Sanskrit (Saṃskṛta) - Read, Write, Pronounce & Transliterate

Everything you need to know to begin Saṃskṛta, Special Attention on Pronouncing each and every Letter with Examples.

What you'll learn
You will be able to - Learn Devanāgarī Lipi – Devanāgarī Script; the script in which Saṃskṛta is written.
You will be able to - Learn How to Read Saṃskṛta.
You will be able to - Learn How to Write Saṃskṛta.
You will be able to - Learn How to Pronounce Saṃskṛta.
Some Modern Pronunciation Defect and their corrections.
You will be able to - Learn How to Transliterate Saṃskṛta.
You will be able to - Learn to read, Write, Pronounce and transliterate any texts in Saṃskṛta .
Pronounce any Mantra, Śloka, Stotra etc. correctly as per the Indian Ancient Tradition.
One gets full benefit of chanting any Mantra, Śloka, Stotra etc. when pronounced correctly.
Cultivate love for chanting.
Train your ears to listen to chanting. Create awareness for corrects sounds.
Take your understanding of Saṃskṛta to the next level !
Raise your consciousness to higher planes by chanting in correct way.
Increase your memory power. Sharpen your intellect.
It looks like unbelievable goal ! But by help from amazing teacher, Dr. Rajani Pradhan you will be able to achieve it !
Nothing is impossible ! You have the ability to do it ! Realize it with this wonderful course !
Thousands of students in many countries. Experience of more than 24 years of chanting and teaching.
Live interactions with students on various platforms.
Handbook on entire course material.
Wonderful audios of Pātañjali’s YogaSūtras, Śrīmad-Bhagavad-Gītā, Ślokas, Mantras, stotras etc used in this course.
Many have done it ! So, can you!! ! Identify your potentials and bring them to LIFE !!!
Saṃskṛta is there in each and every one of us ! All we have to do is just ignite the process and the fire will emerge and purify our minds !
Saṃskṛta Purifies our speech !
Saṃskṛta Purifies our mind !
Saṃskṛta Purifies our life !
Certificate will be awarded on completion of the course.
Requirements
If you are already chanting something it will be an added advantage.
Notebook and pen to make notes.
Good Speakers / Headphones to listen to the course material, Saṃskṛta chanting.
Description
- Students will learn and Practice how to Read, Write, Pronounce & Transliterate the letters of Devanāgarī lipi (script), Vowels and Consonants (Svaras and Vyañjanas) of Devanāgarī script, the script in which Saṃskṛta is written.- Students will learn to Read, Write, Pronounce & Transliterate letters, words, verses, prose in any text of Saṃskṛta.- Students will be able to recognize each and every letter of the Devanāgarī script in text.- Students will be able to reproduce by writing and pronouncing each and every letter of the Devanāgarī script.- Saṃskṛta is written in Devanāgarī Lipi (script), this course will have a basic understanding and practice of Sthāna (place) of the sound production of the Devanāgarī Akṣaras (Letters).- Chanting and practice of reading, writing, Pronouncing & Transliterating a few words, mantras and Ślokas etc.- Chanting of a few a few Mantras.- Chanting of a few Pātañjalayogasūtras.- Chanting of a few Ślokas of ŚrīmadBhagavadGītā.- Chanting of a few Stotras.- This Course will have will begin with simple rules of Saṃskṛta. We will have the knowledge of the Saṃskṛta Akṣaras (letters) and how to read, write, pronounce and transliterate them. The sound production process of Saṃskṛta is very smooth flowing process. It flows like a waterfall or like a river following natural inclination for movement. It is the travel of the prāṇa from in to out. The contact of different parts of mouth, tongue, teeth, lips and nasal cavity creates the sounds. We will concentrate on learning the letters and words properly.- Basic understanding and practice of Sthāna / place of the sound production of the Saṃskṛta Akṣaras:o ‘Kaṇṭhaḥ’ - Guttural sounds,o ‘Tālu’ - Palatal sounds,o ‘Mūrdhā’ - Retroflexes,o ‘Dantaḥ’ - Dentals,o ‘Oṣṭhaḥ’ - Labials,o Nāsikā - nasals,o Kaṇṭhatālu - Guttural - Palatal sounds,o Kaṇṭhoṣṭham - Guttural - Labial sounds,o Dantoṣṭham - Dental - Labial sounds etc.- This program is purported to help in learning Saṃskṛta as per the Śāstra (the original traditional ways), thereby leading to their grasping.- And, to make original Saṃskṛta texts modern-student-friendly without violating the traditional Vyākaraṇa(grammatical) norms and rules.- This Course is purported to help in initiation into reading, writing, pronouncing, reciting, chanting and transliterating Saṃskṛta as per the Śāstra, thereby leading to their understanding, with a view to make it simple and render the Śuddha-pāṭha (the correct text).- To bring the participants close to the original Saṃskṛta Śāstra and help in making friends with it.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Making a start with ‘Saṃskṛta - Read, Write, Pronounce & Transliterate’!

