Sanskrit Grammar
Our online Beginning Sanskrit Grammar class taught by Vasanthiji commences on January 10, 2023. Fundamentals of Sanskrit Grammar like sandhi, vibhakti, participles and conjugation of verbs will be taught methodically and in-depth with the use of handouts and homework assignments. The class will also equip students with basic reading skills.
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Links to attend the ongoing class online and to view class recordings will be automatically sent when you subscribe to Sanskrit Grammar – subscribe
Class Material
Alphabet Pronunciation (MP3)
- Learning Devanagari Script
- Sanskrit Alphabet
- Sandhi
- Vibhakti
- Sanskrit Case Functions
- Basic Declensions
- Noun Gender
- रामः – फलम्
- शाला – दासी
- हरिः – गुरुः
- वारि – मधु
- मतिः – धेनुः
- आत्मा – कर्म (अन्-ending 2 stem nouns: आत्मन् – कर्मन्)
- राजा – नाम ( अन्-ending 3 stem nouns: राजन् – नामन्)
- तपः – चन्द्रमाः (अस्-ending nouns: तपस् – चन्द्रमस्)
- नेता – माता – कर्तृ (ऋ-ending nouns: नेतृ – मातृ – कर्तृ)
- भगवान् (वत् / मत् ending: भगवत्)
- महान् – भवान् (अत् – ending: महत् / भवत्)
- योगी – तपस्वी (इन् / विन् ending: योगिन् / तपस्विन्)
- वधू
- Pronouns
- Verbs
- Participles
- Numerals
- Laghu Dhatu Kosha
- Online Resources
- Prayers
Exercises
- Vowel Sandhi Exercise 1
- Answers to Vowel Sandhi Exercise 1
- Vowel Sandhi Exercise 2
- Answers to Vowel Sandhi Exercise 2
- Visarga Sandhi Exercise
- Answers to Visarga Sandhi Exercise
- Consonant Sandhi Exercise
- Answers to Consonant Sandhi Exercise
- A Sanskrit Manual Part I – R. Antoine
- Key to Antoine’s Sanskrit Manual (Parts I & II) – Samvid