How to Pronounce ज्ञ in Sanskrit - 'gya' or 'gnya' or 'dnya' or 'jna'

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  • A detailed explanation of the correct utterance of the commonly confusing consonant: ज्ञ
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  • @alextremodelnorte1905
    @alextremodelnorte1905 4 года назад +186

    Finally I understand why so many people pronounce yajña as "yagya".

    • @piyushschannel4141
      @piyushschannel4141 3 года назад +5

      Original is yadna , we Marathis pronounced

    • @tstcikhthys
      @tstcikhthys 3 года назад +6

      Yes, they pronounce it wrong.

    • @tstcikhthys
      @tstcikhthys 3 года назад

      @@piyushschannel4141 No.

    • @user-kq3fh8oy3k
      @user-kq3fh8oy3k 3 года назад +2

      @@tstcikhthys not wrong
      It's there pronunciation
      In Marathi

    • @tstcikhthys
      @tstcikhthys 3 года назад +11

      @@user-kq3fh8oy3k If it was written as joined characters rather than a ligature (i.e., ज्‍ञ instead of ज्ञ), everyone would pronounce it correctly. Devanagari is not like the Latin script where different languages have different pronunciations of the letters; it's a phonetic-based script. Saying क is pronounced as "ma" in Marathi because it's "their pronunciation" doesn't fly, so this isn't correct in the same way. It is just taught incorrectly because someone somewhere misheard it and has been teaching this incorrect pronunciation, which has now become widespread. Better education is all that's needed to fix this.

  • @Vivaswaan.
    @Vivaswaan. 9 месяцев назад +5

    I watched the video multiple times to understand the difference in pronunciation but, 'gna' and 'jna' sounded exactly the same when you uttered the ज्ञ words.

  • @RamsyRam
    @RamsyRam 4 года назад +127

    In Kannada we were taught to pronounce it exactly the way you mentioned it ...
    And the mismatch is something I have known other native speakers of Kannada notice very clearly...

    • @evenkatng
      @evenkatng 4 года назад +16

      My mother tongue is Kannada but Sanskrit is Mother Of All Languages!

    • @nateshhm2958
      @nateshhm2958 4 года назад +4

      ಹೌದು

    • @srinidhi7140
      @srinidhi7140 4 года назад +3

      ನಮಸ್ಕಾರಗಳು 🙏

    • @srinidhi7140
      @srinidhi7140 4 года назад +5

      @@evenkatng ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಭಾಷೆಗಳಿಗು ಅಲ್ಲ ಕೆಲವು ಭಾಷೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ

    • @odaadu-4463
      @odaadu-4463 4 года назад +6

      *"ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆಯೇ ಜ್ಞಾನ Prajñeyē jñāna"*
      Consciousness is knowledge

  • @dharma2025
    @dharma2025 4 года назад +106

    This difference in pronunciation has always intrigued me. I am a Malayalee and we have always pronounced it as a combination of ज+ञ in Malayalam. Thanks a lot for the clarification 🙏

    • @sidharthiyer8042
      @sidharthiyer8042 3 года назад +8

      ഞാൻ വീജ്ഞാനം (ञान् , विञ्ञानम्) etc.
      Like this. ञ sound Same in Tamizh.😁😁👆🇮🇳🔥😎🙏🏻

    • @aryanjain6631
      @aryanjain6631 2 года назад +3

      that's exactly how it was mentioned in the book I am using to leanr Sanskrit, Sanskrit Swayam Shikshak.

    • @crypton_8l87
      @crypton_8l87 2 года назад +2

      @@sidharthiyer8042 ज्ञान विज्ञान
      Try typing the letter ज् + ञ and the auto spell will arrive at ज्ञ itself

    • @gopal_kolathu1960
      @gopal_kolathu1960 Год назад +6

      Malayalam is the only living language that captures and keeps alive the unique sounds of both the ancient languages, Sanskrit and Tamizh 🙏🏽🙏🏽💕💕
      Tamizhans themselves have largely quit using zha. Nowadays, colloquial use even pronounces ண (ण) as ன(न), ள(ळ) as ல(ल).
      It is sad that this gang is simultaneously vilifying Hindi while actively killing Tamizh. 😢

    • @madakkuni
      @madakkuni Год назад +1

      Malayalam pronunciation is the correct one.

  • @ananddaawar4741
    @ananddaawar4741 4 года назад +51

    You know what is wonderful about sanskrit!!!!
    Just found out at 1:53 that if u start at kaa khaa gaa in line 1
    The whole row is fixed at a particular place in mouth.
    The second row of cha chha ja...is in between the teeth..
    Then move to ta tha daa...it is fixed in one place with tongue tip striking the top of mouth and like wise.
    Wow...what a wonderful symmetry this language has in its arrangements of alphabets...the varnmala
    Naman! To my ancestors for this dev vaani!

