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Hi All,

 

I've put my book "The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to Sanskrit" onto

my site as a PDF document available for download (721k).

 

I wrote this book for people who were in the position I had been several

years earlier of wanting to be able to 'read' the Devanagari script in

Upanishads and the Gita and look up some of the words in a dictionary. It

also seemed useful (it was an inevitable part of satisfying the first

requirement anyway!) to be able to pronounce and write them correctly.

 

It currently seems unlikely that my agent will ever find a publisher for

this rather specialised book and it seems a pity that those few for whom I

wrote it in the first place are unable to benefit from it. Also, of course,

all the time I spent producing it would be wasted if it is never seen so it

seems the right thing to do to make it available in this way. I have made it

'print only' with copying and editing prohibited and all pages marked with

copyright to satisfy the contract with my agent. If they ever do find a

publisher, I may well then be obliged to remove it!

 

It provides a two-level introduction to the Sanskrit language. Level one

introduces the transliterated (Anglicised) alphabets used by books and the

Internet for reproducing Sanskrit. Level two teaches the Devanagari script

used for the true language and describes the main rules for combining

letters and words. Correct pronunciation and writing are explained. The

shivasUtrANi are explained in passing and some of the rules from the

laghu-siddhAnta-kaumudI but this should not put anyone off since the whole

exposition is intended for a complete beginner. A number of examples from

the Upanishads, Gita and Astavakra Gita are used to illustrate simple

translation. There is a comprehensive glossary of the Sanskrit terms used

and a second one containing commonly encountered spiritual words.

 

Sunder Hattangadi on the Advaitin list provided considerable help in

correcting the manuscript and making helpful suggestions so I believe it is

all ok. (He will hopefully confirm that it is a useful aid for the

beginner.) Thanks also to Ananda Wood for converting the MS Word document

into PDF format.

 

It is available at www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm.

 

Best wishes,

 

Dennis

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advaitin, "Dennis Waite" <dwaite@a...> wrote:

> I've put my book "The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to

Sanskrit" onto

> my site as a PDF document available for download (721k).

> Sunder Hattangadi on the Advaitin list provided considerable help in

> correcting the manuscript and making helpful suggestions so I

believe it is

> all ok. (He will hopefully confirm that it is a useful aid for the

> beginner.) Thanks also to Ananda Wood for converting the MS Word

document

> into PDF format.

>

> It is available at www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm.

 

Namaste Dennisji,

 

It is a pleasure to acknowledge Dennisji's 'Labor of Love'

come to light in this forum, and his trusting me with the task of

making a few helpful hints along the way.

 

As the Gita assures us, no good deed ever goes to waste, and

even if human beings ignore this work, Dennisji will be blessed for

it, and more so by his sharing it with us all.

 

On behalf of all readers, I wish him and all his works the

widest success. I shall be happy to upload it to the Files section

with his permission.

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder

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This is wonderful news. However, the PDF file

would not load. I.e. the page never loaded onto my

screen.

 

Min

 

 

Dennis Waite [dwaite]

Friday, August 22, 2003 10:23 AM

advaitin

Introduction to Sanskrit

 

Hi All,

 

I've put my book "The Spiritual Seeker's Essential

Guide to Sanskrit" onto

my site as a PDF document available for download

(721k).

 

I wrote this book for people who were in the

position I had been several

years earlier of wanting to be able to 'read' the

Devanagari script in

Upanishads and the Gita and look up some of the

words in a dictionary. It

also seemed useful (it was an inevitable part of

satisfying the first

requirement anyway!) to be able to pronounce and

write them correctly.

 

It currently seems unlikely that my agent will

ever find a publisher for

this rather specialised book and it seems a pity

that those few for whom I

wrote it in the first place are unable to benefit

from it. Also, of course,

all the time I spent producing it would be wasted

if it is never seen so it

seems the right thing to do to make it available

in this way. I have made it

'print only' with copying and editing prohibited

and all pages marked with

copyright to satisfy the contract with my agent.

