#sanskrit learning

[reasonsforhope]

“A 27-year-old PhD scholar finally cracked the riddle which has defeated Sanskrit experts since the 5th Century BC—by decoding a rule taught by “the father of linguistics” Pāṇini.

The discovery makes it possible to ‘derive’ any Sanskrit word—to construct millions of grammatically correct words including ‘mantra’ and ‘guru’—using Pāṇini’s revered ‘language machine’ which is widely considered to be one of the great intellectual achievements in history.

Leading Sanskrit scholars have described the discovery as ‘revolutionary’—and it now means that Pāṇini’s grammar can be taught to computers for the first time...

Pāṇini’s system—4,000 rules detailed in his greatest work, the Aṣṭādhyāyī which is thought to have been written around 500 BC—is meant to work like a machine. Feed in the base and suffix of a word and it should turn them into grammatically correct words and sentences through a step-by-step process.

However, until now, there had been a huge problem. Scientists say that, often, two or more of Pāṇini’s rules are simultaneously applicable at the same step, leaving scholars to agonize over which one to choose...

Thought to have lived in a region in what is now north-west Pakistan and south-east Afghanistan, Pāṇini taught a ‘metarule’ to help decide which rule should be applied in the event of a conflict...

Traditionally, scientists have interpreted Pāṇini’s metarule as meaning: in the event of a conflict between two rules of equal strength, the rule that comes later in the grammar’s serial order wins.

Rajpopat rejects this, arguing instead that Pāṇini meant that between rules applicable to the left and right sides of a word respectively. Pāṇini wanted us to choose the rule applicable to the right side. Employing this interpretation, Rajpopat found Pāṇini’s language machine produced grammatically correct words with almost no exceptions...

“This discovery will revolutionize the study of Sanskrit at a time when interest in the language is on the rise.”

Sanskrit is an ancient and classical Indo-European language from South Asia. It is the sacred language of Hinduism, but also the medium through which much of India’s greatest science, philosophy, poetry, and other secular literature have been communicated for centuries.

While only spoken in India by an estimated 25,000 people today, Sanskrit has influenced many other languages and cultures around the world.

Rajpopat, who was born in Mumbai and learned Sanskrit in high school, explained, “Some of the most ancient wisdom of India has been produced in Sanskrit and we still don’t fully understand what our ancestors achieved.

“I hope this discovery will infuse students in India with confidence, pride, and hope that they too can achieve great things.”

He said that a major implication of his discovery is that now we have the algorithm that runs Pāṇini’s grammar, we could potentially teach this grammar to computers.

“Computer scientists working on Natural language processing gave up on rule-based approaches over 50 years ago. So teaching computers how to combine the speaker’s intention with Pāṇini’s rule-based grammar to produce human speech would be a major milestone in the history of human interaction with machines, as well as in India’s intellectual history.”” -via Good News Network, 12/16/22

#india #sanskrit #language #linguistics #panini #computers #machine learning #hinduism #good news #hope

[egodb]

शोको नाशयते धैर्यं शोको नाशयते श्रुतम्।

शोको नाशयते सर्वं नास्ति शोकसमो रिपुः॥

Translation — Grief destroys steadfastness. Grief destroys knowledge. Grief destroys all. There is no enemy like grief.

अन्वयः — शोको धैर्यं नाशयते। शोकश्श्रुतं नाशयते। शोकस्सर्वं नाशयते। शोकसमो रिपुर्नास्ति।

म स ग ग​, म स ल ग। म स ग ग​, र स ल ग​॥

छन्दः — अनुष्टुप्

ऽऽऽ ।‍।‍ऽ ऽऽ ऽऽऽ ।‍।‍ऽ ।ऽ

ऽऽऽ ।‍।‍ऽ ऽऽ ऽ।ऽ ।‍।‍ऽ ।ऽ

Source: वाल्मीकिरामायणम् २.६२.१५

पदच्छेदः — शोकः (शुचँ शोके + घञ्, पुं.) grief; नाशयते (ण॒शँ अदर्शने + णिच् to destroy, लट्, प्र​.१); धैर्य (धीर + ष्यञ्, नपुं.) steadfastness; श्रुत (श्रु॒ श्रवणे + क्त​, नपुं.) that which is heard, i.e., knowledge; सर्व all; न negation; शोकसमः that which is equal to grief; रिपु enemy.

