#INDOLOGISTS Speaking Sanscreet 🗣
Indian accent is typically made fun of in Western popular culture
Lets reverse the gaze
Any non-native English/French Prof. is expected to have near-native language skill-levels
Can Indologists speak CORRECT Sanskrit with उच्चारणशुद्धिः?
संस्कृतम् emphasizes उच्चारणशुद्धिः -right pronunciation
Wrong pronunciation changes the meaning!
An entire science- शिक्षा - teaches Phonetics/Phonology
Right enunciation is a basic requirement from anyone claiming expertise in Sanskrit
Check out the Sanscreet gate-keepers!
#१ Antonia Ruppel, Sanskrit PhD. Author of Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit
Check out her Sanskrit pronunciation
Is there room for substantial improvement?
ऋ ऌ etc
त्रयानाम् for त्रयाणाम् ->णत्वम् completely missing!
तकारः
HalanTa
Viraama
Aarjuna
OK for a teaching Prof ?
#२ “Vedic” Wendy Doniger
Wendy is claimed by acolytes to be able to speak ‘Vedic’
While a full sentence from her in spoken Sanscreet is rare as the blue moon, full-on mutilation of तकारः & ध in English speeches are aplenty
giTTa
mahabaraTTA
Art-a-shasTTra
Daarma
CamaSuTTRA
#३
Sheldon ‘Shelley’ Pollock - the GREATEST contemporary Indological Sanscreetist
Learnt Sanscreet + Old Kannada in India
His embarrassing mugged-up effort compares poorly with a SB weekend student’s spoken Sanskrit!
anu-ghsghr-stosmi !
DHHatHUm!
veeralanam
😂
#४
Now scraping the bottom of the barrel, rather the trashcan!
Check out Prof. ‘I know Sanscreet/mayku sab Sanscreet aati hai’ fame
Empty vanity is only trumped by lack of self-reflection & neuronal density!
Check out the various gems!
PARASI for Prasika!
raummundeer
daul
अनुवर्तते।
To be continued 😂
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