विश्व महिला दिवस

आज के दिन एक खास बात बताना चाहता हूँ। 
वैसे तो कहने को हम बहुत अच्छे लोग बनकर अक्सर महिलओं के सम्मान के विषय में बात करते हैं लेकिन गाहे - बगाहे हम मजे ले ही लेते हैं..। 
लेकिन मैं बताना चाहता हूँ कि हमें क्यों उनका सम्मान करना चाहिए ? 

हमें अपने वेद और उपनिषद से बहुत कुछ सीखने को मिलता है , ये अलग बात है कि उनको पढ़ने पढाने वाले भी महिलाओं की कोई ख़ास इज़्ज़त नहीं करते । लेकिन जहाँ अच्छी बात हो उसकोजानना चाहिए।

हमारे वेदों में पूर्ण सिर्फ ईश्वर को कहा गया है। अथर्ववेद में कहा गया है,
‘पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदचति पूर्णं पूर्णेन सिच्यते।’
इसका अर्थ यह है कि पूर्ण से पूर्ण का उदय होता है, पूर्ण ही पूर्ण के द्वारा सींचा जाता है।

यहाँ स्पष्ट कहा गया है कि वो ईश्वर ही है जो पूर्ण को जन्म देता है और उसको सींचता है। ईश्वर को किसने देखा है ? शायद किसी ने नहीं, किन्तु ईश्वर का स्वरुप और लक्षण किसी में दिखता है तो वह केवल और केवल 'नारी' है।

हम उस ईश्वर का कितना सम्मान करते हैं जो एक पत्थर में है, अथवा है भी कि नहीं, पता नही। उस भगवान से हम कितना डरते हैं , कितना सम्मान करते हैं । लेकिन उस भगवान का अनादर आसानी से कर देते हैं जो हमारे सामने है।

और जानकारी के लिए बता दूं कि वेद ऐसे भगवान में विश्वास नही करता । वेद में राम कृष्ण कि कहीं चर्चा नहीं है जिसके लिए मार-काट हो रहा है। वैसे भगवान लोगों का भी ट्रेंड चलता है। पहले वैष्णो देवी का ट्रेंड था आज कल साईं बाबा का चल रहा है। विषयान्तर हो गया , वेद सिर्फ प्रत्यक्ष ईश्वर में विश्वास करता है। जैसे - सूर्य, हवा,पानी इत्यादि। इनका अपमान भी हम बड़ी आसानी से कर लेते हैं। जैसे- इनको गन्दा करना या इनकी बर्बादी करना ।

अब एक दूसरा उदहारण देता हूँ। ईशावास्योपनिषद में एक प्रसिद्ध मंत्र है-
ऊँ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्‌ पूर्णमुदच्यते।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते॥
इस मंत्र का सरल अर्थ है कि वह (ईश्वर) पूर्ण है। यह भी पूर्ण है। पूर्ण में से पूर्ण ही उत्पन्न होता है। और यदि पूर्ण में से पूर्ण को निकाल लें, तो भी पूर्ण ही शेष बचता है।

यह मंत्र इसलिए भी प्रसिद्ध है कि यह गणित के उस सूत्र को चुनौती देता है जो यह कहता है कि 9-9=0 या बड़े स्तर पे कहें तो ∞-∞=0 होना चाहिए किन्तु इस मंत्र के हिसाब से ∞-∞=∞ होता है जो कि सम्पूर्ण ब्रह्माण्ड में कही देखने को नहीं मिलता है।

लेकिन ईश्वर कि यह सत्ता हमें इस पृथ्वी लोक पर देखने को मिलती है। एक नारी खुद पूर्ण है, एक पूर्ण बच्चे को जन्म देती है और फिर भी पूर्ण रहती है ।
अतः 'नारी' ही ईश्वर है , मतलब 1-1=1

और भी उदहारण हैं। हमारे घरों में महिलाएं रोज पूजा करती हैं। हमारे धर्म में कई नाम के ईश्वर हैं और सबकी चालीसा आरती इत्यादि पढ़ी जाती है। आप कोई भी एक आरती उठाकर देख लें , उसकी आखिरी पंक्ति में लिखा होता है कि - फलाने जी कि आरती जो कोई 'नर' गावे, फलाना फलाना फलाना चीज पावे। इसमें कहीं भी ये क्यों नही लिखा कि जो कोई नारी गावे ? क्योकि नारी खुद ही ईश्वर का स्वरुप है।