#breaking down verses #feel free to correct me #language learning #learning languages #langblr #im learning sanskrit grammar #language nerd #ramayana

[airenyah]

now that i've turned thai drama into my bachelor thesis, the only question left is: how to turn thai drama into my master's thesis

#i have about 2 years to figure this out #it's gotta be something that i can do with whatever skill level i'm at with my thai once i get there #not just the skill level but also my cultural knowledge #i'm one semester into my master's and i've already decided on a supervisor for my thesis fkfjfjf #and he even said he'd let me do this SO!! #airenyah plappert #alternatively a different idea i had was to do a translation analysis of pjo #since i have 3 different translations of the og series at home (german italian and norwegian) #i think thai would be fun tho bc i don't think the thai language is something that gets researched a lot here #we don't even have thai studies as it's own subject to study #(there's korean studies and japanese studies and chinese studies) #(there's also one major called 'south asian tibetology and buddhist studies' but they have no thai unfortunately) #(i was still thinking of doing that as a 2nd subject tho bc i'd get to learn more about buddhism which i know nothing about) #(and also they do sanskrit which could also be suuuper interesting) #(also i have so many indian mutuals and i thought it might be fun to learn about indian culture) #(and then discuss it with the mutuals and learn even more djcjjcf) #(let's see if i can manage to schedule it hfhfhc) #(bc i've also been thinking of doing theater film and media studies as a 2nd major) #(i have too many things i'm interested in send help)

[mechanics-of-life]

Language learning January update:

Current priorities -

1) Mandarin (basic fluency, HSK 5)

2) ASL (work through Lingvano app)

3) Toki Pona (learn all 137 words)

4) Hebrew / Arabic (relearn/learn alphabet)

5) Gaelic (start learning again, if I have time)

6) French (work through Duolingo I guess)

Mandarin -

Previous info: Been slowly learning for the last few years (uhh I think it's been like 5 years or so). I know probably around 3000 characters, but I still feel like I don't even have basic fluency somehow.

Goal: Basic fluency by the end of the year, confidence with all HSK 4 and HSK 5 words and grammar structures. Even though my current reading level is closer to the 拼音 books I have, I want to slowly work through the novel I have.

Progress: Trying to read a few pages of a 拼音 book every day, and so far with the novel I'm about 5 sentences in, with 20 new words added to my vocabulary list.

ASL (sign language) -

Previous info: started learning around October last year, working through the Lingvano app. Had a pretty good streak going for awhile but broke the streak and lost motivation sometime in December. Trying to get back into it. I probably know around 300 signs.

Goal: Work through the Lingvano app by the end of the year.

Toki Pona -

Previous info: I know 10 words...

Goals: Learn all the 137 words by the end of the year.

Greek, Gaelic, Latin, French -

Previous info: Greek - tried learning a few years ago, maybe learned about 30 words. Gaelic - started learning 2 years ago, maybe had about 50 words or so. Latin - didn't get far at all, maybe a few words. French - learned it in school up till grade 12, but I've forgotten so much; don't really have the motivation to get back into it, but I really should.

Goals: I guess these are all on hold for now, unless I get my life more organized. Greek probably won't become a priority again for awhile, Latin certainly won't be a priority for a long while unfortunately, but I hope I can get into Gaelic again later in the year if I find some time. French is definitely something I should get back into, ASAP, but the motivation is just not there for it.

Hebrew -

Previous info: I'm a scholar and a weirdo so I wanna work through the original version of the bible and all its biblical hebrew. Learning the language seems "easier" than struggling with just looking the whole thing up word by word. I didn’t get very far, I guess I sort of know the alphabet and probably around 5 words.

Goal: uhhh idk, do better.

Arabic (Egyptian dialect) -

Previous info: just started learning, still trying to work on recognizing the alphabet.

Goal: I want to be able to learn the alphabet and pronunciation by the end of the year. Duolingo can't really help so it's gonna be an uphill battle for this.

