As everyone knows, the Brahmi script was used across India ~2000 years ago to write the Indic languages.

With respect to Sanskrit, as of now, we use the Devanagari script in official usage [teaching or writing the vedas, puranas, etc] as default.

The issue with this is, Sanskrit is a script-less langauge i.e. There is no dedicated script to write it. Different scripts were used across the eras and across the lands

[Japan still uses the Siddham script to write Skt Buddhist mantras] [Grantha was used in the Tamil/Malayalam speaking regions] [Telugu and Kannada scripts are used respectively in their areas] {Skt is written like this even today albeit unofficially}

Devanagari was born and is used mostly in the North. So, this makes using Devanagari as the default, highly regionally biased. It also means that Hindi & Marathi speakers can use their native script while the others have to learn a new script.

Hence, I feel that using Brahmi script is the best alternative since it was at one point used across the country making it less regionally biased.

Let me know your opinions...

Here is a Sanskrit Carnatic keerthana "vAtApi gaNapatiM" written by Mutthuswami Dikshitar:

{Written in the Brahmi script. Transliteration scheme: Kyoto-Harvard}

Here is the online Brahmi keyboard if you want to use it: https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/brahmi.htm

when we say "सर्व ", it reflects "every" so isn't it inherently plural? Am I missing something?

Try the same pattern with पठ् and share your 9 forms below. I’ll check every one

Split धनेशः, सुखेशः and गिरीशः and share your answers below. I’ll check every one. 👇

Hey everyone,

Here's a video I made recently about the pronunciation of ऋ:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DewY_GWMzGx/

I concluded that this (with perhaps the precise quality of the "surrounding vowels" being debatable) must be the "original" pronunciation based on my own research, most of which I conducted soon after putting up this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sanskrit/comments/18jz45j/further_discussion_regarding_the_pronunciation_of/

Relatively recently, there have been several posts here that added more textual support and allowed me to better flesh my views out. The two main such posts are:

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/sanskrit/comments/1rqqlbr/confusion_regarding_pronunciation_of_maatra_of_%E0%A4%8B/

2. https://www.reddit.com/r/sanskrit/comments/1veasi5/the_confusing_case_of_the_anusv%C4%81ra/ (check out the comments section)

I hope you find the video interesting! I'll try to answer any questions you might have, but it might take me some time to get around to doing so.

One Piece is officially in Sanskrit

https://mangamillion.shueisha.co.jp/en/title/1?lang=sa

Hare Kṛṣṇa.

We announced Dictionary update yesterday, and many devotees and people, we came to know, started using it, and appreciating it.
https://www.harinamamrta-vyakaranam.com/tools/dictionary/search

And, This is another announcement of the new updates rolled out in harinamamrta-vyakaranam.com. Here is everything else that has changed on the site, after the dictionary update, which was rolled out yesterday:

Home page and site: The home page is redesigned, with the same colours and fonts as before. We only added new sections inside the existing look. It contains interesting sections, like Varṇa-kramaḥ, which shows interactive division of varṇas, as per HNV. It contains verse of the day, and daily tithi calculator, daily subhasita for sanskrit learners, etc.

Scriptures: This took the most work. We have made this such, that this can be the ultimate reading site for all devotees and scholars, for all kinds of scriptures. The reader, is well optimized, will all set of options, for commentaries and features, to meet the needs of readers. You can switch the script between Devanagari, IAST, Bengali and Odia, and thus, can read in the script you wish to study.

• The reader is built mobile-first, since most people will read on their phones. However, Desktop version is far better.
• It is organized systematically, in ordered format. Also, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada had himself organized for sarvabhauma examinations, so, that curriculum of Gaudiya Vaishanivism is also included therein.

Practice: This section can be helpful for teaching gurukula childerns, or in general any students of Sanskrit to practice the topics easily, along with the developed reference mechanism of Harinamamrta Vyakaranam, in the website itself.

