 Sanskrit is the Mother Tongue of all the important languages on Earth. Because Sanskrit is completely spiritual, it is a perfect language and is therefore very glorious. It is the practice of the brāhmaṇas conversant with the science of transcendental sound vibration to pronounce a Vedic mantra in the right accent. When the combination of the svara (Vedic intervals), matra (the poetic meter) and the Sanskrit text is chanted with the right pronunciation, it will directly reveal the Absolute Truth to the student of the Esoteric Teaching. These articles are for your reference and self-education in the Sanskrit language as you read the articles on this site, most of which have at least a few Sanskrit words. oṁ tat sat!
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Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1819–1899) studied, documented and taught Asian languages in England. The Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary is the best-known and most authoritative Sanskrit dictionary published in English. With more than 16,000 entries, it is the international scholarly standard.
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Here is an excellent introduction to Sanskrit by Charles Wikner. This course of fifteen lessons is intended to lift the English-speaking student who
knows nothing of Sanskrit to the level where he can intelligently apply Monier-Williams Sanskrit Dictionary and the Dhātu-Pāṭha to the study of the scriptures. Link [2 MB PDF] |
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This website and its extensive Vedic Library uses the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) system to render Sanskrit and other Indic languages (Hindi, Bengali) in Roman characters. For more information see this Wikipedia article, including links to help pages showing how to enable Indic scripts on Windows computers (Macs have it enabled by default). This article uses graphics of the Indic languages and does not require any special fonts or settings to view. This site uses Unicode characters to represent Sanskrit transliterated according to the IAST standard. There is lots more information available on the Internet about the Sanksrit Alphabet and Pronunciation. |
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