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For questions about Sanskrit, the Ancient Classical language of Northern India.

Sanskrit is an Indoeuropean language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch. It was spoken from 2000 BCE to 600 BCE and standardised by the Indian grammarian Panini ca. 400 BCE.

It is a classical language used in Hindu religion and in education.

There are attempts to revive Sanskrit as a spoken language in India.

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Historically, did the Sanskrit alphabet contain two 'la' consonants?

Historically, did the Sanskrit alphabet (varnamala) contain two 'la' consonants (vyanjan varnas)? It seems there was one in the 'ya' series (varga) and another one in the 'sha' series. Current texts on Sanskrit or Hindi grammar and Wikipedia…
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Gemination in Sanskrit and Pali

The Thai vocabulary consists of a lot of Pali and Sanskrit words. Their spelling is preserved, but not their pronunciation (so that for example, originally dental and retroflex stops except those both voiced and unaspirated become [tʰ] in Thai).…
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Does any Sanskrit noun stem end in e ए?

Sanskrit nouns stems ending in dipthongs are very rare but I could still find examples of at least one stem each ending in every dipthong except e‌ ए. ऐ ai - रै rai ओ o - गो go औ au - नौ nau But I could not find any noun stem in e ए. Every book or…
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Resources for self learning Sanskrit?

I wanted to self-thought learn Sanskrit, but I don't find any reliable resource available online. The only way I can learn is online and through self-through. It's physically impossible for me to find a pandit or go to a place of learning. I do…
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what is the difference between ind. and indecl. in Sanskrit?

In spokensanskrit.de, there are words that are marked as ind. and indecl. For example, indecl. stands for indeclinable words in Sanskrit such as तावत्. The same word is also marked ind. Could anybody tell me what this means and how is it different…
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Given a name in sanskrit, how to find what to call the son or daughter of that person. What is the grammatical rule for forming such words?

Example:- Kunti-- Kauntey anjana-- aanjane What are the rules
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Can you help identify a strange Devanagari symbol in a book that doesn't look like any Devanagari letters?

In the book Shaktapramode (example page), there is a strange symbol that I have never encountered before. Here it is in the context: . Does anybody know what it signifies? Thank you!
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The rule of nesting in sanskrit sandhi

Is this logic correct as per Sanskrit rule? वित् + जात > विद् + जात > विज् + जात = विज्जात सत् + चित् > सद् + चित् > सज् + चित् > सच् + चित् = सच्चित् Therefore विद्जात / विच्जात or सद्चित / सज्चित are incorrect. The question is how is it…
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In Sanskrit a living language according to this definition?

Opinions differ on whether Sanskrit is a living language. If we define a living language as one in which new coinages become widespread among its users (and not just its learners), is it living? For comparison, Latin is a living language because…
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How should I pronounce double consonant in a Sanskrit word?

The visarga in रामः शेते is facing Sh so it should change to Sh, right? And we get the one word रामश्शेते Raamashshete, but I am not sure how it should be pronounced. Should the dobule Sh be mingled and pronounced the Raamashshete as Raamashete like…
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one sample word from each group

I am trying to collect one sample word from each group of अजन्त Is this list correct? अकारान्त नपुसकलिंग फल अकारान्त पुल्लिंग राम आकारान्त पुल्लिंग गोपा आकारान्त स्त्रीलिंग बालिका इकारान्त पुल्लिंग पति इकारान्त …
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What is the reason of this alternation?

The second case is similiar to e-grade / zero-grade ablaut. Is it possible to find out the place of a stress here? For use: वसति vásati वर्धति várdhati
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What is the sound for ज्ञ in Sanskrit?

Wikipedia has this: ɟɲ ज्ञ jñ roughly like argue But those 3 writings all conflict with one another, so what is the correct pronunciation?
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