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A list of proposed projects
The following items are not complete by any means. Lot more information is
available on each and is not included to keep the file size short! The names in the
parenthesis refer to those you should contact for more information. You could always
write to sanskrit@cheerful.com with your inquiries. We welcome your ideas to
improve and expand the list.
1. Sanskrit Dictionary
Participate in preparing an online Sanskrit Words glossary. One line meaning
of words is targeted for time being. For details, access
o dictionary.txt OR
o http://sanskritdocuments.org/dict/ and related links.
2. Ramayana, Mahabharata, Gita Stories
Extract gita-s and stories from Ramayana and Mahabharata A list of types of
Gita-s is available. allgita.itx | allgita.asc | allgita.ps. A stand alone file for each
of the stories could be prepared. Someone who has books with Gita-s other than
Bhagavadgita should come forward to supply information and proofread.
Portions from Mahabharata can be extracted from encoded text for better
understanding. Please see available Gita files. Contents of the Mahabharata are
given in mahalist.itx | mahalist.ps.
Those interested in responding could reply addressing each question and more
OR write an article on this subject. (Couple of responses are already in!)
Someone should collect all the responses, document and edit them for
everyone's use. For now, send your comments to sanskrit@cheerful.com
5. Encode Upanishads
Many of the upanishhad-s are available on the Sanskrit Documents site
at http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/doc_upanishhat.html.
Thanks to Dr. Sunder Hattangadi for encoding most of them.
6. Literary Works
Encode literary works by Kalidasa, Bhavabhuutii, Chanakya etc. writers. Some
examples are as follows:
o Chanakya-s arthashaastra(in Sanskrit) is available and needs
proofreading. ( artha.itx | artha.txt | artha.ps )
o Texts and information on Ayurveda, Chanakya's nItishhastra. and other
grantha-s.
o Panchatantra, kathaasaritasaagar, jaatakakathaa etc in original.
o In recent past, Pandit Bhatkhande wrote a book on Music,
``shriimallakshyasangiitaM'' completely in Sanskrit, ``under the
pseudonym Chatura Pandit, and cited it as a reference in his other
writings. Being a work in Sanskrit many people automatically thought
that it was an old work, and therefore worthy of the respect owed to
canonical works.'' (From his biographical sketch available on
net. bhatkhande.tex | bhatkhande.ps. It may be useful to get hold of this
book and encode important portions mainly for information.
o The amarakosha of Amarasinha is available in different formats. Please
see the Sanskrit goodies site by Prof. Avinash Sathaye
(sohum@ms.uky.edu).
8. Sanskrit Learning
Follow creative/innovative approaches to develop and maintain interest in
learning of Sanskrit language. This can include crossword puzzles, riddles,
poems, stories, word formatting etc. (Sid Harth bakula@earthlink.net)
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Others with ancient relation, eiher through Latin or in some cross-culture origin
are (territory of etymologists) mind to mana, man to manu, father to pitR^i,
mother to maatR^i, brother to bhraatR^i, riti to ritual, ambrosia to amR^ita,
three to tri, sept in september to sapta, oct to octa or ashhTa, dec in december
deca to dasha, sugar to sharkaraa, medium ro madhyam, and so on.
People will select numbers, email it to central email address with specified
options(fonts, columns, title, introduction, footnotes, additional shloka-s etc),
his script will catenate those number files to one file, pass it on to ITRANS,
and mail a formatted postscript output . This will be an easy method compared
to the handouts seen in many places having mis-pronunciations, wrong letters,
distorted meanings, poor formatting etc.
The utility can be enhanced with on-line access and Java scripts.
Swami Vivekananda was fluent in Sanskrit. There are few of his letters poems
which were written in Sanskrit. The complete works have some of them with
translations. These letters could be encoded and circulated for everyone's use.
Such correspondence between other Sanskrit scholars will be a valuable
addition in this collection.
If at all possible -
o Kalidasa - kalidas.itx | kalidas.ps | kalidas.html.
o Sarasvati River civilization - sarasvati.tex | sarasvati.ps | Updated web
site.
o OM-kaar - om1.itx | om1.ps.
o sha.nkaraachaarya - shankara.tex | shankara.ps.
o Vande Mataram - vande.itx | vande.ps.
21. Mathematics/Technology
Compile information on mathematics and ancient Technology based on
Sanskrit suutra-s. For example, there was a shloka on determination of value of
PI (ratio of circumference to the diameter of a circle.) Zero or shuunya is
another topic. Importance of the number nine is one more. There are few books
written on this topic so watch for copyright issue. An article, `The astronomy of
the age of geometric altars,' by Subhash Kak is available at
ftp://gate.ee.lsu.edu/pub/kak/altar.ps?
Subhash Kak kak@ee.lsu.edu.
Sanskrit is chosen as one of the most flexible but still structured languages for
machine language and Artificial Intelligence studies. Prof. Rajeev Sangal,Dept
of Computer Sci & Engg, IIT Kanpur, sangal@iitk.ernet.in. "Rajeev Sangal is
still on the project and more active. He has brought out a book `Natural
Language Processing A Paninian Approach' published by Prentice Hall.
