Course Structure
This course is structured in the form of one Quarter (10 weeks, 1.5 hours per week). Students will take an exam at the end of the course during the 11th week. Structured innovatively using the curriculum and textbooks designed by Samskrita Bharati USA (SBusa.org), the course will be based upon material contained in the SB – USA – published book, “SUVAANEE”, augmented with other appropriate course content.
This course is structured to allow a beginner-level student to start listening, writing, and reading the DevanAgari Script through a streamlined set of exercises.
Required / Elective: Required
Program of Study: Beginner Level Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency
Area of Study: Sanskrit Studies
Prerequisites: None
Faculty / Instructor: Sri Chandrashekhar Raghu
Quarter Offered: Spring 2021
Start Date: 13th, April 2021
End Date: 22nd, June 2021
Day: Tuesday
Time: 08:00 pm EST – 09:30 pm EST
Course Content:
This course is the first course in an eight-course sequence, which constitutes the Certificate Program in Sanskrit through the Bhagavad Geeta offered by Hindu University of America. It provides an alternative route to achieving Sanskrit Proficiency. It enables students to learn both the Bhagavad Geeta through the Sanskrit Language, and the Sanskrit Language through the Bhagavad Geeta. In this course, the Faculty will lead the students verse by verse, in sequence through the Bhagavad Geeta, while simultaneously unfolding both the meanings of the verses as well as the nuances of the language.
This course will introduce students to the following elements of the Sanskrit language: verbal roots (dhatu), nouns, pronouns – first, second, and third-person usage, different forms of verbs, i.e., tenses – past, present, and future, cases (vibhakti), and common sentence formation and structure used in the Bhagavad Geeta.
Learning Objectives:
In this course, students will be able to relate to words and expressions from the Bhagavad Geeta in the following areas:
- Use of pronouns, persons, and numbers.
- Recognize common Sanskrit words, prepositions, and phrases.
- Discover building blocks of the language through everyday conversation.
- Understand the use of the 2nd and 6th case-endings and words ending with a vowel.
- Identify and use verbal roots (dhatu) and their different forms according to the tenses
Required / Elective: Required
Prerequisites: Admission into the Certificate Program in Sanskrit through Bhagavad Geeta (CSBG)
Faculty / Instructor: Dr. Padmakumar Korattiyadath / Dr. Laxmi Sharma
Time: 08:00 pm EST to 09:30 pm EST
Day: Monday & Thursday
Start Date: 12th April 2021
End Date: 20th June 2021
Quarter Offered: Spring 2021
Course Content:
- The fifth declension / Ablative case for pronouns
- Introduction to Ayurveda
- The sixth declension / Genitive case, the ktavatu usage, gerunds
- Introduction to BhAgavatam
- Wise sayings and their meanings in Sanskrit
- The seventh declension / Locative case
Learning Objectives: In this course, students will be able to:
- Analyze noun and verb structures of verses and proverbs;
- Recognize passages from popular Sanskrit texts; and
- Paraphrase using grammatically correct Sanskrit.
Required / Elective: Required
Area of Study: Sanskrit Studies
Program of Study: Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency (CP SP)
Prerequisites: Successful completion of SAN-1003
Faculty / Instructor: Sri Chandrashekhar Raghu
Co- Faculty: Dr. Laxmi Sharma
Quarter Offered: Winter 2021
Start Date: January 13th, 2021
End Date: March 22nd, 2021
Day: Every Wednesday & Friday
Time: 08:00 pm EST – 09:30 pm EST
Course Content:
- Study and use of the DevanAgari script, Origin of the sounds, Pronunciations
- Simple introductions and greetings
- Pronouns (sarvanAmapadAni), Persons (puruShAH), Numbers (vachanAni), and Gender (lingAH)
- Indeclinables (avyayAni)
- Simple conversations
- Numbers in Sanskrit, 1 through 100
- Common verbs
- Interrogative words
- Introduction to the simple present tense and the past tense
- Direct addressing (sambodhanam) – the Vocative case
- Expanding the vocabulary through nouns, pronouns, and verbs
Learning Objectives: In this course, students will be able to:
- Articulate the fundamental sounds that comprise Sanskrit pronunciation;
- Recognize common Sanskrit words and phrases;
- Discover building blocks of the language through everyday conversation; and
- Identify and use basic structures like numbers, tenses, simple verbs, and other parts of speech.
Required / Elective: Required
Program of Study: Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency (CP SP)
Area of Study: Sanskrit Studies
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Devanagari alphabets and combination letters
Faculty / Instructor: Sri Chandrashekhar Raghu
Co – Faculty: Dr. Laxmi Sharma
Start Date: TBD
End Date: TBD
Day: TBD
Time: TBD
Quarter Offered: TBD
