PPT Presentation during Kutumbha Melanam organized by Samskrita Bharati Chennai in October 2011. Contact Kalivaradhan for details at kali1947@gmail.com
5. Summary of Purpose - The Five ‘Exp’resses
( पञरथाः )
Appeal to the samskrita lovers and students to explore the
Explore available Sanskrit language resources and processing
tools using the medium of Computers
Familiarize yourself with the enchanting growth of Samskrita
Experience content on the World Wide Web, Radio and other channels
Exploit • Exploit the available Sanskrit language processing tools and
spare no effort to contribute to the development of more
such tools
Expand You can also assist Sanskrit teachers/researchers in the
preparation of teaching material related to Sanskrit Grammar,
Linguistics, and other disciplines
You can contribute to the ongoing Research around the
Expound
globe that aims to establish many scientific facts hidden in
the vast treasure of Samskrita literature
6. Explore - The First ‘Exp’ress – First Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit language resources
Samskrita content available on – CDs, VCD/DVD, etc
Sanskrit Language Tutorials and study materials :
Samskrita Bharati,
Rashtriya Samskrit Samsthan,
Aurobindo Ashram,
Arshavidya center at Aanaikatti near Kovai,
Learn Sanskrit for Beginners (CD-Rom) of Swami Ramadev,
Tutorials for school children from 5th to 12th standards,
Samskrita Deepikas tutorials on Grammar,
"Teach Yourself Sanskrit" from Hodder & Stoughton,
Sanskrit Self Teacher by S.D.Satwalekar …….and many others
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7. Explore - The First ‘Exp’ress – SecondCompartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit language resources
Sanskrit Language Tutorials and study materials available Online:
Acharya from IIT Madras,
The Paninian System of Sanskrit Grammar by Anand Mishra,
Learn Sanskrit Through Self Stufy or Why Study Sanskrit.. Mandar Joglekar has
converted these lessons in ASP based files for easy browsing.
Listen to the audio files available "Diamond Mountain University" website.
Sanskrit Tutorial - Charles Wikner
Excellent "Introduction to Sanskrit series" at Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation (SVBF)
All the tutorials from the site are compiled at one place by Ramakrishna Upadrasta at
Introduction to Sanskrit by Shri (Dr.) M.R. Dwarakanath.
Kalidasa Samskrita Kendram in Chennai presents "Teaching Sanskrit Through Web"
series of lessons.
Learn Sanskrit online presentation at http://www.learnsanskrit.org
Step by step lessons in Sanskrit are provided by Swamis from Chitrapur Math at
http://www.chitrapurmath.net/.
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8. Explore - The First ‘Exp’ress – Third Compartment
• A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of
Knowledge
Sanskrit language resources
Flash Cards – using Instructional Software like Basic Sanskrit Flash
Cards (transliterated and in Devanagari) from Liberation Philology forum at
AOL, or Aurobindo Ashram, Byki, and others
Online Dictionaries –
Sanskrit Heritage Dictionary,
Cologne Sanskrit Dictionary,
Searchable revised Monier-Williams Dictionary,
Macdonell's dictionary,
Bhaktivedanta's Monier-Williams searchable freeware for Windows,
Vaman Shivaram Apte's Sanskrit Dictionary online,
Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, which also contains a Tamil-English
Dictionary (Sanskrit-English dictionary part has been adapted from the
famous Monier-Williams' 'Sanskrit-English Dictionary')
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9. Explore - The First ‘Exp’ress – Fourth Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of
Knowledge
Sanskrit language resources
Sanskrit in the movies :
Adi Shankaracharya, sanskrit movie by director G. V. Iyer (1983)
Sanskrit on the radio :
All India Radio Sanskrit News from 0655 AM to 0700 AM and 1810 Hrs to 1815 Hrs.