अब बात आ जाती है मर्दानगी पर। बेचारे उन मर्दों को ये भी पता नही होता कि हर मनुष्य अपने माता और पिता के 23-23 गुणसूत्रों (chromozomes) से बनता है। अर्थात हर पुरुष-नारी में आधा पुरुष और आधी नारी होती है।

अतः एक नारी हमेशा सम्माननीय है और उनका सम्मान करना चाहिए । सभी नारियों को विश्व नारी दिवस की शुभकामनाएँ जिनकी वजह से इस दुनियां का स्तित्व है ।

Reasons That Have Deprived You From Learning Samskrit

Most of us have been hearing about Samskrit language at various occassions. Some of us are genuinly interested in learninig it.

Following are some hurdles/reasons that keep depriving individuals of learning Samskrit during their lifetime.

 Reasons Out of Ignorance 

1. Samskrit learning is very difficult
2 .Samskrit language is outdated
3. Learning Samskrit language is not necessary to me
4. Samskrit does not affect me being happy
5. Learning Samskrit has nothing to do with my understanding of Indian culture
6. Me learning Samskrit will not influence next generations in my home
7. (For person of Indian origin) Learning samskrit is nothing to do with my being an Indian
8. Learning Samskrit language is like accepting Hinduism; and I am not a Hindu
9. I already learnt Samskrit in school, and did not find much use outside academics.

 Reasons Based Upon Laziness

1. I already have so many problems in life to tackle. Where is time for Samskrit ?
2. I wish to learn but I don't have time.....May be later.
3. I wish to learn but where are resources to learn Samskrit

 Reasons Based Upon Lack of Awareness

1. There is no one to teach me Samskrit
2. I will not be able to learn Samskrit language
3. There are no Samskrit language resources around
4. I am not in position to go out of home to learn.
5. Samskrit learning is costly and I don't have funds
6. Samskrit learning is not going to change my life a bit
7. Learning Devanagari script is must for Samskrit learning

 Reason Due To Extreme Passion For Specific Things
 1.  I have decicated myself for other things.

 Reason Due To Constraints

1. I am physically constrained

Samskrita Bharati'

What's Samskrita Bharati ?

Samskrita Bharati is a nonprofit, worldwide organization working for Samskrit revival.
Its mission is to bring Samskrit back to mainstream as a widely spoken language once again; and to bring about a social change through the medium of spoken Samskrit.
Samskrita Bharati functions as an umbrella organization for various global organizations working for promotion of Samskrit.

It has developed simple and practical methods to enable Samskrit speaking in daily life.

1. 'Speak Samskrit' Offerings
Samskrita Bharati offerings include but are not limited to:
1.1 Concise Courses for Adults
1.2 Classes For Kids
1.3 Samskrit Camps
1.4 Samskrit Learning Via Phone Conference
1.5 Samskrit Correspondence Course/Distance Education
1.6 Samskrit Via Video/Audio Material
1.7 Various Projects Relating to Samskrit.

For Example:
Speak Samskrit in 10 Days (with 'L1')
Spoken Samskrit Class (L1) is conducted in an interactive and joyful way.
L1 is the fundamental level. It does not assume any prior Samskrit/script knowledge.
Typically 'L1' involves total about 16 hours in 10 days. This is followed by hourly study group meetings every week thereafter.
Usually timings and pace suitable for attendees.
At the end of day 10, you are out with ability of using Samskrit in daily conversations.

 Learning Literature 
Samskrita Bharati backs up 'Speak Samskrit' movement by simple and clear yet outstandingly powerful and diverse literature library.
1. Monthly Family Magazines
2. Books, Songs, Visual Audio Kits For Children
3. Books For Spoken Samskrit
4. Books On Samskrit Grammar
5. Samskrit Books On General Science
6. Various Samskrit Language Dictionaries
7. Samskrit Kits



 For You To Know

1. Samskrita Bharati has taught Samskrit to over 2 million individuals worldwide, and has helped to transofrm 4 villages in India to completely Samskrit speaking communities.

2. You do not need to know Samskrit to be Samskrita Bharati's volunteer. Just email to samskritabharati@yahoo.com

 Resouorce
http://www.samskritabharati.org/

Samskrit Makes The World A Livable And Lovable Place

1. Let Universe be A Happy Place

Tens of thousands of years before the concept of 'religion' was born....
Samskriti (Culture) was flourishing and shaping the humanity stressing that
‘we only have the right to pray for others and never for seeking favors for ourselves’.

Tens of thousands years before imperial theologies ran around and robbed Europe, Asia, Americas offering 'peace and life' on conditional basis (of accepting their faith) ....
sages and rishis were engaged in unconditionally praying for all universe via Samskrit language.
Their hearts were praying not only for humanity, but also for animals, plants and all creation....


2. Living Link Between Ancient Past And Presence

Samskrit is not just a language, it is living energy.
Many of world’s ancient cultures like Egyptian, Mayan or ancient African cultures have died or got destroyed; but Samskriti, marked by Samskrit language and embodied in way of Indian life (referred to as Hinduism) is the only solid link that connects the ancient times, and modern world. It has witnessed and survived through different streams of inhumanity; It has shaped key streams of humanity.


3. Samskrit is All Inclusive
Variety, quality and quantity of timeless literature in Samskrit language has been phenomenal and incomparable.
Buddhism, Jainism and many other faiths founds place in the motherly lap of Samskriti represented by Samskrit language.




4. Samskrit Represents Vishwa Dharma, Religion of Universe

The culture shaped by Samskrit language (Hinduism) never forced a single book, never made discrimination based upon a single ideology. All kinds of ideeologies and theologies were welcome and allowed to flourish within it.

Samskriti marked by Samskrit language truly represents Vishwa Dharama (religion of the universe) since time immemorial. No wonder Samskrit language is called Dev Vani (Divine Language)

5. Motherland
"India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy," - 'The Case for India' By Will Durant

6. For You...

1. Think About This"
Why do the words 'world peace', 'brotherhood' seem to have lost their meaning in the modern times ?

2. More importantly, Answer This..
What Would You like to pass to your kids as global citizen ?



7. Some References

http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Sanskrit.htm HinduWisdom
http://www.hinduism.co.za/shanti.htm
http://nvraghuram.blogspot.com/2009/04/sarve-bhavantu-sukhinah.html
http://sanskritdocuments.org/

Samskrit Resources (Online)- Dictionaries....

Powerful virtual world of internet is getting richer and richer in reality of having Samskrit resources available to Samskrit enthusiasts.

Individuals and groups have been contributing in their ways to make Samskrit more and more interesting to learn. They range from sages to students, trainers to youtubers, dedicated teams of volunteers to curious learners.

Following are few of the notable resources available for help.

1. Online Samskrit Dictionaries

 Bidirectional Dictionary (Devanagari <--> English) 

http://spokensanskrit.de/

2. Dictionary in 'PDF, TXT' and More Formats

http://sanskritdocuments.org/dict/

3.  Apte's Dictionary

http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/aequery/index.html

 

Samskrit : Foundation For India's Glorious Future

1. Samskrit And India:

1. Dr. C. V. Raman (A Nobel Prize Winner Indian laureate)
"Sanskrit flows through our blood. It is only Sanskrit that can establish the unity of the country."

2. Saeed Naqvi (Journalist, Winner of Indian National Integration Award 2003)
"May be if Sanskrit had been designated the official language of the country, there would have been none of the rabid opposition to it as there is to Hindi, the country would have a unifying language and may be a national soul."

3. Jawaharlal Nehru (First prime minister of post British free India)
"If I was asked what is the greatest treasure which India possesses and what is her finest heritage, I would answer unhesitatingly - it is the Sanskrit language and literature and all that it contains"

4. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ( 11th President of India, served during 2002-2007)
"Sanskrit has enriched our society from time immemorial" 


2. What's Root Behind India's Current Problems?

Symptoms of India's Problems:
Few symptoms of India's current problems are...
- uneven distribution of resources
- worldwide anti-Indian powers
- illiteracy
- inter state differences
- inter faith complexities


3. Deep Connection To Unity:

In one way or the other the symptoms are related to...
the lack of long sustainable common ground that individuals can agree upon, and be proud of, and be passionate about , as Indians.

