Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme – Month 2 Lesson 9 C . By the Way... We were at the garden, Tarangini and the rest of us, studying Shantiniketan style, when she suddenly said to me, "Don't lean against him!" " Him, who?" i was bewildered, i was...
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Step by Step Sanskrit Learning Programme – Month 2 Lesson 9 C . By the Way... We were at the garden, Tarangini and the rest of us, studying Shantiniketan style, when she suddenly said to me, "Don't lean against him!" " Him, who?" i was bewildered, i was just resting against a tree. Then enlightenment struck ( seems as if trees and enlightenment have a thing going) "A tree is masculine in Sanskrit, ¨þ¼âþ | So is a cloud Ÿø‹þ | A village ŠÏþŸþ , a question œÏª›þ | So is space ‚þˆÅþªþ | Some neuter words in English are masculine in Sanskrit...and the other way around." From that moment onwards, i stopped comparing the two languages and began appreciating the uniqueness of both. i just check the dictionary to confirm gender. Some dictionaries introduce masculine words by giving the œÏ˜þŸþ {\"W"[×O" ï@¡\"E"S" form . For example, the root noun-word £þŸþ is introduced as £þŸþ: | Some others prefer to give the root word (just £þŸþ ) and print an "M" next to it to say masculine. A root noun-wor
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