Tamil and Telugu (sanskrit) :

There are 2 levels of matching required.. one is with names and one is with dates.

• Maarkazi Margasira
• thai Pushya – Tishya
• maachi (Maasi) Magha
• pangkuni Phalguni
• chiththirai Chitra
• vaikaachi Vaisakha
• aani Jyeshta
• aadi Aashada
• aavaNi Sravana
• purattaac Bhadrapada
• aippachi Aswiyuja
• kaarththikai Karthika

1. Jan 7th 2009 was accepted as Vaikuntha Ekadasi both in the Tamil and the Telugu calendars, but the Telugu Calendars called it Pushya Suddha Ekadasi and the Tamil Calendars called the same day as Margasira (Markazi) Suddha Ekadasi.
2. Jan 26th 2009  was Pushya Amavasya in the telugu calendar, Jan 25th was Thai Amavasya in the Tamil calendar – so you might hope for a match.
3. But Feb 9th is Magha Pournami in the Telugu Calendar and feb 8th is Thai (Pushya) Poosam (Pournami) in the Tamil Calendar.
4. Telugu months start with the first day after the new moon, so in any lunar month, the pournami comes first and then the amavasya. In Tamil month reckoning, it appears as if the amavasaya occurs first and then the pournami, but this observation needs verification.
5. Feb 23rd 2009 was MahaSivarathri in both calendars, but Telugu people will tell you that it is Magha Bahula (Krishnapaksha) Chaturdasi and Tamilians will tell you that it is Thai (Pushya) Krishnapaksha Chaturdasi.
6. So Telugu month-names “occur” before the corresponding Tamil month names.
7. The first day of Chaitra Masam as per telugu/kannada people was 27th March 2009. This was our New Year Day. The first day of Chittirai (Chaitra), as per Tamilians was 14th April 2009.
8. 27th march 2009 was Chandramana Ugadi (Lunar New Year), 14th April 2009 was Saura Samvatsaradi (Solar New Year).
9. What was Vaisakha Pournami to telugu people was Chaitra Pournami to Tamilians – May 9th 2009.

And so on…

Hindi  And Telugu (Sanskrit Names) :

The Hindi month names are variants of the sanskrit (telugu) names. For eg Pushya Masam in Sanskrit (telugu) becomes Posh in Hindi.

Jan 11th 2009 was Pushya Pournima (Posh Pournima) in both Hindi and telugu calendars. But Jan 12th 2009 was Pushya Krishna Paksha Padyami in Telugu Calendars and it was Magha Krishna Paksha  Dwitiya in the Hindi calendar. Hindi months of the same name variants start a fortnight earlier than telugu (sanskrit) months. There is no mention of Vaikuntha Ekadasi in the Hindi calendar I referenced.

Feb 23rd 2009 was Mahashivarathri even in in the Hindi calendar but, it was called Phalgun Krishna Dwadasi in the Hindi Calendar, Magha Bahula (Krishnapaksha) Chaturdasi in the telugu calendar, Thai (Pushya) Krishnapaksha Chaturdasi in the Tamil Calendar.

In the Hindi Calendar,  Chaitra Masam started on 12th March 2009. 11th March was celebrated as Holi or Phalguna Pournami. Telugu (Sanskrit) and Hindi calendars agree on month names only in the Suklapaksha (the fortnight preceding pournami). So Holi is in a sense a year-end festival, because it ends Hemanta, the season after winter and before spring. The Hindi New Year has been given in the reference as March 27th 2009, Chaitra Sukla Paksha PratiPada (Padyami), as it is for the Telugu and Kannada people.

References:

For the tamil calendar I used : http://www.panchangam.com/fest.htm

and for the Hindi I used this : http://www.festivalsofindia.in/calender/jan.asp

For the telugu calendar I used the one created by the Sringeri Samstha.

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We breathe, almost unknowingly, our entire life.  To live is to breathe.  The absence of breath leads to the loss of one’s physical life – and yet, we are unconscious of its power and its ability to so vividly change our life experience.

All too often I recognize that I am not breathing – rather, I am holding my breath.  Several times a day I have to mindfully correct myself.  I may even have to verbally say, ‘breathe’.  Within moments I notice a shift in my body.  Physically, my shoulders drop and my stomach expands rather than my chest.  Mentally, my mind shifts from future moments to the present.  Emotionally, my mood lightens.  However, persistence is the means to sustaining this awareness, since very swiftly one’s mind can move from the breath to daily activities.

When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady.  But when the breath is calmed the mind too will be still, and the yogi achieves long life.  Therefore, one should learn to control the breath.