If they ever do find a

publisher, I may well then be obliged to remove

it!

 

It provides a two-level introduction to the

Sanskrit language. Level one

introduces the transliterated (Anglicised)

alphabets used by books and the

Internet for reproducing Sanskrit. Level two

teaches the Devanagari script

used for the true language and describes the main

rules for combining

letters and words. Correct pronunciation and

writing are explained. The

shivasUtrANi are explained in passing and some of

the rules from the

laghu-siddhAnta-kaumudI but this should not put

anyone off since the whole

exposition is intended for a complete beginner. A

number of examples from

the Upanishads, Gita and Astavakra Gita are used

to illustrate simple

translation. There is a comprehensive glossary of

the Sanskrit terms used

and a second one containing commonly encountered

spiritual words.

 

Sunder Hattangadi on the Advaitin list provided

considerable help in

correcting the manuscript and making helpful

suggestions so I believe it is

all ok. (He will hopefully confirm that it is a

useful aid for the

beginner.) Thanks also to Ananda Wood for

converting the MS Word document

into PDF format.

 

It is available at

www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm.

 

Best wishes,

 

Dennis

 

 

 

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http://freespace.virgin.net/dennis.waite/advaita/G

uideToSanskrit.pdf

 

Was that the address for the PDF?

 

Min

 

 

Dennis Waite [dwaite]

Friday, August 22, 2003 10:23 AM

advaitin

Introduction to Sanskrit

 

Hi All,

 

I've put my book "The Spiritual Seeker's Essential

Guide to Sanskrit" onto

my site as a PDF document available for download

(721k).

 

I wrote this book for people who were in the

position I had been several

years earlier of wanting to be able to 'read' the

Devanagari script in

Upanishads and the Gita and look up some of the

words in a dictionary. It

also seemed useful (it was an inevitable part of

satisfying the first

requirement anyway!) to be able to pronounce and

write them correctly.

 

It currently seems unlikely that my agent will

ever find a publisher for

this rather specialised book and it seems a pity

that those few for whom I

wrote it in the first place are unable to benefit

from it. Also, of course,

all the time I spent producing it would be wasted

if it is never seen so it

seems the right thing to do to make it available

in this way. I have made it

'print only' with copying and editing prohibited

and all pages marked with

copyright to satisfy the contract with my agent.

If they ever do find a

publisher, I may well then be obliged to remove

it!

 

It provides a two-level introduction to the

Sanskrit language. Level one

introduces the transliterated (Anglicised)

alphabets used by books and the

Internet for reproducing Sanskrit. Level two

teaches the Devanagari script

used for the true language and describes the main

rules for combining

letters and words. Correct pronunciation and

writing are explained. The

shivasUtrANi are explained in passing and some of

the rules from the

laghu-siddhAnta-kaumudI but this should not put

anyone off since the whole

exposition is intended for a complete beginner. A

number of examples from

the Upanishads, Gita and Astavakra Gita are used

to illustrate simple

translation. There is a comprehensive glossary of

the Sanskrit terms used

and a second one containing commonly encountered

spiritual words.

 

Sunder Hattangadi on the Advaitin list provided

considerable help in

correcting the manuscript and making helpful

suggestions so I believe it is

all ok. (He will hopefully confirm that it is a

useful aid for the

beginner.) Thanks also to Ananda Wood for

converting the MS Word document

into PDF format.

 

It is available at

www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm.

 

Best wishes,

 

Dennis

 

 

 

------------------------

 

Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta

Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman.

Advaitin List Archives available at:

http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/

To Post a message send an email to :

advaitin

Messages Archived at:

advaitin/messages

 

 

 

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Dennisji,

Many thanks for yur wonderful gift to advaitin, which will prove most useful for

students like me.

Namaste

hari Om

R.S.Mani

 

Dennis Waite <dwaite wrote:

Hi All,

 

I've put my book "The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to Sanskrit" onto

my site as a PDF document available for download (721k).