Lecture 2 शांति-पाठ - The Peace Invocation

Lecture 3 Your Handbook for the course Saṃskṛta - Read, Write, Pronounce & Transliterate

Section 2: Introduction to Saṃskṛta

Lecture 4 बोधदीपं प्रदर्शये - Lighting a Lamp to begin our studies of Saṃskṛta

Lecture 5 ‘देवभाषा संस्कृत’ ‘Saṃskṛta, the Devabhaṣā’

Lecture 6 गीताध्यानम् - Gītā-Dhyānam

Section 3: Introduction to Letters – Svaras & Vyañjanas

Lecture 7 Introduction to वर्ण / अक्षर – Letters

Lecture 8 Introduction to ‘वर्ण / अक्षर – स्वर & व्यञ्जन’ – the Letters – Vowels and Conso

Section 4: Letters – Svaras

Lecture 9 Letters – Svaras अ & आ

Lecture 10 Letters – Svaras इ & ई

Lecture 11 Letters – Svaras उ & ऊ

Lecture 12 Letters – Svara ऋ & ॠ

Lecture 13 Letters – Svaras ए & ऐ

Lecture 14 Letters – Svaras ओ & औ

Lecture 15 Example 'अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा' for Practice of Letters – Svaras

Section 5: Ayogavāhas

Lecture 16 letters अयोगवाह – अनुस्वार, Ayogavāha - Anusvāra

Lecture 17 letters - Ayogavāha - Visarga

Lecture 18 Example 'नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि' for Practice of Ayogavāha - Anusvāra & Visar

Section 6: Letters – Vyañjanas

Lecture 19 Letters – Vyañjanas of 'क' वर्ग Part 1

Lecture 20 Letters – Vyañjanas of 'क' वर्ग Part 2

Lecture 21 Example 'बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह' for Letters – Vyañjanas of 'क' वर्ग

Lecture 22 Letters – Vyañjanas of 'च' वर्ग Part 1

Lecture 23 Letters – Vyañjanas of 'च' वर्ग Part 2

Lecture 24 Letters – Vyañjanas of 'ट' वर्ग

Lecture 25 Letters – Vyañjanas of 'त' वर्ग

Lecture 26 Letters – Vyañjanas of 'प' वर्ग Part 1

Lecture 27 Letters – Vyañjanas of 'प' वर्ग Part 2

Lecture 28 Letters – Vyañjanas - 5th Letters of all the Vargas Part 1

Lecture 29 Letters – Vyañjanas - 5th Letters of all the Vargas Part 2

Lecture 30 Revision of five Vargas

Lecture 31 Letters – Vyañjanas अन्तःस्थाः Antaḥsthāḥ - य, र, ल & व

Lecture 32 Letters – Vyañjanas ऊष्मः Ūṣmāḥ - श, ष, स & ह

Lecture 33 Example 'सर्वे भवन्तु' for Practice of Letters

Section 7: Letters – हलन्त - Halanta

Lecture 34 Halanta - 'क' वर्ग Part 1

Lecture 35 Halanta - 'क' वर्ग Part 2

Lecture 36 Halanta - 'च' वर्ग

Lecture 37 Halanta - 'ट' वर्ग

Lecture 38 Halanta - 'त' वर्ग Part 1

Lecture 39 Halanta - 'त' वर्ग Part 2

Lecture 40 Halanta - 'प' वर्ग

Lecture 41 Halanta - अन्तःस्थाः

Lecture 42 Halanta - ऊष्माणः

Lecture 43 Halant - ‘क्ष’

Lecture 44 Halanta Special attention to - Letter ‘र’

Section 8: Variation in Shape of some Letters

Lecture 45 Variation in the Shape of some Letters

Section 9: Letters – How to indicate Mātrās of Svaras is complete

Lecture 46 Introduction - How to Indicate Mātrās of Svaras on the Vyañjanas 1

Lecture 47 Introduction - How to Indicate Mātrās of Svaras on the Vyañjanas 2

Lecture 48 Transliteration of Mātrās of Svaras on the Vyañjanas

Lecture 49 How to indicate Mātrās 1

Lecture 50 How to indicate Mātrās Part 2

Lecture 51 How to indicate Mātrās 3

Lecture 52 How to indicate Mātrās - Mātrās of Svaras on all Vyañjanas Part 4

Lecture 53 How to indicate Mātrās - Mātrās of Svaras on all Vyañjanas Part 5

Lecture 54 How to Indicate Mātrās of Svaras on the Vyañjanas - Recap

Lecture 55 How to Indicate Mātrās of Svaras on the Vyañjanas - Summary

Lecture 56 Prayer to Sage Patañjali योगेन चित्तस्य पदेन वाचां Yogena cittasya padena vācāṃ

