Introduction to Sanskrit Language

Courses

2 years with each level as quarter 3 years with each level as semester

First Level

• Introduction to Sanskrit
  • Sanskrit as an embodiment of Reality
  • Introduction to Devanagari
    • The calligraphy
    • About pronunciation
    • Vowels
    • Consonants
    • Compound consonants
    • Romanized Sanskrit
      • Capitalization vs. doubling
  • Examples from sacred texts
• Sanskrit grammar
  • Declination of verbs
  • Case of nouns
  • Combining rules: Sandhi
• Sanskrit Grammar: Sutras of Panini
• Pandits and tradition
  • The teacher/pupll relationship
  • Maintaining accuracy through the centuries
  • The six vedangas^[1]
• Readings from sacred texts
  • Bhagavad Gita
  • Rig Veda: Mandalas 1, 9, and 10
  • Upanishads

References

Second Level

• Etymology: translating Sanskrit words
• Comparative studies of Sanskrit and English
• Devanagari 1
• Sanskrit Grammar 2
• Sanskrit pronunciation 2: chanting

Third Level

• Translating Sanskrit: sentences
• Devanagari 2
• Comparative studies of Sanskrit and Pāli
• Sanskrit literature 1: poems

• Sanskrit pronunciation 3: talking

Fourth Level

• Writing in Sanskrit: poems
• Devanagari calligraphy
• Translating Sanskrit: scripture
• Sanskrit literature 2: prose
• Introduction to Buddhism

Fifth Level

• Devanagari calligraphy 2
• Comparative studies of Sanskrit and AngloSaxon
• Sanskrit literature 3: sacred scriptures
• Sanskrit pronunciation 4: discourse
• Buddhist scriptures

Sixth Level

• Devanagari calligraphy 2
• Sanskrit history
• Sanskrit literature 4: translating scriptures
• Writing in Sanskrit: prose
• Comparative studies of Sanskrit and Latin

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