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| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5347 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes  Speaks: Spanish* | Message 33 of 36 10 April 2013 at 11:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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The Devanagari script has evolved over time, much as one would expect. It is true that historically Sanskrit has been committed to written form using the local script, however by now Devanagari has been long established as the standard script for the language. All the Sanskrit books I've ordered from India, as well as all learning materials I've obtained for it, employ Devanagari.
One would have to pursue a most obtuse path in order to learn Sanskrit without learning Devanagari, and once learnt, one will have no desire at all to read the language through the medium of any other writing system, much less romanization. Not only does Devanagari perfectly fit Sanskrit, it is a pleasure to behold. 8 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4670 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 34 of 36 11 April 2013 at 7:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't find [dev'nagri] particularly pretty, I think Bengali and Tamil script look much more beautiful. I wish Hindi were written in Bengali script, that would be awesome.
(Thinking about it, Hindi in the form of Urdu does look sizzling). Edited by Medulin on 11 April 2013 at 7:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4911 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 35 of 36 06 September 2013 at 5:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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It's on the Assimil website now:
http://en.assimil.com/methodes/2678/declinaisons/super-pack- livre-cd-audio-cd-mp3-3969 And also on Amazon.fr: http://www.amazon.fr/Sanskrit-Superpack-Livre-4CD-audio/dp/2 700580435/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378481317&sr=1-2 Most interesting is that the Assimil description of the mp3 and the audio CD both say it is 4h50. That is about an hour longer than, for example, New French With Ease. http://en.assimil.com/methodes/2678/declinaisons/enregistrem ents-cd-3976 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Halfdan Newbie Canada Joined 4186 days ago 13 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Danish, Mandarin, French | Message 36 of 36 12 September 2013 at 4:14am | IP Logged | ||
It's also 864 pages, compared to 608 pages in New French with Ease. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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