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363/407 Lesson 62. The Alphabet ~ll-l~lll:
A) Evolution of Sound.
As Sadhakas, let us introduce ourselves to the world of sounds.... 7l~'l'l7l ' The cause of the world of things....ll'l'l7l .... is 'lll. In the context of sound, 'lll is 7l~~ll-l ' The entire world is said to be born of 7l~ ...7l~'ll-l~l ' Evolution is the result of the self movement 'l--l of Shiva- Shakti. The line of evolution is from the subtle to the gross. There are five stages to the emanation of sound. 1. The first is 'll which is absolutely supreme and subtle. This can best be described as the storehouse from which inspirations would first emerge. 2. The second is 'l7l-ll which is less subtle but is still undifferentiated. This would be the inspiration that would eventually give rise to a thought or an idea. 3. The third is llll which is grosser and undifferentiated, though not articulate. This is actual thought process which goes into concretizing the idea.... a plan of action. 4. Articulate sound is called ~lll which further takes two forms: subtle and gross. It is from that that all the letters ~ll, words 'l and sentences ~ll~ll are manifested. The subtle forms of these letters are the mantras. The gross takes the form of the language we use. ~ll: is that form of sound which cannot be broken up further into smaller parts. It is therefore also called lll ' -l lll >ll lll ' -ll or ~ll-l ....sound .....can never be destroyed. That lll, when it is in a written form is called the ~ll: ' Over a period of time both words have now become interchangeable. Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
364/407 ll s, when put together to intelligently express thoughts and feelings is called the 'l ' A group of 'l s form a ~ll~ll ; and ~ll~ll s put together so that another may understand what one wishes to express, then becomes language -ll'll ' The Sanskrit script, is called ~l-llll '
B) ~lll: Let's go over the list of ~lll: again. The divisions that you see below have been made by Panini and described in his 'Ashtadhyayi.' We need to study this so that we are better able to understand how Panini worked at his grammar. ~ll: l ,>, , l, l ( ~l~ll:) are pronounced in one matra ( a measure of time almost equal to one second ) ll, >, , l, l , 7, 7, ll, ll (ll~ll:) are pronounced in two matras l , >, , l, l , 7, 7, ll, ll ('ll~ll:).... used when calling out to someone and take more than two matras to be pronounced.
llll~lll: so named by Panini. l (l-l~ll) l: (l~lll:)
(I've spent about a trillion hours trying to find a symbol that looks like two smilies put together, one on top of the other, the top looking like a smile and the one below looking like a frown in the place of the visargas for the four alphabets listed below. Sorry. Don't have the software to create an image even. But I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what I mean. If any of you has; and can create an image, please will you send it to me at 'Queries' so that I may replace these four visargas with those? ) : ~l : l (ll(lllll:) : 'l : 'l ('lll-lll:)
1 2 3 4 5 ~l >ll 'lllll-l: (~l~ll) ~l l l l = l >ll 'lllll-l: (l~ll) l 7 l l l >ll 'lllll-l: (~ll) c 7 7 l l >ll 'lllll-l: (l~ll) l l l -l 'l >ll 'lllll-l: ('l~ll) 'l 'l ~l -l l (Secret revealed: It is good to remember the above 25 ~ll-lll-l column-wise too. For example ~l l l 'l etc. )
l~llll~ll-lll-l l, , l, ~l (l-l:ll:) 7l, 'l, l, ('lll:) ~ l ~ l and l are not included in Panini's work, who dealt with only the language in use and not what is originally in the Vedas. But we shall keep them in anyway.... just so that we do not forget them.
llll Your teacher will help you pronounce the ~ll:, llll~lll:, and the ~ll-lll-l ' I'll just supply a table that you can refer to. The beauty here is that this classification works in various ways. It helps making and breaking sandhis, writing out words with l-l-llll~l s and understanding the relationships of each "family group" ... how one letter can be substituted for another and ideas like that. For example, you would have often seen both ll and l. It also helps us understand why Parama Poojya Swamiji pronounces ll~l~l llll the way He does.
