Narayana Sukhtam app for iPhone and iPad
The Narayana Sukhtam app is a free learning tool to help people learn the Narayana Sukhtam, an old vedic chant from the Yajurveda. Vedic chants have been passed on from generation to generation unchanged since very ancient times, the sound aspect is equally important as the words used in the chants. The Narayana Sukhtam app helps aspirants studying the Vedas.
The applications is divided into 2 distinct sections, the first section is called "Learn". This section of the app helps aspirants by breaking up the chant into bite size stanzas which can be repeated one by one until they are perfected. Each stanza shows the devengiri text and underneath you have the English transliteration and the audio in call-and-response format can be played at the same time. This can be repeated stanza by stanza or can be played continuously.
The app is built for touch, you can either user the familiar previous/next buttons or swipe the screen to move between stanzas.
The second section is called "Listen", this plays the entire Narayana Sukhtam the english transliteration and the meaning are displayed along side.
The application has full backgrounding support so you can continue learning whilst using other apps on your device uninterrupted. You can use the audio controls in the tray to pause, play, forward and repeat tracks.