winstonsmith Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 I'm thinking about learning Hindi because I feel like I'm losing a lot of meaning when the books are translated into English, but should I learn Sanskrit instead? Hindi would be more practical, but do you feel like the books lose meaning when they are translated into Hindi from Sanskrit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SummerIndia Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Off course, if you are much in to religious thing Sanskrit could be the choice. Once learned, hindi as a language will not be a task to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayesri Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Hi, Learn Hindi it will help you to communicate with most of the people. Since the traditional Sanskrit is not in the spoken form, even if you learn Sanskrit, you may need a dictionary to study the holy books. Additionally learn Tamil. It is the living divine language in India. In Tamil also you find a lot of holy books with high thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amala Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I cannot answer specifically regarding Hindi, but as a student of linguistics and Sanskrit, I can tell you that usually any translation, regardless of how closely related the languages, loses something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brahmagya Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 I would advise you to learn Sanskrit, because it is a classical & beautiful language. Hindi, like most other Indian languages, are derived offshoots of Sanskrit - each much easier to follow & speak than Sanskrit. So, even though learning Sanskrit may sound scary to most people, if learnt from a good teacher, I am sure you would find it much more logical to follow & hence captivating too! Hindi can be learnt for practical purposes with a little extra effort after learning Sanskrit. But remember, please start learning Hindi only after learning an appreciable amount of Sanskrit whereby you can independently read/write/comprehend the meanings of a few sentences or paragraphs at a time. I suggest you don't mix them up trying to learn them simultaneously, at least in the beginning. All the very best, TC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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