~Svatmarama, Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Prana (प्राण), a Sanskrit word, translates to vital energy, life force or vital life.  Prana feeds the mind and the physical body.  Pranayama (प्राणायाम) can be translated to restraint of prana or breath. Yoga often refers to pranayama as ‘breath control’ and prana as breath.  Thus, breath can be thought of as ones vital energy, life force or vital life.

The universe is filled with prana.  The universal prana is thus the Para-Prakiti (pure Nature), immanent energy or force which is derived from the infinite Spirit, and which permeates and sustains the universe.

~ Paramahansa Yogananda

In an age where we habitually turn to stimulants to carry us through our often tumultuous days, our breath is always with us and can transform our daily experience when we become more conscious (mindful) of its power.

A healthy mind has an easy breath.  ~Author Unknown

A Basic Breathing Exercise

Simply observe (be conscious of) your breathing.

And note:

• Do you hold your breath?
• Do you breathe fast? Slow?
• When you breathe, does your chest expand?  Does your stomach expand?
• Do you feel calm or anxious?
• Do you carry tension? If so, where in your body is it present?
• What happens when you start to change your breathing patterns?  Do you notice a change in your body?

The Watching of Others

Here is another simple exercise:

• Observe the breathing patterns of a small child (an infant).   Infants instinctively breathe through their diaphragm – watch as their stomach rises and falls.
• Alternatively or additionally, observe an animal breathing.  A dog’s stomach will expand and contract when panting (rather than its chest).

Take a few moments to make notes in your mind or on paper of your observations.

Namaste

Happy Thanksgiving!

First page of John's Gospel, New Testament of the Bible

The Sanskrit version of the Old Testament was printed in four parts in 1848 and the New Testament in 1886 in Calcutta. Both these publications do not have English translations since these translations were obviously meant for Sanskrit scholars.

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Mathew’s Gospel Sanskrit Text with English Translation is available at sanskritweb

In Sarva-darsana-sangraha the author successively passes in review the sixteen philosophical systems current in India in 14th century CE, and gives what appeared to him to be their most important tenets, and the principal arguments by which their followers endeavoured to maintain them. In the course of his sketches, he frequently explains at some length obscure details in the different systems.

The systems are arranged from the Advaita-point of view. They form a gradually ascending scale-the first, the Charvaka and Buddha, being the lowest as the farthest removed from Advaita, and the last, Sankhya and Yoga being the highest as approaching most nearly to it.

The author, Madhavacharya or Madhava Vidyaranya (not to be confused with Madhvacharya, propounder of Dwaita philosophy) was an exponent of the Advaita school of philosophy in Hinduism. He is said to be the brother of Sayanacharya who wrote a commentary on the four Vedas.

The present translation was originally published serially in the Banaras Pandit between 1874 and 1878 and was carefully revised and republished in book form later and a second edition was printed in 1894.

Table of Contents

Preface
A Not on Romanization
The Sarva-darsana-sangraha
The Prologue
The Charvaka System (E. B. C.)
The Buddha System (A. E. G.)
The A rhata or Jaina System (E. B. C.)
The Ramanuja System (A. E. G.)
The Purna-prajna System (A. E. G.)
The Nakulisa-Pasupata System (A. E. G.)
The Saiva System (E. B. C.)
The Pratyabhijna or Recognitive System (A. E. G.)
The Resesvara or Mercurial System (A. E. G.)
The Vaiseshika or Anulukya System (E. B. C.)
The Akshapada or Nyaya System (E. B. C.)
The Jaiminy System (E. B. C.)
The Paniniya System (E. B. C.)
The Sankhy System (E. B. C.)
The Patanjala or Yoga System (E. B. C.)
The Vedanta or System
APPENDIX : On the Upadhi (E. B. C.)

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उद्योगिनं पुरुषसिंहमुपैति लक्ष्मीः
दैवेन देयमिति कापुरुषा वदन्ति ।
दैवं निहत्य कुरु पौरुषमात्मशक्त्या
यत्ने कृते यदि न सिद्ध्यति कोऽत्र दोषः ॥

