Hi Gaurav, The term "Sanskrit" is one that was started by the Westerners who found it difficult to pronounce "Samskritam/Samskrit". You too could try pronouncing the word Samskritam in English accent which will lead you to Sanskrit. Its better we stick to our basics and call it Samskritam.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Gaurav Pruthi <gaurav.pruth...@gmail.com>wrote: > Regarding preceding mail chain, It should be 'Sanskrit' rather than > 'Samskrit' .Please correct me if I am wrong. > Congrats to all who helped Sanskrit board the wiki. > > On 2/10/13, Vishnu t <visdav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Dr. Sumana, Shiju and all others behind Wiki-Sukthi ( > *विकिसूक्तिः*), > > > > Wonderful achievement! We should celebrate this!! Many congratulations > and > > keep it going. > > > > Best, > > Vishnu > > > > > > On 10 February 2013 11:55, Karthik Nadar <karthik...@wikimedia.in> > wrote: > > > >> This is an awesome news. > >> > >> Congratulations to all behind this one, and wish you all a great > success. > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Abhiram C > >> <abhivasish...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >>> Hello Wikipedians, > >>> > >>> A new way to contribute to Samskrit is here!!!! The Samskrit Wikiquote > >>> is > >>> officially open for contributions. Thanks to all the people who have > >>> striven hard to make it count. > >>> > >>> The webpage can be found at *sa.wikiquote.org* < > http://sa.wikiquote.org> > >>> > >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >>> From: Sumana <sumana.koundi...@gmail.com> > >>> > >>> Namaste, > >>> > >>> It is with immense pleasure, I wish to announce that Samskrit Wikiquote > >>> project ( *विकिसूक्तिः*) is out of Incubator and is available as an > >>> open source project like Wikipedia now. It was in a dormant stage with > >>> very > >>> limited editing options and visibility since its inception. > >>> > >>> We had started our efforts towards this in August 2012, persuading > >>> Wikipedia Language Committee. Over 7000 system messages were translated > >>> to > >>> samskrit, some 800 articles of useful content related to this project > >>> were > >>> created and uploaded, which were some of the requirements to approve > new > >>> projects.Thanks to dedicated Wikipedians like Shiju Alex, that today we > >>> have the project out of incubator, which means, this project would be > >>> readily available for everyone to edit and use now on. > >>> > >>> The project is a store house of Subhashitas extracted from different > >>> scriptures like Veda, Upanishat Puraana, RamayaNa, Mahabharatam etc, > >>> categorised based on the topics with explanations. Also, it contains > the > >>> idioms and phrases, witty puzzles, sayings of great people, > >>> Chitrakaavyam > >>> etc, everything in Samskrit. It is to be noted that all these, in a > >>> single > >>> webpage is not available anywhere else in such an easily available > form. > >>> We > >>> have about 1260 pages under various categories, for a ready review at > >>> *sa. > >>> wikiquote.org* > >>> > >>> I request everyone to visit once for guidance, comments or > >>> contributions... > >>> > >>> Once again, Congratulations to one and all who have been instrumental > in > >>> crossing this milestone... > >>> > >>> Thanks and Warm Regards, > >>> > >>> Dr Sumana > >>> Wikipedia Wing, Samskrita Bharati > >>> 98807 93423 > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Thanks & Regards, > >>> Abhiram C, > >>> Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org> Editor, > >>> User: sbblr0803 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sbblr0803> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wikisa-l mailing list > >>> wikis...@lists.wikimedia.org > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisa-l > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks and regards, > >> Karthik Nadar, > >> Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >> > >> > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > Gaurav Pruthi > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Thanks & Regards, Abhiram C, Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org> Editor, User: sbblr0803 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sbblr0803>
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