I’m trying (once again) to learn Pali, and puzzling over the pronunciation. I’ve read a lot of descriptions and can tell a palatal from a dental &c, but what really helped me most at this point is a recording I found of chants Pali Chants | dhammatalks.org . Can anyone suggest similar sites with text/translation/audio? I am not concerned with historically accurate pronunciation, or even consistent regional style. I just want to develop a manner of reading Pali aloud that will take good account of the spelling so as to aid in full, clear articulation and so accurate memorization. Thanks!
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You might find this explanation from Bhante Sujato useful
AudioTip have a mixture of Pali and English uploads on Archive.org audio tipitaka: audtip.org 2015 volume-003 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Please excuse formatting as Im on my phone
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Thank you, venerable! This is a tremendous help!
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Thank you, venerable. This is fascinating!
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Here’s a chant book with pali/English that Kaz posted.
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Hi, there is also this google site I maintain (earlier D&D thread link here) where I’ve collated numerous sutta chants in Pali:
I recommend you start with the READ ME file here:
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Pariyatti have various Pali courses but the beginners one Evaṃ me sutaṃ by Archana Deshpande has many recordings of vocabulary and sentences which I found to be be exceptionally clear in showing the proper pronounciation of retroflexives and the vowels.
She is also very good at showing the proper length of syllables.
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Thank you for this extremely useful book!
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Thank you for that tremendous gift!
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Now that is as clear and detailed as one would wish!
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