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!

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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