Darin, I am so pleased and so impressed by this video. I am not sure right now about the extent of this course, but after "saving" this video, I hope to see. Your opening explanation, both of the spiritual and logical rationale of the phonetics, is enlightening. Finally, in my 80th year, I have gotten to Sanskrit. You are a gifted teacher.
This is the first time I have got such a great and beautiful pronunciation help from you on a language which is spoken by hundreds but learnt by millions.
I normally don't write comments...but your video compelled me too. for years I have been unable to pronounce the cerebral and dental vowels and I did not know the difference. your video especially the chart and diagram are so useful. I thank you for this video. God Bless.
Outstanding presentation and explanation. The historical, spiritual, metaphorical and, anatomical grid, create a logic that supports learning and memorization. Shukryia. Namaste.
This is wonderful! EXACTLY what I needed -- thank you so much. As I learn the basics about Sanskrit, it becomes clear that it all starts with the spoken language.
For years l have been trying to find the proper pronunciation for the sanskrit letters.Your diagrams and explainations made everything very clear . Thank you very much Sir !
Thank you. I am anxious to learn Sanskrit as its sadhana, like you said, and also because Kőrösi Csoma Sándor, Bodhisatva of the West, who was Hungarian like me and was looking four our ancestors in the East, found many similarities between Hungarian and Sanskrit which is a much suppressed FACT. .
Dear fans of my first sanskrit video, namaste! I wanted to let everyone know that I AM working on the next video along with many other projects. If you'd like to help support this development and check out more content, please visit www.patreon.com/sriyoga Thank you for your support! Jai Sri!
Dhanyavaad. Your instruction is clear, comprehensive and logically organized; paced and presented with compassion and care for beginner students. You have made the Sanskrit alphabet, the Devine Breath, seem attainable. 🕉🙏🏽🕉🙏🏽 Shnati, Shanti, Shanti
Very nice, I'm impressed. Before reciting stotras etc I listen to 3-4 videos and learn but still they are not reliable. Today also while listening I came across a word which was pronounced differently in one video than other people so I thought I'll search for pronunciation & came here though I didn't want to learn from the beginning and everything. But after listening to you I felt like really listening with focus though in the beginning I jumped ahead but I liked so much that I went back. Now I would love to learn Sanskrit. वङ्कांगी is the word I'm looking for. Mostly people are saying Vajr.... (वज्र..). Would you like to help if it's ok with you? Thanks a lot for teaching Sanskrit
@@moodtwister5037 yes I learnt it by reading listening many more videos and sites but still thanks a lot for the reply, I really appreciate and respect for that
ज्ञ pronunciation is different every language In hindi ज्ञ as "gya" In marathi ज्ञ as "dnya" In kannada, tamil, telugu, Malayalam ज्ञ as "jnya" and "gnya"
Actually, it's considered a manifestation of a lot of good karma if you have the desire and opportunity to study this divine language. The best we can do is enlighten ourselves and inspire by example, Hari Om Namah Shivaya
Wonderful!!! I love this instruction! Waiting for your next upload regarding Sanskrit rhythm. BTW, what editing software were you using for making this class? I'd love to know how to make those highlighted squares and boxes shown in your video...many thanks in advance. Cheers!
Samuel Roy thx for the support! I used Camtasia to create this, it has fewer effects than adobe after effects but is easier for educational presentations
Amazing. I am from TamilNadu and always wondered how 2 'Sha' s are different. This video clearly showed how to say those Shas as in Shiva(Palattal) and Vishnu(Cerebral). Cleared many many of my doubts. Can you please share Class 2? Cannot find it. Thanks a ton. Namaste.
Greetings! First of all, thank you so much for this, I have this in my library since 2016 I think. I have a question, in the Mantram 'Om mani padme hum', why is it that the 'u' in the last syllable is pronounced as 'u' in english and not as 'u' in sankrit? That you again for all the help in learning this beautiful and Sacred language.
Thanks for your kind words. This particular mantra is Buddhist, so it's not as ancient as other mantras, and has entered into dozens of different cultures over the centuries, each slightly changing the pronunciation according to the sounds of the local language (in Tibet, for example, it is pronounced Om Mani Bêmê Hum). The 'u' in English is more like a short 'u' in Sanskrit, which is how this mantra is pronounced in Nepal, but in Hindi and in most Sanskrit it is a long 'u' at the end (hoom). But even more important than having perfect Sanskrit pronunciation of a mantra is to repeat the mantra exactly as you've been given it by your teacher. Most mantras only have power if they've been unlocked by a guru, and you should never change what your guru teaches.