Functions for `sandhi viccheda' have been completed as part of an M.Tech
project. Now they are on `samaasa vigraha'. Several Sanskrit post graduates are
part of the Comp. Science & Engg. faculty. The project has expanded itself to
the Comp. Science Dept. in Osmania University, Hydrabad, where it has been
heard that better facilities exist for such projects." (from posting by
Sourav parit@iitk.ernet.in)
22. Astrology
Astrology related data base. A list of basic information needed for a student of
astrology. Varaahamihiraa-s bRihat.hsaMhitaa is available and needs
proofreading. paaraashara horaa shaastra(in 97 chapters) is available and needs
proofreading. (Both are available in sociology_astrology secion. ).
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Examples are:
Many such terms are used in emblems of the institutions in India, resembling
the Latin ones in the Western world. A reference to the institutions may be
appropriate. These may resonate collection of subhaashhita but will give direct
explanation of sayings commonly used in Philosophy encoded in the Sanskrit
texts including Upanishhads. The writing could be for a page or two in the form
of an essay or pravachana explaining the intricacies of sayings and sighting
other texts. The first step is to collect such `revealing' messages, and then a few
can start writing on them.
28. Puja-vidhi
Details on Puja-vidhii. See Bhajans and Puja site This will list shloka-s, reasons
for different prayers or aarati-s, times for pujaa-s, pujaa ingredients, types of
blessings (e.g. shaa.ntiH-pushhTi-tushhTichaastu, diirghaayushhyamaana
astu ), details on sa.ndhyaava.ndanaM, gaayatrii, praaNaayaama, japa,
biijaakshara ma.ntra-s, satyanaaraayaNa-puujaa etc.
Prepare a Sanskrit related list of books, publishers, cost and availability. For
bookstores information please see bookstores.html, And for Sanskrit courses
and books see the file -
http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1415/sbooks.html
(C.S.Raghavendra csr@wipinfo.soft.net).
Subscribe to Sanskrit magazines, books and collect articles about Sanskrit from
different magazines in different languages.
You can also send them as gifts to relatives for nominal cost (much less if they
are in India.)
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Prepare a Sanskrit songs book. Some of the songs available are vadatu
sanskritam, manasaa satataM smaraNiiyaM, ke vayaM, surasa subodha vishwa
manodnya, etc.
It appears (though this may not be right) that in India, non-hindi speaking states
have emphasized Sanskrit more. This is a topic of discussion. For your
information, all the central schools in India have Sanskrit as a compulsory
language, along with English and Hindi.
Also, there are more than two million Sanskrit manuscripts, unexplored and
unpublished all over India. Collecting them and preparing a data base itself is
an another project.
Sanskrita Bharati at Bangalore has taken few steps regarding these activities.
As you would realize, a single institution cannot really perform this task
efficiently without the help from others. Please contact Prasanna G.
Basavapatna (prasg@informix.com) for more details and for suggesting some
ideas.
Dr. Ajay Jani of Jiva institute is organizing a large scale operation of obtaining
and preserving old Sanskrit texts. Please contact him at info@jiva.ernet.in or
reach him at Western Residential, Singleton Hospital, Sketty, Swan Sea,
SA28QA, U.K., Tel: 1792-205-666/5484, FAX 1792-285-975/84.
Someone can work on getting daily Sanskrit news from All India Radio in New
Delhi. It will involve contacting Embassy and the AIR to get the typed text in
some format. This will be a very useful addition to people desirous of learning
Sanskrit.
Some people who cannot devote time and efforts on certain projects but would
like to influence the progress in learning or promoting Sanskrit can do so with
monitory contributions. Specifically one can donate funds for following ideas
to their own choice of institutions.
The topics connected with Sanskrit may get very comprehensive. Here is a list
of them which were prepared for the 10th World Sanskrit Conference which
will be held on 3-9 January 1997 in Bangalore, India.
(Dr Shivamurthy Swamiji
Secretariat,
Xth World Sanskrit Conference
Taralabelu Kendra 3rd Main, 2nd Block, RT Nagar
BANGALORE 560 032 India
Topics:
1 Agamas and Tantras
2 Art, Architecture and Archaeology
3 Buddhist Studies
4 Classical Sanskrit Literature
5 Dharma Shastra and Artha Shastra
6 Epics and Puranas
7 Hindu Studies
8 Jaina Studies
9 Manuscripts and Historical Resources
10 Modern Sanskrit Literature
11 Music and Performing Arts
12 Philosophies (Darshanas)
13 Poetics and Aesthetics
14 Sanskrit and Regional Languages
15 Sanskrit Scientific Literature
16 Sanskrit Medical Literature
17 Sanskrit and the Environment
18 Sanskrit and Computer
19 Veda and Vedangas
20 Vyakarana and Linguistics
It depends on what you can do to enhance your and others' knowledge about
these subjects. Please get involved in whatever capacity you can.
Add your own ideas to the list here as possible new projects.
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