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Thank you for your contributions to wikipedia. Are you aware of free and open source recording of shlokas that a beginner can hear and learn to recite?

by hi41 6y ago

ssriram 6y ago
The Padhuka Sahasram of Vedanta Desikan aka KaviTarkika-Simhan has a section called Chitra Paddathi which paints pictures in words in a matrix of artistry in praise of the feet of the Lord. You can hear it being recited at (1) read the shlokas a t (2) and see the artistry at (3) Of note, the solution to the Knight's Tour can be seen at (4) (1) Recital by Malola Kannan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj4sWsHC6Ck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj4sWsHC6Ck (2) Follow the recital starting at shloka 911 here http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/92.html http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/92.html (3) See the artistry of the shlokas here http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/chitra.html http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/chitra.h... (4) The Knight's Tour solution here http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/knight.html http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/knight.h...
svat 6y ago
Sorry, I'm not sure if I understood your question correctly. If you just mean recordings of any shlokas, then you can just type the name of your favourite one into, say, YouTube and find thousands of hours of listening material. Is that all you meant? For example, I listened to the entire Ramayana recited wonderfully clearly (at https://pravachanam.com/pravachanambrowselist2/296/37/230 https://pravachanam.com/pravachanambrowselist2/296/37/230 but you can also find that recording elsewhere now). If you meant specifically a recording of such chitra-kāvya verses, see the other answer you got. Or if your question was specifically about licensing (not sure if that's what you meant by open source), search instead on archive.org; you'll still find lots of results.
- hi41 6y ago
  I want to learn the shlokas from a priest verse by verse. Since all scriptures are out of copy right, it will be great if the priests who know how to utter the words correctly record it, people who don't access to priest are free to learn it. For example, M. S. Subbalaksmi's Vishnu Sahasranamam is very fast and Brahma is uttered as Bramha or Bramma sometimes. I am not trying to critique her work, I think it is great. It's just that it is very fast for a new student to grasp; a verse by verse reading from a priest would be very useful. Thank you for the resource you suggested, I will take a look.
  - svat 6y ago
    Ah I see. About whether “Brahma” is pronounced as written or as “Bramha”, there is regional variation and difference of opinion even among the best scholars; recommended is to find a tradition and follow it. Overall M. S. Subbulakshmi's rendering may not be perfect but it's better than most, and if you can match it, it would be great. You can slow the playback if it's too fast; just tried it and at something like 0.7x speed it's still sounds fine while being slow enough. Anyway, you can look for recordings by people trained in Vedic recitation (not exactly same as priest…), like the Challakere brothers. Also, you may benefit from an actual class with feedback from teacher(s), etc; and Vyoma Labs (sanskritfromhome.in) have many "Learn to chant…" courses which are (incredibly!) free. Good luck!

Thank you for your contributions to wikipedia. Are you aware of free and open source recording of shlokas that a beginner can hear and learn to recite?

by hi41 6y ago

Thank you for your contributions to wikipedia. Are you aware of free and open source recording of shlokas that a beginner can hear and learn to recite?

ssriram 6y ago

The Padhuka Sahasram of Vedanta Desikan aka KaviTarkika-Simhan has a section called Chitra Paddathi which paints pictures in words in a matrix of artistry in praise of the feet of the Lord. You can hear it being recited at (1) read the shlokas a t (2) and see the artistry at (3) Of note, the solution to the Knight's Tour can be seen at (4) (1) Recital by Malola Kannan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj4sWsHC6Ck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj4sWsHC6Ck (2) Follow the recital starting at shloka 911 here http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/92.html http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/92.html (3) See the artistry of the shlokas here http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/chitra.html http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/chitra.h... (4) The Knight's Tour solution here http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/knight.html http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/knight.h...

svat 6y ago

Sorry, I'm not sure if I understood your question correctly. If you just mean recordings of any shlokas, then you can just type the name of your favourite one into, say, YouTube and find thousands of hours of listening material. Is that all you meant? For example, I listened to the entire Ramayana recited wonderfully clearly (at https://pravachanam.com/pravachanambrowselist2/296/37/230 https://pravachanam.com/pravachanambrowselist2/296/37/230 but you can also find that recording elsewhere now). If you meant specifically a recording of such chitra-kāvya verses, see the other answer you got. Or if your question was specifically about licensing (not sure if that's what you meant by open source), search instead on archive.org; you'll still find lots of results.

hi41 6y ago
I want to learn the shlokas from a priest verse by verse. Since all scriptures are out of copy right, it will be great if the priests who know how to utter the words correctly record it, people who don't access to priest are free to learn it. For example, M. S. Subbalaksmi's Vishnu Sahasranamam is very fast and Brahma is uttered as Bramha or Bramma sometimes. I am not trying to critique her work, I think it is great. It's just that it is very fast for a new student to grasp; a verse by verse reading from a priest would be very useful. Thank you for the resource you suggested, I will take a look.
- svat 6y ago
  Ah I see. About whether “Brahma” is pronounced as written or as “Bramha”, there is regional variation and difference of opinion even among the best scholars; recommended is to find a tradition and follow it. Overall M. S. Subbulakshmi's rendering may not be perfect but it's better than most, and if you can match it, it would be great. You can slow the playback if it's too fast; just tried it and at something like 0.7x speed it's still sounds fine while being slow enough. Anyway, you can look for recordings by people trained in Vedic recitation (not exactly same as priest…), like the Challakere brothers. Also, you may benefit from an actual class with feedback from teacher(s), etc; and Vyoma Labs (sanskritfromhome.in) have many "Learn to chant…" courses which are (incredibly!) free. Good luck!