In simple words, it is lack of unity as Indians.
Unity is a foundational principle on which the great nations are built.


4. What will Bring Unity ?
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5. Self Esteem will Bring The Unity:

May it be an individual or a nation, self-esteem is crucial for survival, prosperity and happiness.
Further, for all great nations, 'self-esteem of individuals' is deeply interconnected with 'national pride'.

Factors which will strengthen
-'an individual self esteem' as well as
-'national pride' at the same time,
....will boost immensely to the unity of the nation.
This foundation of unity, will secure the bright future of a nation.


6. What Will Raise 'Indian Self Esteem' ?

India, Highly Privileged Nation:
India is a highly privileged nation, which has nectar ...it's cultural riches since time eternal. And Samskrit language embeds it securely.

"Sanskrit is the language of Indian inspiration. It is the language in which India's all past greatness, her rich thought, and her spiritual aspirations are enshrined. Samskrit has been the principal vehicle of our nation's aspirations and cultural traditions." - First President of post British free India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad


7. Foreign Invaders Broke The Link:

The foreign invaders continued to deprive Indian society from its rich source of self esteems for several centuries. However in recent century, the rejunuvating nation is starting to realize the this broken link.
Example, M.K. Gandhi
"I deeply regret that I was not able to acquire a thorough knowledge of the Sanskrit language. I have since realized that every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Samskrit learning"



8. Samskrit And Glorious Future Of India

Samskrit is not just a language.
It is Samskriti.

'Samskrit is the soul of India, the symbol of its unity. Knowledge of Samskrit will bring Indians closer together as a nation. Learning Samskrit will help them gain immensely beneficial insights into their rich cultural, literary and scientific heritage. Samskrit will build the solid foundation which will guide India to a glorious future' as SamskritaBharati sees it.


9. Transformation

When modern Indian mind resumes the timeless Samskrit song, times will not be far when dreams of glorious India will start to transform into reality.

10.  Some References:
http://www.samskritabharati.org/ Samskrita Bharati
http://voiceofdharma.org/books/hhrmi/ Voice of dharma
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/ Himalayan Academy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMWostFwwJc Village with Samskrit
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?239300 Sholkas after noon namaaz
http://www.scribd.com/doc/5347829/HISTORY-OF-INDIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU3eqP-nxu8 Indian History: part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoPHVRP00rk Unesco Indian Heritage
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/pinkal-bhatt/sanskrit-great-ancient-language-india-bharat-hindustan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arn9UV989jI&feature=related Timelss India
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/01kalam1.htm Kalam about Samskrit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6PR8lJZlSI&feature=related National Anthemn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK0--em-6b8&feature=related Land Everyone desires to see.

Samskrit Benefit : Samskrit Is Brain Development Tonic ! : Cognitive Capacity, Creativity, Competitiveness

Various studies in brain sciences and multilingual systems have demonstrated that a multilingual brain develops more densely, enhancing problem sloving, cognitive, diverse thinking skills. An individual with added multilingual capacity outperforms similar person with lesser capacity.

But then why Samskrit in this context ?
Consider the fact that Samsrkit has indirectly or directly influenced many languages in the world , including more than 85% of languages in Indian subcontinent.
Learning Sanskrit, you are considering a greater capacity.

Some of the benefits attached to learning Samskrit:
- clarity in speech
- perfection in pronunciation
- articulation in conversation
- sharpness in memory
- flow in thinking
- logic in analysis
- rationality in understanding
- accuracy in communication
- familiarity with a wide variety of concepts
- broadness in views
- politeness in behaviour
- quickness in grasping other languages and scripts

(Document from http://temple-project.blogspot.com/)

Worldwide academia inclduing most famous western universities, are studying Samskrit as an inevitable part of the study of Linguistics.

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Some Refernces:

http://www.speaksanskrit.org/index.shtml
http://temple-project.blogspot.com/
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/GELDER.html
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pollock/sks/
http://www.sanskritexams.org.uk/benefits.html
http://speaksamskrit.blogspot.com/
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~sanskrit/
http://www.ltc.jhu.edu/sanskrit.htm
http://sanskrit.inria.fr/portal.html
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/vedol-0-X.html
http://www.ssus.ac.in/ .

