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Complete Comprehensive and Easy Sanskrit for Beginners

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Overview

Learn Sanskrit from Alphabets to become a Pro

What you'll learn:
  • Right from Alphabets to Story Comprehension and Shloka Deconstruction
  • Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Tenses, Adjectives, Numbers, Time, Vibhakti (Cases) etc.
  • Krtanta Shabda like Ktavatu, Tumun, Ktva and Lyap
  • Over hundred Verbs and Nouns
  • Present, Past, Future and Order-Request Complete Verb Forms
  • Over hundred Avyayam (Indeclinables)
  • All these with exercises and practice sessions using over 160 lectures

This is a Complete and Comprehensive Sanskrit Course for Absolute Beginners to learn right from Alphabets to become a Pro. The entire course is divided in to three levels and the lessons are taken step by step, in easy explanations and exercises, level after level to make a strong and thorough base to learn further my courses and to become a pro gradually. Follow my tips and methods to easily and quickly grasp the oldest language which contains a treasure of knowledge in its different scriptures.

You will be taken through lesson after lesson in easy steps to develop the language knowledge right from the base. The language structure is very important to understand and in this course I given more importance to explain the basic structure of the language, through worksheets, different exercises and gradually adding on new topics.

In Level One, you will learn the Alphabets, reading and writing methods, listening and pronouncing, splitting words in to alphabets and after completing the entire discussions in this level, you will be comfortable to read, write, listen and write, introduction to nouns, verbs, pronouns and forming simple sentences in Present Tense, so that you can take the next step of learning words, meanings and sentence constructions.

In Level Two, you will learn Past Tense, Future Tense, Order-Request Mood, around hundred nouns and verbs, pronouns and how different forms of the nouns and verbs are formed in Sanskrit. Because in Sanskrit every word either noun or verb is complete in itself with meaning like gender, number and case for each noun - person, number and tense for each verb, the exercises and explanations will prepare the students confidently and comfortably to take up further lessons of Level Three.

In Level Three, you will further learn numbers, time, days, indeclinable, adjectives, and different conjunction particles to construct complex sentences. With many example of sentence constructions and tips to use the correct verb forms or noun forms, and the usage of different particles discussed, you will be prepared to comprehend a story and actual deconstruction of Shloka to get the meaning out of it. You will see nearly some forty dialog and the meanings, expression of the Sanskrit Language and you will be prepared to create your own dialog.

End of Level Three, you will be taken through a complete Ramayana Story and around fifty Shlokas with word by word explanations and the style of expressions in Sanskrit. I am sure by the end of this course you will be comfortable and confident to learn further text and subjects of Sanskrit, to improve your skills. By completing the the Course One Exercise I discussed in the last, you will be confident to construct your correct sentences and deconstruct a Shloka on your own. Please watch the promo video to know more about this course.

Syllabus

  • Alphabets of Sanskrit and Learning Methods for Absolute Beginners Level-1
  • Noun, Pronoun and Gender of Sanskrit for Absolute Beginners Level-1
  • Interrogative Pronoun in Sanskrit for Absolute Beginners Level-1
  • Concepts of Verbs and Indeclinable of Sanskrit Language Level-1
  • More common Verbs and forms in Present Tense in Sanskrit for Beginners Level-1
  • 2nd and 1st Person and complete nine verb forms in Present Tense Level-1
  • Bhavan, Bhavati, Dhatu Root and Verb forms for Beginners in Sanskrit Level-1
  • Accusative Case in Sanskrit for Beginners Level-2
  • Simple Concepts of Order Request and Causal form Verbs in Sanskrit for Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts of Sambodhana Vibhakti Forms in Sanskrit Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts of Day and Time Period in Sanskrit Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts of Past Tense form of Verbs in Sanskrit Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts of Ktvatu Krdanta form of Verbs in Sanskrit Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts of Future Tense form of Verbs in Sanskrit Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts of Ktva Krdanta form of Verbs in Sanskrit Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts Lyap Krdanta Forms Explanation and Demo Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts Tumun Krdanta Forms Explanation and Demo Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts Instrumental Case Explanation and Demo Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts Dative Case Explanation and Demo Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts Ablative Case Explanation and Demo Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts Genitive Case Explanation and Demo Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts Locative Case Explanation and Demo Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts of Numbers in Sanskrit for Beginners Level-2
  • Easy and Simple Concepts of Time in Sanskrit for Beginners Level-2
  • Recap of Level-2 Sanskrit Subjects Covered for Beginners Level-2
  • Simple and Easy Expression and Dialogs in Sanskrit for Beginners Level-2
  • Simple Easy Expression and Philosophy Subhashitam Shloka in Sanskrit Level-2
  • Recap of Level-2 Sanskrit Subjects and Level-3 Intro for Beginners Level-2
  • Basic Idea about Sanskrit Conversational Aspects for Beginners Level-3
  • Ramayana Sanskrit Story Comprehension Basic Aspects for Beginners Level-3
  • Subhashitam Deconstruction and Comprehension in Sanskrit for Beginners Level-3
  • Recap of Sanskrit Course-1 all 3 Levels and assignment for Beginners Level-3

Taught by

Shankar Iyer

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