Misc -

I guess my other priorities down the line would be Sanskrit and Italian. Sanskrit cause why not, and Italian cause I want to read through the original Dante's Inferno

#language learning #languages #polyglot #bowties are cool unlike tags #mandarin #chinese #asl #sign language #hebrew #biblical hebrew #greek #latin #gaelic #french #sanskrit #italian #dantes inferno #basic fluency #goals #new years resolution #2024 resolutions #toki pona

[handweavers]

what is it like learning sanskrit!! i want to learn but i don’t know where to start

it's slow going but it's really rewarding. there aren't as many resources on it in english compared to other classical languages but the ones that exist are really fantastic. i prefer learning through physical books and i've found that with sanskrit that's really the only way to get a full in depth understanding unless you have the ability/access to take a class or course in the language.

i've been using a variety of (used) books to teach myself, but in particular i've been using "sanskrit: a complete course for beginners" by michael coulson as my Main reference and it really is an incredible resource and one that i highly recommend getting your hands on if you're interested in the language. he encourages not only learning to read sanskrit but to be able to write/read in the nāgāri script (which is incredibly helpful if you also want to learn hindi or any other language that uses a brahmic script. there are SO many languages in the brahmic family across south and southeast asia so being able to read one would make it easier to learn others - in my case, it's a path to being able to understand punjabi and the gurmukhi script) and to be able to pronounce/speak in sanskrit, which many other resources don't emphasize. so the book touches a lot on things like phonetics as well as methods of writing nāgāri for right handed vs left handed people - which matters actually, and its important to me bc i'm left handed! - and uses not only english sounds but french and other european languages as comparisons when discussing pronunciation which is really helpful. it's both very thorough and easy to follow which is a difficult line to tread but the author does it really successfully.

the other books i have that i've been referencing are "introduction to sanskrit (part one)" by thomas egenes and "sanskrit grammar" by william dwight whitney. i also use learnsanskrit.org which has a ton of free information available on both nāgāri and sanskrit. the goal for me is to be able to read and translate original texts in sanskrit, which will be valuable in my historical studies as well as aid in eventually learning punjabi. there are fewer resources for punjabi esp in gurmukhi (and ones i've found so far are not so great in quality imho but i'm always looking for better options) so i figure it would be easier if i already have a background knowledge in its ancestor language, kind of like how understanding latin would make learning a modern romance language more intuitive. i really want to truly understand sanskrit and punjabi the way that i am able to fully understand the nuances and depths of english, to have that intuitive grasp of it's inner workings and internal logic systems and genuinely know these languages, so i think this route is the best approach for me unless i can find in-person language classes.

#id also love to learn middle persian/pahlavi or parsik because punjabi is essentially if sanskrit and persian had a baby

[raffaellopalandri]

Learning Hindi

When the thing you most love doing is learning something new every day … I have found this wee fella in a small store and I git it. I am curious to see how much Hindi is different from Sanskrit.

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#awaken #awareness #Hindi #improve #India #Language #language learning #learn #new language #polyglot #purpose #Raffaello Palandri #Sanskrit

[defectivegembrain]

special interest/hyperfixation feeling when you get this spark of interest that gives new meaning to having a burning desire to learn, like it almost physically hurts and it's this energy that can't be controlled or turned to anything else and you know you're gonna get really tired just from the feeling itself and also anyone interrupting is evil

#actuallyautistic #special interests #hyperfixations #so i think i wanna learn sanskrit.

[entropy-sea-system]

Ok so. I just had a realisation that Chatur is a sanskrit word and I looked it up bc was curious about the last name bc Jeannemary Chatur from Gideon the Ninth and apparently it means 'four' in sanskrit

#former hindu n I learned and was/am exposed to some slokas that were in sanskrit #and the word chatur was there as part of a word in one #I looked that up too #it says chaturbhujam which means four arms in that sloka. #and its with reference to the god ganesha #sanskrit #etymology #jeannemary chatur #jeannemary the fourth #tlt #gtn #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #fourth house

[nicebonescomrades]