366/407 ~lll: 'llllll-l ll-ll-l~ll-lllll-l l ll l ~l l l l = l~lll (:) l ~lc ~lcl: > > > l 7 l l l l 7l lll lll~l: l l l c 7 7 l 'l ~ lll ll-l: l l l l l l -l l l -ll: -l:
'l 'l ~l -l l 'lll-lll: (:'l : 'l ) ( actually the two smilies I've mentioned earlier) ll'l ll'l = l l -l l -llll~ll ~lcll: l-l-llll~l: 7 7 ~lclll ~lclll~l: ll ll ~lcl'l ~lcl'l ~l -ll'l -ll'l ll(lllll: (: ~l :l) ( smilies again.) ll(llll ll(lllll: l-l~ll: -llll~ll
367/407 l is a ~ll: that has been given a position of equal standing in the ~llllll in the Vedas. Sanskrit grammar, whether modern or classical, visualizes it as ~l + 'l and you will therefore find it in the dictionary in the ~l section. However, we have retained all the ~lll: that are in the original ~llllll '
This has an important effect on pronunciations. The l~lll carries forward the sound of the letter just before it. ~ll: is pronounced ~ll, ~lll: is pronounced ~llll, ~ll: is pronounced ~lll l: is pronounced l and so on and so forth.
When the l~lll is followed by a ~l, l, 'l, or a 'l, the l~lll is forcefully expressed. Going by this, if the l~lll were to be followed by l, which, according to grammar a ~l 'l, the l~lll should have been forcefully expressed. But it is not. In this case, the l~lll does what it is supposed to do....it carries forward the sound of the letter just before it.
368/407 >lll ll'll ll ~ll~l 'll~l7:' lll-l lllll llllllll ~ll ~ll-l ' 7lll-l lllll ~ll~lll llllllll l-l-l ' 1. l > l 2. l l ~l 3. 7 ll = 4. 7 ll l 5. l ~l 6. l l 7. l l = l -l l 8. l -l l 9. l 7 l 'l 10. l ~l l 7 7l 11. l 'l 7 c l l l ~l 12. ~l 'l l 13. 7l 'l l 14. l '
Panini has based his entire grammatical work on these sutras. To avoid a detailed recital of the letters, he used what is called the 'llll . It is very much what you would see advertised in a shop window " A-Z available here." Rather than list what he has, the shopkeeper, in his A-Z, has conveyed the fact that he stores all that you need. Similarly, when Panini wished to list only the ~ll: , he just said ll and no more. Look at the sutras again. Which sutra has the l ? The first. Which sutra ends in l ? The fourth. Ignore every ~ll with the l-l . They are called >l ~lll: and are only indicatory letters which disappear the minute the purpose of indication has been fulfilled. List all the letters that are in the four sutras and hey presto, you have a list of all the ~ll: ! Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
369/407 Let's take another example. l7l would be all the ~ll s in the 3rd and 4th column. Gottitt?? The peculiarity of the 'llll s is that they can start from any ~ll ' They may begin with a ~ll coming from the middle of the group, but they must end with an >l ~ll:' Panini then worked on 41 such 'llll s in his l7lllll. l comes twice as an >l ~ll:' Whenever you have to choose the first, (1) will be written against the 'llll . Whenever you have to choose the second, (2) will be written against that 'llll.Shall we try work with 'llll s as a home assignment? Please refer to Lesson 62 A.
D) ll, ~llT, ll, l'llll changes. You would have heard of l-l and it's relative ll-ll . It is apparent that the and ll are connected. What has happened here is a ~llT . It is often difficult to remember these terms. ll, ~llT, ll, l'llll ' So here is a list you can refer to when foxed by sandhis. The idea is to see the correlation amongst alphabets.