Dear Darin Somma, Sanskrit class provided here is Excellent. Please can I get the link for Visargaha and rhythm video as you discussed in this tutorial..
Dear Darin. Thank you so much for this. I found it really informative and inspiring as I'm learning more about the spiritual effects of sounds of words I was wondering if you could help me with a small matter. I'm having difficulty trying to pronounce the names of the characters in the Mahabharata. I was wondering if you could transcribe them for me into the alphabet chart you've shown here. I was hoping you could help me with the 'Yudhishthira' and 'Dhritarashtra’. How would they be pronounced in Sanskrit and where would the stress be? The final vowel 'a' in their names would be silent? Thanks so much for the help!
Dharmaraja's name is "yudhiSHTHira", all vowels are short and you need to pause slightly between SH and TH (note the capitalized means it's a cerebral sound). The other name is "dhRtarASHTra", a little harder to pronounce as the second 'a' is long. Keeping the final 'a' silent is a convention mostly in northern India that comes from the idea of preserving prANa (breath), so instead of saying "yoga" they say "yog". This comes from the rishis actually, but most sanskrit teachers prefer you actually vocalize that last 'a'.
Hi this is really great, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. I take sanskrit at University but I really appreciate the way you relate it to Tat Tvam Asi. May I ask you just to speak a little less fast, people who aren't from English langage may have some difficult time to follow. Thanks a lot !
Great explanation..Nice to see this.. Just wanted to correct one thing here that in Sanskrit language there's no Dirgh लृ...लृ is having two types Hrasva and Pluta.
I continue to be confused on how to pronounce व. At 26:36 it seems to be pronounced "va" and later in the video it seems to be pronounced "wa". I have seen this variation all over the place. Can someone explain? Is this due to accents or regions or time periods?
I would be interested to hear more on that history too. I know certain Indus languages don't have the "va" sound, and their Sanskrit is influenced by this regional dialect influence. But, in terms of the sound grid, it's a labial semivowel, so the question is how is it created with the lips, with help from the teeth or no? check out learnsanskrit.org/sounds/consonants/other the sound byte has it between "va" and "wa"
Can you recommend a book (or books) for pronunciation, reading, and writing in Sanskrit? My ego wishes to learn. But I wanna read a book preferably not watch videos.
Here's an excellent free pdf from Rajarajeshwari Peetham in Rush, NY. You can print it out and read, but for accurate pronunciation one really needs a teacher. Also, I have a feeling it's something deeper than your ego that wants to learn :) www.devipaduka.com/formsandpublications/Sanskrit--Module-01-V10-final.pdf
#sanskritpronunciation #sanskrit For anyone who would like to learn more about highly simplified sanskrit pronunciation [especially good for English-speaking persons like myself who do not know any Indian language at all!], please find our pronunciation tips & resources at www.tiny.cc/sanskrit or www.gitajayanti.org/page/sanskrit-pronunciation . To view a video of a spontaneous Demo class, please see www.tiny.cc/sanskrit4 . Thank you for helping us distribute this 'Vidya Dhaanam' [Giving of Knowledge in Charity] for the benefit of one and all. Hare Krishna! Your servant, Dina . dina@gitajayanti.org
@Darin Somma Dear Darin ji, Thank you!! :-) You may like this.... www.tiny.cc/vss00 and www.tiny.cc/vss01 Vishnu Sahasranam in my simplified format... And www.tiny.cc/lalitasahasranama Happy SINGING! :-)
Best of the best. 1 your Image facing to the right is correct because we write from left to right . this is the way to avoid confused.but I think the IPA's is wrong as their images are facing to the left. 2 am I wrong ? If I say a=r i= y e=l u/o = v/w ah= H am= M
I thought he expressed that he had something to offer, but wasn't a credentialed teacher. The quality of the class itself gives him major credibility. I saw nothing that conflicted with what I know already, and he brilliantly filled in a lot of gaps for me.
