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Thank you for the work you do on the Samkhya project. We refer to it quite frequently in our U.L.T. Sanskrit class. Would you in the future include the root form of each word when possible? We are working on building our…"
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Nancy Reigle Jul 7, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Nancy,Would you please help me with a couple of questions?We start our United Lodge of Theosophy Sanskrit [Los Angeles] class with the Shanti Mantra. Saha nAvavatu Saha nau bhunaktu etc. I was…Continue
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harold walker replied to David Reigle's discussion Sanskrit Language Study"In verse four of the SaMkhya the word perception is named as one of the means of valid knowledge. Webster’s un-abridged dictionary calls perception a wide word. There are many definitions. Four are:
A mental image: concept.
An impression of…"
harold walker replied to David Reigle's discussion Sanskrit Language Study"Regarding the sandhi changes of pramANAd dhi from pramANAnt hi, I see the final hard t changes to soft d then the initial h changes to dh. Generally the final letter changes rather than the initial. Is there a reason the initial h changed to…"
harold walker replied to David Reigle's discussion Sanskrit Language Study"Thank you for the info on Goggle transliteration. You most likly also know Google has a mission statement "To organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful". I recently downloaded and printed Monier…"
harold walker replied to David Reigle's discussion Sanskrit Language Study"Hello Nancy,
Please tell me how nau =naav. I know when a word ends in au and the next word starts with a, they combine and form u. Also the semi-vowel v corresponds to the vowel u. In the case of the root bhu the u takes guna…"
Nancy Reigle replied to harold walker's discussion Sanskrit Grammar"Hi Harold,You did a good job in analyzing this mantra. You are right: it is avatu. Naavavatu breaks down with sandhi into: nau (= naav) + avatu. (So it doesn't break as avavatu.) In the second line, different translators take bhunaktu…"
William Huff left a comment for harold walker"Harold, you told us about this site last Wednesday. As soon as I got home I went to the site and joined up. There's a whole section about Sanskrit lessons. One thing I really like is that you can make the text as large or as…"
harold walker replied to David Reigle's discussion Sanskrit Language Study"Nancy,
I would like to ask you some questions on this site. My first question is on the "Texts and Translation Projects"
How do I get it in the proper place?
Thank you,
Harold Walker
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harold walker posted a discussionSanskrit Grammar
Nancy,Would you please help me with a couple of questions?We start our United Lodge of Theosophy Sanskrit [Los Angeles] class with the Shanti Mantra. Saha nAvavatu Saha nau bhunaktu etc. I was pleased to find the mantra at the end of the Katha Upanashad.I parse the first line as:Saha [ind.] together, nau [without sandhi 1st per. du.] we two, avavatu [without sandhi 3rd per. imperative] he protect.The problem is with avavatu. It seems like it should be avatu. Why the second va?A student…See More
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- At 10:49pm on July 5, 2011, William Huff said…
- Harold, you told us about this site last Wednesday. As soon as I got home I went to the site and joined up. There's a whole section about Sanskrit lessons. One thing I really like is that you can make the text as large or as small as you like.
- At 4:57am on April 27, 2011,
Heidi Ann Maycroft said… Welcome Harold!
See you in the forums soon!
Warmly,
Heidi
- At 7:20pm on April 26, 2011,
Leila Raven said… 
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