~l l ll > >
l l l 7 7 ll ll
ll ll > l - - ll l 7 ll l ll 7 ll ~llT ll 7 ll ll lll 7 7 ll ll ll ll-l: l ~l l llll ll-l: - - - ll lll l~l ll~l l'llll l> ~l l ll
370/407 Lesson 62 A B Exercises with the Maheshwara-Sutrani Worksheets
List all the ~lll: in the 'llll s below. 1. ll (1) 2. l~l 3. >~l 4. ~l 5. 7= 6. ll 7. >l 8. 7l 9. 7l 10. l 11. ll (2) 12. >l 13. ll 14. ll 15. ll 16. ll 17. =l 18. ll 19. l'l 20. l7l 21. 7l 22. ~l7l 23. l7l 24. l7l Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
371/407 25. ~l7l 26. 7~l 27. ll 28. ll 29. ll 30. ll 31. l 32. l 33. l 34. l 35. 7l 36. ll 37. l 38. ~ll 39. l 40. ll 41. 7ll
You do not need answers for this worksheet, do you? That's why the lesson is named 62 A B. Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
372/407 Lesson 63 ~ll-lll-l: Vyanjan Sandhi.
"Sandhi's not my cuppatea," was my refrain. till I realized that a sandhi was exactly what I had done with both, 'Sandhi is' and a 'cup-pa-tea.' O.K. so if it is such a common thing in speech, couldai find egzamples a plenty? Butsurely you betcha bottondollar I could! Not only in English but in every language as well. Just have a look at this. Shuddup = Shut up. ( Vocabulary of the Younger Generation, not mine.) An example of lll l7ll-l ' It's just that us Indians love to study and have therefore made a science of something as natural as sandhi. What happens is that a student who studies the science first becomes quite dizzy with all the information, so I have here tried to provide the smelling salts. It's not so bad.. I've survived and so will you. Let's tagjust one stepatatime. Is the combination of a consonant with another consonant, a vowel To make ~ll-lll-l: easy to memorize and recall at a later date, let's go over how the consonants are classified again.
The shaded consonants are the ~lcl~ll-lll-l ' The hard consonants. The rest are l-~ll-lll-l ' The soft consonants. Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
373/407 Please note that for our grammar study, we will work with the consonants specified by Panini. Make sure that you are familiar with lesson 62. It will help you tremendously. Sandhi is a vast topic of study. Rather than do the whole lot, it seems practical to just go over a few. (To give you an idea, we categorized sandhis into 40 sections of which we plan to do just 9). The table given below gives you examples of the ones you will see most often. Use it as a guide while you are studying specific details of the sandhis given after the table on page 8 of this lesson. There are plenty of examples, especially from the Bhagavad Gita, for you to work with. ~ll-lll-l:
~llll lll
Name of the sandhi Effect Example . l~l
a ( ll: l-ll l: ) l / l in close proximity with 7l /l 7l l (llllll ..respectively)
Concrete examples l l l l-ll + llll = l-lllll ' l 7l 77l lll + 7ll = ll77ll ' l l l ll + llll =lllll ' l l ll + l-l: = ll-l: ' -l l l 7llll-l +ll: =7llllll: Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
374/407 b 7l77ll ll first four of a ~ll followed by 7l 7l optionally converts into 7 and if it is a l / converts into l
concrete examples l 7l 7 llll + 7lllll: = lll7llll:
-. 7~l 7-ll7: l / l in close proximity with 'l / 'l (llllll ..respectively)
concrete examples l 'l ''l lll + 'l': = ll''l': l 7 lll + l~ll =ll7l~ll l ll + l~ll = ll~ll 'l l 7 >'l: + l: = >7: 'l l 7 ~l'l + l: = ~l7: 'l -l 'l ~l'l + -l: = ~l'l: '
375/407 a lll l7ll-l ' This generally happens between two different words. ll ( all the consonants minus the l-l-llll~l~ll-lll-l, l l and ~l ) any ~l or a l ~ll-l corresponding l7l
Concrete examples ~l > ll ~ll~l + >7l: =~llll7l: l l l ll + l-l: =ll-l: ll 7l 'l + ll-l-l: = 'l7l-l-l: l ll l 7ll + llll = 7llll l > l lll + >7l: =lll7l: l l T :ll-lll + ll-l = :ll-llTll-l
b lll l7l ll7l ' This generally happens in the middle of the word.
ll ( all the consonants minus the l-l-llll~l~ll-lll-l, l l and ~l ) a l ~ll-l corresponding l7l
l includes all the consonants excepting ' l occurring at the end of a 'l followed by a nasal (l , l, = , l , -l ) Is replaced by its own corresponding nasal, optionally.
