Newest 'sanskrit' Questions (original) (raw)

-1 votes

0 answers

16 views

How can I learn Tibetan or Sherpa? [migrated]

I am a sophomore in highschool, and once this year is over, Will be able to focus on a language I want to learn. I’d like to learn either Tibetan or Sherpa, but I don’t know where to start. Any ...

asked Nov 9 at 18:23

Aorist forms in Rigveda

I am going through the Rigveda and the aorist forms are used very commonly as expected. The aorist (लुङ्) by itself denotes an action occurring in the past tense from my understanding, but: For ...

asked Oct 23 at 23:02

0 votes

0 answers

46 views

How does Classical Sanskrit deal with doubly embedded clauses?

I don't think I've ever seen a sentence with an iti-clause embedded inside another iti-clause, but I'm not sure how else you would translate a sentence like: "Devadatta seems to be believed to ...

asked Aug 15 at 20:54

2 votes

0 answers

161 views

What is the current consensus on Fortunatov's law of Indo-European linguistics?

As I understand it, the law explains some Sanskrit retroflexes as derived from non-retroflex consonant clusters in PIE. T. Burrow’s A Reconsideration of Fortunatov's Law (Bulletin of the School of ...

asked Aug 15 at 3:03

How was the Sanskrit visarga historically pronounced?

I have heard two distinct ways the Sanskrit visarga is pronounced across speakers. The first is simply as an /h/, that is, the same as ह with a halanta. For instance, नरः would be pronounced "...

asked Jul 19 at 4:17

0 votes

0 answers

66 views

What is difference between Sanskrit used in Mahabharata, The Sanskrit used in Ramayana, The Sanskrit Used in Bhagvad Geeta and Panini Sanskrit?

I have been exploring the variations in Sanskrit used across different historical texts and would appreciate some detailed insights. Specifically, I'm interested in understanding the linguistic ...

asked May 30 at 9:06

Latin cognate for Sanskrit "shoka" (sorrow)?

Is there a Latin cognate for the Sanskrit word "shoka"? In general, is there some resource that lists Indo-European cognates for any given language pair?

asked May 9 at 23:43

how to input long vowel letter ॠ (ṝ) in devanagari keyboard layout?

I am learning Sanskrit and installed both Devanagari-INSCRIPT and -QWERTY keyboard under windows. However, I could NOT find a way to input the long vowel letter ॠ (ṝ). Thank you for your help in ...

asked Apr 30 at 2:10

What are some good sources for Old Marathi and Old Konkani as would have been spoken around 1100-1600?

I get that this will be a very difficult question, perhaps one with no easily accessible answer as vernacular MIA/NIA speech was not often written down and even if so, it was meant to resemble OIA in ...

asked Jan 23 at 7:21

What are the Middle Indo Aryan pleonastic suffixes and what are their Sanskrit/OIA cognates?

A large number of Prakrit words (Middle Indo Aryan languages) have (as Wiktionary describes) 'pleonastic suffixes' such as -ka, -lla-, -Da, etc. What exactly is a "pleonastic suffix" and ...

asked Jan 14 at 12:53

-1 votes

2 answers

140 views

In Sanskrit a living language according to this definition?

Opinions differ on whether Sanskrit is a living language. If we define a living language as one in which new coinages become widespread among its users (and not just its learners), is it living? For ...

asked Aug 27, 2023 at 16:20

8 votes

3 answers

1k views

Why is Devanagari currently used for Sanskrit?

Sanskrit was originally an oral language. It began to be written in the Brahmi script and then over time, most of the Brahmi-derived scripts, Gupta, Siddham, Nagari, Devanagari, Purvi Nagari etc. were ...

asked Aug 8, 2023 at 10:16

removing visarg in sanskrit sandhi

I have understood this example of visarg sandhi. पुनः + रमते = पुना रमते As per this page: https://knowledgegallery.in/visarg-sandhi-in-sanskrit/ ‘रो रि’। यदि विसर्ग (:) से पहले स्वर हो और उसके (वि...

asked May 24, 2023 at 6:26

Oxford/Cambridge Sanskrit Book

A few years ago I came across a book on Sanskrit (not a dictionary, not a grammar book, not a book on Sanskrit literature( that belonged to the "Classical Language Series" from either Oxford ...

asked May 21, 2023 at 15:18

1 vote

1 answer

287 views

Origin of ratchasap/ราชาศัพท์ phenomenon in Thai and/or Tai-kadai languages

I am attempting to trace the origin of "rachasap" (Thai: ราชาศัพท์; Lao: ລາດຊະຊັບ). What is "rachasap"? Rachasap is an entire body of words that are used with deity, royalty, or ...

asked Apr 25, 2023 at 3:32

What happened to Aham and its derivatives in Marathi?

The Sanskrit first person pronoun अहम् (Romanized: Aham) can be found in Maharashtri Prakrit as 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ), 𑀅𑀳𑀅𑀁 (ahaaṃ), 𑀳𑀁 (haṃ). It is even present in some languages derivative of ...

asked Mar 1, 2023 at 12:40

-1 votes

1 answer

88 views

How to deal with modern Indian people's first names and surnames when declining in Sanskrit?

