Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Based on “Introduction to Sanskrit” by Thomas Egenes.

Table of Contents:

NEW! Complete Sanskrit Grammar in a Fancy Table (IAST & देवनागरी)

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 | 60 | 61
  • CH 22: Sanskrit origins | Past passive participle (-ed) | Verb class 3 | Reduplication | Prefix (su, dus).
    62 | 63
  • CH 23: Suffix (-in) | More Verb class 3 | Verb class 7.
    64 | 65
  • CH 24: Periphrastic Future | Future Passive Participle (Gerundive) | Verb class 5.
    66 | 67

SEMESTER 4:

  • CH 25: Pronominal Adjective | Verb Class 2 & 9 | Summary of 10 Verb Classes
    68
  • CH 26: Perfect | Optative | Interrogative & Indefinite Pronouns
    69
  • CH 27: Stems ending in c/t/d | Infinitive (‘to go') | ‘This' (etad)
    70
  • CH 28: Present Participle (-ing)
    71
  • CH 29: Causative | ‘This' (idam)
    72
  • CH 30: Suffixes | Adverbs | Desiderative (He wants to eat)
    73
  • CH 31: Intensive | Denominative | Aorist | Conditional | Past Participle | Future Participle | Cardinal Numbers
    74

Course has concluded!

Lesson 1 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Summary: What's covered: First 6 vowels in devanāgarī. How verb formed. Verbs √gam, √prach. Word for “and”. And how to make basic sentence. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) –…

Lesson 1 & 2 Revision: Sanskrit for Beginners Course

Summary: This video involves active participation. Reserve 1 hour. It revises lesson 1/2 grammar, vocabulary, devanāgarī letters, and new consonants. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes –…

Intro to Lesson 3 – Residential Sanskrit Course

Summary: This session tests your knowledge in Lesson 1-2 fundamentals. Then introduces Lesson 3 with a new verse, plurals, vocabulary and more devanāgarī letters. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed)…
thomas egenes sanskrit introduction

Intro to Lesson 4 – Residential Sanskrit Course

Summary: We can now say “Man goes to the horse”. Welcome to Lesson 4, where we learn two noun cases (or declensions) of nominative & accusative. Our vocabulary expands further….

Lesson 3 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course

  Summary: What's covered: Sanskrit basics. Start of book's Lesson 3. Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part One Resources: Textbook PDF file used in class….

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…

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 51 – Sanskrit for Beginners Course: Imperative

Summary: New verse. Imperative (He/she/it MUST go!) Source: Introduction to Sanskrit (4th Ed) – Thomas Egenes – Part Two This session deals with: CH19, PG 11-12. Imperative: loṭ लोट् Think…

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 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: Concept: Dog bites the man.  > PASSIVE:…

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 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:…

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 ???

  2. 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

  3. 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?

    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.

  4. 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

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