4 October 2017
My first Sanskrit steps Introduction and beginning with alphabet Why do you need to study Sanskrit?
Sanskrit is one of the most common ancient language used in all area of Indo river, mainly it was used for liturgical purposes. Hinduism and Buddhism they share some ancient texts in this languages. There are many reason because we need to study this language. First reason is linked to the root, being an old language we can find link with both German, Slavic and also element of old Greek. These elements will help to develop a better skills in modern languages. India is becoming more and more a super power in terms of services and this will help us to understand the Indian culture and mindset by mean on learning the root language Hindi, Urdu and other contemporary languages are based on Sanskrit and still they use its basic alphabet: Devanagari, that it is literally the alphabet of the city of god.
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4 October 2017
My first Sanskrit letter Sanskrit is really a beautiful and complex language and we can find many more vowels and consonants and compound sounds than we have in English or other contemporary European languages. At the side you see some to the original script and derivation of some letters in Latin, greek and Sanskrit with also derivation, the font we shall adopt in this “First Step training” will be the contemporary one even if old script will be added from time to time. The first letter we shall see is the short “a”
अ This letter is very close to the British pronunciation of America, usually this letter is to be found at the beginning of a word, but alone can mean NOT, exactly like in the greek language Another useful word is ambaa : अंबा (mother) where you can see the sound for nasalisation of the vowel a Please note that in modern hindi the same word: mother it is written मां that is read maan.
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