Starset - Ricochet (Official Music Video)

Ricochet!





What is the Sanskrit word for Ricochet?



Firstly let's look at the meaning of Ricochet in English..as a verb it means "cause to rebound off a surface" mostly a term used in ballistics where a bullet is said to ricochet off a surface.



So the keyword here is To Rebound Off.



The Sanskrit word for Ricochet is निवर्तते (nivartate).

Ylvis - The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) [Official music video HD]

लोमशा किं वदति? (lomaśA kiM vadati?)



Let's take a look at Sanskrit names of a few animals 


सिंहः (siMhaH)......Lion


मयूरः (mayUraH).....Peacock


काकः (kAkaH)...Crow


गजः  (gajaH)..Elephant


कपोतः (kapotaH)...Pigeon



Now what do all these animals have in common?


All of them have to eat in order to survive!


So what's the verb for "To Eat"?


To Eat is खादति (khAdati)


Therefore :


सिंहः  खादति (siMhaH khAdati)...The Lion Eats.


मयूरः खादति   (mayUraH khAdati)....The Peacock Eats.



काकः  खादति   (kAkaH  khAdati)..The Crow Eats.


गजः  खादति  (gajaH khAdati )..The Elephant Eats.


कपोतः  खादति (kapotaH khAdati)...The Pigeon Eats.



लोमशा किं वदति? (lomaśA kiM vadati?)

What does the Fox say?

लोमशा  (lomaśA)...Fox

किं (kiM)...What

वदति (vadati) ..Say

lomaśA kiM vadati?(What does the Fox say?)

Enjoy the song!

Gazab Ka Hai Din With Lyrics | DIL JUUNGLEE | Tanishk B Jubin N Prakriti...

Spoken Sanskrit.

Is it possible to speak Sanskrit?
Yes..entirely possible but we need to be realistic too.

Sanskrit is not a language that is actively spoken on a day to day basis even though there exists a few organizations in India where Sanskrit is spoken and also a village in Karnataka India where everyone speaks Sanskrit right from the simpleton to the most educated.

For the rest of us who stay in the rest of the world where Sanskrit is not actively spoken at all...we certainly can't expect to be as fluent as can be because there would hardly be usage and practice.

One might understand a language,read and write it but to be fluent in speaking one needs constant exposure to at least a group of people who speak it.

Since its not easy to find such groups one can start of by speaking a few simple words in day to day life.

Just try to use as many as Sanskrit words as possible from greeting someone to fighting!
Yes..you can fight in Sanskrit too!LOL

anyway..for today..we would focus on some simple day to day conversation we can relate to.

Ravi is talking to Kamala..lets begin.



रविः   :  नमस्ते। अहं रविः।किं भवती कमला अस्ति?

 raviH :  namaste| ahaM raviH|kiM bhavatI kamalA asti?

Ravi : Greetings, I am Ravi. Are you Kamala?



कमला : नमस्ते । आम् अहं कमला। भवान् कः ?

kamalA : namaste | Am aham kamalA| bhavAn kaH ?

Kamala : Greetings.Yes, I am Kamala. Who are you?



रविः  : अहं रामस्य पुत्रः|

raviH: ahaM rAmasya putraH.

Ravi: I am Mr Rama's son.



कमला : रामः? कः रामः? न जनामि रामः कः अस्ति?

kamalA  : rAmaH? kaH rAmaH? na janAmi rAmaH kaH asti?

Kamala : Rama? Who is Rama? I do not know who Rama is?



रविः   :विस्मृतः ? स्मरणं प्रयत्नं करोति|

raviH  vismRtaH ?smaraNam prayatnam karoti.

Ravi :forgotten? Try to remember.

Song plays in the background ......Dekho Qareeb se Mile hai naseeb se

Aayega pal yeh phir kahan

So who is Rama? What was Rama's relationship with Kamala?

Passive Aggressive!


कर्मणिप्रयोगः (karmaNiprayogaH) is the Passive Voice.

Let's get Aggressive about Passive!

Rules of Passive Voice.

कर्मणिप्रयोगस्य  नियमाः  (karmaNiprayogasya niyamAH) 

1)In Passive voice the Object is predominant.


2)The Subject is always in 3rd case ending(Instrumentative)

eg:  बालकेन मोदकं खाद्यते  (bAlakena modakaM khAdyate)


3)If the Object is mentioned in a sentence it should be in 1st case ending(Nominative)

eg: चालकेन वाहनं चाल्यते  (cAlakena vAhanaM cAlyate)


4)The Verb would be conjugated according to the Object and not the Subject.

बालकेन मोदकं खाद्यते  (bAlakena modakaM khAdyate)

बालकेन मोदकानि खाद्यन्ते  (bAlakena modakAni khAdyante)

Encoding and अभ्यास (abhyAsa)(Repetition)

Lets's talk a little about Neurology today.

When the brain learns anything new the brain encodes the new information by forming synaptic connections between neurons.

After the information/data is stored in an encoded synaptic format, if  we keep repeating the task this  reinforces our cognitive skills which includes attention span,memory,thinking and perception.

The process is same when we learn a new language...the more hits the neurons get the more we improve our linguistics skills.

In Sanskrit the word for repetitive activity with regards to learning is called अभ्यास (abhyAsa)