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Dear list members, In the back of Apte's Practical Sanskrit English Dictionary there is a section on Sanskrit prosody where he gives definitions and examples...
Harry Spier has raised an interesting question. My general sense is that the mid-paada yati becomes necessary as the length of a paada starts increasing...
In the case of longer metres, you must take a pause in the very middle portions as well-at least this is the folk belief in prosody. The story goes that...
It is not correct to state that yati occurs because of longer paadaas as in sragdhra etc. Apte's dictionary itself gives examples of 8 letter verses named...
I have always wondered if some of these shorter meters with yatis were origininally designed in imitation of some drum beat patterns, and if that might account...
Dear menbers. I am Agustin from spain and I start to learn Sanscrit, I would like to ask if some one Know the meaning of these names of Shri Ganesha. ...
I am looking for some bibliography or suggested reading on a discussion/analysis of the variants in the ordering of the pANini's s'iva sUtras as discussed by...
I tried to contact Agustin off-list, but the email address he gave was bouncing. I have no idea what system of transliteration Thigazh Azhagan is using, but...
Dear menbers. I am Agustin from spain and I start to learn Sanscrit, I would like to ask if some one Know the meaning of these names of Shri Ganesha. Response...
Dear mail-members, I am working on a project on sri Hanuman.If someone can send me information regarding"hanuman"in Sanskrit literature,I'll be obliged. ...
Question: Rameshwaram is traditionally known as the place where Ram stopped on his way back to Ayodhya to worship Lord Shiva, to ask forgiveness for killing ...
Through this list, may I inform Agustin Frutos that I received his message, and attempted to reply to the email address he provided, but it did not work. ...
Dear list members, Can someone identify the meter of this hymn for me. Verse 1 kailAse giri zikhare kalpadrumavipine ziva kalpadrumavipine | guJjati madhukara...
I have cited these verses in one of my articles on priestly Sanskrit, in the Sanskrit Ideology volume edited by Jan Houben (Brill). The form in which Harry...
... When you remove the repetitions in brackets, each line then contains 22 mAtrAs but has between 15 and 17 syllables. Is this a meter based on mAtrAs like...
You are absolutely correct. This is a maatraa meter. Very common for Arati songs in Marathi and probably in other vernacular languages. The most popular...
... Also Coulson wrote in "Teach Yourself Sanskrit" about AryA meter. "This meter was adopted into Sanskrit from more popular sources." In general is it true...
The 11th cent. Buddhist KAlacakra tantra (2nd pa.tala, vv. 6-9) employs the names of the ten avatAras of Vi.s.nu to designate ten phases of human life, from...
... It seems that maatraa can also be synonymous with paadam? Mallinatha writes after the first stanza of the sixteenth canto of the Sisupalavadha, asminsarge...
Originally, Vaitaaliiya has been a maatraachandas of the following structure: The opening of the uneven quarters (ac) consists of 6 (3 x 2) maatraas, the...
I have to apologize for the following typo: The symbol "° °" means "v v" resp. "_" (not: "_ _"), i.e., two maatraas. Originally, Vaitaaliiya has been a...
Does someone know where to find these texts online in English translation?: SHIVA SUTRAS SPANDA KARIKAS PRATYABHIJNAHRDAYAM KUNDALINI STAVAHA VIJNANA BHAIRAVA ...
Dear colleagues, a friend has asked me for the source (and the original text, if possible) of the following verse: Sometimes naked Sometimes mad Now the...
... Hi group. Is there such a thing? Phillip See the following. Note there are frequently several eds. of these titles, but I have not included them all....
Allen W Thrasher
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Try http://sanskrit.gde.to/ as also http://www.dharmicscriptures.org/ Hope these help. Best wishes Smarth alexandra_108 <alexandra_108@...> wrote: Does...
... George L. Hart has written that the so called Aaryaa meter ultimately originated from a Dravidian substratum in the neolithic Deccan. The verse is a type...