  • @SiD_Mishr
    @SiD_Mishr 4 года назад +108

    उत्तम विवरण🙏🙏🙏
    इसी तरह कृपया उष्म 'श'कार और मूर्धन्य 'ष'कार के उच्चारण में अंतर स्पष्ट करें ।
    साथ ही 'ऋ', 'लृ' और 'ळ' का भी उच्चारण स्पष्ट करें ।

    • @abcxyz8230
      @abcxyz8230 4 года назад +7

      ruclips.net/video/dq5VdY69RMc/видео.html at 4:10 for श and ष
      ruclips.net/video/a4rz9NbMq0M/видео.html at 3:11 for ऋ, ळ and ऌ

    • @SiD_Mishr
      @SiD_Mishr 4 года назад +3

      @@abcxyz8230 धन्यवाद🙏🏻

    • @rajanya157
      @rajanya157 4 года назад +3

      ल व ड़ की संयुक्तध्वनि ।।

    • @DhawanGuptaIndia
      @DhawanGuptaIndia 4 года назад +2

      @@abcxyz8230
      श and ष difference is not clear.

    • @DhawanGuptaIndia
      @DhawanGuptaIndia 4 года назад +4

      @@abcxyz8230
      also ऋ and रि difference is not clear.
      रिद्धि ऋद्धि difference is not clear.
      ऋषि रिषी difference is more complicated, since noone truly knows about 'ष'.

  • @mishranishantmishra
    @mishranishantmishra 4 года назад +48

    Had been waiting for this since long! Thanks

    • @mishranishantmishra
      @mishranishantmishra 4 года назад +2

      @The Sanskrit Channel, Also please make a video on the pronunciation and use of "ऋ", as in ऋषि, कृष्णा, नृत्य etc. Thanks.

    • @akmk24
      @akmk24 4 года назад

      Need to know more words like this please

  • @gopal_kolathu1960
    @gopal_kolathu1960 Год назад +7

    Wow… I guess even age 62 isn’t too late to learn it right. Thank you young man 😊
    चिरंजीवी भव 🙌🏾❤

  • @eclecticapoetica
    @eclecticapoetica 4 года назад +16

    finally, a totally logical and accurate explanation of ज्ञ!

  • @pragya_tiwary
    @pragya_tiwary 2 года назад +26

    I always wondered why my name is not spelled as Prajna.
    I have a story about when I changed the spelling of my name in my school notebooks from Pragya to Prajna (was in Elementary Grade). Got scolded because it was not the spelling in the official ID 😂
    Thanks for letting me know my name's correct pronunciation. I might have to spend months practicing how to pronounce my own name!

    • @prajnadeep_17
      @prajnadeep_17 Год назад +3

      Hi Prajna Tiwary 😅😅.. happy for you..

    • @tyr108
      @tyr108 Год назад +4

      प्र+ज्+ञा = प्रज्ञा देवनागरी में
      pra+j+ñā = Prajñā in IAST Saṃskṛta

    • @conciousness_7
      @conciousness_7 Год назад +1

      @@prajnadeep_17 no it's prajñā

  • @gopalp.3621
    @gopalp.3621 4 года назад +10

    So this is the reason we read about 'Yajnas' in our history books. Good going bud
    Thanks a lot 🙏

  • @beastbeautybiker6656
    @beastbeautybiker6656 4 года назад +15

    I wanted an explanation on this letter for so many years. And nobody knew how to correctly pronounce it. Thanks Sanskrit channel.

    • @beastbeautybiker6656
      @beastbeautybiker6656 4 месяца назад

      @Cr00kedKnight I have always heard everyone pronouncing it as gya as in Gyani or Gyan.

  • @zoranznidaric4518
    @zoranznidaric4518 4 года назад +65

    we have letter nj [read: ny] in Croatian language

    • @zoranznidaric4518
      @zoranznidaric4518 4 года назад

      @Darkhorse ć is soft "ch" ... like "Chandra". We also have č that is hard "ch" like "Chakra".

    • @zoranznidaric4518
      @zoranznidaric4518 4 года назад

      @Darkhorse don't worry ...there are people in Eastern parts od Croatia that don't understand difference between ć and č also :))

    • @zoranznidaric4518
      @zoranznidaric4518 4 года назад

      also when Latin transferred its words into English langues thousand years ago, they made mistake ... Jupiter is actually Yupiter.

    • @zoranznidaric4518
      @zoranznidaric4518 4 года назад

      @Darkhorse you can use Slavic langues with Latin script. Use our special letters.