Sumeru's world quests will never be matched, I'm afraid. Genuinely my favourite world quests out of everything else Genshin has written because Jeht's growth was so lovely to witness, the scenery of the desert is also so beautiful and the fact we are directly changing the environment? I love it. King Deshret and Nabu Malikata's lore is 100/10, the eternal oasis and the entirety of the Realm of Farakhkert are visually so stunning? And the sandstorm in the Desert of Hadramaveth is so intimidating to look at in such a good way. But back to the world quests, seeing Jeht say goodbye to her parents in the eternal oasis and then after the Tanit's betrayal when we are taking a walk with her? Some of my favourite moments istg. On the other hand, the Khvarena of Good and Evil is a masterpiece, so many of the terms and stories and names are things I've grown up with and seeing them in the game made me so happy? To see all the Zoroastrianism references when it's a religion that is dying in its own country made me so unbelievably happy, not to mention the exploration of the area was 10/10 and I still spend most of my time there even if I have it all at 100%. Nilou, too, was one of my all time favorite characters for one reason only: her dancing in front of the Akademiya when it's illegal is such a huge parallel to the iranian women that dance in the streets of Iran in retaliation to the oppression they face

Anyways, while Genshin's character designs and skin diversity could have been so, so so much better, there's no denying the sheer amount of research that went into the environment and the world quests.

#comrades.posts #there are so many other references to buddhism and sanskrit and persian it's amazing #it's honestly so saddening to see so many people shit on the desert #like #wdym you don't mind learning the inazuma names but when it's sumeru suddenly its too hard #like idc if there r other games better than genshin in terms of everything else #no big game will ever have this much reference and inspiration from SWANA/MENA #sumeru #genshin impact #genshin #genshin sumeru #genshin impact sumeru

[bongboyblog]

Bengali word of the day: হতচকিত (hôtocokito)

English: shocked/taken aback

Etymology:

হত + চকিত (hôto + cokito)

From Sanskrit হত (hata), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰatás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰatás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥-tó-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to kill”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬀𐬙𐬋‎ (jatō), Old Persian 𐎩𐎫 (jatáʰ), Ancient Greek φατός (phatós).

And from Sanskrit চকিত (cakita) - to be surprised, amazed.

Phrases/Sentences: দৃশ্যটা দেখে সে হতচকিত হয়ে গেল!

dr̥śyoṭā ta dekhe se hôtôcôkit hoye gelo!

Translation: She was shocked after seeing the scene!

#bengali #india #bangla #langblr #bangladesh #tripura #west bengal #desi #assam #বাংলা #languages are fun #sanskrit #translations #new words #learn bangla #bengali word of the day #bangla word of the day

[a-very-smooth-boltzmann-brain]

As a south asian dabbling in some European languages and etymology I find it ABSOLUTELY ECSTATIC every time I see a PIE for some common words.

#like you're telling me heart and hrud are from the same root and I nod a yes #and the next thing? #one and eka? #from oinos? #like??? #god i love these little bits of etymology i find scattered around the world #and there's so much more #linguistics #etymology #indo-european #and to make things even funnier #my mother tongue is not part of this family #still got some words tho #dark academia #learning #random facts have baffled me yet again #languages #my third/second love #english #sanskrit #latin #greek #french #German #et al #cuz there are too fckn many

[countrymikelover]

guys i found a bunch of lithuanian grammar books on internet archive let’s see if i can teach myself the language

#from a biased perspective i really wanna learn it because i’m kinda lithuanian #unbiased reason tho: it’s like one of the oldest modern languages that’s like the coolest thing ever #literally comes from sanskrit

[andrasta14]

Oh man...I do so love looking over my bookshelves and happening upon yet another example of my delusions of grandeur. 👀

Like, girl, when exactly were you planning on teaching yourself Sanskrit???? 🤣

#I can't even with myself sometimes 😅 #though to be fair I *do* already know a bit...I can speak and understand somewhat...I just can't actually read it yet lol #hopefully I'll at least get around to teaching myself the alphabet before I kick the bucket 😂🙏 #anyone wondering why I can't seem to update my fics...here's one of many reasons xd #the days and life itself is simply too short for all the things I want to learn and do 😭😭😭 #plus my depression-fogged and ADHD-addled brain has the attention span of a gnat unless I'm feeling very motivated and energized *sigh* #ugh really need to get myself writing again...T_T #my random ramblings #books #language #Sanskrit

[southasianlanguages]

Resource List for Learning Sanskrit

Hello! Do you want to learn Sanskrit but don't know where to start? Then I've got the perfect resource list for you and you can find its link below! Let me know if you have any suggestions to improve it. Here is what the resource list contains;

"Handmade" resources on certain grammar concepts for easy understanding.

