Namaste,
I have been looking for an online application which will play an audio file (correct pronunciation) for a certain Sanskrit word.
If any of you knows about such app/website, I will be happy to learn
Thank you!
Hi Jeff,
I am sure there must be a dedicated website for this, but I do not know of it. However, YouTube is pretty good. Not every word is there, and each word is a separate video. For example “pranayama” is here, and bija-mantra" is here. It also gives the IAST for each word and the Devanagiri.
Bear in mind that there is no single correct pronunciation for Sanskrit words, as there are regional accents, and have been at least since the time of Panini (4th to 6th Century BCE). The lady in the two videos I linked to above, for example, has a strong Hindi/ Northern Indian accent, so is pronouncing Sanskrit words differently to the priests in the temples I studied in, when I was living in South India. Regional accents are not different enough to be concerned about though.
Christi
Thank you Christi!
But where can one insert the Sanskrit word?
If one unserts a word Here: https://www.youtube.com/@SanskritPronunciation
it goes to other youtube sites
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As to regional differences, Kerala, Tamil are my preferences though finding any other will be nice too 
Most forums show last activity ~ 15yrars back (inactive).
I tried this one which has recent activity, perhaps they’ll reply
https://forum.sanskrit.today/d/902-pronunciation-of-sanskrit-words
Found this:
https://www.shabdkosh.com/search-dictionary?lc=hi&sl=en&tl=hi&e=Ahankara
And they have a forum too:
https://www.shabdkosh.com/forums/viewforum/15/
(https://www.shabdkosh.com/forums/)
Hi Jeff,
On YouTube, in the search box, type “Ahamkara Pronunciation” and it will come up in the search results. Possibly not as the top one, but at least in the top few.
That’s actually a Hindi language website. So, the pronunciation will sometimes be different from Sanskrit. The pronunciation for “ahankara” is given there for Hindi, but would not be correct in Sanskrit. The correct version in Sanskrit is here. Hindi often drops the “a” on the end of a word, but Sanskrit does not. This falls under something called the “Hindi language schwa deduction rules”.
If you are really interested in learning Sanskrit, I would suggest finding a teacher. There are online teachers these days. It is a complex language, with many grammar rules, so a teacher can be very helpful. My Sanskrit level is very basic, by the way.
Christi