Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Posted December 14, 2004 Each Sanskrit Shloka is followed by a single bar '|' or two '||' Anyone knows what they stand for and if they have names ? Thanks in advance. Jai Maa Latha Quote
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Posted December 14, 2004 Dear Latha Single bar means the end of first line, the second line in connected to the first line-- u have to read continously-- two || means the end of particular transa. or mantra what ever is written. Hemant --- Latha Nanda <lathananda wrote: > > > Each Sanskrit Shloka is followed by a single bar '|' > or two '||' > > Anyone knows what they stand for and if they have > names ? > > Thanks in advance. > Jai Maa > Latha > > > > > > > Send holiday email and support a worthy cause. Do good. http://celebrity.mail. Quote
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2004 Report Posted December 15, 2004 Hi Latha, I think you should ask Swamiji about this one (if you haven't already). My understanding is that they are intonation marks, used for ancient Sanskrit slokas, as in the Vedas. Chris , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote: > > > Each Sanskrit Shloka is followed by a single bar '|' or two '||' > > Anyone knows what they stand for and if they have names ? > > Thanks in advance. > Jai Maa > Latha Quote
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2004 Report Posted December 15, 2004 Jai Maa! The bars, whether single or double, seem to be called "danda" in all the webpages I've looked through. "Danda" can mean stick or staff, so I guess it's a descriptive name. They're used any time Sanskrit is written in verse form, with a meter, like anushtubh. (Most texts chanted as sadhana are in verse form.) The single bars will end each poetic unit, and the double bars will end each verse. A single bar can indicate a moderate pause, and the double bar indicates a heavier pause. Sometimes the bars can be used like punctuation, with singles like commas, and doubles like periods. With anushtubh, I've sometimes seen 4 breaks per verse, or 2 breaks per verse. FOr example, the sarva mangala verse could be: sarva ma.ngala maa.ngalye | shive sarvaartha saadhike | sharaNye tryambake devii | naaraayaaNi namo'stute || Or it could be: sarva ma.ngala maa.ngalye shive sarvaartha saadhike | sharaNye tryambike devii naaraayaaNi namo'stute || The bars are very helpful in learning to chant the text, because they help us to understand the natural rhythm of the line. A given chanting melody will correspond to the pauses, helping us to chant in a smooth way. Jai Maa! Ekta --- Chris Kirner <chriskirner1956 wrote: > > > Hi Latha, > > I think you should ask Swamiji about this one (if you haven't > already). My understanding is that they are intonation marks, used for > ancient Sanskrit slokas, as in the Vedas. > > Chris > > > , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote: > > > > > > Each Sanskrit Shloka is followed by a single bar '|' or two '||' > > > > Anyone knows what they stand for and if they have names ? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Jai Maa > > Latha > > > > > > > Send holiday email and support a worthy cause. Do good. http://celebrity.mail. Quote
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