अस्य लेखस्य प्रथमः भागः अत्र वर्तते ।

प्रजाप्रभुत्वम्
चीनदेशः इति उच्चारिते जनाः झटिति वदन्ति, तत्र प्रजाप्रभुत्वं नास्ति इति । प्रजाप्रभुत्वस्य अभावे तस्य देशस्य नायकाः यथेच्छं कर्तुं शक्नुवन्ति । अतः एव उन्नतोन्नतप्रगतिः साधिता । तादृशी प्रगतिः, जनानाम् अभिप्रायस्य उपेक्षा वा अन्यत्र (यथा अमेरिकायां वा भारते वा) न शक्या इत्यपि बहवो वदन्ति । किञ्च अमेरिकादयः देशाः चीनदेशे अपि प्रजाप्रभुत्वस्य आनयनाय यतेरन् इति अपरे अपेक्षन्ते ।

अमेरिकायां तु ‘वयं प्रजाप्रभुत्वस्य आचारे श्रेष्ठाः, वयमेव प्रथमं कृतवन्तः ‘ एवमादयः विचाराः जनानां मनसि सुस्थापितं विद्यते । एवं सति, केचन अमेरिकाजनाः ‘ओबामा चीनदेशं प्रेरयेत् प्रजाप्रभुत्वस्य प्रयोगाय’ इति मन्यन्ते ।

इदानीम् ओबामा तु चीनदेशस्य प्रजाप्रभुत्वस्य विषये कणमपि न भाषते । क्व प्रेरणा वा अनुमोदनं वा ?! सः किमपि वक्तुम् उद्युक्तः भवति चेदपि चीनदेशीयाः नेतारः सहसैव ‘भवता किमपि न वक्तव्यम् । एतत् आन्तरिकः विषयः ।’ इति वदन्तः तं निवारयन्ति । तादृशं अमेरिकायाः निराकरणं कर्तुं विश्वस्य केचन देशाः एव उत्सहन्ते !

मानवीयता
मानवाधिकारस्य (Human rights) विषये अपि तथैव चीनदेशम् अनेके निन्दन्ति । किञ्चातः ? तत्र तु स्थितिः यथापूर्वं भवति ।

West wing नामके दूरदर्शन-धारावहिन्यां कश्चन प्रसङ्गः आसीत् । तस्मिन् अङ्के अमेरिकायाः राष्ट्रपतिः चीनप्रवेशं गच्छति । तस्मात् पूर्वं सिद्धतार्थं द्वयोः अपि देशयोः सचिवादयः बहुधा चर्चां कुर्वन्ति । तासु चर्चासु अन्यतमा आसीत् ‘अमेरिका-राष्ट्रपतिः टिनमेन् चतुष्पथे आतिथ्यं स्वीकुर्यात्’ इति । टिनमेन् प्रदेशे एव अनेके जनाः प्रजाप्रभुत्वं, स्वाधिकारादिकम् इच्छन्तः आन्दोलनम् अकुर्वन् । चीनदेशस्य नेतारः तु निर्दयं घातितवन्तः तान् प्रतिवादिनः । तस्मिन् क्षेत्रे अमेरिका-राष्ट्रपतेः आतिथ्यस्वीकारः । अहो वैचित्र्यम् !

एषः प्रसङ्गः यद्यपि काल्पनिकः, वास्तविकात् तावद्दूरे नैव !

यस्य चीनदेशस्य अस्ति वित्तं, अमेरिका वा अन्यः वा किं कुर्यात् ?! सर्वे गुणाः काञ्चनमाश्रयन्ति ।

He’s fat with this yuck grin. He calls peppy  puppy.

He plays games on his phone while I study.

he  ‘forgot’ about my tution the day before the exam.

He barely teaches me.

He keeps saying ‘next’ and plays his games happily.

He gets pleasure out of beating peppy for no reason.

He once shouted at me. I said; ‘SIr, please don’t shout.’ He told Mum that I ordered him to shut the hell up.

I wish he would go drown in his toilet.

He calls My friend, Syeda, ‘pretty girl’. Guess what he calls me.

Once, when he went to the toilet, he didn’t pull the flush chain.

Seriously.

SO. Yucky, or what?

I hate him.

यस्यास्ति वित्तं स नरः कुलीनः स पण्डितः श्रुतवान् गुणज्ञः ।
स एव वक्ता स च दर्शनीयः सर्वे गुणाः काञ्चनमाश्रयन्ति ॥

एतत् सुभाषितं विश्रुतम् इति मन्ये । सर्वे गुणाः काञ्चनं (हिरण्यम्) आश्रयन्ति । धनिनम् एव लोकः राजा इति मन्यते इति वदति सुभाषितम् । सत्यमेतत् ।

ओबामा इदानीमेव चीनदेशस्य प्रवासं समापितवान् अस्ति । केचन अंशाः गणनीयाः ये अमेरिका-चीन-देशयोः अप्राप्तसम्मताः । तन्नाम, तयोः देशयोः विरोधः एव केषुचन विषयेषु । त्रयाणाम् उदाहरामि ।

