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(Sarasvatī) शुक्लां ब्रह्मविचारसारपरमामाद्यां जगद्व्यापिनीं वीणापुस्तकधारिणीमभयदां जाड्यान्धकारापहाम् । हस्ते स्फाटिकमालिकां विदधतीं पद्मासने संस्थितां वन्दे तां परमेश्वरीं भगवतीं बुद्धिप्रदां शारदाम् ॥ śuklāṁ brahma-vicāra-sāra-paramām, ādyāṁ jagad-vyāpinīṁ vīṇā-pustaka-dhāriṇīm abhayadāṁ, jāḍyāndhakārāpahām haste sphāṭika-mālikāṁ vidadhatīṁ, padmāsane saṁsthitāṁ vande tāṁ parameśvarīṁ bhagavatīṁ, buddhi-pradāṁ śāradām I worship that white goddess, the supreme essence of meditation on the Absolute, the primeval pervader of the universe, she who bears a book and a vīṇā, the giver of fearlessness, the destroyer of the darkness of intellectual dullness, she who holds in her hand a crystal necklace, established on a lotus seat, the highest goddess, Śāradā, the giver of intelligence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659f8bd23211f40fcc2357b/1717263029295-R1B4KXKGXI0FMHKC9VE6/10006.jpg Verses - Salutation to the Guru गुरुस्तोत्रम् Guru-stotram - 1st verse गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ।।१।। gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇur gurur devo maheśvaraḥ guruḥ sākṣāt paraṁ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ The Guru is Brahmā, the Guru is Viṣṇuḥ, the Guru is the god Śivaḥ. 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Shanta has carried on that spiritual tradition of Sanskrit with great gusto and has the power in his voice to carry the innate meaning of each sound vibration to the student. Cynthia Copple, Director, Lotus Holistic Health Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659f8bd23211f40fcc2357b/ee901d04-bdb2-44c7-8f3a-c14b470f85ef/10003.png New Page Indira and Shanta teach Sanskrit in an approachable, accessible and thoughtful way. They encourage singing the Sanskrit alphabet and chanting Sanskrit mantras to teach their students proper pronunciation, vocabulary, reading and writing. It is an effective and joyful approach to learning Sanskrit. Monica Desai, student https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659f8bd23211f40fcc2357b/44cd67e1-0633-4a8f-ae2c-18c89ad07fa1/10016.jpeg New Page Shanta and Indira are truly the best! 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For the more advanced student—their method remains deeply satisfying, and there are few in the world who can rival Indira's knowledge and command of the Sanskrit language. It is not empty hyperbole to say that they are truly the best. I have been studying with them for 15 years, and from day one, have wondered at the great good fortune that brought me to them. Melissa (Manisha) Townsend, Author, Artist, Psychic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659f8bd23211f40fcc2357b/ee901d04-bdb2-44c7-8f3a-c14b470f85ef/10003.png New Page I have known both Shanta and Indira for twenty years. I was a graduate student studying Sanskrit when I met them in San Francisco and now teach Sanskrit language and literature at a university in Philadelphia. From 1997 to 2002, Indira and I were frequently in the same room with the esteemed Sanskrit pandit Ram Karan Sharma, studying traditional Sanskrit grammar. Indira had studied the subject for many more years before our meeting, with her revered teacher and at university, and she has continued to sharpen her mastery year after year since. Shanta and I were in a class where we read the great poet Kalidasa’s poem Raghuvamsha, among other literary classics. I can say with certainty that Indira is among a handful—perhaps only one or two!—of people in the Bay Area who is a true expert of the great sage Panini’s traditional Sanskrit grammar. If others exist, and are teaching, I have not met them nor do I know of them. She speaks Sanskrit fluently and her learning is immense. Shanta is an extraordinarily sensitive reader of Sanskrit literature and philosophy. These two, to my mind, are among the finest teachers of Sanskrit grammar, literature, and philosophy available today. The Bay Area is fortunate to have their presence and I encourage all who are interested in gaining access to Sanskrit—and, thereby, to all the worldly insight and otherworldly wisdom available from its more than three-millennia history of literature—to take advantage of their offerings. Deven M. Patel, Professor of Sanskrit, University of Pennsylvania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6659f8bd23211f40fcc2357b/bf657230-8b18-4988-ad14-390ce7d4b576/10017.png New Page Shanta is a remarkable teacher. He shares Sanskrit with such heart, authenticity and inspiration. He makes learning Sanskrit joyful and accessible. 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