Dear List,

I think that Hans has been a little hard on Lanman.  He begins his reader with easy epic passages like the Nala story,  and passages from the Hitopadesa.  I agree with Patrick. A beginning reader should not attempt to introduce students to all sorts of Sanskrit genres all at once.  When I was a student at UC Berkeley some 35 years ago, the first text that we were asked to read on our own was the Bhagavad Gita: we [Vedicists, at least] called it baby Sanskrit.

Fortunately, we now have Gary Tubbs' introduction to "Scholastic Sanskrit: A Manual for Students" that teaches students how to read Sanskrit commentaries.

I look forward to Seeing Antonia's new Sanskrit Reader.

George Thompson

On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Olivelle, J P via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Let us remember that Lanman was a reader to help first and second year students enter the world of Sanskrit. Making the new text an anthology of all Sanskrit texts will defeat its purpose. I think it is better to give samples of different “genre” of Sanskrit literature rather than texts from different “fields” of literature. Finally, Dr. Ruppel will have to exercise judgement about what will be useful from a student’s perspective.





> On Jun 13, 2017, at 2:46 PM, Jean-Michel Delire via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> And, why not, some excerpts from mathematical or astronomical literature. Mathematics in Sanskrit are not as uneasy as they are reputed. See my recent Les mathématiques de l'autel védique (http://www.droz.org/france/fr/6416-9782600013826.html) for the most ancient texts, but also Aryabhata's and Bhaskara's works (as edited and translated by François Patte), as well as some mathematics from Kerala. Please contact us for more details.
>
> Best wishes for your work,
>
> Dr Jean Michel Delire,
> Lecturer on Science and Civilization in India - Sanskrit Texts, University of Brussels
>
>
>> Dear Antonia,
>>
>> Inevitably, we all will recommend you add texts belonging to our field of
>> research.... I personally would like to see some excerpts from medical and
>> alchemical literature included. And, as a crowd pleaser, perhaps some ha?ha
>> yoga texts?
>>
>> Very best,
>> Dagmar
>>
>> On 12 June 2017 at 22:03, Antonia Ruppel via INDOLOGY <
>> indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I just received a contract to write a new intermediate Sanskrit Reader --
>>> a 21st-century Lanman, if you will. Its aims will be to help students apply
>>> and practice their grammar knowledge, increase their vocabulary and their
>>> reading stamina, and give them a taste of a broader variety of Sanskrit
>>> textual genres.
>>>
>>> Each text extract will be up to about ten pages long and come with an
>>> introduction, as well as grammar and vocabulary notes on every page.
>>> Several members of this list have already very kindly made excellent
>>> suggestions for texts or text excerpts that they would like to see included
>>> in the Reader; but given the wonderful breadth and enormous collective
>>> experience of this list, I would like to ask all of you: are there any
>>> texts or even specific passages that you have always wished existed in a
>>> format suited for presentation to intermediate students?
>>>
>>> The more broadly useful the Reader might prove to the members of our field
>>> who are involved in Sanskrit instruction, the better; so if you have any
>>> suggestions or ideas, I would love to hear them. I am of course very happy
>>> to give credit to anyone who shares their thoughts with me.
>>>
>>> If you have any questions about how I am intending to structure the
>>> Reader, what I am so far planning to include etc, please don't hesitate to
>>> ask.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>   Antonia
>>>
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