Sanskrit publications :
Trimonthly :
Samskrita Vaartaa from Rashtriya Samskrit Samsthan
Monthly :
Sambhashana sandehaH from Samskrita Bharati, Bangalore
Bharati from Jayapuram, Rajasthan,
Rasana from Kozhikode, Kerala
Fortnightly :
Vaak from Uttarakhand
Daily :
Sudharma, Worlds First Samskrita Daily Newspaper from Mysore
Sanskrit Vartaman Patram is a new Sanskrit daily newspaper published from
Gujarat
10. Explore - The First ‘Exp’ress – Fifth Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit Language Resources
Tools and Materials for Home-Study - I
Languages - iLEAP Version 2 uses Indian languages to exchange e-mail
and fax messages, present web pages, and perform desktop publishing;
A mailing list called "sanskrit" to assist in the learning of Sanskrit through
simple sentences;
Sandhi Analyser Software Engine (Sanskrit Heritage Engine)
Declension of Sanskrit Grammarian (Sanskrit Heritage Engine)
The Sanskrit Reader Companion (Sanskrit Heritage Engine)
Strategies for metrical analysis of Sanskrit textOnline indexing system for
Ashtadhyayi
Sanskrit Subanta Recognizer and Analyzer for Machine Translation
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11. Explore - The First ‘Exp’ress – Sixth Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit Language Resources
Tools and Materials for Home-Study - II
Morphological analysis of nominal inflections in Sanskrit
Amba Kulkarni's Sanskrit analysis tools, U. of Hyderabad
Skt Heritage mirror at U. of Hyderabad
Dhaturatnakara.h by Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha
Sanskrit Tools from TDIL for Windows
Sanskrit Subanta Recognizer and Analyzer from JNU
Sanskrit Tinanta Generator from JNU
Ganakashtadhyayi by Dr Shivamurthy Swamiji, Taralabalu Kendra,
Bangalore
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12. Explore - The First ‘Exp’ress – Seventh Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit Language Resources
Sanskrit Texts and Stotras
CDs from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams,
ISKCON centres,
Ramakrishna Math,
Slokas recited by Kanchi Acharya Jayendra Saraswati swamigal,
Music World,
Chinmaya Mission,
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,
Vani Cassettes,
The Master Recording Co,
Super Tape & Discs, Sangeetha Live cassettes,
Media Dreams,
Giri Trading Agency,
Saregama ……and many others
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13. Explore - The First ‘Exp’ress – Eighth Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of
Knowledge
Sanskrit Language Resources
Sanskrit literary compositions on Vedic literature, Mathematics, Astronomy, etc
Shri. G.K.Seetharaman of “Your Family Friend”,
Veda Prasar Samiti,
Vedic links,
Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram,
Vedic Sangeeta Foundation,
Ramakrishna Math, VaithikaSri, All at chennai,
Rudra Centre with branches across the globe,
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan N.Delhi,
Academy of Sanskrit Research, Melkote,
Dharma Samskriti Prathishtanam, Uttara Kannada,
Institute of Scientific Research on Vedas, Hyderabad,
Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture, Bangalore
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14. Experience - The Second ‘Exp’ress – First Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit Language Resources on the Net
The Internet Paradise - I
Sanskrit Digital Libraries –
The Sanskrit Library, SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts,
The Clay Sanskrit Library,
Somadeva's Electronic texts site,
Sanskrit Manuscripts, U. of Pennsylvania Library,
Digital South Asia Library, U. of Chicago,
Indian Heritage site at CDAC,
Gita Supersite,
Jambudvipa site of Paolo Magnone,
Muktabodha site of Indological Research Institute
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15. Experience - The Second ‘Exp’ress – Second Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit Language Resources on the Net
The Internet Paradise – II - Links to Sanskrit Tutorials and Grammar
Samskrita Bharati’s downloadable lessons are available at the Sanskrit
Documents website. Go to the bottom of the page, where you will find several
downloadable lessons in PDF format by Sanskrit Bharati of Bangalore,
http://sanskritdocuments.org/learnin...ing_tools.html
A Practical Sanskrit Introductory by Charles Wikner at
http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning tutorial_wikner/
Sanskrit Self Study by Chitrapur Math Step by Step at
http://chitrapurmath.net/sanskrit/sanskrit_Iesson.asp
Sanskrit Grammar Tutorial from http://Samskritam.com/sanskrit study notes
from : http://www.ingmardeboer.nl/php/sanskrit.php
An Analytical Cross Referenced Sanskrit Grammar By Lennart Warnemyr
