Learn Sanskrit through
self-study
Interactive on-line lessons
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Brief note on the lessons
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The information
provided in this page is a revised version of the text presented at this
site when the Learn Sanskrit through Self Study series was started in October
1997. Though at that time the members of Samskritapriyah were very optimistic
about completing the series within a few months, several factors resulted
in delays that amounted to almost three years. The Multilingual software
from IIT Madras was being enhanced to provide additional flexibility in
viewing and printing and the members felt that giving a complete series
was important, even if it meant delays. The encouraging responses which
continued to be received had established the usefulness of the first
four lessons but many had wondered if Samskritapriyah had given up on completing
the lessons. Fortunately, the lessons had all been prepared and were
only waiting to be displayed in the new format.
The full set of twelve
lessons is now presented along with a lot of reference information and
glossaries. An on-line Sanskrit dictionary is also included as well as
the full text of the Bhagavadgita with concordances and word meanings.
Viewers who would like to interact with Samskritapriyah are encouraged
to use email in Devanagari and correspond with
the members, or from time to time use the chat facility which allows Devanagari
text to be included. Off-line
reading of the lessons is also provided for and viewers may download
the lessons in an appropriate form. Links on the right may be used
to advantage.
The first of these Lessons
was put on the web on Oct.11, 1997, which was Vijayadasami Day, probably
the most appropriate day to begin the lessons. Considering the fact
that the series is now complete, the delay of three years may kindly be
condoned.
Portions of the lessons will
be shown as images on your web browser. Therefore, it will be necessary
for you to enable loading of inline images (gif images). It is possible
to download the lessons and study the same off-line. The link provided
on the right would allow viewers to download the Multilingual software
for this purpose.
Note on Sound files
For the benefit of the students,
we have tried to make available sound files which can be heard on systems
supporting sound. Typically, this means that you should have a sound card
or appropriate sound hardware on your computer.
The web browsers are capable
of automatically invoking the sound playing programs when you click on
the links for sound. It is possible that your web browser is already configured
to correctly identify this program and so you should hear the sound when
you click on the sound links.
However, owing to the variety
of sound file formats, it is possible that what you hear is not what was
intended to be heard! Such problems continue to confront us since very
few agree on what we would like to call "people's standards". Sound
files in the Real Audio format are now reasonably standard and most web
browsers can invoke the Real player program to play the audio files.
The sound files included here conform to the Real Audio format. Please
make sure that your web browser is configured to handle this format.
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Contents
Introduction
to the Devanagari Script: (Oct.11, 1997)
Revised
: Feb. 2001
Lesson
1: (Oct.30, 1997)
Revised:
Feb. 2001
Lesson
2: (Nov.14, 1997)
Revised:
Feb. 2001
Lesson
3: (Dec.24, 1997)
Revised:
Feb. 2001
A
very short quiz
Revised
Mar. 2001
Lesson
4: (Feb.27,1998)
Revised:
Feb. 2001
Lesson
5: (Aug. 8, 2001)
First
version
Lesson
6: (Aug. 10, 2001)
(First
version)
Lesson
7: (Aug. 29, 2001)
(First
Version)
Lesson
8: (Aug. 31, 2001)
(First
Version)
Lesson
9: (Sep. 30, 2001)
(First
Version)
Lesson
10: (Oct.25, 2001)
(First
Version)
Lesson
11: (Oct. 22, 2001)
(First
Version)
Lesson
12: (Oct. 22, 2001)
(First
Version)
(The first twelve in the originally
envisaged set of lessons have now been placed here in these pages. The members
of Samskritapriyah express their gratitude to all the readers who sent
messages of encouragement. We started the lessons on Vijayadasami Day in 1997. We are fortunate in that we are able to offer the full series on a Vijayadasami Day again (Oct.27, 2001).
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