"Learning Sanskrit: The Easy and Practical Way - Workbook 1 (Single Letters)" is now available to order at http://blog.practicalsanskrit.com/p/books.html
The main goal of the workbooks is to help beginners pick up reading and writing of the Devanagari script (for Sanskrit). It teaches the strokes to write every letter, some mantra-s, tips and tricks to understand the script.
For example, why are vowels never written out within a word?
What is so scientific about the Sanskrit language?
What is so divine about the Sanskrit language?
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Attitude Shift - Sanskrit Maxims for Contemporary Life and LeadershipShashi Joshi
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Attitude Shift revisits, explains and interprets ancient Sanskrit maxims for contemporary life and leadership. It shifts your attitude, giving your thoughts a new turn — be it managing teams, inspiring people, delivering with delight, setting long-term goals or the broader vision. No knowledge of Sanskrit is needed to benefit from the book, though the Sanskrit enthusiast will find enough to enjoy in the footnote discussions on the language.
The book has a conversational style, short ideas, small bites, crunchy taste with a dash of Indian spices – not just hot chili by the bucket, but a blend of various spices to give the right flavor and nourishment – making it a perfect companion for your morning coffee or chai. There is no high cholesterol of quantitative charts, diagrams and dry statistics. There are stories, anecdotes and enough trivia to keep you interested and distracted from realizing that you are getting a wisdom pill. This is the 'guda-jihvika nyaya' or the ‘treacle on the tongue’. What touches our heart, lingers longer than what hits our head.
“Attitude Shift” makes a great gift for your friends, office team and even the growing young adult in your life. Give them a direction in life early on!
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A webinar conducted by Open Pathshala (http://openpathshala.com) on 'Get Started with Sanskrit'.
What's in this webinar?
- What is Sanskrit?
- Why learn Sanskrit?
- How to start learning Sanskrit?
- Possible barriers in learning process and how Open Pathshala solves them
- Tips for learning Sanskrit
- Online/Offline resources for learning Sanskrit
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Important links:
Sanskrit Grammar tutorials:
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The book presented here reveals the properties of the Self and identifies the problems because of which we are unable to realize the Self. The book is divided into two subparts:
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In the book “Self Realization”, Gnani Purush (embodiment of Self knowledge) Dada Bhagwan reveals the science of Self realization, describing that attaining knowledge of Self is ultimate life purpose, and is the beginning of lasting, permanent happiness. Dadashri explains that all beings continuously seek happiness but can only be satisfied by spiritual happiness.
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3. Learning Sanskrit: The Easy and Practical Way Workbook 1
ॐ ववघ्नेश्वराय नमः
om vighnéshvarāya namaḥ
Salutations to the Lord of Obstacles (Gaṇésha);
may he make all efforts successful.
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Let us begin with a salutation to Sarasvatī, the
divinity of learning, - observation, memory,
intelligence and speech!
Without whom, the world will be dumb and
insane, unable to communicate.
सरस्ववत नमस्तुभ्यं वरदे कामरूविवि ।
sarasvati namas_tubhyam varadé kāma-rūpiṇi
O Sarasvatī salutation to you O Boon-Giver O Wish-Fulfiller
ववद्यारम्भं कररष्यावम वसविभभवतु मे सदा ॥
vidyā_rambham kariṣhyāmi siddhir_bhavatu mé sadā
start of studies I will do success may be mine always
स र स्व वत न म स्तु भ्यं व र दे का म रू वि वि
sa ra sva ti na ma stu bhyam va ra dé kā ma rū pi ṇi
वव द्या र म्भं क रर ष्या वम वस वि भभ व तु मे स दा
vi dyā ra mbham ka ri ṣhyā mi si ddhi rbha va tu mé sa dā
O Sarasvatī, salutations for you. O Giver of boons, O Beautiful (or O Giver of form to
desires), I am going to start studies, let success be mine always.
