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Luso
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 Message 97 of 162
19 February 2014 at 3:07pm | IP Logged 
Thank you, Gemuse. I'm going to check it out shortly. I know there's quite a few sites with this format: Hindi, English, a few Dravidian languages, and one or two more Indo-European. Sometimes, there's also Sanskrit.

As far as the format is concerned, I'm not impressed (positively or negatively). Western parameters of publishing are not the norm worldwide, this much I know. You have to keep in mind that not all young people in the world go to the internet after having spent three hours playing on the last generation's super HD console, or whatever.

Edited by Luso on 19 February 2014 at 5:02pm

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 Message 98 of 162
03 March 2014 at 5:11pm | IP Logged 
German
I'm afraid I'm not being very proactive here, but recently I bought a few books about subjects that interest me (Vedic literature notably). They were very cheap and, even if I don't read everything, this will keep the language fresh in my mind.

Italian
Just started level C.2. The new manual concerns Italy's History, from Fascism to today. Seems an interesting topic.

Sanskrit
So, now we're chanting. Yes, chanting. It all seems a bit strange, but oddly familiar. We've been through our first shloka (a form of poem), and it's supposed to be said with a certain intonation. Words have to merge into each other and the sentence should become seamless. It has quite an effect, I can tell you that. My teacher is very enthusiastic, and everything is quite an experience.
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 Message 99 of 162
03 March 2014 at 5:45pm | IP Logged 
Luso wrote:

Sanskrit
So, now we're chanting. Yes, chanting. It all seems a bit strange, but oddly familiar.
We've been through our first shloka (a form of poem), and it's supposed to be said with
a certain intonation. Words have to merge into each other and the sentence should
become seamless. It has quite an effect, I can tell you that. My teacher is very
enthusiastic, and everything is quite an experience.


It can be intense.

Here is a shloka from Nasadiya Sukta + Hindi titular song in shloka style.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=vRWIheSDaw0

Translation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasadiya_Sukta#Nasadiya_Sukt
a_with_English_translation

http://mindimpulse.blogspot.de/2008/04/rigveda-in troduced-by-bharat-ek-khoj.html


Edited by Gemuse on 03 March 2014 at 5:47pm

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 Message 100 of 162
03 March 2014 at 6:21pm | IP Logged 
Luso wrote:

Sanskrit
So, now we're chanting. Yes, chanting. It all seems a bit strange, but oddly familiar. We've been through our first shloka (a form of poem), and it's supposed to be said with a certain intonation. Words have to merge into each other and the sentence should become seamless. It has quite an effect, I can tell you that. My teacher is very enthusiastic, and everything is quite an experience.


Your log made me listen to sanskrit, and I also thought it sounds oddly familiar. How strange.

Well done on the chanting!
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 Message 101 of 162
03 March 2014 at 7:03pm | IP Logged 
Luso wrote:

Sanskrit
So, now we're chanting. Yes, chanting. It all seems a bit strange, but oddly familiar. We've been through our first shloka (a form of poem), and it's supposed to be said with a certain intonation. Words have to merge into each other and the sentence should become seamless. It has quite an effect, I can tell you that. My teacher is very enthusiastic, and everything is quite an experience.


WOW! Just, wow! Cool challenge!
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Luso
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 Message 102 of 162
03 March 2014 at 7:15pm | IP Logged 
I'm certain I've already written about my experience a few years back, when a teacher of mine recited the Hymn of Creation from the Rigveda (the one Gemuse refers to - although with a link mismatch) on a Saturday morning, in the ascetic environment of the Catholic University. Quite an experience.

Both the Greek and Roman monastic traditions are full of chanting. Cathedrals, churches, convents and monasteries also provide the ideal acoustic setting for that. Orientals know the physical benefits of sounds and vibrations. We seem to have forgotten about that for a few centuries, and only now scientific research is bringing it back. Such a waste of time in between.

Edited by Luso on 03 March 2014 at 7:16pm

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 Message 103 of 162
03 March 2014 at 7:19pm | IP Logged 
With you a language conversation is never only that. That's very nice.
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Luso
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 Message 104 of 162
03 March 2014 at 7:52pm | IP Logged 
There's nothing like experiencing it, so here it is:

Text:

त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव, त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव ।
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव, त्वमेव सर्वं मम देव देव ॥

There are many translations on the internet. Here's one from my notes:

You are my mother and father, you are my brother and friend
Only you are knowledge and wealth, you are all the Gods to me

Videos:
Without music 0'45"
With music 2'45"

Edited by Luso on 03 March 2014 at 8:11pm



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