Sanskrit: A crash course - Diane Johnson, WWU

Diane Johnson, an associate professor of Modern and Classical Languages at Western Washington University, presents "Sanskrit: A crash course."

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[97448able]

In my opinion, this is one of the few Videos on Sanskrit that is worth watching; albeit, it is a tad long.

Most people seem to start off reading the Epics and Classical Sanskrit...probably the best way to do it.

I'm primarily interested in the Vedas, especially the Rig Veda.

Old Gem from A.A. Macdonell named: "A Vedic Reader for Students" can easily be found on the web in it's entirety, ditto: " A vedic Grammar for Students". Those interested in Rig Veda, might want to check into it.

[srunig]

@5y8969fle It means every individual has his/her own perceptions about things differently. For example for a fisherman, a lake or water body means livelihood, for an enthusiastic young kid, it means having fun (swimming), for some others it is a source of water.

[97448able]

The Mahabharata Epic was composed over a period of about 800 years. It contains about 3 times as many verses as the Bible.

One Philosophical/Spititual treatise that found it's way into this Epic is the: Bhagavad Gita. I am using Winthrop Sargeants (Musician, Writer, Jazz Critic) Edition. I am proceeding slowly, 5 - 10 verses at a time; and, am finding this stunning. Western Students of Sanskrit might find the grammatical commentary and Intro material helpful. Sanskrit Students, its accessible.

[srunig]

I guess the meaning of this sentence is misinterpreted. I may not be correct but being an Indian I understand it differently.

"aatma buddhya samety arthaan mano yunkte vivaksaya"

aatma - self, buddhya - mind /intellect, samety - in coherence with, arthaan - meaning, mano - mind/heart, yunkte - accordingly, vivaksaya - differentiate"

The self in coherence with the mind/intellect will differentiate the meaning according to its own mind/heart (perceptions).

[praveshvyas1]

nice presentation

[virkjun]

She says the aspirated forms sound weird, but that's just because she isn't doing it right.

Just sayin'! :D

[nactan]

SE Asia is almost universally Theravadin. I think she means East Asia, but that has largely shifted to Classical Chinese.

[nactan]

Formal English is Classical English.

[TheKjason]

Ms Johnson is so correct once you have at least have a basic understanding of the grammar verb noun placement etc...and a good idea of sandhi and samas sanskrit is very addictive...very good presentation...

[r3bol]

This was a really nice presentation, but the ambient sound kind of ruins it.