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आर्थिकव्यवस्था
चीनदेशीयाः ’रेन्मिन्बि’ धनसाधनस्य मूल्यं डालर् एतेन सह नियोजितवन्तः । (यथा भारते रूप्यकम्, अमेरिकायां डालर् भवति, चीनदेशे रेन्मिन्बि भवति ।) नियोजितं नाम, यदा डालर् मूल्यम् अधिकं भवति, रेन्मिन्बि मूल्यम् अपि वर्धते । यदा डालर् मूल्यं क्षीयते, रेन्मिन्बि मूल्यमपि । एतां व्यवस्थां ’pegging’ इति वदन्ति । एतस्याः छायाव्यवस्थायाः कः क्लेशः जातः ?

मन्यतां यत् एषा व्यवस्था देशद्वयेन आश्रिता इति । प्रथमदेशः तावान् धनिकः न । तस्य सम्पत् लघ्वी । अपरः देशः चीनदेशः यस्य अनुपेक्षणीया सम्पत्, अनुपेक्षणीयं च व्यापारादिकम् । प्रथमदेशः छायाव्यवस्थाम् आचरति । तथापि तस्य प्रभावः न्यूनः एव, यतः तस्य संपत्, व्यापारादिकं च अगणनीयं वर्तते । परन्तु चीनदेशस्य न तथा ।

चीनदेशः स्वस्य व्यापारेण यां शक्तिं प्राप्नोति धनमूल्ये, तस्याः शक्त्याः विकारम् अनुभवितुम् अर्हति । बहूनां मतम् एतत् । एतस्मिन् अकृते, विश्वस्य अन्येषां राष्ट्राणां हानिः, अमेरिकायाः अपि । अतः बहवः देशाः चीनदेशं प्रेरयन्तः सन्ति, छायाव्यवस्थां त्यक्तुम् । परन्तु कोऽपि न सफलः एतावत् पर्यन्तम् । ओबामा अपि तथैव कर्तुम् असमर्थः ।

(अनुवर्तते)

I am delighted to see that there are tons of sites, blogs, videos and what have you for learning sanskrit on the web and each of these links to a million more.. These are all Very easy to find and bookmark and they are free.

I think anyone with a Will, will find it very easy. There are also forums for discussion etc…

So there is no need for me to teach sanskrit at all….

A few links to start you off..

http://sanskritvoice.com/
http://sanskritvoice.com/digest/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9uoNo8S7Jo
http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/sanskrit/tutor.html

All you have to do is type learn sanskrit online in google.. and you will get pages of links…
http://www.google.co.in/search?rlz=1C1CHNH_enIN325IN325&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=learn+sanskrit+online

History of Classical Sanskrit Literature by M Krishnamachariar contains an elaborate account of all branches of Classical Sanskrit Literature on the basis of literary, epigraphical and archaelogical sources. It has 23 chapters, each chapter dealing with a particular topic arranged chronologically. It embodies a general study of the Vedic, Epic, Puranic, classical and philosophical literature. Beside notes and references it has an illuminating introduction and index of authors and works.

No of pages: 1275

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Complete text of Dasakkumara Charitam authored by renowned Sanskrit poet Dandi with Sanskrit Commentary Various Readings, a Literal English Translation, Explanatory and Critical Notes and an Exhaustive Introduction by M. R. Kale.

The Dasakumaracarita relates the adventures of ten princes in their pursuit of love and royal power. It contains stories of common life and reflects a faithful picture of Indian society during the period couched in the colourful style of Sanskrit prose.

Dandin was a renowned Sanskrit author of prose romances and expounder on poetics. Although he produced literature on his own, most notably the Dasakumaracarita, first translated in 1927 as Hindoo Tales, or The Adventures of the Ten Princes, he is best known for composing the Kavyadarsa (‘Mirror of Poetry’), the handbook of classical Sanskrit poetics, or Kavya. His writings were all in Sanskrit. He lived in Kanchipuram in modern-day Tamil Nadu in 6th-7th century. A shloka that explains the strengths of different poets says: Dandinah padalalithyam (“Dandin is the master of playful words”).

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One of my fans of Thatha and the Magic Grain came up with the idea of Sanskrit online classes via skype or g voice chat. There are many wonderful resources on the net but she wants a “real” as in human teacher. We are trying it out soon. May be starting this Saturday Evening, because she is in U.S. since it is the first time, I think it will be a bit experimental.

