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: Hindi 1011 102
Dr. Bharat Shah
India has always been an epicenter for world culture, this script you will be able to learn and understand
literature and religion. Today there are a number of any other Indian language with ease. The sessions languages spoke around India, such as Hindi, Marathi, will be highly interactive using multimedia Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu and many more. All these presentations. Also, class participation and languages have their roots in the ancient Devanagari feedback will be critical to the success of the course. script. In this two session course I would like to touch It is very important for you to attend both the upon the basics of Hindi and make you familiar with sessions as the coursework will be evenly distributed Devanagari script.
in both the sessions and the 2nd session will be a
continuation of the 1st session. To learn any Indian language it is first necessary to understand the Devanagari script. All the Indian languages I am hoping that attending these two sessions will are derived from this script. The origins of Devanagari help increase your awareness and knowledge in can be traced back to the 11th century CE. Devanagari Hindi. It will also help you learn other languages originated from the Brahmi script which had its roots in based on the Devanagari script. If you have any the ancient Aryan cultures dating back back to 5th century questions or suggestions please feel free to contact BC. Even though being a descendant of the Brahmi script, me at bharatkumarshah@pol.net. Your feedback Devanagari has evolved into a highly cursive script. Many will be very much appreciated. languages in India, such as Hindi and Sanskrit, use Devanagari, 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 compound word with two roots: deva means "deity" and nagari means "city".
The emphasis during both these sessions will be on Devanagari script. Once you understand the basics of
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