About the Lessons The series of twelve lessons is aimed at giving the student a reasonably good introduction to the language. The student will be able to frame sentences relating to daily activities in life and thus will gain enough confidence to converse in Sanskrit though with a smaller vocabulary to begin with. The structure of the lessons is quite different from that of lessons found in conventional Sanskrit primers. It is hoped that the twelve lessons would provide enough details for the student to understand the basic grammar of Sanskrit and sentence formation rules. Background required for following the Lessons The approach taken here does not assume any knowledge of Sanskrit on the part of the student. The student is also not required to know the Devanagari Script. It is assumed that he/she is familiar with the terminology of English Grammar. Children may also be able to follow the lessons, if parents are able to explain to them the meaning of the grammatical terms used in the lessons. The Devanagari text will be shown along with Roman Transliteration using standard diacritical marks to help understand the pronunciation of the letters and words. Get started here http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/sanskrit/tutor.php
The series of twelve lessons is aimed at giving the student a reasonably good introduction to the language. The student will be able to frame sentences relating to daily activities in life and thus will gain enough confidence to converse in Sanskrit though with a smaller vocabulary to begin with. The structure of the lessons is quite different from that of lessons found in conventional Sanskrit primers. It is hoped that the twelve lessons would provide enough details for the student to understand the basic grammar of Sanskrit and sentence formation rules.
Background required for following the Lessons
The approach taken here does not assume any knowledge of Sanskrit on the part of the student. The student is also not required to know the Devanagari Script. It is assumed that he/she is familiar with the terminology of English Grammar. Children may also be able to follow the lessons, if parents are able to explain to them the meaning of the grammatical terms used in the lessons. The Devanagari text will be shown along with Roman Transliteration using standard diacritical marks to help understand the pronunciation of the letters and words.
Get started here http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/sanskrit/tutor.php
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