gIrvANI (Spoken sanskrit in realaudio)

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AlOchanaamR^itaM

AlochanaamR^itaM

yo mohayati bhUtAni sneharAgAnubandhanaiH |
sargasya rakShaNArthAya tasmai mohAtmane namaH || 48 ||

- from SAnti parvam of the Mahabharata.


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gIrvANa priyAH! susvAgatam! (Sanskrit Lovers! Welcome!)

This webpage gives you a feel for sanskrit as a spoken language. Here we present a collection of audio renderings of simple spoken sanskrit in the form of short stories, speeches and other literature by various people for your listening pleasure.

In general, people are accustomed to hearing sanskrit only in Hindu devotional hymns (stotras). This webpage attempts to present another side of spoken sanskrit.

If you have any recordings of sanskrit in spoken form (anything other than stotras and devotional songs), or are willing to read out interesting articles/stories and record them, please let me know.

We inaugurate this webpage on the auspicious occasion of makara sankranti, Jan 14, 2002.

Contents

NEW! paaNiniiya aShTaadhyaayi: sUtra pAThaH in audio by Samskrita Bharati
NEW! Sanskrit Speeches by Samskrita Bharati
Sanskrit Speeches and Lectures by Prof. Vempati Kutumba Sastry
NEW! Contributed AIR samskR^ita prasangam
Short Stories

Contributed AIR samskR^ita prasangam

This is a contribution by Sri Desiraju Hanumantha Rao. He says, "This is a broadcast of AIR Hyd entitled
raamyanam bhaarata jiivana darshanam in sanskrit, meaning Ramayana is the mirror of (ideal) Indian Living. Please bear with my haphazard recording".

Select rm Select mp3 Title Author
play, rm play, mp3 rAmAyaNaM bhArata jIvana darSanaM: samskR^ita prasangam ?

Sanskrit Short Stories

Many of these are chosen from stories published in sanskrit magazines such as Sanskrit Chandamama and sambhAShaNa sandeSaH published by Samskrita Bharati.

Select rm Select mp3 Title Author voice
play, rm nAsikA nAsAbharaNam cha Chandamama Sarada Susarla
play, rm Story of ruru and pramadvara - premNaH vijayaH Chandamama Sarada Susarla
play, rm govindasya syUtaH Chandamama Sarada Susarla
play, rm kAkasya upAyaH Panchatantra Sarada Susarla
play, rm upAyena Sakyam sarvam Panchatantra Sarada Susarla
play, rm naShTaH piShTa-ghaTaH Panchatantra Sarada Susarla
play, rm vanchakaH bakaH Panchatantra Sarada Susarla



- Sarada and Sai Susarla (sai@cs.utah.edu)