Description
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: Completion of Beginner Phase of CPSP- (SAN0101-SAN0104), SAN0201
Faculty / Instructor: Sri Srinath Chakravarty
Quarter Offered: Winter 2022
Start Date: January 13, 2022
End Date: March 24, 2022
Day: Every Thursday
Time: 08:00 pm EST – 09:30 pm EST