Resources on learning the script.

Websites to practice reading the script.

Documents to enhance your vocabulary.

Notes on Colloquial.

Music playlists

List of podcasts/audiobooks And a compiled + organized list of websites you can use to get hold of grammar!

#india #langauge learning #language #language resources #discord server #langblr #desiblr #studyblr #south asia #south asians #culture #indian #sanskrit #desi #indian culture #indian history #manuscripts #public libraries #ncert #cbse exam #sanskruti #sanskari #sanskar bharti #learn sanskrit online

[dxrlinggxd]

langblr update

im learning 3 languages-- sanskrit (my first classical language), french (my first romance language) and mandarin (my first sino-tibetan language). im doing sanskrit thru a course i signed up for & im on level 2 of 4. french is on duolingo. a language was a course requirement so i picked mandarin and im on basic level 2.

very ambitious of me lmao but idk i love it & im constantly on the search for resources to help me so on the odd chance that someone actually sees this post pls pls do drop any resources u have

#languages #language #language learning #langblr #sanskrit #samskritam #french #mandarin #mandarin chinese #chinese #duolingo #languagelearning #linguistics #linguistic #resources #education #culture

[egodb]

घृष्टं घृष्टं पुनरपि पुनश्चन्दनं चारुगन्धम् छिन्नं छिन्नं पुनरपि पुनः स्वादु चैवेक्षुकाण्डम् । दग्धं दग्धं पुनरपि पुनः काञ्चनं कान्तवर्णम् प्राणान्तेऽपि हि प्रकृतिविकृतिर्जायते नोत्तमानाम् ॥ २०॥

अन्वयः —  पुनःपुनः घृष्टं चन्दनं चारुगन्धम् इव, पुनःपुनः छिन्नं ईक्षुकाण्डं स्वादु इव ​, पुनःपुनः दग्धं काञ्चनं कान्तवर्णम् इव, प्राणान्ते उत्तमानां प्रकृतिविकृतिः न जायते।

Translation — Like repeatedly levigated sandalwood is fragrant, repeatedly chopped sugarcane is sweet and repeatedly scorched gold is golden, at the end of life, the nature of the best [people] does not change.

पदच्छेदः — (घृषुँ सङ्घर्षे + णमुल्) घृष्टम् घृष्टम् ०.०, पुनः ०.०, अपि ०.०, पुनः ०.०, (चन्दन​, अ.पुं) चन्दनम् २.१, (चारुगन्ध​, अ.पुं.) चारुगन्धम् २.१, (छि॒दिँ॑र् द्वैधीकरणे + णमुल्) छिन्नम् छिन्नम् ०.०, पुनः ०.०, अपि ०.०, पुनः ०.०, (स्वादु, उ.नपुं.) स्वादु २.१, च ०.०, इव ०.०, (ईक्षु + काण्ड​, अ.नपुं.) ईक्षुकाण्डम् २.१। (द॒हँ भस्मीकरणे + णमुल्) दग्धम् दग्धम् ०.०, पुनः ०.०, अपि ०.०, पुनः ०.०, (काचिँ दीप्तिबन्धनयोः + ल्युट्, अ.नपुं.) काञ्चनम् २.१, ((कमुँ॒ कान्तौ + क्त) + (वर्णँ प्रेरणे + अच्), अ.नपुं.) कान्तवर्णम् २.१, (प्राण + अन्त, अ.पुं) प्राणान्ते ७.१, अपि ०.०, हि ०.०, ((प्र + डुकृ॒ञ् करणे + क्तिन्) + (वि + डुकृ॒ञ् करणे + क्तिन्), इ.स्त्री.) प्रकृतिविकृतिः १.१, (जनँ जनने, कर्तरि, लट्) जायते प्र​.१, न ०.०, (उद् + तमप्, अ.पुं.) उत्तमानाम् ६.३॥

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