    • @zoranznidaric4518
      @zoranznidaric4518 4 года назад +1

      @Darkhorse if you wish you can study this link www.sutrajournal.com/sanskrit-in-croatia-from-sarasvati-to-hrvati-by-james-cooper

  • @baruchkata
    @baruchkata 4 года назад +62

    My native language is portuguese and the sound of nha is very similar. Nasal sound (although I will hear with headphones because I can't spot the difference between prajna and pragnya)

    • @NaveGristle
      @NaveGristle 4 года назад +2

      Exatamente, Bruno! Mas fiquei receoso de fazer essa equivalência entre jna e nha e deixar passar despercebida alguma sutileza fonética. Conte se você acha que realmente é um "nha" 😉

    • @illuminatednation632
      @illuminatednation632 4 года назад +1

      But even in portuguese, Brazilian dialect is very much different than European one.

    • @tstcikhthyss
      @tstcikhthyss 4 года назад +2

      That's because the Portuguese "nha" is the exact same sound as "ña" in "jña": it's the voiced palatal nasal (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_nasal )

    • @otterpupp
      @otterpupp 3 года назад +1

      @yitzhak rafaeli shekkelsteingoldmanberg wow that sounds pretty racist. Portuguese is a Romance language from Europe (Portugal, duh)

    • @AVGBr
      @AVGBr 3 года назад +2

      @@NaveGristle o som representado por 'nha' é parecido, mas o som representado por 'jña' fica um pouco mais para trás, com a língua tocando mais o palato mole e a lateral da boca. No caso do nha, o corpo da língua toca o céu da boca. Essa é a diferença. Namaste

  • @Ajayan
    @Ajayan Год назад +10

    Namaste! I have struggled with this, and even been misinformed by my Sanskrit teacher, a professor at a North Indian university. Your explanation, I feel certain, finally puts to rest the case for the correct pronunciation. Words are not enough: Namaste...

    • @captainjackuniversal
      @captainjackuniversal Месяц назад +1

      Always go south Sir, the south is the treasure trove of sanskrit

  • @maxinjames
    @maxinjames 4 года назад +53

    In Malayalam we pronounce exactly like you said in fact it’s written exactly as half of two words as stated by you ... almost all words in Malayalam is spoken almost as in original sanskrit and many who really don’t understand especially in north India argues it incorrectly like yajna as yagya 😇...

    • @ishanipaul8249
      @ishanipaul8249 4 года назад +9

      Actually many of the South Indian languages have a close connection with Sanskrit. But in Gujarati language also, the word is pronounced as "nya" and not "gya". So there is no point of blaming the North Indians. But yes, in languages like Hindi and Bengali,it is pronounced incorrectly

    • @maxinjames
      @maxinjames 4 года назад +4

      Ishani paul ঈশানী পাল m not blaming anyone I just said my experience that few do this becoz of misunderstanding

    • @ishanipaul8249
      @ishanipaul8249 4 года назад +1

      @@maxinjames that's Ok 😊. No problem

    • @j000p
      @j000p 3 года назад +6

      @@ishanipaul8249
      Actually, it is the north indian languages that have more connection with Sanskrit than the South Indian languages, because north Indian languages and Sanskrit belong to the same language family where as the south indian languages belong to a different language family. The issue with 'nga' is that while the modern north indian languages were formed after considerable changes through centuries of evolution and thus changing the original sanskrit pronunciation, while in the southern languages, sanskrit words were directly accommodated, and that too only around the late part of the first millennium AD. So, South Indian languages have been able to retain the original pronunciation of the sanskrit loan words.

  • @Anki5005
    @Anki5005 3 года назад +5

    Thank you so much for this. I've been reading the Bhagavad-Gita for some time now, and always faced problem pronouncing this letter as I'm used to Hindi pronunciation. In Bengali , I don't face this problem because it's different. But honestly, your videos help a beginner like me so much. Keep up the good work! May Saraswati Maa always bless you.🙏

  • @arunnaibilakshminarayana9025
    @arunnaibilakshminarayana9025 4 года назад +6

    ಬಹವಃ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಾನಿ😊
    My daughter's name s 'Aajna' and found difficult to explain why it is pronounce the way it is pronounced to everyone. Now you eased it once and for all. Thank you 👍

    • @arunnaibilakshminarayana9025
      @arunnaibilakshminarayana9025 4 месяца назад

      @Cr00kedKnight I would always prefer Aajna over Aajnya which would be ಆಜ್ನ್ಯಾ which is again not right and nowhere close.

    • @arunnaibilakshminarayana9025
      @arunnaibilakshminarayana9025 4 месяца назад

      @Cr00kedKnight Vijnana, Jnana, Prajnanam and all such words are written the same. It's probably just you that I know write it jnya 😀 Pat your back and keep your 'jnyana' with yourself.