अच्छा लगा……………

How to write devnagri in computers?

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(http://www.omkaranandashram.org/sanskrit/itranslator2003.htm)

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(http://www.speaksanskrit.org/other/transliteration.pdf)

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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Multilingnal_Support_Indic)

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My name is Amit.

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(http://translate.google.com)

World Sanskrit Conference in January, 2012

The Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh and the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi, which are Deemed Universities, have been taking steps to unearth the vast scientific and other relevant knowledge from Sanskrit literature.

 The Vidyapeetha has prepared nearly 200 exhibits covering a variety of subjects like Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Gemology, Botany, Ayurveda, Medicine, Geology, Meteorology, Biology, Metallurgy, etc. in Sanskrit Science exhibition. It has also brought out two publications describing each exhibit in detail.

The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, publishes a Research Journal, Sanskrit Vimarsha, encouraging articles relating to the vast scientific and other relevant knowledge from Sanskrit literature, and has constituted a working group on Sanskrit knowledge from Sanskrit literature.

The Sansthan would be organizing the next World Sanskrit Conference in January, 2012 in which two sessions would be devoted for Science and Technology in Sanskrit.

                                                                                                                        

Sanskrit gaining popularity in US, Europe

What do the French Institute in Pondicherry, El Colegio de Mexico, Harvard University and Tel Aviv University have in common? All of them offer courses in Sanskrit in different parts of the world.

According to a list of institutes offering Sanskrit made available at the University of Iowa in the US via its My Web network, many institutions in the US and Europe offer Sanskrit studies..

A page on "Academic Sanskrit Studies around the World" is available at the University website. It has been posted by Pankaj Jain, who teaches Sanskrit at Rutgers University at New Brunswick in the US.

It shows an impressive list of resources available on Sanskrit education globally.The site offers information about the institutions in North America, Australia, Europe (Austria, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland), the Middle East, Japan and Thailand.

In addition, the list also covers summer courses, tools and material for home study.North America - primarily the US - has the largest number of Sanskrit academic institutions, according to the list.The El Colegio de Mexico, Brown University, Columbia University, Concordia University in Canada, Cornell University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University (Sanskrit and Indian Studies), Indiana University, McGill University and the McMaster University in Canada are some of these institutions.

Also on the list are the Ohio State University, Rutgers University, University of California at Berkeley, University of Alabama (through its Critical Languages Center), University of British Columbia and University of Calgary in Canada, and University of Chicago.There are 18 other such universities in the US.

"Sanskrit is being taught as an Indo-European language in dozens of universities in the US. Hindi and Sanskrit are the most popular South Asian languages, and some places also teach Urdu, Tamil and Bengali," said Jain..Institutions in India offering Sanskrit that made it to the list include the Academy of Sanskrit Research located at Melkote in the Mandya district of Karnataka.

Other institutions offering Sanskrit courses in India include the French Institute, Pondicherry; the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Delhi; the Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai; and the Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages of Pune University.

The people who are thinking sanskrit language as a dead language, need to change their mindset.

Like this there are lot's of scripts of sanskrit are going to destroy.There are not lakhs of scripts; crores of scripts are available in pandu lipi.lot's of in bihar and lots are in hyderabad. every subject which we used to see; all subjects are in sanskrit. I can show you the names.....

1. astronomy

2. physics

3. engineering

4. aeronautics

5. chemistry

6. metallurgy

7. mathematics

8. arithmetic

9. geometry

10. medicine

11. botany

12. agriculture

13. irrigation

14. ecology

15. cosmetics

16. art & culture

17. yoga

18. geography

19. architecture

20. politics

21. warfare

22. phonetics




You can see how many subjects.........
all subject's are written in sanskrit slokas.all are in scientific way. we had so many talented scientists & mathematician in sanskrit. like- kapila muni, dhanwantari, vishwakarma, aryabhatta, sushruta, nagarjuna, bhaskaracharya, varahamihira.......and many more, and many more scientific scripts are going to ruin. Reason is we can't able to read. our govt. have to do something special for sanskrit. the govt. can start the classes in university to learn pandu lipi. some scripts are getting damagedour govt dont want to do anything for sanskrit. some scripts are show piece of the museum.By the sanskrit india become the guru of the world.