I have a question about how to deal with people's names when using Sanskrit in a modern context. Let's say I want to say "Ãnanda is in the forest", I can say वन आनन्दः. Ignoring any possible ...

asked Feb 20, 2023 at 4:35

6 votes

2 answers

967 views

What did the injunctive mood of Sanskrit do?

I have read that Vedic Sanskrit had five grammatical moods a verb could take; indicative, optative, imperative, subjunctive, and injunctive; four of them I understand the function of through other ...

asked Dec 14, 2022 at 16:53

-3 votes

1 answer

490 views

Is Sanskrit the origin of every language [duplicate]

I tried to search everywhere but i couldn't find anything about my question. So i wanna ask in this site because i think this site can help me. The thing i wanna ask is Is Sanskrit the origin of all ...

asked Nov 22, 2022 at 7:21

Reason for visarga turning to [o] in sandhi

Is there a reason for the visarga (अः, or अस्/अर्) changing to an [o] (ओ) sound before voiced consonants or अ in Sanskrit as a part of external sandhi? For example, as an example from ...

asked Nov 20, 2022 at 18:02

-1 votes

1 answer

337 views

Where does the word 'Aranyam' (Sanskrit) derive from?

Aranyam basically means a forest / jungle. Where does the word 'Aranyam' (Sanskrit) derive from? Background I searched online but couldn't find any references for the word except a Hungarian word ...

asked Nov 6, 2022 at 4:00

Possible Sanskrit word "pas" as declension case [closed]

I would like to ask if it is possible that the word pas, which I think could be a Sanskrit word, is a declined case of an existing word (e.g. the nominative or vocative case). If not, could it be a ...

asked Sep 20, 2022 at 13:30

It is well known that Proto-Indo-Aryan *s had an allophone *z in voiced contexts. Due to some phonetic changes (i.e. RUKI law and the shift *śt > ṣṭ), they both could undergo retroflexion, thus ...

asked Sep 16, 2022 at 16:26

1 vote

2 answers

297 views

what does devanagari "RTSNY" (a conjunct consonent) look like? and what frequently used words (if any) does it occur in?

I was researching different writing systems when I came across a fact about Devanagari. the conjunct consonants of the script are fascinating yet confusing; evidently some of them may combine up to 5 ...

asked Sep 3, 2022 at 21:25

0 votes

1 answer

134 views

What commonly used words, if any, does devanagari "म्क्ब्श" (mkbsha) actually occur in?

asked Aug 27, 2022 at 21:07

0 votes

1 answer

125 views

Declension of Sanskrit words "kil" and "kila"

I have been using this search engine for Sanskrit grammar: https://sanskrit.inria.fr/DICO/grammar.html, specifically declension, and I was wondering about some results returned by the search. Indeed, ...

asked Jul 14, 2022 at 7:39

Japanese terms from Sanskrit

This question started when I learned that "hannya haramita" (般若波羅蜜多) comes from Sanskrit "prajñā pāramitā" (प्रज्ञापारमिता). It is not hard to see that what was /p/ in Sanskrit ...

1,456

asked Jul 4, 2022 at 10:30

2 votes

2 answers

774 views

Is Panini's grammar regular in the same sense as that present in the Chomsky hierarchy?

Panini's grammar is said to have algebraic rules governing every aspect of the Sanskrit language. If the rules are completely formal, what is the place of this grammar in the Chomsky hierarchy? How ...

asked Nov 5, 2021 at 1:30

1 vote

2 answers

232 views

Resources for self learning Sanskrit? [closed]

I wanted to self-thought learn Sanskrit, but I don't find any reliable resource available online. The only way I can learn is online and through self-through. It's physically impossible for me to find ...

asked Jul 16, 2021 at 4:43

Prefix a(n)- in Sanskrit and English

In learning about the three Buddhist marks of existence - referred to by the Sanskrit words anatman (lack of permanent self), anitya (impermanence) and dukkha (suffering) - I was interested to learn ...

1,290

asked Jul 13, 2021 at 7:54

2 votes

1 answer

150 views

echo/doubling of consonants in sanskrit

I've notice that whenever people in india pronounce a sanskrit word where one syllable ends in a consonant and following syllable starts with a consonant, they tend to double up one of the consonant. ...

asked Jun 18, 2021 at 1:52

Are there traces of lost PIE laryngeals in Sanskrit?

I read on wiki that "Hittite retains laryngeals that disappeared entirely in Sanskrit (but left plenty of traces showing that it must once have existed). In Proto-Indo-Iranian, the laryngeals ...

asked Jun 17, 2021 at 8:01

questions regarding satemisation in sanskrit

I have some questions regarding satemisation in sanskrit. why there are still k in sanskrit if pie k tunred into sanskrit s ? It seems to me that pie *kʷ turned into k in sanskrit. is that right ? If ...

asked Jun 14, 2021 at 17:25

How do we know that Mitanni Indo-Aryan loan words are derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan and not Vedic Sanskrit?