  • @FumaxIN
    @FumaxIN 3 года назад +9

    Your channel is a blessing for all Self Sanskrit learners🙏🙏

  • @PragyaTGupta
    @PragyaTGupta 4 года назад +23

    I was always confused about the pronunciation of my name...though you didn't refer to bengali pronunciation where they say it progga..Anyways I got to know right pronunciation of my name thanks to you. I always wanted to know what is the correct way of pronouncing my name.But now I can't change the spelling of my name and got used to hearing my name in this (wrong) way. I am too old to do that. I admire your knowledge, how in a very short video you are able to dispel the ignorance. My profuse thanks

  • @factsyoudidnotknow2899
    @factsyoudidnotknow2899 5 месяцев назад +2

    It raised more questions than answering the existing ones

  • @agastya8999
    @agastya8999 4 года назад +36

    Marathi : Dny
    Today some people are pronouncing it "Jna"
    ञ : How it is pronounced??
    Uday ji very very thankful for this. For years I have been wondering about 🙏😍

    • @odaadu-4463
      @odaadu-4463 4 года назад +5

      ज्ञ ಜ್ಞ Jña
      ङ ಙ Ṅa
      ञ ಞ Ña
      ळ ಳ Ḷa
      *"ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆಯೇ ಜ್ಞಾನ" Prajñeyē jñāna*
      Consciousness is knowledge

    • @agastya8999
      @agastya8999 4 года назад +5

      Uday ji, Also make a video on. " ळ "
      Because I see that word only in Marathi I guess.. The Hindi people pronounce it as "ल"
      But its not that.. We say lotus as कमळ
      Baby as बाळ Time as काळ ...
      Thank you 🤗🙏

    • @hemaputhran5400
      @hemaputhran5400 4 года назад +2

      @@agastya8999 like Marathi in Kannada also number of swarakshara and vyajanakshara is same.

    • @yogeshroy9913
      @yogeshroy9913 4 года назад

      @@agastya8999 This phoneme is also present in Odia and Tamil.

    • @NikhchansGaming
      @NikhchansGaming 4 года назад

      @@agastya8999 मराठी, तामिळ,मल्याळम, कन्नड

  • @SwampWader
    @SwampWader 3 года назад +2

    I listened like 20 times and cannot hear the difference between 'pradnyā' and 'prajnā'. Should I change me ears? Cant figure out if I am saying it right or not. Great video! Lots of work ahead!

  • @aneethaks934
    @aneethaks934 4 года назад +9

    Yes... it is always better to hear and learn sanskrit... To get correct meaning, correct pronunciation is important . And effects of each word may differ according to pronunciation , especially in "Mantras ". 🙏🕉️🙏

  • @WorldVibes
    @WorldVibes 3 года назад +3

    Still not clear. You sounded same while pronouncing both 'pragnyA' and 'prajnA'. Moreover, to spell ज्ञ as jnA is also not clear to me because j sounds like ज and therefore jnA should sound like ज्ना. At the end of it I'm more confused. Please clarify.

    • @SanghPath
      @SanghPath 7 дней назад

      Sorry no one answered yet.
      It is confusing...but still got to know the correct pronounciation sadly without the logic.

  • @kawrno5396
    @kawrno5396 4 года назад +21

    When you started pronouncing correctly, I heard the '-gna' sound, not '-jna' sound what you said before. I don't understand. Please try in slow motion too. And I don't get how the said compound consonant and the 10th consonant differs in pronunciation. Also try to give a 'sagittal view of the mouth' (maybe there is a more appropriate term) that is commonly seen to illustrate pronunciation technique.

    • @KaushikDasrulz
      @KaushikDasrulz 4 года назад

      Watch the video in slow motion

    • @kawrno5396
      @kawrno5396 4 года назад

      @@KaushikDasrulz Good idea.

    • @tstcikhthyss
      @tstcikhthyss 4 года назад +2

      It might sound like that because you have to stop the airflow when you're pronouncing the consonant (because of the voiced stop ज). But all you have to do is isolate the sound (voiced palatal stop) without the vowel (ज्) and then do the same with the nasal sound (voiced palatal nasal) without the vowel (ञ्) and then say them together without a gap.

  • @parulkaragwal643
    @parulkaragwal643 3 года назад +1

    आपका बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद उदय जी।

  • @aumnaad
    @aumnaad 4 года назад +2

    Thank you. Your work is extremely helpful. I am a Hindi speaker. A clarification: it seems that at 4:40 onwards in the video, you are pronouncing the sound with soft G not J? They are from different Vergas. May be I am hearing them entirely differently. All words that you give examples of, to me have soft g sound rather than j sound. May be soft j should sound like G?

  • @OnlineMD
    @OnlineMD 4 года назад +5

    As a Kannadiga, I was taught this correctly as Yaj-nya...Praj-nya...etc

  • @santhoshrider9474
    @santhoshrider9474 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for this video. I was pronouncing this letter combination like ज्ञ्य. Now I understood the subtle difference between ज्ञ and ज्ञ्य. I got it clear.

  • @jaya7136
    @jaya7136 4 года назад +2

    This is a wonderful video on how to pronounce the letter in question. I am of Telugu background and learning Durga Saptashati with Tamil students. we always differed when it comes to gnanam /jnanam/gyanam. This clears my doubts. Thank you so much.

