कथा कौतुकम् - Introduction
Series of compilations by Harsha M Krishna on fascinating aspects of Sanskrit, and Bharat.
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नमो नमः। 🙏
अद्य वयम् एकं नूतनं कार्यम् आरभामहे। adya vayam ekaṃ nūtanaṃ kāryam ārabhāmahe. (Today we begin something new.)
अस्य नाम — कथा कौतुकम्। asya nāma — kathā kautukam. (Its name is Kathā Kautukam.)
संस्कृतं केवलं व्याकरणं न। संस्कृतं कौतुकेन पूर्णम् अस्ति। saṃskṛtaṃ kevalaṃ vyākaraṇaṃ na. saṃskṛtaṃ kautukena pūrṇam asti. (Sanskrit is not only grammar. Sanskrit is full of wonders.)
प्रतिदिनम् एकं कौतुकम् अत्र लिखामि। पञ्चदश दिनानि। pratidinam ekaṃ kautukam atra likhāmi. pañcadaśa dināni. (Each day I will post one wonder here. Fifteen days.)
भवन्तः अपि लिखन्तु। पृच्छन्तु। सर्वे मिलित्वा शिक्षामहे। 🌸 bhavantaḥ api likhantu. pṛcchantu. sarve militvā śikṣāmahe. (You all write too. Ask. Let us all learn together.)
In English 👇
Starting today: कथा कौतुकम् — Kathā Kautukam, "The Delight of Wonders."
One post a day about something genuinely astonishing in Sanskrit. Not grammar lessons — the wow things. Poems shaped like wheels. Verses built from a single consonant. The value of π hidden inside a hymn. Sanskrit carved on stone deep in the forests of Borneo.
Fifteen days to begin with. If we enjoy it, we continue.
Please join in — add what you know, ask anything, correct me, share your own finds. This is for all of us learning together. 🌸
First one coming right up 👇