• All seven prakaraṇas are open now: Saṁjñā & Sandhi, Nāma, Ākhyāta, Kāraka, Kṛdanta, Samāsa and Taddhita.
• There are about 770 questions in total: 324 for Nāma, 117 for Saṁjñā & Sandhi, and 40 each for the other five.
• Every answer shows the sūtra number it comes from. Nothing was made up.
• Saṁjñā (sūtras 1–40) is kept separate from Sandhi (sūtras 41–86).
• The Nāma section has 104 full declension tables, with 24 forms each.

Games: There are five new games, while we are continuously working on games section now to bring useful games for all learners.

1. Rāma vs Rāvaṇa: a battle game with animated characters.
2. Laṅkā Dash: a running game.
3. Sandhi Forge: you join the two words yourself, and the game checks your sandhi.
4. Nāma Grid: you fill in declension forms.
5. Sūtra Sorter: you sort forms under the rule that makes them.

Now, what remains:
1. Tools Section: Tools section marks various tools, as coming soon. We will work on them. 2. Scriptures Section: We are working, to feed data to all the scriptures, so that this can become the complete vedic repository, coming down from the bonfide disciplic succession of Sri Gaudiya Vaishnavism...

Suggestions and feedbacks, will be highly appreaciated.
That was the reason of posting in this reddit community.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada...
All Glories to Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhupada...
Hare Krsna...

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

harinamamrta-vyakaranam.com is under rapid development, and we are pleased to inform you that, now one long desired feature, for all Sanskrit lovers, is rolled out, viz. Sanskrit Dictionary.

The features of the dictionary are as follows:

1. Type in Any Script: I remember, while using GoldenDict previously, we need to type in weird scripts like harI, or rAmaH, but, now you can use any script: either कृष्ण or Krsna or Kṛṣṇa or else, to search the same entry. No problems**.**

2. Added almost all available StartDict Dictionaries: MW, Apte, Amara, Declensions, Conjugations, Vacaspatyam, Kalpadruma, and almost all available Dictionaries are added. If you have more, you can give us, we can list them too.

3. Advanced Interface: You can search word, or meaning. If you search 'God', it will show which words means God, and you can view them. You can search specific things, by selecting particular dictionaries, if you like, or all at once. And, everything is nicely organized.

Check the dictionary tool here: https://www.harinamamrta-vyakaranam.com/tools/dictionary/search

This will at least, for ISKCON devotees, Gaudiya Scholars, will be the most important bookmarked tool. I hope it will be useful and bookmarked tool for all Sanskrit lovers in general. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

[Other updates, are processing, games, practice sections, are undergoing on the website. Madhyama/Laghu/Brhat, all versions are there. The data is being added to them. We have listed all tools in tools sections, and they are planned to built within this month timeframe, whereas the firs tool, dictionary is rolled out now.]

Please feel free, to give your valuable suggestions, to improvise.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada...
All Glories to Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhupada...
Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

We are pleased to announce harinamamrta-vyakaranam.com for the pleasure of all the the learners of Sanskrit, and especially the devotees. This website is meant to expand, into a cherished platform for all, desiring to understand this language. For now, it is under development, and undergoing rapid updates.

Some Features:

1. Complete Harinamamrta-Vyakaranam: It will contain complete treatise, Bṛhat, Laghu, Madhyama, along with all all sutras, translations, vṛtii, and commentaries. Also, it will contain notes to those sutras. The Audio recitation of sutras will be available for memorization purpose, segregated by chapters.

2. Scriptures Section: All Scriptures, will be listed there, as taught and transferred from the authoritative tradition passed from Lord Caitanya (Kṛṣṇa Himself), including Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, as the main focused scriptures. It will contain, all commentaries, anvaya of the Sanskrit. As such, the Sanskrit learners need not go to any other platform for reading Scriptures. grantha.jiva.org (Gaudiya Grantha Mandira) already contain many scriptures, and we will be make them available in website directly, instead of docx format.

