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Ayushkamiya Adhyaya (Desire for long life)Ashtanga Hridayam Hello Friends, let's start with the first chapter of Ashtanga Hridayam Sutrasthana of BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery)First year course. Namaskara (Obeisances) Salutation to the unique and rare physician, who has destroyed, without any residue all the diseases like Raga (lust, anger, greed, arrogance, jealousy, selfishness, ego), which are constantly associated with the body and which are spread all over the body, giving rise to disease like anxiety, delusion and restlessness.  This salutation is done to Lord Dhanwantari. Now we will explain the chapter which is beneficial for those who wish to have Ayushkamya (wishing for long life and full life) from here, as the sages like Atreya have said earlier. Men who desire age, who are the means of attaining Dharma (religion), Artha (wealth), sukha (happiness), should have faith in the teaching of Ayurveda. They should respect the instructio...

Hello friends, Welcome to Sanskrit Gurukul. In this tutorial, you will learn about “Visarga Sandhi”. You will also learn “different types of Visarga Sandhi”, their examples with pronunciation. This is the final part of the Sanskrit-102 series. In the series we have already covered about: Sandhi, Swar Sandhi, Vyanjan Sandhi , and lastly Visarga Sandhi Let's get started.  What is Visarga Sandhi?  The changes happen because of the combination of vowel or consonant with visarga is known as Visarga Sandhi.  Example of visarga Sandhi:  हरिः (harih) + चन्द्रः (chandrah) = हरिश्चन्द्रः (harishchandrah)  अहः (ahah) + रात्रः (ratrah) = अहोरात्रः (ahoratrah)  निः (nih) + नयः (nayah) = निर्णय (nirnaya) आदि  Hard and Soft consonants Before we start Visarga Sandhi, it’s important to know the difference between hard consonants and soft consonants.  क (ka) ख (Kha) ग (ga) घ (gha) ङ (ṅa) च (ca) छ (cha) ज (ja) झ (jha) ञ (ña) त (ta) थ (tha) द (da) ध (dha) न (n...

Hello Friends. Welcome to Sanskrit Gurukul. In this tutorial, you will learn about Vyanjan Sandhi (व्यंजन सन्धि), types of vyanjan sandhi, and examples of various type of Sandhi with their pronunciation. Before we start with the topic, first let’s have a refresher about Sandhi. "Sandhi is a combination of two-letter which leads to change in the newly formed letter" (It can be a replacement of a letter, the addition of a letter, or deletion of a letter). In Sandhi, the last letter of the first word and the first letter of the next/second word is joined depending on the letters and governing various simple rules. For more information about Sandhi in general you can click here . Secondly, we have three type of Sandhi: Swar sandhi Vyanjan sandhi Visarga sandhi And as I told you earlier, we will learn about vyanjan sandhi as we have already covered swar sandhi in our last tutorial. ( Click the link here for swar sandhi) What is Vyanjan sandhi? ...

Hello, welcome to Sanskrit Gurukul. In this tutorial, you will learn about swar sandhi in Sanskrit, which is an extension of the series, Sanskrit -102, about sandhi in Sanskrit . Today, I will talk about swar sandhi and their types in detail with some examples. Let’s get started. Swar Sandhi in sanskrit (स्वर सन्धि) In simple words, when two vowels (swar) are combined, the distortion is known as swar sandhi. It is also known as Ach sandhi. दो स्वरो के मेल से जो विकार होता है उसे स्वर सन्धि कहते हैं। स्वर सन्धि को “अच् सन्धि” भी कहते हैं। For example, Rules examples अ + अ = आ सुर ( sura ) + अरि ( ari ) = सुरारिः ( surarih ) अ + आ = आ हिम ( him ) + आलय (alaya) = हिमालय (Himalaya) आ + अ=आ  दया ( daya ) + अर्णवः ( arnavah ) = दयार्णवः ( dayarnavah ) आ + आ=आ  विद्या ( vidya )+ आलय ( alaya ) = विद्यालय ( vidyalaya ) इ + इ=ई गिरि ( giri )+ इन्द्रः ( indrah ) = गिरीन्द्रः ( girindrah ) इ + ई=ई क्षिति ( kshiti ) + ईशः ( ishah ) = क्षितीशः ( kshitishah ) ई + इ=ई सुध...

Hello, Welcome to Sanskrit Gurukul. Today, I will tell you about Sandhi in Sanskrit. In this tutorial, you will learn about what is sandhi, swar sandhi, vyanjan sandhi, visarga sandhi and their example in detail. Due to the vast topic, each section will be explained in the coming post, but you will get the overall idea about sandhi in Sanskrit. Let’s get started. What is Sandhi in Sanskrit? संधि की परिभाषा In Sandhi the words being together form a new word, to ease the reading speed and to saving time. For example, if I have to say, सूर्य + उदय, very fast the combine word will becomes, सूर्योदय, (see how उ changed to ओ ). When you do this process of combining two words number of times, on a large document, you will be going to save time and increase your reading speed. According to PANINI ASHTADHAYI “परः सन्निकर्षः संहिता” When two words (varna) come closer, the distortion is known as Sandhi. दो वर्णों के निकट आने से जो विकार होता है उसे संधि कहते ह...

संस्कृत में अन्तस्थः एवम् उष्म व्यंजन क्या हैं? Hello friends. Welcome to Sanskrit Gurukul. Let's talk about semi-vowels and sibilants in Sanskrit consonants. They are consonants, but either derived from vowels or remain in an ambivert state in serving as vowel or consonant. In simple words, these sounds fall in a halfway between vowels and consonants, or in a transition state and hence called Semi-vowels. Keep reading further, and you will understand it better. Let's learn with the help of य (ya) For example, let say the word Dynasty, the letter य(ya) appears twice in the word but first as a य (ya) and the second time as ई (I) . य <-- -->ई When you pronounce dynasty, you hear two sounds, one of which is य (ya) ; and the other is ई (i) . let's see one more example, you (sound of य (ya)), but again in Year , you hear the sound of ई (i). I guess you got the idea of why semi-vowels are called Semi- vowels. Let's see the...