Section 10: Saṃyogākṣara

Lecture 57 संयोगाक्षर - Saṃyogākṣara 1

Lecture 58 संयोगाक्षर - Saṃyogākṣara 2

Lecture 59 संयोगाक्षर - Saṃyogākṣara 3

Lecture 60 Example 'धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे' for संयोगाक्षर - Saṃyogākṣara

Lecture 61 'संयोगाक्षर - श्र' 'Saṃyogākṣara Śra'

Section 11: अवग्रह - Avagrahga

Lecture 62 अवग्रह - Avagrahga

Section 12: Svaras & Vyañjanas- Summary

Lecture 63 Letters – Svaras & Vyañjanas- Summary

Lecture 64 साधना पञ्चकम् Sādhanā Pañcakaṃ

Section 13: उच्चारण-स्थान The place of Pronunciation of Letter in the Oral Cavity

Lecture 65 Introduction to उच्चारण-स्थान Place of Pronunciation of Letters in Oral Cavity

Lecture 66 'उच्चारण-स्थान' कण्ठ - Kaṇṭha, Place of Pronunciation of 'कु' in Oral cavity

Lecture 67 'उच्चारण-स्थान' तालु - Tālu, Place of Pronunciation of 'चु' in Oral cavity

Lecture 68 'उच्चारण-स्थान' मूर्धा - Mūrdha, Place of Pronunciation of 'टु' in Oral Cavity

Lecture 69 'उच्चारण-स्थान' - दन्त - Danta, The place of Pronunciation of 'तु' in the Oral

Lecture 70 'उच्चारण-स्थान' - ओष्ठ - Oṣṭha, The place of Pronunciation of 'पु' in the Oral

Lecture 71 'उच्चारण-स्थान' - कण्ठतालु - Kaṇṭhatālu, The place of Pronunciation of 'ए' & 'ऐ

Lecture 72 उच्चारण-स्थान-कण्ठौष्ठम् Kaṇṭhauṣṭham, Pronunciation of 'ओ' & 'औ' in Oral Cavity

Lecture 73 उच्चारण-स्थान-दन्तोष्ठम् dantoṣṭham Pronunciation of 'व' in the Oral Cavity

Lecture 74 Special Attention to some letters - 'ज्ञ' - Jña

Lecture 75 Special Attention to some letters - 'क्ष' - Kṣa

Lecture 76 Special Attention to some letters - 'ऋ' & 'र'

Lecture 77 Summary 'उच्चारण-स्थान' - The place of Pronunciation in the Oral Cavity

Section 14: विसर्ग - Visarga

Lecture 78 Introduction to विसर्ग - Visarga

Lecture 79 How to Pronounce 'विसर्ग + श' - 'Visarga + Śa'

Lecture 80 How to Pronounce 'विसर्ग + च' - 'Visarga + Ca'

Lecture 81 How to Pronounce 'विसर्ग + ष' - 'Visarga + Ṣa'

Lecture 82 How to Pronounce 'विसर्ग + स' - 'Visarga + Sa'

Section 15: जिह्वाजूलीय - Jihvāmūlīya

Lecture 83 जिह्वाजूलीय - Jihvāmūlīya 1

Lecture 84 जिह्वाजूलीय - Jihvāmūlīya 2

Section 16: उपध्मानीय - Upadhmānīya

Lecture 85 उपध्मानीय - Upadhmānīya 1

Lecture 86 उपध्मानीय - Upadhmānīya 2

Section 17: अनुस्वार – Anusvāra

Lecture 87 Introduction to अनुस्वार – Anusvāra

Lecture 88 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + कु' – 'Anusvāra + ku' 1

Lecture 89 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + कु' – 'Anusvāra + ku' 2

Lecture 90 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + चु' – 'Anusvāra + cu'

Lecture 91 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + टु' – 'Anusvāra + ṭu'

Lecture 92 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + तु' – 'Anusvāra + tu'

Lecture 93 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + पु' – 'Anusvāra + pu'

Lecture 94 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + य' – 'Anusvāra + ya'

Lecture 95 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + र' – 'Anusvāra + ra'

Lecture 96 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + ल' – 'Anusvāra + la'

Lecture 97 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + व' – 'Anusvāra + va'

Lecture 98 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + श' – 'Anusvāra + śa'

Lecture 99 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + ष' – 'Anusvāra + ṣa'

Lecture 100 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + स' – 'Anusvāra + sa'

Lecture 101 How to Pronounce 'अनुस्वार + ह' – 'Anusvāra + ha'

Lecture 102 Summary of अनुस्वार – Anusvāra

Lecture 103 साधना पञ्चकम् Sādhanā Pañcakam

Section 18: Some Pronunciation Mistakes / Defects

Lecture 104 Some Pronunciation Mistakes/Defects – not Pronouncing the ‘ह्रस्व अकार’ properly

Lecture 105 Some Pronunciation Mistakes  Defects – not Pronouncing the ‘अनुस्वार’ properly

Lecture 106 Some Pronunciation Mistakes / