Reciters of Sanskrit Meter Melodies
Several scholars skilled in reciting Sanskrit are featured on this website. When a meter is successfully identified in the online interface, all available melodies (see table below) are displayed in a media player at the bottom (two examples: anuṣṭubh, mālinī). The first three scholars kindly gave special permission for this use of their privately recorded sound files, and sound files for the latter two were found already online. I hope that users of the site find the diversity of voices as enriching as I have.
| Reciter | Meters Available |
|---|---|
| Dr. Madhura Godbole: Program Head for Sanskrit, Prakrit & Pali, AIIS, Pune | anuṣṭubh āryā upagīti upājati drutavilambita mālinī vasantatilakā śārdūlavikrīḍita śikharinī |
| Dr. Sadananda Das: Sanskrit Lecturer, Leipzig University | āryā indravajrā upājati pañcacāmara pṛthvī mālinī vasantatilakā śārdūlavikrīḍita śikharinī śravaṇābharaṇa sragvinī |
| Dr. Diwakar Acharya: Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics, University of Oxford | anuṣṭubh āryā indravajrā upājati drutavilambita mandākrāntā śārdūlavikrīḍita śikharinī |
| Dr. Shatavadhani Ganesh: avadhāna artist, author (on YouTube) | anuṣṭubh aparavaktra aśvadhāṭī āryā indravamśa udgatā upājati aupacchandasika kokilaka cārucāmara toṭaka drutavilambita pañcacāmara puṣpitāgrā pṛthvī praharṣinī bhujaṅgaprayāta mañjubhāṣinī mandākrāntā mallikāmālā mālinī rathoddatā vamśastha vasantatilakā viyoginī śārdūlavikrīḍita śālinī śikharinī śivatāṇḍava sragdharā sragvinī svāgatā harinī |
| Dr. H.V. Nagaraja Rao: Oriental Research Institute, Mysore, emeritus (on Archive) | anuṣṭubh aparavaktra upājati aupacchandasika kokilaka gīti pṛthvī pramuditavadanā pramitākṣara praharṣinī mañjubhāṣinī mattamayūra mandākrāntā mālinī vasantatilakā śārdūlavikrīḍita śālinī śikharinī sragdharā |