Q&A with Swamiji .....163...Levels of meaning in Sanskrit

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Oh how I love those different paradigms of meaning! Maa and Swamiji provide an

environment of learning in every publication and CD that they publish. I'd love

to have a copy of that basic Sanskrit textbook, though.

 

 

Latha Nanda <lathananda

Sep 29, 2004 10:30 AM

Q&A with Swamiji .....163...Levels of meaning in Sanskrit

 

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Question from Linda:<BR>

What does Swamiji recommend if one desires to learn sanskrit?<BR>

Does he recommend the American Sanskrit Institute or some other<BR>

teaching tools? Would it not be awesome if Swami wrote a book<BR>

and/or made some tapes on learning Sanskrit, starting from the<BR>

most simple to the more complex? I realize there are many<BR>

layers to any Sanskrit word and that the same word can mean<BR>

something slightly different, depending on the context. Jai Maa, Jai <BR>

Swamiji <BR>

<BR>

Swamiji's response :<BR>

<BR>

There are actually different kinds of meanings:<BR>

<BR>

dictionary meaning - vach arth<BR>

meaning according to an attitude of awareness - bhava arth<BR>

meaning according to your guru - guru arth<BR>

meaning according to your school of philosophy - darshan shashtra arth<BR>

meaning according to your tribe of sadus - sampradayi arth<BR>

meaning according to your own realization - svadaya arth<BR>

hidden meaning - gupta arth<BR>

<BR>

Latha's footnote : <BR>

Many of the devotees of the Mandir that are learning sanskrit do not <BR>

to any particular institute of teaching. We have a sanskrit <BR>

text book that is used in schools across India, a teacher to walk us <BR>

through the basic alphabet, construction of grammar and do a lot of our own <BR>

research. <BR>

<BR>

<BR>

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ardis

 

b4 we moved i bought a couple sanskrit lesson books, maybe i can dig

them out and let you know the author and all ...

 

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wrote:

> Oh how I love those different paradigms of meaning! Maa and

Swamiji provide an environment of learning in every publication and

CD that they publish. I'd love to have a copy of that basic

Sanskrit textbook, though.

>

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> Latha Nanda <lathananda>

> Sep 29, 2004 10:30 AM

>

> Q&A with Swamiji .....163...Levels of

meaning in Sanskrit

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> Question from Linda:<BR>

> What does Swamiji recommend if one desires to learn sanskrit?<BR>

> Does he recommend the American Sanskrit Institute or some other<BR>

> teaching tools? Would it not be awesome if Swami wrote a book<BR>

> and/or made some tapes on learning Sanskrit, starting from the<BR>

> most simple to the more complex? I realize there are many<BR>

> layers to any Sanskrit word and that the same word can mean<BR>

> something slightly different, depending on the context. Jai Maa,

Jai <BR>

> Swamiji <BR>

> <BR>

> Swamiji's response :<BR>

> <BR>

> There are actually different kinds of meanings:<BR>

> <BR>

> dictionary meaning - vach arth<BR>

> meaning according to an attitude of awareness - bhava arth<BR>

> meaning according to your guru - guru arth<BR>

> meaning according to your school of philosophy - darshan shashtra

arth<BR>

> meaning according to your tribe of sadus - sampradayi arth<BR>

> meaning according to your own realization - svadaya arth<BR>

> hidden meaning - gupta arth<BR>

> <BR>

> Latha's footnote : <BR>

> Many of the devotees of the Mandir that are learning sanskrit do

not <BR>

> to any particular institute of teaching. We have a

sanskrit <BR>

> text book that is used in schools across India, a teacher to walk

us <BR>

> through the basic alphabet, construction of grammar and do a lot

of our own <BR>

> research. <BR>

> <BR>

> <BR>

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What is the Sanskrit textbook that you mention, and where can one get a copy of it?

 

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NirmalanandaLatha Nanda <lathananda > wrote:

Question from Linda:What does Swamiji recommend if one desires to

learn sanskrit?Does he recommend the American Sanskrit Institute or

some otherteaching tools? Would it not be awesome if Swami wrote a

bookand/or made some tapes on learning Sanskrit, starting from

themost simple to the more complex? I realize there are manylayers to

any Sanskrit word and that the same word can meansomething slightly

different, depending on the context. Jai Maa, Jai Swamiji Swamiji's

response :There are actually different kinds of meanings:dictionary

meaning - vach arthmeaning according to an attitude of awareness -

bhava arthmeaning according to your guru - guru arthmeaning according

to your school of philosophy - darshan shashtra arthmeaning according

to your tribe of sadus - sampradayi arthmeaning according to your own

realization - svadaya arthhidden meaning - gupta arthLatha's footnote

: Many of the devotees of the Mandir that are learning sanskrit do

not to any particular institute of teaching. We have a

sanskrit text book that is used in schools across India, a teacher to

walk us through the basic alphabet, construction of grammar and do a

lot of our own research.