Welcome to Lesson 10. Let us start with an exercise: Translate into English: upadeśo hi mūrkhānāṃ prakopāya na śāntaye | payaḥpānaṃ bhujaṃgānāṃ kevalaṃ viṣavardhanam उपदेशो हि मूर्खानां प्रकोपाय न शान्तये | पयःपानं भुजंगानां केवलं विषवर्धनम् [Hint: The message in this verse is the same as the message in the Hitopadeśa story “The Birds And The Monkeys” dealt with … Continue reading Lesson 10 – The Imperative and the Optative
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Lesson 9 – Pronouns, Relatives and Numerals
A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In this lesson, we will look at pronouns, relatives and numerals. Pronouns In Sanskrit, the pronouns have some marked peculiarities of inflection. Please go to the reference section on Pronouns and Pronomial Stems for a full … Continue reading Lesson 9 – Pronouns, Relatives and Numerals
Lesson 8 – A story from the Hitopadeśa
Welcome to Lesson 8. A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In this lesson, as we did in Lesson 4, we will look at a story from the Hitopadeśa and see how what we studied so far has been applied in actual sentence … Continue reading Lesson 8 – A story from the Hitopadeśa
Lesson 7 – Declension of stems ending in consonants
Declension of stems ending in consonants A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In lesson 2, we looked at the declension of an "a"ending masculine. The full set of paradigms for nouns/adjectives ending in vowels are given in the reference here. Please refer … Continue reading Lesson 7 – Declension of stems ending in consonants
Lesson 6 – The imperfect middle
A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In this lesson, lesson 6, we will look at the imperfect middle voice of verbs of classes 1,4,6 and 10 and consonant Sandhis. The imperfect middle - लङ् (laṅ) आत्मने पदम् (ātmane padam) We saw the endings … Continue reading Lesson 6 – The imperfect middle
The magic of Pāṇini
This article is a brief introduction to how Pāṇini presents his Sanskrit language and grammar rules. We learned in that, in Sanskrit, vowel sandhi rules require that (see Lesson 5 ): Rule 1. two similar simple vowels coalesce to from the corresponding long vowel and Rule 2. the vowels इ (i) ई (ī), उ (u) ऊ (ū) and ऋ (r̥) … Continue reading The magic of Pāṇini
Lesson 5 – The imperfect active and vowel Sandhis
A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In this lesson, the fifth one, we will learn the imperfect active of thematic verbs and vowel Sandhis. It is important to learn Sandhis as any full sentence written in Sanskrit is sure to contain Sandhis. … Continue reading Lesson 5 – The imperfect active and vowel Sandhis
Quick dictionary – a few simple words
In Sanskrit Word Order (Sorted by the Roman script , A-Z) Root class / Gender English Sanskrit If verb, then ,pres. indic.act. third sing. 1 come ā + gam आ गम् āgacchati आगच्छति 1 bring ā + nī आ नी ānayati आनयति m preceptor ācārya आचार्य m teacher ācārya आचार्य m fire agni अग्नि I … Continue reading Quick dictionary – a few simple words
Lesson 4 – A story from the Hitopadeśa
Welcome to Lesson 4. A short YouTube version is available here. [Expand to the full article to be able to click on the link] In this lesson, we will look at a story from the Hitopadeśa and see how what we studied so far has been applied in actual sentence construction. Of course, there will be … Continue reading Lesson 4 – A story from the Hitopadeśa
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