Thank you, but there are no "spiritual practices" in the sense that such lead to enlightenment. Real spiritual practices are manifestations of the state of enlightenment or Christ Consciousness, and we don't know what they are until such state is reached. Only the false guru tries to teach "spiritual practices" to those that are, like elementary school students, as yet not ready to even know of such sacrilegeous fallacies.
The best explanation of sanskrit syllables available online.
Darin, I am so pleased and so impressed by this video. I am not sure right now about the extent of this course, but after "saving" this video, I hope to see. Your opening explanation, both of the spiritual and logical rationale of the phonetics, is enlightening. Finally, in my 80th year, I have gotten to Sanskrit. You are a gifted teacher.
Does Darin personally read this? Can you tell me whether this is an extensive course? Thanks.
Probably the best introduction to sanskrit available on RUclips. Thank you!
This is the first time I have got such a great and beautiful pronunciation help from you on a language which is spoken by hundreds but learnt by millions.
Superb presentation, I'd love to see class 2, class 3, ...!
I normally don't write comments...but your video compelled me too. for years I have been unable to pronounce the cerebral and dental vowels and I did not know the difference. your video especially the chart and diagram are so useful. I thank you for this video. God Bless.
Please introduce ळ sound in consonants it's use in vedic sanskrit
Also present in Marathi and other south indian languages
Thank you so much for this pronunciation class. I've learned so much!
This is by far the clearest instruction about sanskrit. And i study sanskrit in my university. I'm still waiting for the second part.
Outstanding presentation and explanation. The historical, spiritual, metaphorical and, anatomical grid, create a logic that supports learning and memorization. Shukryia. Namaste.
This is wonderful! EXACTLY what I needed -- thank you so much. As I learn the basics about Sanskrit, it becomes clear that it all starts with the spoken language.
For years l have been trying to find the proper pronunciation for the sanskrit letters.Your diagrams and explainations made everything very clear . Thank you very much Sir !
The most thorough guide to the Sanskrit pronunciation I have encountered. I admire your patience and diligence. Thank you.
I never comment, but this is outstanding. Thank you.
Thank you. I am anxious to learn Sanskrit as its sadhana, like you said, and also because Kőrösi Csoma Sándor, Bodhisatva of the West, who was Hungarian like me and was looking four our ancestors in the East, found many similarities between Hungarian and Sanskrit which is a much suppressed FACT.
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I don’t mind saying jñ as it should. Do I make a pretentious fool of myself if I say it as jña, and not as gya?
@@MartenHemstrom In Sanskrit words 'jna' is pronounced as gya. So if can't pronounce 'jna' while reading Sanskrit.
Will you continue this series please? It's so helpful. Thank you for making this.
Most systematic sanskrit lesson, thank you so very much
Excellent presentation & thank you.
Dear fans of my first sanskrit video, namaste! I wanted to let everyone know that I AM working on the next video along with many other projects. If you'd like to help support this development and check out more content, please visit www.patreon.com/sriyoga
Thank you for your support! Jai Sri!
Dhanyavaad. Your instruction is clear, comprehensive and logically organized; paced and presented with compassion and care for beginner students. You have made the Sanskrit alphabet, the Devine Breath, seem attainable. 🕉🙏🏽🕉🙏🏽 Shnati, Shanti, Shanti
Very helpful - thank you so much!
Very helpful, thank you so much 🙏
Excellent!!! Really very helpful. Thanks for the great work and sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for this small piece of work. Very helpful!
An astounding video, especially for beginners like me. Congratulations !
Great video on Sanskrit sounds. Learning a lot.🙏🙏🙏
Amazing!! I was spellbound, it was really so powerful. Thank you.
Very nice, I'm impressed. Before reciting stotras etc I listen to 3-4 videos and learn but still they are not reliable. Today also while listening I came across a word which was pronounced differently in one video than other people so I thought I'll search for pronunciation & came here though I didn't want to learn from the beginning and everything. But after listening to you I felt like really listening with focus though in the beginning I jumped ahead but I liked so much that I went back. Now I would love to learn Sanskrit.
वङ्कांगी is the word I'm looking for. Mostly people are saying Vajr.... (वज्र..). Would you like to help if it's ok with you?
Thanks a lot for teaching Sanskrit
Vajr is incorrect
Van*kangi
N* is gutteral nasal sound
@@moodtwister5037 yes I learnt it by reading listening many more videos and sites but still thanks a lot for the reply, I really appreciate and respect for that
Thank you for making this video with the very easy to understand explanations. I just started to learn sanskrit and your video is really helpful!