3. Practice Section: We hope this will be loved by all students of Sanskrit. It will contain all chapters, https://www.harinamamrta-vyakaranam.com/practice, and in different ways, like quiz, or interactive games, the Sanskrit can be learnt. This is in rapid development phase, and will be completed in 1-2 days. You can check its progress in the website. Sandhi is at least live. It will show which sutra is applied and how the final form has come.

4. HNV-Wiki: HNV wiki, is another menu item, which presents complete HNV, in a interactive organized manner. It allows us to properly study Harinamamrta Vyakaranam. E.g, it contains all tables for declension of Namapada, and not only that, it contains which which sutra were applicable and in a selected form, when hovered, it also shows the sutras applied to get the form. A screenshot showing that is uploaded in this post too. It will soon contain, whole treatise, but for now, It is completed till Namapada. Akhyata, Karakara, Krdanta, and soon are being prepared.

5. Tools: We are planning to prepare in such a way, using the programming knowledge, that all the sutras will be coded into program, and we can form following tools: Nama declension, Dhatu conjugation, Chanda Analyzer, Sandhi Joiner / Splitter, Krdanta Dissector, Taddhita Dissector, etc. It will show, which which sutras are applied in which way, and the form is created. All is from Harināmāmṛta-Vyākaraṇam.
[Edited: Dictionary is updated, https://www.harinamamrta-vyakaranam.com/tools/dictionary/search, and we feel it as the ultimate dictionary for Sanskrit scholars]

Apart from it, other tools like, Dhatu Paṭha, as organized by Śrila Jiva Goswami, along with Pāṇini own dhatupaṭha will be listed. Goldendict like dictionary viewer will be there, containing moneir williams, apte, amara, and all major dictionaries, to view the meaning of sanskrit words.

Also, this website will be majorly in English and IAST format, however, there will be a switch to convert to devanagari too, for the help of traditional rooted scholars of india.

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It will expand as much as possible soon. We request everyone to pray on our behalf and give us suggestions and guidance to improvise the platform, for the help of all the students of Sanskrit.

Not only this platform, will teach Sanskrit in simplified and profound way, It will also make the whole scholarly community, to advance in the ultimate goal of life, i.e Kṛṣṇa Consciousness or the love of Kṛṣṇa.

For some background, I was born and brought up in the US by Indian immigrant parents. I plan on writing an article about how I grew up rejecting my roots, but then began my journey to self-acceptance and embracing my heritage. I am thinking of a word to represent this theme. I came across the word स्वीकार, but I have a couple questions:

1. Does the word actually properly represent the theme im discussing? I want a word that represents how I used to be ashamed and embarrassed of my roots, and actively avoided learning Hindi and visiting India for years because of it, but then started to learn the language and actually have interest in visiting india more often, as a way of accepting where my roots are, on my own terms instead of having it forced on me. I’m not looking for a casual Hindi word though. I want something more formal, poetic, philosophical, hence why I’m turning to Sanskrit.

2. Suppose this is the correct word, what form would make sense? Ive seen स्वीकार , स्वीकार:, स्वीकारम. I’ve even seen स्वीकृति

I think r/Sanskrit is great and I think it's great that here we use English, Sanskrit, and sometimes other languages too. But I was thinking today that it would be nice if there were a social media forum where I would be forced to practice Sanskrit because the use of English was minimized. People could just post whatever, talk about whatever, like any social media, rather than it necessarily having to be stuff about Sanskrit, only we'd use Sanskrit as much as possible. Would there be interest in this?

I have some knowledge of Pali and am really interested in getting started with Sanskrit. Are there other learners in USA or Canada who either enroll in a university program or do self studies? I need recommendations on textbook resources for English speakers. Thanks

So I learned this phrase 'decisions decide destiny' and have been trying to write in sanskrit

I ended up with three phrases and can't figure out which is the correct one

संकल्पः निश्चिनोति भाग्यम्

निर्णयः एव नीयतिं निर्धारयति

संकल्पः निश्चयीति भाग्यम्

I'd appreciate some help

Thank you

I learned that Anusvāra in Sanskrit has various forms unlike Hindi. IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) thus has various forms to write it in Roman letters.