 

I wrote this book for people who were in the position I had been several

years earlier of wanting to be able to 'read' the Devanagari script in

Upanishads and the Gita and look up some of the words in a dictionary. It

also seemed useful (it was an inevitable part of satisfying the first

requirement anyway!) to be able to pronounce and write them correctly.

 

It currently seems unlikely that my agent will ever find a publisher for

this rather specialised book and it seems a pity that those few for whom I

wrote it in the first place are unable to benefit from it. Also, of course,

all the time I spent producing it would be wasted if it is never seen so it

seems the right thing to do to make it available in this way. I have made it

'print only' with copying and editing prohibited and all pages marked with

copyright to satisfy the contract with my agent. If they ever do find a

publisher, I may well then be obliged to remove it!

 

It provides a two-level introduction to the Sanskrit language. Level one

introduces the transliterated (Anglicised) alphabets used by books and the

Internet for reproducing Sanskrit. Level two teaches the Devanagari script

used for the true language and describes the main rules for combining

letters and words. Correct pronunciation and writing are explained. The

shivasUtrANi are explained in passing and some of the rules from the

laghu-siddhAnta-kaumudI but this should not put anyone off since the whole

exposition is intended for a complete beginner. A number of examples from

the Upanishads, Gita and Astavakra Gita are used to illustrate simple

translation. There is a comprehensive glossary of the Sanskrit terms used

and a second one containing commonly encountered spiritual words.

 

Sunder Hattangadi on the Advaitin list provided considerable help in

correcting the manuscript and making helpful suggestions so I believe it is

all ok. (He will hopefully confirm that it is a useful aid for the

beginner.) Thanks also to Ananda Wood for converting the MS Word document

into PDF format.

 

It is available at www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm.

 

Best wishes,

 

Dennis

 

 

Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman

and Brahman.

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To clarify: link to the page www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm and half-way

down the page you will find details about the document. Click on the link

'The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to Sanskrit' to view the document

on-line but in order to do this your browser has to have the Adobe Acrobat

Reader plug-in. Alternatively, you download the file by right clicking on

the link and saving to your hard drive.

 

You can get the (free) reader from the Adobe site -

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. I don't recall how you

enable on-line browsing. With Internet Explorer, it may be that you tick

'Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)' in 'Tools,

Internet Options, Advanced' menu.

 

Best wishes,

 

Dennis

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This is really nice, Dennis. Many thanks.

Can't believe you could not find a publisher.

 

Best wishes,

 

Min

 

 

Dennis Waite [dwaite]

Sunday, August 24, 2003 10:03 AM

advaitin

RE: Introduction to Sanskrit

 

To clarify: link to the page

www.advaita.org.uk/sanskrit.htm and half-way

down the page you will find details about the

document. Click on the link

'The Spiritual Seeker's Essential Guide to

Sanskrit' to view the document

on-line but in order to do this your browser has

to have the Adobe Acrobat

Reader plug-in. Alternatively, you download the

file by right clicking on

the link and saving to your hard drive.

 

You can get the (free) reader from the Adobe

site -

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.ht

ml. I don't recall how you

enable on-line browsing. With Internet Explorer,

it may be that you tick

'Enable third-party browser extensions (requires

restart)' in 'Tools,

Internet Options, Advanced' menu.

 

Best wishes,

 

Dennis

 

 

 

------------------------

 

Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta

Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman.

Advaitin List Archives available at:

http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/

To Post a message send an email to :

advaitin

Messages Archived at:

advaitin/messages

 

 

 

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Namaste

 

Dennisji, I just saw your site and also the Essential Guide to

Sanskrit for Spiritual seekers.

 

My humble praNAms and Congratulations for a fantastic work done.

It is going to be useful as long as man lives on this Earth.

 

With regards and praNAms to all advaitins.

profvk

 

=====

Prof. V. Krishnamurthy

My website on Science and Spirituality is http://www.geocities.com/profvk/

You can access my book on Gems from the Ocean of Hindu Thought Vision and

Practice, and my father R. Visvanatha Sastri's manuscripts from the site.

 

 

 

 

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