  • @neelima6460
    @neelima6460 4 года назад +5

    Sir, I'm new to sanskrit, but know Hindi. The consonant table showed here looks exactly like that of hindi..
    Thank you for you cleared a long time doubt. Also we malayalis spell it the same way as in sanskrit, "jna"

  • @odaadu-4463
    @odaadu-4463 4 года назад +6

    *ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆಯೇ ಜ್ಞಾನ*
    *Prajñeyē jñāna*
    Consciousness is knowledge

  • @Angeloflight444
    @Angeloflight444 3 года назад

    I know next to nothing about the Sanskrit language but I was blown away by the column system of its letters! Amazing stuff!

  • @neusam.a.simoes2294
    @neusam.a.simoes2294 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for making me understand the correct pronunciation. Another achievement in Sanskrit.

  • @akashpandey2613
    @akashpandey2613 4 года назад +7

    ऋ रि क्रि कृ even these are confusing.....make a video on that as well

  • @Namrartist
    @Namrartist 4 года назад +3

    Heads off to ur efforts thank uh so much for such beautiful and depth learning 🙏 may ur attempts bring out beautiful results Radhe krishna

  • @Earlytorise89
    @Earlytorise89 10 месяцев назад

    Such a beautiful way of explaining! Truly blessed to have come across The Sanskrit Channel. Thank you!

  • @SUnnikrishnanNair
    @SUnnikrishnanNair 3 года назад +5

    This is something I have always got confused about -- now i think how I learned it in Malayalam is the right and closest to what it is: Jna.
    Thank you for this explanation.

  • @priyamchakraborty863
    @priyamchakraborty863 4 года назад +1

    This is so needful explanation. I need to share it across all. Thankyou so much. Namaskaram

  • @subramanimahadevan6847
    @subramanimahadevan6847 4 месяца назад

    Great, I looking exactly for this clarification on this letter. Koti dhanyavathagalu..

  • @NaveGristle
    @NaveGristle 4 года назад +1

    Man, this is hard, but certainly the most comprehensive explanation I have ever encountered!

  • @harikrishnaraghuraman3348
    @harikrishnaraghuraman3348 3 года назад +2

    ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾನಂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ 😇🙏

  • @nassreddin3064
    @nassreddin3064 4 года назад +6

    excellent. really. I have wondered about this for a long time. MORE, please! *please!*

    • @nassreddin3064
      @nassreddin3064 4 года назад

      what I *don't* understand is how such a great explanation cannot be backed up with more language-based videos. THEN the "religious material. so much opportunity for helping people to learn Sanskrit, and yet...

  • @JustMe54328
    @JustMe54328 Год назад +1

    I’m a kannadati, and in kannada we pronounce it the correct way.
    One of the uniqueness of kannada is that lots of Dravidian vocabulary and Sanskrit vocabulary co-exist as Samana arthakas - words with equivalent meaning.
    So we can pronounce many sounds flawlessly, for Eg we people pronounce the la/ಲ/ल and the La/ಳ (deeper sound) distinctly, the र/ರ and the ऋ/ಋ also the Ka and Ga are pronounced distinctly.

    • @soumyadipmukherjee6627
      @soumyadipmukherjee6627 Год назад +1

      For ಳ it's devanagari letter is this ळ

    • @JustMe54328
      @JustMe54328 Год назад

      @@soumyadipmukherjee6627 yes, I didn’t find it on my keyboard.

    • @soumyadipmukherjee6627
      @soumyadipmukherjee6627 Год назад

      @@JustMe54328 u will get it in sanskrit devanagari or marathi devanagari just press 1/3 button there if ur using samsung keyboard go to 3rd button u will get it there

    • @JustMe54328
      @JustMe54328 Год назад +1

      @@soumyadipmukherjee6627 oh ok thanks

    • @captainjackuniversal
      @captainjackuniversal Месяц назад +1

      Telugu also

  • @gouravkaushik7064
    @gouravkaushik7064 4 года назад +1

    I was waiting and wanting to know more.....from a long time

  • @srinidhipadmanabhan
    @srinidhipadmanabhan 4 года назад +1

    Thank you soo much..
    It is very important to pronounce mantras correctly..

  • @srisairamesh
    @srisairamesh 3 года назад

    I think you are a great guide, who is to play a great role in the upliftment of our souls through the things you teach us! Thank you, I love you!

  • @fictionworld444
    @fictionworld444 4 года назад +3

    U are great all I'm sad about that i couldn't support ypur work as i'm just a student studying in school

  • @shobhaa.1382
    @shobhaa.1382 Год назад

    I was always searching for the correct pronunciation. Thanks a lot for teaching so elaborately the right pronunciation.

  • @harshithbangera007
    @harshithbangera007 3 года назад +2

    Having learnt Kannada since my birth and that Sanskrit is its mother, this feels like deja vu :)

    • @homerindia2329
      @homerindia2329 2 года назад +1

      Isn't kannada dravidian language family?

