Sanskrit Level 1

Prerequisites

• No prior knowledge of Sanskrit is required
• Knowledge of any Indian language is helpful

Objectives
Read/Write/Pronounce Sanskrit via Devanāgarī script
Learn basic building blocks of Sanskrit for Scriptural study – Level1

• Noun/Verb forms
• Pronouns
• Numbers
• Indeclinables
• Self-compose simple Sanskrit sentences
• Application using short K.C Sanskrit stories / Gita verses.

Syllabus
Module 1 (12 classes)

• Read / Write / Pronounce Vowels and Consonants in Devanāgarī script.

• Read / Write / Pronounce Vowel+Consonant combination alphabet.

• Combination-letters (samyuktākśarāṇi), letters consisting of vowel and multiple consonants.

• Numbers in Sanskrit

• Practice for proficiency in Reading/Writing

• Structure of Sanskrit Language

Module 2 (12 classes)

• Vibhaktis

• Noun forms

• Verb forms (Simple present tense / Simple future tense )

• Pronouns

• Indeclinables

• Application using short K.C Sanskrit stories / Gita verses

Module 3 (12 classes)

• More Noun/Pronoun forms

• Verb forms (imperative mood / simple past tense)

• Develop the ability to understand short narratives.

• Self-compose short Sanskrit sentences.

• Application using short K.C Sanskrit stories / Gita verses