Why is the Divinity of learning called the giver of form to desire? Isn’t it money that makes your
dreams come true? If you think carefully, it is ultimately the knowledge that makes things happen.
We had enough resources on the earth even 500 years back, but we could only go to the moon when
we could develop the knowledge and technology for it. First knowledge; then resources!
Kāmarūpiṇī also means one with beautiful (desirable) form, and as one of the three forms of Devī,
Sarasvatī is very beautiful. Kāmarūpiṇī also means One who takes [various] forms as per [her] desire.
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L
etters in Sanskrit do not have special names, like ay, bee, see, dee; they are said with a
short vowel ‘–uh’. For example, k is not kay but like k-uh, j is not jay, but j-uh. a is pronounced
as the short vowel ‘cut’, and not long as in ‘father’. For the long vowel aa, the letter ā is used.
You do not have to make extra effort to say the pure consonant without the ‘a’ vowel like a
staccato, like some non-native instructors make you do! Just say the consonant with the short
vowel ‘a’ easily, comfortably.
QUICK TIP: In IAST Roman characters, all long vowels have a horizontal bar on top of them;
otherwise, they are short vowels.
Let us look at the sounds, letters in the first shloka that we just read.
Base consonants in the above shloka with short a (as in but, cut) vowel are as follows:
Déva-nāgarī Roman As in Notes
sa sum, sir
स
ra rub, run
र
va / wa wonder, worth labial (round lips) not fricative (not like vase)
व
ta pasta Soft t as in French or Italian
त
na nut, number
न
ma mug, mud
म
bha rub-head, abhor say them together and fast
भ
ya yes
य
da thus, this
द
ka cut
क
pa pun
ि
ṇa band The sound of n in bank, bunch, band and nut are
ि all different, even when speaking English!
ṣha should See full table later on.
ष
When doing the writing exercise on the following pages, do as much as you can do, happily and
without any pressure. Remember, if you enjoy it, you will remember it and absorb it more. But,
having fun should not mean not paying full attention!
Let us practice writing the letters for above sounds. Do not worry if you do not remember them all.
The individual strokes are shown slightly separated for clarity, but you should write them touching.
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भ य द क ि ि ष
bha ya (yes) da (this) ka (key) pa (pun) ṇa (hunt) ṣha (should)
भ य द क ि ि ष
भ य द क ि ि ष
भ य द क ि ि ष
भ य द क ि ि ष
भ य द क ि ि ष
भ य द क ि ि ष
I will do it, yes I will!
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Let us see two famous yet very simple sentences from the Holy Upaniṣhad-s.
अवतवि देवो भव
atithi devo (dévaḥ) bhava
Guest [is] divine you be [of such thinking]
अ वत वि दे वो भ व
a ti thi dé vo bha va
tithi is a calendar date, but not exactly midnight to midnight.
a-tithi is one who comes without prior appointment, without a ‘date’ so to speak.
Someone who comes without prior intimation, you do not know them and still you treat them as if
they are divine. Treating your family, friends, boss, employees etc. is mere selfishness, not
greatness. The greatness lies in treating even strangers with utmost respect. Of course, you have to be
practical and safe, but you get the idea. The great 16th-century poet-philosopher, Rāma-devotee
Tulasī-dāsa says – “Rush to meet everyone, you never know in what form you may find the Divine!”
तत्त्वमवस = तत् त्वम् अवस
tat tvam asi
That you are
Notice that it does not say ‘He or She you are’. Because at the root of all the formful images of
divine forms is the un-manifest divine, the energy, Life Force if you will, from which all springs forth.
Hinduism recognizes this unifying concept yet allows many formful gods. Just like Life has so many
forms. Ignorant people have labeled it as polytheism.