  • @NikhchansGaming
    @NikhchansGaming 4 года назад +21

    I'm having a hard time to differentiate the pradnyA and prajnA. It's very subtle and the most different seems to be coming from dropping the Y.

  • @shylajas4018
    @shylajas4018 4 года назад

    Namaste, l really focused on your teachings of Sanskrit in simple terms of where I was hard to read some words in Slokas. But because of your clear teachings I am now feeling better to read them thank you Guruji for helping all of us to improve the correct pronunciation 🙏

  • @heyitspragna
    @heyitspragna 11 месяцев назад

    Thnx for teaching the correct pronunciation all these years people used to call me with so many variety of pronunciation like prajna, pregna, pragga, pragya and so many more

  • @RaneForrest
    @RaneForrest 7 месяцев назад

    So freaking tightly rational! And complete with the rationale as well as the mispronunciations in the three modern Indian languages.
    I wish he would make a clip on the correct pronunciation of words like YOGA which typically are mispronounced with a "silent" second consonant in modern Indian languages (yoag) or alternatively almost universally mispronounced as yogA (i. e., the G pronounced with the sound of the second vowel in the series of Indian vowels instead of with the first vowel (equivalent of "schwa")).

  • @JayaVani-d2w
    @JayaVani-d2w 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing Sir and team 😊

  • @KKpandita88
    @KKpandita88 4 года назад +1

    You correctly pronounced 'jana. But still haven't corrected sanskrit as "samskrit". That's just amazing

    • @tstcikhthys
      @tstcikhthys 3 года назад

      Well it's technically Samskrt (संसृत), not "Samskrit" (संसृित), but yes.

  • @lekhwarji
    @lekhwarji 3 года назад

    hari om!!! you changed the way of learning

  • @VeerMuchandi
    @VeerMuchandi 4 года назад +32

    In Telugu it is not pronounced as “gnya”. If you see the lipi, it is clearly pronounced the right way without a “y”. It doesn’t matter how you transliterate it using English alphabets, but pronunciation in Telugu and Kannada for this letter is correct and it matches with the right pronunciation you explained in samskrutham. Perhaps you got wrong impression about Telugu pronunciation from somewhere. At least we were not taught incorrectly at home or at school.

    • @ravodedra2226
      @ravodedra2226 4 года назад +5

      Same in Gujarati it is also pronounce correctly.

    • @srinidhi7140
      @srinidhi7140 4 года назад +1

      *ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾ ప్రజ్ఞా* & *ಅಜ್ಞಾನ అజ్ఞానం*

    • @arpanagarwal2524
      @arpanagarwal2524 4 года назад +5

      @Srinivas Chilukuri there is no "y" in correct pronunciation. He specifically mentions that.

    • @arpanagarwal2524
      @arpanagarwal2524 4 года назад +4

      @Srinivas Chilukuri He discourages that too

    • @k.bhatta4257
      @k.bhatta4257 4 года назад +3

      @@arpanagarwal2524 yes, you are 100% right. Same in Kannada, after SC domination gya became common! eg. gyan, vigyan, etc! which of course is not right.

  • @vikramaditya8126
    @vikramaditya8126 4 года назад +1

    thank you so much.. very helpful

  • @gowrikumar1451
    @gowrikumar1451 4 года назад

    Wow! Like me who is very confused always abt the pronunciation...its very helpful...pls keep putting vedios....Thank you soo much

  • @MALLIKATIWARI25
    @MALLIKATIWARI25 4 года назад

    Harekrishna .... really helping topic .. Thankyou

  • @josephglover4546
    @josephglover4546 4 года назад +24

    So I imagine that the steps to learning Sanskrit are:
    1. learn the sounds and how to read perfectly
    2. read
    3. listen (audio books?)

    • @r1a933
      @r1a933 4 года назад +1

      only learn to speak first by reading and listening. Do go to grammar straight forward. It's a beautiful language to learn.

    • @josephglover4546
      @josephglover4546 4 года назад

      @@r1a933 is any of this useful?
      www.americansanskrit.com/shop

    • @r1a933
      @r1a933 4 года назад +1

      @@josephglover4546 i don't know the contents of these books and courses. So let me can give you a small dose. The below link teaches the alphabet, ones you learned all of this reply me, I can give you more selected videos.
      ruclips.net/video/-wTDvmElnlM/видео.html

    • @AB-hq6kw
      @AB-hq6kw 4 года назад +1

      I learned to read and write Sanskrit in two weeks with these videos, I watch one everyday. Sometimes two . It’s the best so far m.ruclips.net/p/PL1ITA_Kvp4NCR338aKh52JIv7N7a3UwFI

    • @josephglover4546
      @josephglover4546 4 года назад

      @@AB-hq6kw I can read and write 23 characters after a week so, yeah, two weeks seems like enough time to learn them all; thanks for the link!

