabet
This compilation was made by my brother-monk Swami Prajn?anananda Giri, and
appears in his book
?Akshara Tattwa.?
Vowels
a The first sound, Vishnu, Krishna, Shiva, Brahma, Indra, Soma, Vayu, Agni,
Sun, Yama, the life-
breath, the formless God, absolute existence, beginningless, a symbol of
knowledge and energy, Kala,
Vasanta, Pranava, a happy man, a tortoise, a battle, the female quarters in
a palace, Uma, sacrifice,
negation.
a? Used for comparison, recollection, root word for maya; it removes
depression, brings hope,
fulfillment of materialistic desires, names and fames, sharpens the
intellect and talent.
i Relative existence, one hundred, a symbol of movement, the seed-syllable
(bija) for Agni.
i? Kamadeva, Lakshmi, to go, to pervade, to wish, to eat, to beg, gives
success in life, the seed-
syllable (bija) for the nectar of immortality (amrita), giver of energy
(shakti-dayaka).
u Pervasive, contained or progressive existence, to sound, to make noise, to
roar, Shiva, Brahma, the
seed-syllable (bija) for marana-uchhatana (a tantric spell), gives strength.
u? Shiva, Moon, Protector, has hypnotic power.
^ Calling, ridicule, to give, to move, to go, to rise, to gain, to display,
to attack, a symbol of
prosperity, the seed-syllable (bija) for riddhi (material achievement), it
gives quick evolution and
prosperity.
y? Terror, reproach, censorship, compassion, protection, pride, the
seed-syllable (bija) of Bhairava
(another name for Lord Shiva).
? Earth, mountain, mother of gods, helpful for self-knowledge, makes
introvert, gives experience of
Truth.
?? A mother, a divine woman.
e To come, to approach, to submit, Vishnu; a symbol of stillness, or can
also indicate movement (in
other contexts); the seed-syllable (bija) that gives strength, health, and
removes obstacles.
ai Shiva, the seed-syllable (bija) for Saraswati (goddess of knowledge),
gives success.
o Brahma, a sacred syllable, gives fulfillment to desires, prosperity,
beauty and youthfulness.
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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:56:44 -0700 (PDT)
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I've seen Indo Times Roman commonly used for publications. We're also using the
same font for digitizing publications containing diacritical text.
If you want text to appear in Devnagri itself, then you could opt for standard
unicode fonts, like Arial Unicode MS (that gets packaged with MS Office 2003
and later) (These should be a part of almost all publishing systems)
You could also google for Unicode fonts.
Jayesh
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The major works of pANini are:
ashhTaadhyaayii
dhAtupaaTha
gaNapaaTha
pANini also either wrote or modified the shivasuutras,
or he may have adopted them without editing.
The pANiniiya shikshaa is either written by pAnini or
his early disciples.
The phiT-suutra and li.ngaanushaasana are also useful
appendices while reading the pANini texts
Of these the shivasuutra and paaNiniiya shikshaa deal
with the classification of letters.
Regarding devanaagarii script: As far as I know
writing is not mentioned, and script is not a part of
paaNini's grammar. The devanaagarii script is nearly,
but not completely, adequate to reproduce all the
sounds produced by pANini's study of phonetics. Oral
tradition is adequate to maintain the grammar's
structure and teaching. (Though writing makes it
convenient to store the texts in the library.)
In the pANini grammar tradition, individual letters
have no meaning, and their inclusion or exclusion is
based on pragmatic (or "scientific") criteria. These
are open for scientific debate. However, extremely
convincing arguments have already been presented - so
no one these days has much to debate regarding
inclusion or exclusion of letters in sa.nskita.
Certainly, there are many amusing mythical stories
about the sa.nskR^ita alphabet (but not its "meaning")
For example, I think the poet nandikeshvara wrote the
following verse (in 11-12 centry AD: consider that
paaNini lived at least around 500 BC or much more
ancient times):
nR^itt-aavasaane naTaraaja-raajo
nanaada Dhakkaa.m navapa.ncha-vaaram |
uddhartu-kaamaH sanak-aadi-siddhaan
etad vimarshe shivasuutrajaalam ||
"I think: to bless sanaka and other seers, the
dancer-king-god shiva played this shiva-suutra-set by
sounding the drumlet 14 times."
Clearly, the poet says that this is a literary image.
haradatta mishra of the 10th century AD, also mentions
the story that pANini learned the alphabet from the
god mahesvara. None of these writers say that there is
any meaning to the letters. Of course not - that is
contrary to the teachings of pANini's grammar.
Another funny story VAGUELY regarding the meaning of
letters is regarding the letter "u". In the
ashhTaadhyaayii, pANini uses the letter "u" to
demonstrate the three different lengths of vowels:
short, long, very long. Why "u"? Why not "i", or "a"?
Grammarians explain that pANini wished to remind his
students of the sound of the rooster.
The English sound-word "cocka-doodle-doo" for the
rooster is not so in sa.nskR^ita, but it is
"ku-kuu-kuuu" - illustrating the short, long and very
long vowel sounds. But again, this clever teaching
device has nothing to do with the "meaning" of
letters.
If there is a book that tells amusing myths about the
"meaning" of letters, I hope you find it and share the
myths with us.
Regards,
Dhananjay
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> > he has given meaning of each Devnagri alphabets.
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> > this kind of title is available with you kinldy
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> > know the hyperlink of the same or let me know the
> > exact name of that particular book.
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I am using some Sanskrit words in my dissertation in psychology. I wanted
to use transliteration symbols, but the dissertation publisher accepts
limited fonts, and none of the symbols for Sanskrit are among the ones they
support. There seem to be several systems of transliteration -- does anyone
has a
sense of the most commonly used academically? Any advice?
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