त त् त्वम् अ वस
ta t tvam a si
When denoting a half consonant, one way is to put a diagonal stroke under it. This is especially true if it
is the last consonant of the word or sentence. If you were to break the word down to each letter as in English
it would be:
त् अ त् त् व् अ म् अ स् इ
t a t t v a m a s i
When within a word, there are other ways to denote a half consonant. Most common is to remove the
vertical line if there is no stroke after the line. There is also a way to combine them, if anything
follows the letter. This is called ligature or saṃyukta-akṣhara = joined-letter and will be covered in
later workbooks. The above sentence would actually be written as one word – तत्त्वमवस – but it
is a complete grammatical sentence with subject, verb and object – and a grand idea – You
are That!
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Now let us look at the entire alphabet. Go slowly, but fearlessly. It is not all that difficult. Most of the
sounds are already in English. We will learn how to write later on.
संस्कृ त = saṃskṛita = The name of the language. (Literally, perfected, refined, well-done)
देव-नागरी = déva-nāgarī = Name of the script for Sanskrit. (Literally, of the urban and divine)
अक्षर = akṣhara = basic sound and its letter (Literally, that which does not break any further).
विभ = varṇa = various sounds, letters includes complex conjugates as well (Literally, quality, color)
विभ-माला = varṇa-mālā = alphabet. (Literally, varṇa-garland, garland of letters)
स्वर = svara = vowel (Literally, by itself, independent)
व्यञ्जन = vyañjana = consonant (Literally, various, variety)
SIMPLE VOWELS
Sanskrit IAST Examples
अ/ Ô a alone, another, but, up, cup
आ / Ôa ā ask, part, father
इ i India ink
ई ī eel, east, feed
उ u put
ऊ ū boon
ऋ ṛi / ṛu (ṛ) 1 It is a vowel sound, close to ‘r’ sound (ṛi + a = ra)
Í ṝī / ṝū (ṝ) 1 Very rarely used.
Î lṛi / lṛu (lṛ) 1 jewelry. (lṛi + a = la). Very rarely used.
COMPOUND VOWELS
ए / Ae e/é ate, base
ऐ / AE ai eye, aisle
ओ o old, sole
औ au august, bawl, drawl
अं aṃ saṃskṛita
अः aḥ huh
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व्यञ्जन (vyañjana) consonant
(1) ka-varga (Group of ka) or kaṇṭha (guttaral)
क ka king, book
ख kha mikhail, book-house (say it fast and together)
ग ga girl, dog
घ gha aghast , dog-house (say it fast and together)
ङ ṅa sing, bank, bang, sang
(2) cha-varga (Group of cha) or tālavya (palatal)
च cha (ca) 1 churn, bunch
छ chha (cha) 1 bunch-hop (say it fast and together)
ज ja jump, jungle
झ/å jha page-her (say it fast and together)
ञ ña bunch, lunge
(3) ṭa-varga (Group of ṭa) or mūrdhanya (cerebral)
ट ṭa tub, but, boot
ठ ṭha boot-house
ड ḍa dust, good
ढ ḍha good-house
ि / äa ṇa fund, hunt
(4) ta-varga (Group of ta) or danta (dental)
त ta like soft french t, pasta
ि tha thermos, thank, through
द da the, this, there
ध dha with his (say it together and fast)
न na number, nest
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Notes
T
here are two types of transliteration schemes. Transliteration means just changing the script,
but not the sound. The first one is IAST developed by early Indologists in 1894, which has
special marks on the normal Roman letters, e.g. ā, ī, ṇ, ḥ. These characters do not show up on
modern smart phones or on old computers and are not easy to type for everyone. Around 1994,
with the spread of computers, some of the earliest online discussion on Sanskrit started and a need
was quickly felt for using the existing letters on a normal keyboard. The new method was called
ITRANS for Indic TRANSliteration (http:// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITRANS). IAST is still
preferred for printing.
1. IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration) is used for writing or typing with
special fonts with accents and is seen in printed books. The standard IAST roman transliteration
uses śa, ṣa, ṛ, ca, cha for श, ष, ऋ, च, छ respectively. This has caused considerable confusion.