This question is similer to my previous question. I came across a person who makes the following claims: The names of Previous Kings of Mitannis that are mentioned on inscriptions belongs to period ...

asked Jun 5, 2021 at 12:41

Where did the Sanskrit language originate from?

Where did the Sanskrit language originate from? Did it originate from Persia or Greece? Where did Sanskrit evolve into a classic language: India or Persia or Greece? Origin of Sanskrit The above ...

asked May 24, 2021 at 13:43

How do we know that Avestan is sister of Vedic Sanskrit and not its daughter?

I am new here and to linguistics. Recently I have developed a passion and an interest for linguistics, but I am not familiar with it. So I got into debate with a person from India. He was claiming ...

asked May 22, 2021 at 8:36

-5 votes

1 answer

592 views

Does the root word mus- in Latin mean "thief"'? Mouse=thief, Moses=Extractor etc

I first got the idea of Latin mus- = mouse = thief from this list My primary question here is whether someone can confirm this, because I have not found any direct words in Latin that indicates that ...

asked Apr 14, 2021 at 10:39

-2 votes

1 answer

139 views

What is the reason of this alternation?

The second case is similiar to e-grade / zero-grade ablaut. Is it possible to find out the place of a stress here? For use: वसति vásati वर्धति várdhati

asked Apr 9, 2021 at 8:22

Historically, did the Sanskrit alphabet contain two 'la' consonants?

Historically, did the Sanskrit alphabet (varnamala) contain two 'la' consonants (vyanjan varnas)? It seems there was one in the 'ya' series (varga) and another one in the 'sha' series. Current texts ...

asked Feb 21, 2021 at 9:31

Algorithms used for identifying the syllables in a Sanskrit word

Could anyone give a reference to the best book or website for learning the algorithms used for identifying the syllables in a Sanskrit word, in a completely unambiguous way, just from a piece of text? ...

asked Jan 19, 2021 at 9:15

1 vote

0 answers

99 views

The various forms of the Sanskrit word 'Para'?

I came across the word 'Paratpara' and found the meaning to be 'Greatest of the Great'. This led me to try and understand it in relation with other similar words I already knew - paraspara(mutual) and ...

asked Dec 27, 2020 at 17:03

What is the frequency of Devanagari signs in Sanskrit?

I've been searching everywhere to find the frequency of Devanagari's signs (including the sign in a conjunct) in a typical Sanskrit text. I found the frequency of Devanagari conjuncts here and there ...

asked Dec 5, 2020 at 14:11

2 votes

1 answer

357 views

Does any Sanskrit noun stem end in e ए?

Sanskrit nouns stems ending in dipthongs are very rare but I could still find examples of at least one stem each ending in every dipthong except e‌ ए. ऐ ai - रै rai ओ o - गो go औ au - नौ nau But I ...

asked Nov 12, 2020 at 16:31

0 votes

1 answer

143 views

Is Indra grammatically irregular?

I came across this on http://sanskritdictionary.com/: kubera kuberaḥ, yakṣarāṭ, yakṣendraḥ, yakṣeśvaraḥ, tryambakasakhā, guhyakeśvaraḥ, manuṣyadharmā, dhanadaḥ, dhanādhipaḥ, kinnareśaḥ, vaiśravaṇaḥ, ...

asked Oct 11, 2020 at 16:23

Is it possible in Sanskrit to distinguish between the names Rāma and Rām i.e. राम and राम् when used in a sentence?

Consider this sentence: रामो लेखन्या लिखति Is रामो in that sentence always referring to someone named राम (Rāma) or could it be equally possible that the person's name was राम् (Rām)? Are names like ...

asked Sep 26, 2020 at 14:21

2 votes

3 answers

2k views

Sanskrit consonant clusters

I thought it'd be fairly easy to find a list of Sanskrit consonant clusters online, but the last hour or so has proved me wrong. There's information out there about how to write conjoined consonants ...

asked Sep 14, 2020 at 23:29

Is Sanskrit 100% phonetic?

Even though many languages are still written in Devanagari, they have a problem of schwa deletion. But that problem doesn't exist in Sanskrit. I know that almost all languages have phonetic ...

asked Aug 3, 2020 at 4:11

1 vote

0 answers

136 views

What is meant by the term 'genitive of appurtenance'

In his Sanskrit Grammar, William Dwight Whitney describes the uses of the genitive case in Sanskrit and he mentions the 'genitive of possession or appurtenance': The genitive in its normal ...

asked Apr 3, 2020 at 17:24

8 votes

1 answer

785 views

Why are there so many 'a' sounds in Sanskrit?

I noticed that in Sanskrit (as well as in many Indo-Aryan languages), the vowel /a/ appears much more frequently than any other vowel. Many words have only have /a/ as a vowel. Is there any reason ...

asked Feb 17, 2020 at 10:13

-2 votes

2 answers

154 views

why the number of phonemes for speaking and alphabet for writing (वर्णों की कुल संख्या) in 'Sanskrit' language is fixed and specific?

In the given below sentences the word, 'sound' means any sound wave. I am not asking/talking about the meaning of that sound. That sound can be meaningless too. **I am curious about, why can't it ...

asked Jan 10, 2020 at 21:02