London School Using Sanskrit To Help Kids Learn Math, Science and Other Languages
For 4 years, we had Sanskrit in our school but was the most boring class because the way they taught the class. So I did not learn much but was creative enough to device my own rules to pass the suject with barely 33 percent marks.
Somehow to heal my son, I turned east and west to look for knowledge. And for learning the ancient knowledge, the knowledge of Sanskrit was very important. And then I realized, if I teach my son Sanskrit Grammar (and tagged along daughter in our joint endeavors whose contributions I can not repay), it would be a good exercise for building Memory and Logic.
In the process I discovered, Sanskrit had many words which are there in English - besides having a few grammar rules itself!
One pattern emerged, that the English speaking people emerged from group of people who picked up these words without the grounding of a proper Sanskrit Grammer Training - or being used to the subtle sounds of vowel gradations, and aspirated and aspirated sounds.
In summary, Sanskrit offers infinite variations of consonants and vowels, besides having roughly 52 letters and English has 26 letters.
Here is the list of words I privately noted down some 13 years back, and now posting it here.
ant - end
maatR - mother
paatR - father
mukhya - main
param - para
pari - peri
matra - meter
aatma - atom
dvaar - door
aasan - arse
sunuum - son
tene - then
naathan - Nathan
paad - pod
vid - ved
maanas - mind
manuSya - man
aakSi - eyes (English X and Y are related to Sanskrit compound siblent kS(h)).
naasik - nose
aadah or adau - Adam (first man or from the beginning)
luft - lift
vaas - vase
ber - berry
ghan - gun (to kill)
vRkodar - voracious
tumul(ah) - tumultous
bahtar - better
darbaan - doorman
prastut - present (to give)
praathanaa - preyer
miththyaa - myth
santrii - sentry
bul-bule - bubble
dant - dental
jalan,jalas - jealous
lut - loot
romaanchak - romantic
maad - mad
naam - name
avaak - awe
adhiivaktar - advocate
ajira - agile
bandhi - bind
bharajaat - bright
chaandara - candle
hRad - card (palatals become guttarals and 'h' is a soft guttaral).
gam - come
devtaa - deity
aST - eight
anta - end
gaanas - genisis
gyaan - gynostic
vidhya - idea (knowledge is related to idea).
idimata - identity
amarataa - immortal
mRita - mortal
samaa - same
trii - three
jiivaa - virile
vacha - voice
vaata - wind
yoga - yoke
yovan - youth
lavan - loving
kan, kaN - corn
jagganathaan - Jonathan
samaanya - same
path - path
parthak - part, particle
viichi - beach
vahan - vehicle
daakS - dexteritiy (Sanskrit compound Sibiliant kS is related to X and Y).
asi - are
aasan - arse
asmi - am
asti - (it) is
amar - immortality
aahah - oh
asiim - extreme
aadesh - order
kaayar - coward
haath - hand
ugar - augre
jalanaa - jealous
taane - taunt
vancam - welcome
te - they
he - hey
aNk - ink
hraas - harass
uupar - upper
lop, lupt - lope, elope
cmelii - Camilla
tautesh - tutelary
tsaar - stealth
sthiti - situation
kruur - cruel
sid - sit
ad - eat
laS - laschivious
as - as
taap - temp
sad - sad
bharaah - burden
bhR - bear
ravah - roar
sthaa - stand
anmad - insanity
ropya - rope
liin - lean
stR - stress
antar, andar- inter, under
paedal - pedal
uudar - udder
Sad - sad
juST - just
pluut - float
sminna - smile
vidhwa - widdow
aaptaa - obtain
kradanti - crying
kRta - cut
vaar - waar
viirya - warrior
sten - thief
snaayu - sniew
sved - sweat
hicca - hiccough
hRaad - (g)lad
sami - semi
mithah - myth
syuti - sew
daaksyam - dextrity
chyut - chute
laNgur - lemur
kSip - ship
aashvast - assure
mantri, mantra - mentor
naastic, anaastic - agnostic
kRsh - crush
shataghan - shotgun
taanyaa - Tanya, daugher
dyu - day
divya - divine
rUh, rep - rope
anti, antika - auntie
atandrit - unattentive
koch - coach
stamb - stump