  • @hindienglish8347
    @hindienglish8347 4 года назад +1

    The Sanskrit Channel you should do a video on ph vs f and j vs z as well. Many people seem to mix up the original Sanskrit consonants with the borrowings from Urdu. Bihari people pronounce everything as ph or j whereas Marathis flip it around and make everything z or f. Delhites on the other hand seem to completely mess it up.

  • @bhavyansh3072
    @bhavyansh3072 4 года назад

    This is the type of content I always wished to watch. Thanks for the information.

  • @prangya1984
    @prangya1984 2 года назад

    Uday ji you pronounced my named so correctly at the first go... In today's live chat you mentioned about jna (ଜ୍ଞ in odia) and your this video . Hence came to watch this video of yours.. 😇😇.. Keep spreading your vast knowledge in sanskrit. 😇🙏🏻
    Thank you again

  • @sulabhaapte2228
    @sulabhaapte2228 3 месяца назад

    खूप धन्यवाद बरोबर उच्चारण सांगितल्याबद्दल.

  • @catsaremyworld
    @catsaremyworld 4 года назад

    Woww...I started reading scriptures very recently and this has been my question. Great content ❤️❤️🙏

  • @ragneshjani8702
    @ragneshjani8702 7 месяцев назад

    My name is Ragnesh , today I got to know the exact pronunciation. Thank you.

  • @jathavedasavadhani6957
    @jathavedasavadhani6957 4 года назад +4

    Using only the 26 letters of the English Alphabet, we won't be able to write the correct spelling of ज्ञ. 'jna' in English will be written (and pronounced) in Samskrta as ज्न. So, I think there should be a 'y', making it 'jnya'. Or there should be something (like two dots on 'n') that has to be written...

    • @amlans5314
      @amlans5314 4 года назад +1

      English Latin alphabet is limited, thats why french,spanish,polish,scandinavians and others improvised by adding dots and dashes to represent different sounds.

  • @johngibbon9784
    @johngibbon9784 4 года назад

    A very clear explanation of a beautiful, intelligent language.

  • @jiakumari5623
    @jiakumari5623 3 года назад

    Hare Krishna 💕
    Thank you so much Sir!
    I never thought that I would ever be able to understand these things, once again thank you so much 💕
    Hari bol❤

  • @prajnadeep_17
    @prajnadeep_17 Год назад

    Finally I have a video which i would share to someone who question about my pronunciation, putting an end to unnecessary arguments 🙂✅

  • @matalekalum
    @matalekalum 3 года назад +1

    Here in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) the correct pronunciation of Sanskrit language is well preserved in comparison to India. Main reason is that Sanskrit and Paali languages are learnt as holy and classical languages. Most of the Buddhist monks learn them well and pass the tradition to the next generation accurately. Paali is used in Buddhist religious practices but Sanskrit is used only for learning purposes. So the space for distorting the language is very low as it is in the hand of scholars. The letter ज्ञ is found in Sinhala Alphabet too as ඥ. It is formed as ජ + ඤ = ඥ (ज + ञ = ज्ञ) and pronounced exactly as you mentioned. The transliteration and IPA symbols used here are jña and /d͡ʒɲa/ respectively.

    • @soumyadipmukherjee6627
      @soumyadipmukherjee6627 Год назад

      Ur wrong bro south indian dravidian languages pronounce it sanskrit same like how it's pronounced in sanskrit u hear kannada and telugu speaking u will get to know about it.

  • @Shyamkumar-bw9kw
    @Shyamkumar-bw9kw 4 года назад

    Good work great work, I appreciate vedic knowledge. I wish whole world know this, sanskrit

  • @ramjoshi9226
    @ramjoshi9226 Год назад

    Pranam Gurudev 🙏

  • @PranavGogwekar
    @PranavGogwekar 4 года назад +1

    Finally someone made a video on ज्ञ!

  • @UshaRani-xn7nj
    @UshaRani-xn7nj Год назад

    🙏I was wondering who could clarify my doubt regarding pronunciation of 'jna'. Thankyou for the video🙏

  • @loveleen2567
    @loveleen2567 4 года назад +1

    I was thinking about it a lot from past few days and you made a video it 😃😇
    V strange..!
    Thanks

  • @bhargavee8726
    @bhargavee8726 4 года назад

    बहुत ही शास्त्रीय पद्धति से समझाया है !!💯👌👍

  • @theeternal6890
    @theeternal6890 2 года назад +1

    *In marathi it's accurate as I am marathi I always pronounced it right but mostly people think there is "d" sound because it seems similar to "dnya" but actually its "jna".*

  • @ruchirrai
    @ruchirrai 4 года назад

    Coincidently just an hour back I was discussing the same with my aunt about how to correctly pronounce "ज्ञ". Now when I opened youtube this was the first suggested video. Is google spying on my thoughts?
    Yes we north Indians in general pronounce it incorrectly. Infact I saw only language scholars and saints speaking it correctly. Thank You.