The s with accent is available in special fonts only. When people see śrī they write it as sri and
then pronounce it as sri (स्री) instead of shrī (श्री). There is no need to drop the h after the śh and
ṣh sounds. It is used for all the aspirants like kh, gh, jh etc. So dropping the h after śh and ṣh
merely causes confusion and does not save anything. In case of च, in English never does a c make
the church sound. ch is used for the church sound, whereas c is used for s or k (as in circus)
sound. Hence it is better to write them as sh/śh, ṣh, ṛi (or ṛu), ch, chh respectively to
clearly indicate the presence of sh sound, ṛ being a vowel and the sound of ch instead of k.
2. In Sanskrit, words combine to make new ones. Sounds undergo changes according to linguistic
rules. This can result in huge words that become difficult to pronounce, especially in roman
scripts. For example:
yā vīṇāvaradaṇḍamaṇḍitakarā yā shvétapadmāsanā |
(yā vīṇā-vara-daṇḍa-maṇḍita-karā yā shvéta-padmāsanā)
yā brahmāchyutashaṅkaraprabhṛitibhirdévaiḥsadāvanditā |
(yā brahmāchyuta-shaṅkara-prabhṛiti_bhir_dévaiḥ-sadā-vanditā )
Only to help pronunciation, such words are broken by a hyphen ‘-’ or an underscore ‘_’ in roman
transliteration (sometimes but rarely in Déva-nāgarī). A dash is used when the compound word
can be broken into original words, e.g. rāma-bhakta (means devotee of rāma) where the
compounding was done by removing the ‘of’, and the original words are indeed rāma + bhakta.
On the other hand in the word himā_laya (the Himalaya mountains), the _ is used to aid in
pronunciation but the original words are not himā and laya, but rather hima + ālaya and the
sandhi (grammar/linguistic rules) caused the adjoining vowels to change.
3. Sound variations - Every sound has exactly one letter for it, and every letter has exactly one
sound. Hence, Sanskrit alphabet needs no key to pronunciation for those who can read its script.
A key to sounds is needed only for those who cannot read Déva-nāgarī. However, there is
distinct variation among people in India for two sounds. jña (ज्ञ) pronounced approximately as
gya or jña. ṛ (ऋ) is pronounced approximately as ri or ru. This is a result of natural variations in
languages over time and not a shortcoming of Sanskrit.
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Writing practice
In the following pages, you will practice writing all the base letters.
When writing, remember -
Write the date in the first cell of each column, when you start practicing. This
way you will keep track of your progress.
Try to finish one column in one sitting, without break.
Do as much as you can happily and with full focus. Dhyāna (meditation) is not
about closed eyes, but about focused mind.
Quality over quantity, more haste less speed! Your competition is only you,
none else.
Follow the strokes in sequence and direction.
When there is a thick blob in the printed letter, it is usually made into a circle,
as in na and ma. The thick stylus of yonder years used to make the ‘blobs’.
The strokes are shown separated for clarity only, when writing they must
touch each other as in the printed letter.
The basic idea is that in a stroke you mostly move the pen from top to bottom
or left to right.
Keep the proportion of each parts of a letter correct, so they look beautiful.
After finishing each page, you can have a cookie, but just one :)
At the end, there is a bonus as well. Three letters, a, jha, ṇa are shown in their old
style, which is still seen in older books printed even a few decades ago.
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SIMPLE VOWELS
अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ
alone āsk ink ī (eel) u (put) ū (boon) ṛi
अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ
अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ
अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ
I can do it, yes I can!
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(1) ka-varga (Group of ka) or kaṇṭha (guttaral)
क ख ग घ ङ
ka (king) kha ga (girl) gha ṅa (sing)
क ख ग घ ङ
क ख ग घ ङ
क ख ग घ ङ
I can do it, yes I can!