Concrete examples l l -l lllll + ll: llll-ll: / llll ll: '
b 'lll -ll'llll l-lll
l 'lll ending in l
is replaced by its own corresponding nasal, compulsorily
378/407 -l77~l'l7ll-l -l occurring at the end of a 'l
followed by a 7~l (7 c l l) and then by an ll (~ll: + , l ~l l , + l-l-llll~ll:' is replaced by
concrete examples -l l / 7 7l / 7l ll-l + l = lll / lll -l / c 'l / 'l ll-l + cll-l = ll'll-l / ll'll-l -l l / l l / l lll-l + lll = llllll / llllll l'l~ll: 'l7ll-l This rule does not apply to 'l7ll-l ll-l: -l -l~lll 'l7ll-l + l-llll = 'l7ll-l l-llll'
1) lJ mqvO: a) (ml: v :) Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
379/407 l and a ~ll belonging to l, in close proximity with 7l and a ~ll belonging to l are replaced by 7l and a ~ll belonging to l ' Whenever there is a combination of l or l ~ll (l, l, , l, -l) WITH (either before or after) 7l or with the l~ll ( l, 7, l, l, l ) the l changes into 7l and the l ~ll changes into its corresponding l ~ll (llllll .that is respectively.) ' lllll + llll: = llllllll: ' l + l-l: = ll-l: ' ll-l + llll = llllll '
b) MMse ~ Fully stated, ll: 7l: 7: ll ' Here, in this sutra, the ll: is drawn from a previous sutra. If ll (first four of a ~ll ) is followed by 7l then that 7l is optionally replaced by 7 ' If the 7l is followed by l , then if the ll ~ll is a , it will be converted into a l ( ll: l-ll l: ) and then that l is converted into a l ( ll l ....Refer to Sandhi No. 4 ). If it is a l , then it is replaced by l ( ll: l-ll l: ) ' In l + 7l , the l changes to l and the 7l changes to 7 OR remains 7l ' llll + 7llll: = lll7lll: ' ll + 7l~ll = l7~ll '
lll'l-llllskcs<Clll-7lllll ll l'l-llll ld Mkcd Gld - M<Ccd >l-7lllll This could have been written as lll'l-llllMkcM<Clll-7lllll 2. lll l :ll-ll-llll:ll-llTll-l l~ll7l'll ' Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
2) lJ mqvO: 7-ll7: Fully stated, ll: 7-ll7: ' Here, in this sutra, the ll: is drawn from a previous sutra. l and a ~ll belonging to l, in close proximity with 'l and a ~ll belonging are replaced by 'l and a ~ll belonging to '
Whenever there is a combination of l or l ~ll ( l, l, , l, -l ) WITH 'l or with the ~ll ( , c, 7, 7, l ) the l changes into 'l and the l ~ll changes into its corresponding ~ll ' lll + 'l'c: = ll''l': ' >'l + l: = >7: ' l~l'l + -l: = l~l'l: ' ~l'l + -l: = ~l'l: '
3) pMlJ mqvO: a) Pub pMevl ~ Fully stated, 'll l-l lll l7l: ' Whenever there is a combination of ll ( all the consonants {minus the l-l-llll~l~ll-lll-l }, l l and ~l ) WITH any ~l or a l ~ll-l, it changes into its corresponding l7l ( the third ~ll of each ~ll ) ' This happens only if the sandhi taking place is between two different words. If the sandhi is in Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
382/407 the word itself then lll l7l ll7l is followed. (Basically it is the same sandhi but given a different name.)
