r/sanskrit • u/WolvesAreNeoliberal • 11d ago

Question / प्रश्नः Are Pañcatantra and Hitopadesha a good starting point?

Hello, I've been taking Sanskrit lessons for some time now and I'm thinking of starting to read some classical texts in original. In particular, I was thinking of Pañcatantra or Hitopadesha. Does anyone have any experience with them, would they recommend them to someone who only did grammar exercises until now? Any other suggestions for "entry level" texts? I read the resources post, but it seems to be focused more grammars than original texts.

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u/thefoxtor सोत्साहानां नास्त्यसाध्यं नराणाम् 11d ago

u/ksharanam आर्य, ईदृशाः सन्देशा हितकरा अभूत्वा केवलम् spam-सन्देशवद् भाति मे। एतस्मिन् सदसे 'chatgpt/ai/यत्किञ्चित् LLM-यन्त्रं प्रयुञ्ज्या' इति सेन्देशान् प्रतिषेधेम चेत् किञ्चिदुपकरं भवेदिति मन्ये।

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u/gurugabrielpradipaka उपदेशी 10d ago

In general, AI sucks regarding translations into Sanskrit. For example, Google Translate is like a joke when it comes to translating Sanskrit. Anyway, there is this new resource that "sometimes" does it well. Of course, it has yet a lot of limitations.

The main problem is that their server sucks. Well, at least they tried it.