Very good and well explained.
Please create videos on recitation of sanskrit shlokas.
We dont want to say ananda when we actually want aananda
ज्ञ pronunciation is different every language
In hindi ज्ञ as "gya"
In marathi ज्ञ as "dnya"
In kannada, tamil, telugu, Malayalam ज्ञ as "jnya" and "gnya"
Interesting, thank you
Just superb, thank you so much!
Thank you, thank you, thank you ! So well done!
How can we attract more people towards this beautiful language any suggestion please?
Actually, it's considered a manifestation of a lot of good karma if you have the desire and opportunity to study this divine language. The best we can do is enlighten ourselves and inspire by example, Hari Om Namah Shivaya
Excellent video 2 learn d basics of Sanskrit ...
Your pronunciation is very good .
I am India♥️
this makes it more clear thanks!
Wonderful!!! I love this instruction! Waiting for your next upload regarding Sanskrit rhythm.
BTW, what editing software were you using for making this class? I'd love to know how to make those highlighted squares and boxes shown in your video...many thanks in advance.
Cheers!
Samuel Roy thx for the support! I used Camtasia to create this, it has fewer effects than adobe after effects but is easier for educational presentations
Wow! Thank you so much for your quick reply. I'll take a look on this software. Looking forward to seeing your class 2. xoxo
Brilliant! I has having trouble with श and ष... think I have it now!
Thanks so much for sharing this
Excellent very well explained. How to get other classes .
Amazing. I am from TamilNadu and always wondered how 2 'Sha' s are different. This video clearly showed how to say those Shas as in Shiva(Palattal) and Vishnu(Cerebral). Cleared many many of my doubts. Can you please share Class 2? Cannot find it. Thanks a ton. Namaste.
In tamil
ख ग घ ट ठ ध ढ थ फ भ ब ज्ञ not in constant , how this sounds write in tamil
Greetings! First of all, thank you so much for this, I have this in my library since 2016 I think.
I have a question, in the Mantram 'Om mani padme hum', why is it that the 'u' in the last syllable is pronounced as 'u' in english and not as 'u' in sankrit? That you again for all the help in learning this beautiful and Sacred language.
Thanks for your kind words. This particular mantra is Buddhist, so it's not as ancient as other mantras, and has entered into dozens of different cultures over the centuries, each slightly changing the pronunciation according to the sounds of the local language (in Tibet, for example, it is pronounced Om Mani Bêmê Hum). The 'u' in English is more like a short 'u' in Sanskrit, which is how this mantra is pronounced in Nepal, but in Hindi and in most Sanskrit it is a long 'u' at the end (hoom).
But even more important than having perfect Sanskrit pronunciation of a mantra is to repeat the mantra exactly as you've been given it by your teacher. Most mantras only have power if they've been unlocked by a guru, and you should never change what your guru teaches.
Thank you so much. Blessings
thanks! very clear, well done!
this is amazing thank you!
Dear Darin Somma, Sanskrit class provided here is Excellent. Please can I get the link for Visargaha and rhythm video as you discussed in this tutorial..
I'm getting many requests and am working on it now! Will add it to my channel when it's finished, thank you for your interest and patience
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽THANK YOU
Dear Darin. Thank you so much for this. I found it really informative and inspiring as I'm learning more about the spiritual effects of sounds of words I was wondering if you could help me with a small matter. I'm having difficulty trying to pronounce the names of the characters in the Mahabharata. I was wondering if you could transcribe them for me into the alphabet chart you've shown here. I was hoping you could help me with the 'Yudhishthira' and 'Dhritarashtra’. How would they be pronounced in Sanskrit and where would the stress be? The final vowel 'a' in their names would be silent?
Thanks so much for the help!
Dharmaraja's name is "yudhiSHTHira", all vowels are short and you need to pause slightly between SH and TH (note the capitalized means it's a cerebral sound). The other name is "dhRtarASHTra", a little harder to pronounce as the second 'a' is long. Keeping the final 'a' silent is a convention mostly in northern India that comes from the idea of preserving prANa (breath), so instead of saying "yoga" they say "yog". This comes from the rishis actually, but most sanskrit teachers prefer you actually vocalize that last 'a'.
Thank you very much.