• Anusvāra before a क-वर्ग letter is written as ṅ
• Anusvāra before a च-वर्ग letter is written as ñ
• Anusvāra before a ट-वर्ग letter is written as ṇ
• Anusvāra before a त-वर्ग letter is written as n
• Anusvāra before a प-वर्ग letter is written as m

I am confused how Anusvāra is written in IAST when it appears before other Devanāgarī letters (from य-ज्ञ). Is it ṁ for all of them?

I have seen many people write Sanskrit as Samskritam. Is it because of "ṁ" which can difficult for folks to write using normal keyboard? Nityānanda Miśrā pronounces it as Samskrita too.

Also, does Sanskrita have chandra-bindu (like we use in माँ)? I have never seen it in Sanskrit personally, only in Hindī.

Hey, all. Looking for someone who can guide me in the pronunciation and cadence of some rig veda passages. Just looking for help on two phrases, plus a title for a piece I'm working on for choirs. Here are the passages:

Here is the Title:

Feel free to message. I'd love to get some audio recordings from you/pay you for your time.

Namaste everyone,

This is my first time posting here. My wife and I have built a Bhagavad Gita app called Updesh. It has all 701 verses with their Sanskrit recitation, and a short story-style explanation of each verse in English and Hindi. My wife has a deep, self-taught love of Sanskrit and has helped me a great deal with it.

Andriod app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.updesh.android

https://linktr.ee/updesh_daily_gita

What's in it (Android):

- Every one of the 701 verses has a short story-style explanation, so you understand what is happening around it, not just what it says. For example, in verse 1.1 Dhritarashtra calls his own sons māmakāḥ, "mine", while the others are only "the sons of Pandu". One way to hear it: the family is already divided in his speech.

- Narrated in English and Hindi. You can read each explanation or listen to it, and the sentence being spoken is highlighted as it plays.

- 13 languages for reading. English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Spanish, Portuguese and German.

-Every verse in the original Sanskrit with its recitation. Each word lights up as it is recited, so you can follow along even if you don't read Sanskrit fluently.

iOS app will have the latest updates available on Android this week.

Thank you, and if you have any comments please do share.

🙏

tiṣṭhet pitrorvaśe bālye bhartuḥ samprāptayauvane |
vārddhakye patibandhūnāṃ na svatantrā bhavet kvacit || 106 ||

what does svatantrā translates to here?

Not Vedic Science, Mathematics or Chemistry but Vedic Literature.

Hi all. Are there any online sanskrit classes for a 7yo? goal is to help him chant sanskrit mantras and verses fluently . thank u

Like this, I want. I am not able to find any publisher who has similarly like this. I even saw some publishers who had Alankara mentioned along with it. If that is also added, that would be good, but at least the bare minimum would be best. I'm not able to find a similar physical book.

Sorry about my english in advance, The thing is that the first time when I tried to read and understand with the help of a guru, something happened to me at the same night, first problem is you need a proper translator and who can explain the meaning of that, anyway the same night after reading couple of pages, around 3:30 am in the morning, someone or something kicked me and knocked me out from the bed, I am not a light person, nearly 300 pounds, I got scared and turn on the lights, woke up my parents but no one was in the house, nothing on the cameras too, and when I figured out where that kick or push came from or the direction, it came from the same direction where I put my book, next day I went to the guru and talked about it, he said there could be two things, either you are not ready for that kind of knowledge or someone was waking you up to read it. Maybe you guys or whoever try to read it, may not experience the same thing. Can i send you the pdf for research?

अण्ड-जः दन्त-वान् द्वि-पात्।

कः अस्ति?