having the same place of utterance as ~l ~ll ( ~lc ) will be replaced with that corresponding ~ll ' 7l having the same place of utterance as l ~ll ( lll ) will be replaced with that corresponding ~ll' 'l having the same place of utterance as ~ll ( lll ) will be replaced with that corresponding ~ll ' l having the same place of utterance as l ~ll ( -ll: ) will be replaced by that corresponding ~ll ' l~l + l~l: = ll~l: '
b) Pub pMd PM ~ Whenever there is a combination of ll (~ll-ll) WITH any l7l ( l~ll-ll ) it changes into its corresponding l7l ( third consonant) ' This generally happens in the middle of the word. ~ll + ll: = ~llT:' l-l + l: = l~l:' 4) lJ& mqvO: Kj ~ Fully stated, ll 'l lll l ' Here, in this sutra, the l (first consonant of each ~ll: + 7l, 'l, l) is drawn from a previous sutra. Whenever there is a combination of ll WITH a ~lcl ~ll-l, it changes into its corresponding l ' ll'l + l = ll'll '
5) lu& Fully stated, ll: ( 'll-l l ) ll ( l~ll 'l ) 'll~ll: ' A consonant of l~ll followed by l is replaced by one homogenous with the latter - 'll~ll - in this case, l ' -lll ll-l: -llll-l: ' ll~ll-l~l-llll~ll: -l~l-lll ll~ll: ' -l is replaced by a nasal l ' lTl~lll-ll :ll-ll lTl~ll-l l-ll '
6) DvvmkmqvO: a) ll -l-llll~l -l-llll~ll ~ll ' Fully stated, 'll-ll l: l-l-llll~l 'l l-l-llll~l: ~ll ' l includes all the consonants excepting ' l occurring at the end of a 'l followed by a nasal ( l , l , = , l , -l ) is replaced by its own corresponding nasal, optionally. lllll ll: = llll-ll: / llll ll: ' 7l-l l7ll ~l'l = 7ll l / 7l l ' l~l + -lll: = l=-lll: / l-lll: ' remains as it is, it has no corresponding nasal. 'l-l ll: 'l-lll: '
1. mcV lll ll~ll ukVlll l l: ' 'lll'l-lllll~lll l: l l l l'll: '' ll -' '' mcV = mcld v ukV = ukld v
b) 'lll -ll'llll l-lll '' ( ~llll~l ) The rule ll -l-llll~l -l-llll~ll ~ll is compulsory if the 'lll that is added ends in l ' l~lll + llll = l~ll-llll of little value.
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386/407 Fully stated, l: l-l~ll: ll 'l ( ll is drawn from a previous ll ) l, at the end of a 'l is : 1 ) replaced by an l-l~ll if it is followed by a consonant. 2) when it appears at the end of a 'l or at the end of a sentence, it remains as it is.
b) J Hovlm ~ At the end of a 'l, the l-l~ll can be replaced by an l-l-llll~l ~ll which is homogenous to the ~ll which follows it. l~l ~lll'l / l~lll'l ' l-7 'l7lll / l-7'l7lll ' c) vHovlm Pu ~ -l and l not at the end of a 'l are replaced by an l-l~ll when followed by ll l7llll '
d) DvmJjm HjmJC&: ~ When l-l~ll is followed by a ll ~ll it is replaced by an l-l-llll~l which is homogenous to the latter. 'll: ' ll7ll: ' ~lc ' ~ll-ll '
8) vMsJMvd ~ (Cracked it!!!! Here's why it is ~llllll and not ~llll7ll !!!!) -l occurring at the end of a 'l is replaced by if followed by a 7~l and then by an ll ' This rule does not apply to 'l7ll-l ( an avyaya meaning "tranquil") ' ( Please have a look at the table for clear examples.) lll-l-llll~l: 'l~ll l ~ll ' Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
387/407 The ~ll preceding is optionally nasalised. l-l-llll~ll'll -l~ll:' When it is not nasalised an l-l~ll is added.
Thus ~lll-l lll = ~lll lll ' -l77~l'l7ll-l ' = ~lll lll ' lll-l-llll~l: 'l~ll l ~ll ' or = ~lll lll ' l-l-llll~ll'll-l~ll: ' This is replaced by the l~lll and later by l ' Then the ll-l: rules are followed to give either a ~llllll ' or a ~llllll ' Similarly, -l~ll-l lll = -l~ll lll = -l~ll lll /-l~ll lll = -l~lllll / -l~lllll ' 'lllll~l~ll 'llll-l l~l~ll '' ll ' 'l:ll~llll -ll'll 'l:ll~lll-l l '' ll - ' But not in the case of 'l7ll-l ll'll '
1. l7llll-l-~l7lll~l %Job -ll'll ' llll-lilmb -ll-l7llll-l 'll7ll: '' ll -' %Job = %Jovd Dilmb = Dilmvd *** You may not require to know any more sandhis than the ones listed in this lesson. If you do come across undecipherable ones, please write. We'll respond to individual requests.
