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:

• CH 5: 11 | 12
• CH 6: 13 | 14
• CH 7: 15 | 16

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!