Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Based on “Introduction to Sanskrit” by Thomas Egenes.

Classes are running on as Zoom webinar. Every Sunday 10:00am – 11:30am AEST (Sydney/Melbourne time). Use time converter for your city/country.

Table of Contents:

SEMESTER 1:

Easy:

  • CH 1: 1
  • CH 2: 2 | 3 | 4
  • CH 3: 5
  • CH 4: 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Intermediate:

Challenging:

  • CH 8: Sandhi intro & types (external/internal) | Paradigm for Neuter nouns ending in “a”.
    17 | 18 | 19
  • CH 9: How to count (cardinal numbers) | Parasmaipada – Ātmanepada – Ubhayapada | Sandhi final “n/m”.
    20 | 21 | 22
  • CH 10: Sandhi final “t” | 1st (I: aham) – 2nd (you: tvam) – 3rd (he/she) person pronouns | Adjectives | Verb “asti”.
    23 | 24 | 25 | 26
  • CH 11: Stems ending in “ā” | Pronouns (He, she, with him, in that) | Word “iva” (like).
    27 | 28 | 29
  • CH 12: Stems ending in “i” | Numbers as Adj (numeral, cardinal, ordinal) | Gerunds (past tense).
    30 | 31

SEMESTER 2:

  • CH 13: Relative-correlative adverbs & pronouns.
    32 | 33 | 34
  • CH 14: Verbal prefix (PRATIgacchati) | Imperfect (past) for Parasmaipada.
    35
  • CH 15: Sandhi final “m” | Common verb prefixes | Imperfect (past) for Ātmanepada.
    36
  • CH 16: Sandhi final “n” | Nouns in -an (ātman, karman) | He/she/it was | Compounds: dvandva, itaretara, samāhāra, negative.
    37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41
  • CH 17: Nouns ending in ṛ ऋ (family words) | Future tense | Cardinal/Ordinal numbers.
    42 | 43 | 44
  • CH 18: Sandhi final “r” | Nouns ending in -u उ | Compounds: karmadhāraya, tatpuruṣa, upapada, bahuvrīhi, dvandva | VOL1 Recap.
    45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49

SEMESTER 3:

  • CH 19: Suffix (mat/vat, tva/tā, ya) | Imperative (“He must go!”) | Upapada compound.
    50 | 51 | 52 | 53
  • CH 20: Verb class 1, 4, 6, 8, 10 | Passive (“is protected”).
    54 | 55 | 56
  • CH 21: Verse memorization | Nouns ending in -as (manas) | Bahuvrīhi compound.
    57 | 58 | 59

Lesson 58 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course: Bahuvrihi

Summary: CH21. Revision of compounds + last major compound: bahuvrihi. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part Two Session deals with: Vol 2, PG51-54. Compound Revision:…

Lesson 56 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course – Exercises

Summary: No theory. Translation practice. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part Two Practice Sentences: Only look at Sanskrit after attempted your own translation. Equanimity of…

Lesson 55 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course: Passive

Summary: Tenses. Passive. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part Two This session deals with: CH20, PG34-36. PASSIVE CONSTRUCTION: Kindergarten Concept: Dog bites the man. Man…

Lesson 53 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Summary: Purely a revision of everything throughout the course. Summary of Passive Constructions, in CH20. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part Two This session deals…

Lesson 42 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Summary: Intro to CH17. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part One This session deals with: CH17, pg 220-221. Sandhi: Skip pg 220. Rather go to…

Lesson 38 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Summary: New Spoken Sanskrit words. New verse (Established in Yoga). Imperfect for √as (He was). Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part One This session deals…

Lesson 29 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Summary: Assignment #2. Intro to LRB (Little Red Book) of paradigms. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part One Resources: Class exercises Match pictures to words…

Lesson 26 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Summary: Revision of paradigms. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part One Resources: Class exercises Highlights: If word starts with a “t” and is short, it's…

Lesson 22 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Summary: No new grammar. Discussion about learning environment. Group work. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part One Resources: Class exercises 1 Class exercises 2 Sandhi…

Lesson 21 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Summary: Memorizing Middle Voice verbs (bhāṣate). Sandhi for “m” and “n”. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part One Resources: Class exercises Identify objects in Sanskrit…

Lesson 18 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Summary: No new content. Class was memorizing paradigm endings (nara) and vowel/visarga sandhi. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part One Resources: Sandhi & Declensions Practice…

Lesson 16 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Summary: New verse. Parsing. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part One Resources: Interpret the Story Speaking Template Flashcards Deluxe: Can use as custom dictionary. Or…

10 Comments

  1. Dear Andre
    one doubt please
    lesson 11 exercise 2 , H
    with knowledge the students obtains immortality .
    Gyanen sah shishyah amratam labhte
    vidhya shishyo amratam labhte (according to book)
    ARE these both correct ???

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  4. Namo Namah Andrei
    lesson 13
    Q1 ,E
    two friends should it be Mitrau ( as nar paradign for dual ??)according to answer it is mitraih???
    kripya explain

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  5. Hi Andre
    Some questions about the homework.
    1. The answers to lesson 13 in the book write ‘patnī’ in 2 different ways. Are there two different ways to write the conjunct consonant ‘tna’ ?
    2. 2(g) says – The student, having thought, asks the poet about the river.
    I rewrote the sentence to say – Having thought, the student asks the poet about the river – matvā śiṣyo nadīṁ kaviṁ pṛcchati
    This is not the order of words in the answer but is it acceptable?

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    1. ======
      1) ‘patnī’ in 2 different ways.
      ======

      Here’s two different ways to write “tna” in devanāgarī: https://i.imgur.com/Yws9iBt.png

      Both are correct.

      ====
      2: I rewrote the sentence to say – Having thought, the student asks the poet about the river
      ====

      Perfect. That’s how I would’ve done it.

      Reply

  6. HI Andre
    is there a way to get the link which Shiva shared for the Bhagvat Geeta with Sandhi .
    I saved his link but unable to locate it .
    Thanks

    Reply

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