A long long time ago, everything that needed to be passed from generation to generation was done in the form of verse. Verse was the only means of ensuring that knowledge was protected. It may have been years since we've left school, but who has forgotten 'Jack and Jill'? Prose, on the other hand, has been relegated to the back alleys of our mind.
In the midst of all this poetic creativity, a natural problem reared its head. Sanskrit is the only language in the classical world which makes use of 'llls. The use of 'lll s helps every single word to have an identity and a meaning of its very own. But fitting the word + 'lll into a metre in verse form was a difficult task indeed. "What to do?" asked a poet. "No problem! Let's create a shortcut," said another. And llll came into being. llll, l l l was the original SMS Short Message Service. Be proud guys, we created it!!!!!!
I kid you not. There does exist such a verb: l llllll does indeed mean 'I am creating a synopsis. or in our layman terms a shortcut.' llll allows a person to string two words together to form one single word. And "ishortcut ishtyle" the first word is written without an appropriate 'lll. For example instead of saying l:l: 'll: I'd say ll'll: and still make complete sense. Why does Devdas have to romance his love with a long drawn out, "You have such a beautiful face just like the moon!" All he'd do is say "lll l-7lll" Devdas too, by the way, is a llll word. ~ll ll: , ~lll: ' The difference between a ll-l: and a llll: would be that in the former, two letters combine to form a single whole letter or a conjoined letter( either in the middle of a word or between two words to form a single word) and in the latter, two words are placed side by side (without the need for a ll-l: to take place) to form a single word. Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
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In a llll: , the lll'l is the compound word ~lll: ' l~ll is when you break it up into its components.. ~ll ll: '
Naturally, it is with time that you will figure out in which combinations these work out, for example ll~l: would not be correct. And it is with time that you will figure out which words can be made a llll of. For example, ~l-l'll'l: is allowed and NOT ~l-l'll'l~ll-l ' Not to worry. In this case at least Time will wait for the Sanskrit enthusiast!
Note: This lesson is to help you figure out what llll words mean whenever you come across them in your course of reading. You also now have the wherewithal to form your own combination words intelligently. Another thing to remember is that people are all made differently. Many a time you will find that someone may have formed a llll in one way and you may prefer another. Both may be correct. So just relax and enjoy learning something new.
llll can be divided into 6 classes according to the sense that they convey when dissolved. -l lll'l ll ll l-lll~lll-ll~l: ' l'l'l ~lllll l-ll ll ~l~lll: ''
For our convenience, I have divided them into 9 groups. I have been better able to retain the information with a wider classification like that.
1. l~lll-ll~l: A word which conveys a meaning, is a part of the llll which, after the combination of the two words, becomes an l~ll' For example: add l to indicate ll-lll 'lots of goodness.' llll = lll-ll lllT: lots of auspiciousness.
390/407 2. l'l'l: In this llll, the second word of the llll is given importance. For example: ~lll: = ~ll ll:' The first part of the word is simply an apt description of the second. We are talking about the ll: here and not the ~l: '
3. ~lllll: In this llll, one word is an adjective of the other. It is a part of the l'l'l:, but we shall list it separately for convenience's sake. For example: -llll'lll = -llll 'lll '
4. ll: In this llll, which is a part of the ~lllll:, the first word is a number; how many in a collection of things. For example : 'l7l~ll = 'l7ll-ll ~ll-ll llll: '
5. -: Be sure to look out for the l between words in the l~ll: of this llll:!!! For example: ll~l:/lll: =ll l ll '
6. ~l~lll: When two words are put together to imply something totally different, ~l~lll: is what you see. For example: l-7llll: = l-7: llll ll l: ' Here, we are neither giving importance to the moon or to the forehead but the Person who is adorned so: Shiva.
