The Summer School in Spoken Sanskrit will take place online (videoconference).
Nov 17, 2019 In response to requests from many for a Spoken Sanskrit Class that really starts from the beginning, here it is: New Spoken Sanskrit Class - 'Starting from the Beginning' For all those around the world who would love to learn to speak Sanskrit, this is your opportunity! We are starting a new session which is truly starting at the beginning. Learnsanskrit - An English - Sanskrit dictionary: This is an online hypertext dictionary for Sanskrit - English and English - Sanskrit. The online hypertext Sanskrit dictionary is meant for learning Sanskrit. There are many fables in Sanskrit for beginners: Aesop, Panchatantra, Hitopadesha, Jataka fables. When we entered our Sanskrit class for the very first time, we were greeted very enthusiastically by an energetic and bubbly youngster called Jagadisha. He spoke only in Sanskrit but in the space of a few minutes, we figured out what was happening. Just by asking questions and answering them himself (and with exaggerated. 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Number of participants limited to 20.
Deadline: 30th of June.
Course fee: 390.00 EUR. This includes 82 units (45 minutes each) of instruction and the teaching materials.
The course fee must be paid in full by 11st of June 2021, by bank transfer to the following account:
Spoken Sanskrit Lessons Pdf Book
- 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.
BeginnerLevels are for absolutely Beginners. You do not need any backgroundin Samskritam to start learning. We teach you from the basics. Eventhough a language has to learned through speaking, we also make aneffort to teach you the alphabet at the start. There are 3 sub-levelsin this. Each sub-level takes you to a higher level of learning andunderstanding. This course (Beginner Level – 1) is ideal for anyone from 5 years and above. This sub-level has a duration of 3 months( 12 weeks) consisting of 10 lessons. For students from 5 years to 10years, one parent must be present in the class. What more, even theparent will learn.
Who
Any one 5 years and above
When
Starts Every 1st Saturday of the month 10 am to 11.30 am
What
10 Lessons - Writing, Reading Samskritam Alphabet, Gunitaksharas (Consonant and Vowel Conjunctions)
12 Slokas (Prayer slokas, Shanti mantras - Chanting only)
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 – Slokas 1-5 (Chanting Only)
50 Vocabulary Words (Spoken and Identification only)
10 Daily Conversation Sentences (Spoken Only)
Duration
12 Classes / 3 months ( Every Saturday )
Attendance of atleast 11 classes is mandatory and a prerequisite for taking final evaluation.
Pre-Requisites
One parent must be present for students between 5-10 years of age
First Class will be Orientation and Kick Start
CourseCompletion Benchmark
A final evaluation test to check the proficiency in the concepts taught.
Syllabus
prArthana slokas and mantras - vakratunda, saraswati, gururbrahma, shuklambaradharam, vagarthaviva, sahanAvavatu (verbal only)
shAnti shoka and mantras - pure grame and sarve bhavantu sukhinaH (verbal only)
shabdAs - rama, hari, guru (verbal only)
BhagavadGita Chapter 12 - first 5 slokas (verbal only)
saraswati, karagre, samudravasane, gangecha, deepajyotih, brahmarpaNam, ramam skandam (shloka, text form, and meaning - verbal only)
All letters, gunitaksharas - reading, writing and identification in small words.
vocab words (words discussed in class and available in Latika lesson recordings) English to Sanskrit and viceversa - (verbal only).
Numbers upto 20 - (verbal only)
bhavataH naama kim, bhavatyAh nAma kim, mama nAma, mama pustakam etc, atra, tatra, suprabhAtam, dhanyavAdaH, punarmilAmaH (verbal only)
Spoken Sanskrit Lessons Pdf Online
Resources/Reference Books
Resources:
Mostof the recording content is available on this website(http://www.samskritam.info) at the following sections:
Sanskrit For Beginners Pdf
1.Beginner Level 1(BeginnerLevel 1 Course Details )
2.Divine Chanting ( Bhagavad Gita Recordings)
3.Library ( Latika lessons 1 - 9 will have all the sloka/ text form etc)
ReferenceBooks:
Samskrita Bharati Publication – latikA, sulekhAvali
Bhagavad Gita
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