http://www.warnemyr.com/skrgram/
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16. Experience - The Second ‘Exp’ress – Third Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit Language Resources on the Net
The Internet Paradise - III - Links to Sanskrit Tutorials and Grammar
sanskrit study notes from : http://www.ingmardeboer.nl/php/sanskrit.php
UBC Sanskrit at : http://www.ubcsanskrit.ca/
Samskrita Dipika of Uttaradi Math at
http://www.uttaradimath.org/vedantahome/vedantadipika/courses/samskritadipika/san
Surabharati of Aurobindo Ashram at : http://sriaurobindoashram.org.in/
From the website of Dr. Satyavati Sriperumbuduru Kandala:
http://www.kandala.org/ClassMaterial.html
U.K.-India's online lessons:http://www.ukindia.com/zip/zsan01.htm
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17. Experience - The Second ‘Exp’ress – Fourth Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit Language Resources on the Net
The Internet Paradise - IV- Links to Sanskrit Tutorials and Grammar
A "teach yourself Sanskrit" freeware by the venerable Prof.Sudhir Kaicker:
http://www.sanskrit-lamp.org/
An enthusiastic effort to teach Sanskrit online by Vasudeva Bhat, C.F.T.R.I.,
Mysore, Karnataka:http://www.ourkarnataka.com/learnsan...skrit_main.htm
Sringeri Mutt's free learning
resources:http://www.svbf.org/sringeri/journal.../sanskrit.html
"Master Sanskrit Easily" by by Dr. Narayan Kansara,
Ahmedabad:http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tools
A learning resource put up online by two gentlemen who go by the names,
Gabriel 'Pradīpaka' & Andres 'Muni'. http://www.sanskrit-
sanscrito.com.ar...entingles.html/
The mother of all Sanskrit resources: http://www.sanskritdocuments.org/
………………….. And many others
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18. Experience - The Second ‘Exp’ress – Fifth Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit language resources on the Internet
Educational Institutions for Sanskrit in India and South East Asia
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan,
Centre of Advanced Study of Sanskrit, Pune University,
Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages, Pune University,
Department of Sanskrit Studies, University of Hyderabad,
Sanskrit Academy, Osmania University, Hyderabad,
Kalakosa, Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts,
Academy of Sanskrit Research in Melkote,
Varanasi Sanskrit College, Sansknet,
Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati,
Special Center for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharal Nehru University, N.Delhi,
Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Delhi,
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19. Experience - The Second ‘Exp’ress – Sixth Compartment
Sanskrit Language Resources on the Net
The WWW Forums and Blogs :
Sanskrit News Headlines;
Sanskrit on Wikipedia;
Sanskrit on Indopedia;
Sanskrit on Opentopia;
Sanskrit Voice Digest;
Vishvavani Sanskrit Webzine;
Samskrute likhaama.h blog,
Sanskrit Proverbs blog;
Vyaakaranam blog;
Samskrita Sangha blog at IISc;
Sanskrit quote of the day;
………………….. And many others
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20. Exploit - The Third ‘Exp’ress – First Compartment
• A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit language processing Tools and Aids
Sanskrit Editor By: Marlon Melin;
ITRANS : The "Indian languages TRANSliteration" (ITRANS) is an ASCII
transliteration scheme for Indic scripts, particularly for Devanagari script.
Omkarananda Ashram's ITRANSLATOR
Sanskrit 2003 Font
Baraha - Baraha consists of 3 editors-
Baraha editor - a standalone editor for Indian languages.
BarahaPad editor - a standalone Unicode editor for Indian languages.
BarahaIME editor - type Indian language text in any application.
Babylon : The most downloaded translation software in the world!
WavePad Audio Editing Software
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21. Exploit - The Third ‘Exp’ress – Second Compartment
• A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit language processing Tools and Aids
Tim Bellefleur, under the guidance from Prof. Adheesh Sathaye of
Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver has
developed a Devanagari Qwerty keyboard utility http://www.ubcsanskrit.ca
Converters from Older fonts to Unicodes and reversed.
A unicode conversion gateway allows redisplay of major newspapers in
different languages to be displayed in Unicode.
Automatic vibhaktiipratyaya generation by Gerard Huet's declension display
and grammarian engine.
Gerard Huet's Sanskrit reader and sandhi analysis utility It can break a
sentence in words, It requires TeX/Velthuis convention transliteration entry.