The approach I am planning is to do some basic nouns (raAmah and sItA) and some basic verbs (aagacchati, vande) and then get cracking with passages from the Bhagavad Gita or Valmiki Ramayana…, may be even some Vedic Mantras and Upanishadic shlokas. So grammar + application, back to grammar.

The system of Gurudakshina : For eg, while Uddanka brought the ear-rings of Aditi for his teacher, Arjuna captured Drupada for Drona and Sri Krishna brought back Sandipani’s son from the nether world. Most other normal students brought grain or cows or gold. It depended on the capacity of the student and his family. And I think poor students just did some respectful service.

Leave me a comment if you are interested. I expect all students to do their homework and pay attention.

I can take a batch of upto 9 students using skype voice conference.

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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood इत्याह …
श्रेयश्च प्रेयश्च मनुष्यमेतः इत्याह …

360311     ภาษาสันสกฤต I     Sanskrit I

หลักไวยากรณ์เบื้องต้น คำศัพท์ 500 คำ แปลประโยคง่าย ๆ อ่านและเขียนตัวอักษรเทวนาครี

(Basic grammar; 500 words vocabulary; translation of simple sentences; reading and writing with the Devenagari alphabet.)

(360311 มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์)

360312     ภาษาสันสกฤต II     Sanskrit II

คำศัพท์เพิ่มขึ้น 500 คำ หลักไวยากรณ์ การแปลประโยคและข้อความสั้น ๆ จากภาษาสันสกฤตเป็นภาษาไทย และจากภาษาไทยเป็นภาษาสันสกฤต

(Addition of 500 words to the vocabulary ; grammar ; translation of short sentences and texts from Sanskrit to Thai and from Thai to Sanskrit.)

(360312 มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์)

360411     ภาษาสันสกฤต III     Sanskrit III

คำศัพท์เพิ่มเติม 500 คำ หลักไวยากรณ์ แต่งข้อความหรือเรื่องขนาดสั้นเป็นภาษาสันสกฤต อ่านและแปลภาษาสันสกฤตขั้นสูงโดยใช้บทตัดตอนจากวรรณคดีสันสกฤต

(Addition of 500 words to the vocabulary ; grammar ; composition of short texts ; reading and translation of selections from Sanskrit literary works.)

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361211     ความรู้เบื้องต้นเกี่ยวกับภาษาบาลีสันสกฤต     Introduction to Pali and Sanskrit

ประวัติภาษาบาลีสันสกฤตโดยสังเขป การอ่านและการเขียนคำบาลีสันสกฤตลักษณะโครงสร้างของภาษาบาลีสันสกฤต

(A brief history of Pali and Sanskrit, reading and writing Pali and Sanskrit words, the structure of Pali and Sanskrit.)

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361311     คำไทยที่มาจากภาษาบาลีสันสกฤต     Pali and Sanskrit Loanwords

รูป เสียง ความหมาย และการใช้คำไทยที่มาจากภาษาบาลีสันสกฤต และเปรียบเทียบกับรูป เสียง ความหมาย และการใช้คำที่อยู่ในภาษาเดิม

(Form, sound, meaning and usage of Pali and Sanskrit loanwords in Thai in comparison with their form, sound, meaning in the original languages.)

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गते सप्ताहे देशान्तरम् अगच्छं तान्त्रिकमेलनार्थम् । अतः एव लेखितुम् असमर्थः । इदानीं प्रत्यागतोऽस्मि । लेखनं / श्रावणम् अनुवर्तयामि ।

So what are chakras and where are they located?

Each chakra relates to a particular energetic function.  The first chakra, at the tip of your spine, relates to survival and the energy of your physical life.

The word ‘chakra’ is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning ‘wheel’; but perhaps even a better translation would be spinning wheel. If you could see chakras (as many of us whom work with them do) you would be able to see each primary chakra as a spinning vortex or wheel of energy.

There are 7 main chakras in the body and the first one is at the tip of your spine.  It’s about survival.  The second one is located 2 finger widths below your belly button and is about sensuality, sexuality and relationships.  The third chakra is located in the soft part of your solar plexus and is about control, resistance and manifestation.  The 4^th chakra is located where the sternum bones meet in your chest.  This one is about love and self love, and love of others.  5^th one is communication and creativity, and is located in the soft part of the neck.  The sixth is the 3^rd eye and located just above and between your physical eyes.  It’s also the spirit part of you.  The seventh is located 2 inches above your head and is the connection to the source, supreme being or whoever it is for you.  It is also how you take yourself out into the world and how people view you.