Spoken Sanskrit Lessons Pdf

We learn to read Sanskrit. There are many resources available on the web that will help you to learn read, write and speak in Sanskrit. The main aim of this guide is to teach you reading Sanskrit. Not writing or speaking. However, while learning to read Sanskrit you will also learn to write in Devanagari script - at least we hope. Vocabulary of about 1000 Sanskrit words. Many stories, episodes from Vedic, Sanskrit and Prakrt literature. Many jokes in Sanskrit to share and develop by everyone. In these Ten lessons of Foundation spoken Sanskrit Course, WHAT WE DON’T SERIOUSLY TRY 1. Dual numbers- of both nouns and verbs. Second person usages.

The Summer School in Spoken Sanskrit will take place online (videoconference).

Sanskrit

In this course, the students will learn how to converse in Sanskrit on topics of daily life by using classical and modern vocabulary. Active participation of the students and modern multi-media tools will facilitate the learning process in the interactively designed course. Thus, the students and scholars will be able to overcome the perception of Sanskrit as a written-only, “dead” language, and increase their confidence in actively using this language. The study of Sanskrit will become a lively and creative experience for the students and will also contribute to their understanding of the written language. The course is a unique opportunity to learn and practice spoken Sanskrit in a dynamic environment.

Sanskrit

Organized by:

- Spracheninstitut an der Universität Leipzig e.V.,
- Ritterstr. 12,
- D-04109 Leipzig,
- Germany,
- Tel.: +49(0)341-9730281
- Mail: spokensanskrit@uni-leipzig.de

Venue:

  • Leipzig University
  • Institute of Indology and Central Asian Studies
  • Schillerstr. 6
  • D-04109 Leipzig
  • Germany

Instructor

Spoken

Dr. Sadananda Das is widely known as an excellent speaker and experienced teacher of spoken Sanskrit. He has taught seventeen summer school courses in spoken Sanskrit at Heidelberg University, three at Lausanne University, and three at the Australian National University, besides five courses in advanced spoken Sanskrit at Florence University, at the Centre of Sanskrit Studies in Barcelona, at the Jñāna Pravāha Centre for Cultural Studies in Varanasi and at the Śādvala Centre for Sanskrit Studies in Goa. This year’s course will take place at Leipzig University for the fifth time. In the past eighteen years the course has attracted students and scholars of Indology and related fields from across the globe.

The Summer School will take place online because of Corona. You will work together with Dr. Das with the help of video conferences and Moodle (learning management system). For the video conferences you will need a microphone and loudspeakers or a headset. You will also need a fast internet connection.

Lessons

Prerequisites: Knowledge of English and basic knowledge of Sanskrit (at least 4 semesters) as well as the ability to read Devanāgarī script. The course will be taught in Sanskrit.

Timetable: Classes from 10:00 to 16:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 10:00 to 13:00 on Wednesday and Saturday. Please note: The time table is based on local (german) time.

Application: Please download the application form.

Spoken Sanskrit Lessons Pdf

Number of participants limited to 20.

Deadline: 30th of June.

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Spoken Sanskrit Lessons Pdf

Course fee: 390.00 EUR. This includes 82 units (45 minutes each) of instruction and the teaching materials.

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The course fee must be paid in full by 11st of June 2021, by bank transfer to the following account:

  • Bank: DKB
  • IBAN: DE97 1203 0000 1005 3728 32
  • BIC: BYLADEM1001

Procedure:

  • After you have applied for the course, the instructor, Dr. Sadananda Das, will inform you whether you are accepted.
  • You transfer the course fee to our account.
  • Please note that your registration is valid only when we have received your payment by 31st of May.
  • You'll be informed by 7th June whether the course will take place.
  • Should we have to cancel the course for lack of participants, we'll refund the course fee by 30th of June 2021.

Spoken Sanskrit Lessons Pdf Online

Sl.NoChapter NameMP4 Download
1Lecture 01: IntroductionDownload
2Lecture 02: The Sounds of Sanskrit: Its AlphabetDownload
3Lecture 03: Sentence Construction and its underlying logicDownload
4Lecture 04: Introduction of Self and OthersDownload
5Lecture 05: Basic Verbs and Some ConjugationsDownload
6Lecture 06: Introduction to the Genitive (6th) CaseDownload
7Lecture 07: Counting and Reading the TimeDownload
8Lecture 08: Plural of Pronouns and NounsDownload
9Lecture 09: Conjugation of Basic Verbs in the PluralDownload
10Lecture 10: Introduction to the Locative (7th) CaseDownload
11Lecture 11 : Days of the Week, Months, Future TenseDownload
12Lecture 12 : Past Tense and More VerbsDownload
13Lecture 13 : Introduction to the Accusative (2nd) CaseDownload
14Lecture 14 : Continuation of the Accusative (2nd) CaseDownload
15Lecture 15 : Introduction to the Instrumental (3rd) CaseDownload
16Lecture 16 : Continuation of the Instrumental (3rd) CaseDownload
17Lecture 17 : Introduction to the Ablative (5th) CaseDownload
18Lecture 18 : Introduction to the Dative (4th) CaseDownload
19Lecture 19 : Introduction to the Vocative (8th) CaseDownload
20Lecture 20 : Overview and ConclusionDownload