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Vowel signs (mātrā) on a consonant.
क् क का द्दक की कु कू
k ka kā ki kī ku kū
क् क का द्दक की कु कू
क् क का द्दक की कु कू
क् क का द्दक की कु कू
I can do it, yes I can!
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shānti-pāṭha / शावन्त-िाठ / Peace Invocation
सवे भवन्तु सुवखनः सवे सन्तु वनरामयाः ।
सवे भद्रावि िश्यन्तु मा कविददुःखभाग्भवेत् ॥
sarvé bhavantu sukhinaḥ, sarvé santu nirāmayāḥ |
sarvé bhadrāṇi pashyantu, mā kaṣhchid_duḥkha-bhāg_bhavét ||
All are hereby ordered to -
be happy, be healthy and be positive.
May no one have sorrow in his or her share [of fate].
The mantra, or shloka has 4 parts or phrases. The first three have the same format – “All a-must-
verb an-adjective.”
Notice the bhavantu, santu, pashyantu? They are all imperative, ordering you to do the verb.
‘sarvé’ means all. So this is about all. bhavantu sukhinaḥ means all must be happy. sukhin means
comfortable, without sorrow, happy. And bhavantu means ‘they must be [happy]’. Similarly for
santu (must be) and pashyantu (must see).
But the last one ‘bhavet’ is a wish – ‘May you.’ Why so? Read on.
Be Happy.
Y
ou choose to be happy. It is a reaction to a situation, but you can make it a state of mind as
well. You can be sad, depressed, angry, jealous or just be yourself - happy. The basic states of
the divine and all of us are – ‘sat-chit-ānanda’, that is, to be, to be aware and to be blissful.
That is our normal state. Children are usually happy, sometimes even for no reason. All they need is
food and sleep and they are happy. Unless, they meet a grumpy grown up! If you are not happy now,
just remember your childhood. Most of us have happy memories of our childhood.
No one else can make you happy. Even when bad events happen, it is our attachment, our ignorance
of the big play of Time, that we choose not to be happy. Do not say “So and so made me unhappy, or
angry.” Say, “I chose to be unhappy or angry in reaction to this or that situation.” If you watch the
nature documentaries about the animal kingdom, you find that the same basic tragedies happen to
the animals as to us. We have compounded them by adding abstract pains and worries as well.
Birth, death, meeting and separating keeps happening. That is what Kṛiṣhṇa (कृ ष्ि) says in the Holy
Gītā (गीता) – “Ups and downs come and go, bear them O Arjuna.”
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The shāntiḥ, shāntiḥ, shāntiḥ (शावन्तः शावन्तः शावन्तः) at the end of a shāntiḥ pāṭha is not ‘three is a
charm’ but for these three types of sorrows to be calmed.
Since there is the other factor here, this is the blessing/good wish, that “let no one have a share in
sorrow”. duḥkha-bhāg is one who has a share in sorrow, who gets the short end of the stick. So the
blessing/wish goes – “May no one be a one-who-gets-a-share-in-sorrow.”
Unlike popularly understood or explained, it is not ‘May you be happy, healthy...’. Rather, ‘You are
hereby ordered to be happy, healthy...’.
You have no choice now!
You have been tagged! You are it - the happy, healthy, positive person!
Happiness, health and attitude are in our own hands.
Get up and be.
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ongratulation! For completing Learning Sanskrit: The Easy and Practical Way -
Workbook 1.
You have come a long way in reading and writing a new script, for a language that is over
7,000 years old, yes 7,000 years old. You are now part of a wisdom tradition.
When you are ready for another doze of reading and writing, more mātrā-s, newer conjugates and
ligatures, more shloka-s, get Learning Sanskrit: The Easy and Practical Way - Workbook 2 and
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sounds when spoken in flow) and samāsa (contraction of phrases to make single word) with
examples from shloka-s and mantra-s.
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