Marcus Cheng Chye Tan You'll probably find answers to your questions if you read The Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. Good luck
@@sriyogatherapy What a great response!
Hi this is really great, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. I take sanskrit at University but I really appreciate the way you relate it to Tat Tvam Asi. May I ask you just to speak a little less fast, people who aren't from English langage may have some difficult time to follow. Thanks a lot !
Thank you for the feedback! Will definitely speak more slow and clear in future videos!
Darin Somma Thank you, you !
I found the pace perfect. Shat shat pranam.
Sonskrit Pronunciation of ঋ/Rri
09:28 - 10:07
Thank you so much! I very much appreciate it!
Great explanation..Nice to see this..
Just wanted to correct one thing here that in Sanskrit language there's no Dirgh लृ...लृ is having two types Hrasva and Pluta.
I continue to be confused on how to pronounce व. At 26:36 it seems to be pronounced "va" and later in the video it seems to be pronounced "wa". I have seen this variation all over the place. Can someone explain? Is this due to accents or regions or time periods?
I would be interested to hear more on that history too. I know certain Indus languages don't have the "va" sound, and their Sanskrit is influenced by this regional dialect influence. But, in terms of the sound grid, it's a labial semivowel, so the question is how is it created with the lips, with help from the teeth or no? check out learnsanskrit.org/sounds/consonants/other the sound byte has it between "va" and "wa"
V and w sound same as व only one sound
Thank you for this video
Can you recommend a book (or books) for pronunciation, reading, and writing in Sanskrit? My ego wishes to learn. But I wanna read a book preferably not watch videos.
Here's an excellent free pdf from Rajarajeshwari Peetham in Rush, NY. You can print it out and read, but for accurate pronunciation one really needs a teacher. Also, I have a feeling it's something deeper than your ego that wants to learn :)
www.devipaduka.com/formsandpublications/Sanskrit--Module-01-V10-final.pdf
Superb
Great video it was exactly what I was looking for.
Even though you're not an achariya wish you have made more videos, much appreciated thank you
thank you
Hindi teachers don't teach this. Why?
Seriously...
@@nyxawesome9409 because hindi pronunciation is different from sanskrit pronounciation, because it has many dialects as it's mix of many languages.
Sonskrit Pronunciation of ণ।
22:50
ण is different from न
ण is paletal
न is dental
26:40
#sanskritpronunciation #sanskrit For anyone who would like to learn more about highly simplified sanskrit pronunciation [especially good for English-speaking persons like myself who do not know any Indian language at all!], please find our pronunciation tips & resources at www.tiny.cc/sanskrit or www.gitajayanti.org/page/sanskrit-pronunciation . To view a video of a spontaneous Demo class, please see www.tiny.cc/sanskrit4 . Thank you for helping us distribute this 'Vidya Dhaanam' [Giving of Knowledge in Charity] for the benefit of one and all. Hare Krishna! Your servant, Dina . dina@gitajayanti.org
Thank you Dina ji! The sanskrit community is clearly growing and it's wonderful there are so many abundant resources! Jai Adiguru!
@Darin Somma
Dear Darin ji,
Thank you!! :-)
You may like this.... www.tiny.cc/vss00 and www.tiny.cc/vss01
Vishnu Sahasranam in my simplified format...
And
www.tiny.cc/lalitasahasranama
Happy SINGING! :-)
That site is no longer online, unfortunately.
33:53
32:10
nice
Best of the best.
1 your Image facing to the right is correct because we write from left to right . this is the way to avoid confused.but I think the IPA's is wrong as their images are facing to the left.
2 am I wrong ? If I say
a=r i= y e=l u/o = v/w
ah= H am= M
If you are not qualified ,why give the class. Humility is not self deprecation
I thought he expressed that he had something to offer, but wasn't a credentialed teacher. The quality of the class itself gives him major credibility. I saw nothing that conflicted with what I know already, and he brilliantly filled in a lot of gaps for me.
4:09
Mouth positions
Thank you, but there are no "spiritual practices" in the sense that such lead to enlightenment. Real spiritual practices are manifestations of the state of enlightenment or Christ Consciousness, and we don't know what they are until such state is reached. Only the false guru tries to teach "spiritual practices" to those that are, like elementary school students, as yet
not ready to even know of such sacrilegeous fallacies.
That is nonsense.
This is Great!!! Thank you!