YJA Convention 2002 07 NJ Fifth

Author(s): Young Jains of America (YJA)
Publisher: Young Jains of America YJA USA

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Language: Gujarati 101/102
Chintan Parikh
India has always been an epicenter for world compound word with two roots: deva means "deity" and I culture, literature and religion. Today there are a nagari means "city". number of languages spoke around India, such as The emphasis during both these sessions will be on Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and many Devanagari script. Once you understand the basics of more. All these languages have their roots in the this script you will be able to learn and understand any ancient Devanagari script. In this two-session other Indian language with ease. The sessions will be course I would like to touch upon the basics of highly interactive using multimedia presentations. Also, Gujarati and make you familiar with Devanagari class participation and feedback will be critical to the script.
success of the course. It is very important for you to attend
both the sessions as the coursework will be evenly To learn any Indian language it is first necessary to distributed in both the sessions and the 2nd session will be understand the Devanagari script. All the Indian a continuation of the 1st session. languages are derived from this script. The origins of Devanagari can be traced back to the 11th century I am hoping that attending these two sessions will help CE. Devanagari originated from the Brahmi script increase your awareness and knowledge in Gujarati. It that had its roots in the ancient Aryan cultures dating will also help you learn other languages based on the back to 5th century BC. Even though being a Devanagari script. If you have any questions or descendant of the Brahmi script, Devanagari has suggestions please feel free to contact me at evolved into a highly cursive script. Many languages chintan@parchin.com. Your feedback will be very much in India, such as Hindi and Sanskrit, use Devanagari, appreciated. and many more languages throughout India use local variants of this script. Hindu scriptures are written in Devanagari, a fact illustrated by the etymology of the name. "Devanagari" is a
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