[INDOLOGY] Sanskrit mnemonics?

[Hamsa Stainton]

Dear Antonia,



I don’t think anyone has mentioned yet the mnemonic for remembering the
names of the 3-syllable gaṇas for the analysis of meters:
*yamātārājabhānasalagaḥ* (or I’ve also seen *yamātārājabhānasalagā*). Thus,
‘ya’ is the name for a light-heavy-heavy triad, ‘ma’ for heavy-heavy-heavy,
and so on. I’ve always found it very useful, and my students have too.



Best wishes,

Hamsa


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Hamsa Stainton

Assistant Professor

Chair, Graduate Admissions and Fellowships

School of Religious Studies

McGill University

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 10:58 PM Krishnaprasad G via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> There are n number of mnemonics in Bhaimi Vyakhya, luckily has the index
> for same. For instance :writing रेफ in devanagari is always confusing for
> students.
> So here is 2 verses
> *अचं दृष्ट्वा ह्यधो याति *
> *हशश्चोपरि गच्धति।*
> *अवसाने विसर्गः स्याद् *
> *रेफस्य त्रिविधा गतिः॥*
>
> *तुम्बिकातृणकाष्ठं च *
> *तैलं जलमुपागतम्।*
> *स्वभावादूर्ध्वमायाति *
> *रेफस्यैतादृशी गतिः॥*
>
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 2:11 AM adheesh sathaye via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Dear Madhav,
>>
>> Yes, certainly - thanks for the corrections, was typed in haste!
>>
>> best wishes,
>> Adheesh
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2021, at 10:41, Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu> wrote:
>>
>> A few corrections to your citation, Adheesh:
>>
>> उक्ता वसन्ततिलका तमजा जागौ गः > उक्ता वसन्ततिलका त*भ*जा *ज*गौ गः
>>
>> Madhav M. Deshpande
>> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
>> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
>> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
>> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore,
>> India
>>
>> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 9:53 AM adheesh sathaye via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> 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 <
>>> indology at list.indology.info> 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" <indology at list.indology.info>
>>> >> Datum: 20. August 2021
>>> >> An: "Indology" <indology at list.indology.info>
>>> >> 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,
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