7. ll~lllll: is not really a different llll: ' Whenever, two words are put together and the l~l-ll~ll of the first word remains intact, then llll: takes place. Depending on the llll: itself, it can be any of the above llll: s. For example: llll': = lll ll: '
8. -llllll: is not really a different llll: ' Whenever you wish to convey 'the absence' of something, this llll: is used. For example: ll~l-l: = -l l~l-l: '
391/407 9. 'l'lllll: see how the noun is described here.. l-ll: = l-ll ~llll >ll ' llll: is a vast topic. Sorry, I made a mistake, a VAST TOPIC. We need to be practical about such things. We can't handle it all at this stage. Let's go over a few details to help us decode what we may most often come across. A tabular column will help.
1. l~lll-ll~lllll: ' You will recognize the l~lll-ll~lllll: in words 1. Where the first part of the word is an l~ll or a l-l'lll (l-l'llll: are particles which possess no gender and number and the case termination after which is dropped or elided. For example lll: (l and others) and 'lll: ('l and others). 2. The second part of the word is a noun (l:ll). 3. The combined word is an l~ll and is -l'l. 7~l~ll-ll ' 4. The combined word lll'll is different from the l~ll:, because the conveys a l~ll special meaning to the noun.
Addition of l~ll to mean lll'll l~ll:
lll in, on llll l >ll 'l closeness 'l~l'll ~l'll lll'll l-ll or l-l absence l-ll-ll l-ll-lll l-ll~l: l-l behind/ following l-lll ll 'llll 'lll every 'llll-ll l-l l-ll Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
392/407 lll in that manner
lll7lll no spelling error here. There is no visarga. All these words are l~lls remember? 7llll-lllll l with/ resembling ll-l~ll l-l~l-l l /l-l~ll ll7ll ll beyond / upto llllllll
lllll
ll~lll~lTl ll lllllll ( ll-l7l: ) ll l~ll: ( lll l~l, lll ~l 'l~l ) a life span ( !! ) ~ll: outside ~llllll lllll ~ll: l-l near/ towards l-l~lll
towards the bank 'lll a) away from (opposite of the meaning in the above row) b) repetition 'lll~lll
'llll-ll against the bank
l-l l-l l abundance, prosperity ll7l l7lll lllT: adversity, poverty l~l-ll l~l-ll-ll ~llT: lll destruction, end of llllll lll lll: lll inappropriate llll-l7l l-l7l l'lll -l lll >ll utterance of sound >ll l l7l~l 'l~ll7l: ll a) starting from b) uptil a) lll-l b) lllll a) l-l-l: ll-l b) ll'll-ll Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
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2. l'l'lllll: '
l'l'lllll: is that llll: wherein the first word-part's l~l-ll~ll'lll is dropped. Depending on which l~l-ll~ll'lll that first part would have taken if broken into it's l~ll:, the l'l'lllll: is given that particular name. For example: llllll'l'l: '
Go over the short explanation of l'l'lllll: at the very beginning of this lesson.
Note: The word l'l'l: itself will help you remember what llll: this involves. ll 'l'l: = l'l'l: !!
And that is the sole reason why you cannot have 7lll7l~ll-l as a lllll l'l'l: ' lll7l~ll-l is a Present active participle and doesn't fit with the rules stated above. Instead, you may have a 7lll7l: ' Gottit?
This one is really simple. Whenever two words, one which is an adjective of the other, are combined, you have a ~lllllllll: ' So you will have a combination of a l~l7l'll and a l~l7l'l, an 'lll-l and an 'lll ' Since one is a l~l7l'll of the other, naturally, when a l~ll: is formed, both the words will be in the same l~l-lll:'
You may see the words l lll, >~l, 7~l, in the l~ll: to reinforce the relationship between the two words. l meaning "beautiful/ good" and ~l (~llll) meaning "bad" are added to words to form a ~lllllllll:'
Note: Why has this particular llll: been called ~lllll:? Simple. Let's look at an example -llll'lll ' 'll -lll~ll lllll ' -lll becomes the object in the sentence. Similarly, l~l: ' l: ~ll 'l lllll ' Alternatively it could be: ~l: ll: 'l lllll ' If you look at the examples in the tabular column, you'll begin to see how one of the words "becomes" the object of the other. Even if that may not be an authentic explanation, why must we reject it if it helps us remember what the ~lllllllll: is?!! ~lllllllll: lll'll l~ll: ll~l: ll-l l lll ~l: ~l'll'l: ~l'l: l'l: -llll'lll -llll 'lll lll: lll l: ~lll~lllll ~llll >~l ~lllll l-7lll l-7 >~l lll Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
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4. llllll: '
llll with numbers!! Just the examples themselves will help you figure out what is what!
