Class 8 Sanskrit Chapter 9, कोऽरुक्? कोऽरुक्? कोऽरुक्?, from NCERT Deepakam (दीपकम्), tells the Ayurveda story of Dhanvantari who, as a parrot, asked physicians ‘who is free of disease?’ until Vagbhata gave the answer. Class 8 Sanskrit Chapter 9 (कोऽरुक्? कोऽरुक्? कोऽरुक्?): पाठ-सार और मुख्य बिंदु कथा धन्वन्तरि तोते का रूप धरकर वैद्यों के घरों … Read more
Class 8 Sanskrit Chapter 10, सन्निमित्ते वरं त्यागः (क-भागः), from NCERT Deepakam (दीपकम्), is the first half of the Hitopadesha story of Viravara, a Rajput who joins King Shudraka of Shobhavati on a salary of 400 gold coins a day. Class 8 Sanskrit Chapter 10 (सन्निमित्ते वरं त्यागः (क-भागः)): पाठ-सार और मुख्य बिंदु वीरवर की … Read more
Class 8 Sanskrit Chapter 11, सन्निमित्ते वरं त्यागः (ख-भागः), from NCERT Deepakam (दीपकम्), completes the Viravara story: to save King Shudraka, Viravara’s family offers what he loves most to the goddess Sarvamangala. Class 8 Sanskrit Chapter 11 (सन्निमित्ते वरं त्यागः (ख-भागः)): पाठ-सार और मुख्य बिंदु त्याग राजलक्ष्मी बताती है कि वीरवर अपना सबसे प्रिय वस्तु … Read more
Class 8 Sanskrit Chapter 12, सम्यग्वर्णप्रयोगेण ब्रह्मलोके महीयते, from NCERT Deepakam (दीपकम्), is about correct pronunciation. It opens with the story of Vritrasura’s yajna, where a change in accent turned ‘इन्द्रशत्रुर्वर्धस्व’ against him. Class 8 Sanskrit Chapter 12 (सम्यग्वर्णप्रयोगेण ब्रह्मलोके महीयते): पाठ-सार और मुख्य बिंदु उच्चारण का महत्त्व ‘यद्यपि बहु नाधीषे तथापि पठ पुत्र व्याकरणम्। … Read more
Class 8 Sanskrit Chapter 13, वर्णोच्चारण-शिक्षा १, from NCERT Deepakam (दीपकम्), explains how speech is produced in the body and introduces sthana (place) and karana (articulator) of each varna. Class 8 Sanskrit Chapter 13 (वर्णोच्चारण-शिक्षा १): पाठ-सार और मुख्य बिंदु वाग्-उत्पत्ति नाभि-प्रदेश की मांसपेशियाँ (मांसपेशी-बल तन्त्र) उरः को दबाती हैं, उरः श्वासकोश की वायु ऊपर … Read more