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22. Expound - The Fourth ‘Exp’ress – First Compartment
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Knowledge
Sanskrit language Research and development
International Sanskrit Research Academy headed by Dr. B.V.K.Sastry this
research institute aims for the creation, maintenance, and quality of the Uni-
Voicecode Standards and related software, globalization, standards and
documents that may touch upon the sustained authentic progression and play
a role of facilitator for Samskritham traditions to use the Digital Technologies
for education.
Sanskrit Research – Headed by Dr. Thiagarajan, Head of the Research
Dept. of Sanskrit, Madras Presidency college, Chennai - Research into
ancient manuscripts for gathering, analysing and postulating intricate
grammatical notations into machine codeable technology firmworks.
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23. Expound - The Fourth ‘Exp’ress – Second Compartment
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Sanskrit language Research and development
University Of Mysore –samskrit a research and development department
The Rastriya Samskrita Samsthan,New Delhi
The Academy of Sanskrit Research, Melkote.
SCHEME FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SANSKRIT THROUGH STATE
GOVERNMENTS/UNION TERRITORIES This is Central Plan Scheme
operated through the State Governments since 1962. Financial grants are
provided by Government of India on 100% basis for major programmes
International Association of Sanskrit Studies/University of Edinburgh
Following an international Sanskrit conference in 1972, convened in New
Delhi by the Government of India at the instigation of several Indian scholars,
Sanskritists attending the 29th International Congress of Orientalists at Paris in
1973 agreed to form the International Association of Sanskrit Studies, of which
the main task has been to organise World Sanskrit Conferences at different
venues and promote research related to samskritam
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24. Expand - The Fifth ‘Exp’ress – First Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit language Teaching and Propagation
Running Sanskrit teaching classes – Some aspects for consideration :
Training and appointing Sanskrit pracharkas.
Setting up, running or strengthening of Sanskrit libraries and reading rooms.
Organising lectures of prominent Sanskrit scholars, orientation course,
Sanskrit elocution contests, Sanskrit debates, Sanskrit dramas etc.
Preparing Bilingual Dictionaries with Sanskrit as one of the Languages.
Preparation and publication of Sanskrit manuscripts.
Preparation, Publication & maintaining the standard and improvements of
contents and quality of Sanskrit Journals and magazines.
Institution of prizes and scholarship for students studying Sanskrit.
Organizing approved Sanskrit Conventions. Any other activity, which may
be found conducive to the enrichment, propagation and development of
sanskrit
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25. Expand - The Fifth ‘Exp’ress – Second Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of Knowledge
Sanskrit language Teaching and Propagation
Sanskrit Villages :
Jhiri - In the remote village of Jhiri, 150km north of Indore in the state of
Madhya Pradesh, Sanskrit is the language of the people. Sanskrit the ancient
language of India, and the language of religious hymns and ceremonies today,
is used by the simple villagers of Jhiri in general conversation, official work,
and entertainment.
Mattur in Karnataka State : Says Shri Shreesh Deopujari of Samskrita
Bharati - "...... Sanskrit Sambhashan is one of the prominent aspects of rural
development, the work being undertaken by swayamsevaks across the
country. There are a number of villages in the country where all daily activities
of life are conducted only in Sanskrit. The prominent villages in this group are
Muttoor and Hosahalli in Karnataka and Jhiri and Mohad in Madhya Pradesh
where Sanskrit has truly become language of the masses. More than 95 per
cent the people of Muttoor and hundred per cent people in Jhiri speak
Sanskrit.”
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26. Expand - The Fifth ‘Exp’ress – Third Compartment
A SuperFast Express that speeds around regions of
Knowledge
Sanskrit language Teaching and Propagation
Finally, Become part of
the Samskrita Kutumbham
by volunteering as a
Samskrita Pracharak with
Samskrita Bharati at least
for ONE year
Make your children speak
Samskritam at Home and
outside.
Let the world know that
Samskritam is very much
Alive nurturing our
thoughts and actions !
27. See what we can do when we
unite !
Join Hands Today and Sing :
सुरससुबोधा िवशमनोजा
लिलता हदा रमनीया ।
अमृतवाणी संसकृ तभाषा
नैव िकलषा न च किठना ॥
इयम् असमाकं धमरभारती
राषैकयसयमहतीसफू ितः ।
िवना संसकृ तं नैव संसकृ ितः
इह परत कलयाणकािरणी ॥