Perhaps not quite a mnemonic, but I always told my beginning Sanskrit students as an aid to remembering which of the stops were voiced and which unvoiced (for their sandhi work), to think of a number line, with the negative (-) on the left (voiceless) and the positive (+) on the right (voiced). (That is, e.g., the line: ka, kha, ga, gha, ṅa, divided midway as "-" and "+")
Herman Tull, PhD Research Collaborator Religious Studies, Lafayette College, Easton PA Area Editor: Reception History, Other Religions and Current Religious Movements Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (Berlin: DeGruyter) On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 12:54 PM adheesh sathaye via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > In this regard, has anyone mentioned the mnemonic verses to remember the > various meters, like उक्ता वसन्ततिलका तमजा जागौ गः । (found in the Appendix > A of Apte)? > The only silly mnemonic device I can think of at the moment is that my > students once called the ninth gaṇa the “nānī” gaṇa. > > > With best wishes, > adheesh > — > Adheesh Sathaye > University of British Columbia > > > > > > On Aug 23, 2021, at 11:22, Christian Ferstl via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > are there really no other mnemonics or are they perhaps too childish to > post them on this list? I also like to use the verse rāmo rājamaniḥ etc., > but rather in order to recall the order and numbering of vibhaktis. > > Is there a common word for "mnemonic" in Sanskrit? > > > > Christian > > > > > > Am 20.08.2021 19:56, schrieb sellmers--- via INDOLOGY: > >> Dear Antonia, > >> I use the verse rāmo rājamaniH ... for the masc.sg. forms of the -a > >> declension. > >> Best wishes, > >> Sven > >> Am 20.08.21 um 19:26 schrieb Antonia Ruppel via INDOLOGY > >> Von: "Antonia Ruppel via INDOLOGY" <[email protected]> > >> Datum: 20. August 2021 > >> An: "Indology" <[email protected]> > >> Cc: > >> Betreff: [INDOLOGY] Sanskrit mnemonics? > >> Dear all, > >> Whenever I've learnt a language in a classroom setting, we'd get > >> mnemonics to help us remember word forms or uses. (I am thinking of > >> things like 'after si, nisi, num, ne, all the ali's fly away', or 'If > >> one shwa by another is hounded, the first is silent, the second > >> sounded.') > >> Do any of you have any such mnemonics (no matter how silly - or dare I > >> say: the sillier, the better?) for Sanskrit? So far I only have > >> minuscule things like reminding students of Har*e* Kṛṣṇa (for > >> the vocative of i-stems), and also verses like > >> gurureva gatirgurumeva bhaje guruṇaiva sahāsmi namo gurave | > >> na guroḥ paramaṃ śiśurasmi gurormatirastu gurau mama pāhi guro > >> || > >> If you have anything you use that works well with your students, I'd > >> be grateful if you were willing to share it. I'll happily sum up > >> everything I get in an email to the List. > >> Many thanks, as always, > >> Antonia _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY > >> mailing list [email protected] > >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > >> _______________________________________________ > >> INDOLOGY mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > > > _______________________________________________ > > INDOLOGY mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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