Sanskrit Pronunciation Class - Alphabet

www.sriyoga.com An initiation into a rebirth of spirit through sound. The Sanskrit alphabet is not just a list of letters — it is a map. Every sound has a home: the throat, the palate, the roof of the mouth, the teeth, the lips. Yoga says the whole universe is made of sound. This alphabet is the real periodic table of elements in the Creation. This class was offered for Amma's children preparing to chant the Śri Lalitā Sahasranāma at Mahayajña in SRIM Center 2015. That is why the last third teaches the rules of anusvāra entirely through the names of Divine Mother — Śivaṅkarī, Nirañjanā, Pañcamī, Caṇḍikā, Śāntā, Śāmbhavī. If you came here trying to say śavāsana or prāṇāyāma properly, that same care runs through the whole of yoga. Most of it was never handed out to the studios. Not lost — guarded, and being brought out now. That is the work of this channel: Retrieving the Soul of Yoga. Classes, yoga therapy & teacher training: https://sriyoga.com Final Surrender, on śavāsana: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H9FP9JZL 0:00 Opening invocations 1:15 Why this class, and for whom 2:09 Sanskrit as devabhāṣā — the real periodic table of Creation 3:41 Fifty letters, five chambers of the mouth 4:36 Vowels are Śakti, consonants are Śiva 5:38 Why rhythm changes meaning 6:09 Short vowels — a, i, u 7:04 Long vowels — ā, ī, ū 7:44 Dental and cerebral — the distinction English doesn't make 9:12 The retroflex vowel — ṛ, ṝ 10:10 The dental vowel — ḷ 11:38 Compound vowels — e, ai 12:27 o, au, and the three sounds inside Oṃ 13:56 Anusvāra — closing the vowel 14:37 Visarga — pushing the breath out 15:09 Chanting the sixteen vowels 16:16 The consonant grid 16:47 Hard sounds — ka, ca, ṭa, ta, pa 19:02 Soft sounds — ga, ja, ḍa, da, ba 19:48 Aspirated consonants — mahāprāṇa 21:25 The nasals, row by row 22:51 What the dot underneath means 24:22 Chanting the consonants 25:50 Semi-vowels — ya, ra, la, va 26:41 Sibilants — śa, ṣa, sa, ha 28:25 Compound consonants — kṣa, jña, tra 30:27 Chanting the whole alphabet 31:35 Pandit Rajmani Tigunait's recitation 34:51 Reading IAST 35:36 The ITRANS standard 36:37 Anusvāra and the letter that follows it 42:14 What comes next: rhythm 42:46 Closing prayers for world peace #sanskrit #sanskritpronunciation #yogaphilosophy #traditionalyoga #realyoga #yogateacher #sriyoga