Between every word, be sure to add the l . A compound of two words will be dual and a compound of more than two will be in the plural. A point to be noted is that words beginning with a vowel and words ending in l~lll-l should come first.
ll ll l (>~lll-l words before l~lll-l) >7l~l'll >7ll ~l'll lll-7l: / >-7llll: lll ll >-7l l7l~l~l7l~ll l7l~ll ~l7l~ll ll'l~ll-ll ll'll ~ll-ll l-ll7ll7l~ll-ll: l-ll l7ll7ll ~ll-ll lllll'lll llll l l'lll l 'llll'lll 'llll l 'lll l 7l'll llll: ll~llllll ll~lll llllll 7l'll llll: ~ll~lll~ll ~ll~ll l~ll l-lll: llll: 'll'llll 'lll 'llll l-lll: llll: llllll lll l lll l-lll: llll: 'll'llll 'lll 'llll l-lll: llll:
7~ll7l'l: a part of the -llll: '
When similar things are put together and the entire compound is described by just one of the words, either in the dual or plural, 7~ll7l'l: is seen.
lll'll l~ll:
~lll ~lll ~lll l'lll llll l l'lll l -llll -llll l ~lll l 'lll 'lll lll l ll ll ll l ll l l lll Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
401/407 ll l l ll -l~l-l: -l~l-ll -l~lll ~lll ll l ~ll l lll lll lll
6. ~l~lll:
Read our simple explanation again of this particular llll: (given at the beginning of the lesson) then let's move on. You'll find either both the words of the l~ll: in the same l~l-lll: or they may be in different l~l-lll:s.
Since we are talking about someone else altogether, you need to describe the compound by adding a l l:, l-l l:, lll: ll and the like.
In other cases you'll see compounds formed by a combination of l with the lllll l~l-lll:'
Note: The word ~l~lll: itself means "a person who has plenty of rice". In other words, a wealthy man. A long time ago, parents would give their daughter in marriage to Mr. ~l~lll:, who would have the capacity to look after their child well. It won't be difficult now to connect this word to what the llll: implies.
403/407 lll7l~l: / lll7ll: ll l7l: ll l: (~l'l is added because no other rule is applied to l7ll when forming the compound) lll-l~l: / lll-ll: ll l-l: ll l: (~l'l is added because no other rule is applied to l-ll when forming the compound) ~l'l is also added when the last word is a l~lll-l in any gender, or is an >~lll-l or ~lll-l llll word >l~ll~l: >l: ~lll ll l: (l~lll-l 'l.) l7llllll~l: l7llll llll ll l: (l~lll-l ll.) lllll~l: ll lll ll l: (l~lll-l -l'l.) l-~ll~l: l-l ~ll: ll l: (~lll-l llll) 'l~lll~l: 'l~lll ll ll l: (>~lll-l llll)
7. ll~l llll:'
In cases where the l~l-ll~ll remains in the lll'll , ll~l llll: is seen. It can be any of the ones that we have studied in detail.
llllllll ll~ll ll~lllllll l l: ' Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme Month 17 Level 1 - Month 17 Lessons 62 - 64 www.chitrapurmath.net Shri Chitrapur Math 2002-2012
407/407 'lll'l-lllll~lll l: l l l l'll: '' ' '' ) 'l: l ll'l: l -ll l l: l 'lll'l-lllll: ' ( - ) 'lll'l-llll: l~ll: l: l: 'lll'l-lllll~lll: ' ( ~l~lll )
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