  • @ysonysony9471
    @ysonysony9471 3 года назад

    I am one of the enthusiastic person who want to badly learn the language and had various ways to learn but the way you teach Sir is really nice please make more videos please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @brijmohanagarwal2336
    @brijmohanagarwal2336 4 года назад

    Sir you make my day you are my ideal person I listened somany video Ganesh atherwoe which lam beej mantra your video but not another video I believe you only why another group not mention please clarify if possible

  • @pushpajayesh
    @pushpajayesh 3 года назад +1

    I feel like you pronounced it exactly like the way the 10th consonant is pronounced. I learnt from another place that the ig sound be put before the jna to make it sound like igjna and not jna. Please clarify 🙏

  • @prajnahr5581
    @prajnahr5581 Год назад

    Thanks for this video ❤
    I was alws searching for my name pronunciation

  • @MoneyMastersPro101
    @MoneyMastersPro101 4 года назад +1

    NAMASKARAM! PLEASE START THE SERIES OF TEACHING SANSKRIT!

  • @vdyajna
    @vdyajna 4 года назад

    Thank you thank you thank you sooooo much... U have cleared the confusion so nicely.. very neat n clear explaination...
    I was fed up by explaining how to pronounce my name correctly...yet my friends from different regions keep on arguing..
    Thank u ones again...

    • @tstcikhthys
      @tstcikhthys 3 года назад

      Well at least you spell it correctly; that's a good start. Unlike a lot of Hindi/Marathi names which have gya (e.g., Pragya Thakur) or dnya (e.g., "Pradnya").

  • @abhilashkumar733
    @abhilashkumar733 3 года назад

    Now it's clear. In malayalam it is spoken correctly but when i hear some videos about Sanskrit in hindi channels they are pronouncing it wrongly so i got confused whether my mother tongue malayalam is correct or hindi?now i understand malayalam is far more closer to Sanskrit than hindi in pronunciation as well as vocabulary 😍😍😍😍thanks anna

  • @usc4405
    @usc4405 3 года назад

    Today i learened something new.
    Each time i watch a video i unlearn and relearn something.🙏👍

  • @biswanath8284
    @biswanath8284 4 года назад +7

    Wonderful Sir🙏 Sir please tell me is there any course offered by the Sanskrit Channel to learn Sanskrit I would definitely like to join 🙏. If not then by any other sources please mention it sir🙏 Namaskaram 🙏

    • @yugalsharan
      @yugalsharan 4 года назад +3

      Contact Sanskrit Bharti in your city or town.

    • @vikrammalhotra2353
      @vikrammalhotra2353 4 года назад +2

      Biswanath Samantaray - Sanskrit Bharati has excellent graded courses. Well structured and graded systematically. Praveshah- Parichayah - Shiksha and Kovidah. Exams every 6 months.

    • @biswanath8284
      @biswanath8284 4 года назад

      @@vikrammalhotra2353 Are these online courses?

  • @pravachanas
    @pravachanas 4 года назад

    Everything going good. You are giving a good amount of sanskrit knowledge which is most essential these days. But we can't define pronunciation because pronunciation is defined based on different shiksha shastras. So there are many ways of pronunciation. Pronunciation based on shiksha shastras is accepted but meaning never changes
    Hope you may see my comment and reply

  • @blindgaming4518
    @blindgaming4518 3 года назад +1

    Thank you sir for teaching us.

  • @reedhamkalariya6976
    @reedhamkalariya6976 Год назад

    Thank you Guruji❤🌹🌺🌸🙏!

  • @curiouscynic4357
    @curiouscynic4357 3 года назад

    Struggling with this pronounciation for decades! I still can not get it right as the anunasik ञ and ङ have been mystery sounds. Dhanyavad to you that I have got a far better idea about human capacity of creating sounds and their expression in Sanskrit with such amazing detail. No wonder it is arguably a perfect language.

  • @varun310
    @varun310 Год назад

    bro i love the way u explain thank you

  • @aneethaks934
    @aneethaks934 4 года назад

    🙏🕉️🙏... Great full to you... You are doing a wonderful job.. 🙏🕉️🙏

  • @prajnan4497
    @prajnan4497 2 года назад

    My name is prajna and I have shared this link to all my friend circles so that they can call me properly..

  • @crypton_8l87
    @crypton_8l87 2 года назад

    Sanskrit is truly the mother of all bharatiya languages.

  • @user-kq3fh8oy3k
    @user-kq3fh8oy3k 3 года назад +1

    Thankyou thankyou thankyou so much for your this pronunciation 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
    Everytime I am confused about this ज्ञ
    Please clear 1 small doubt that we pronounce it as gnya or there is slight sound of g(ज) also🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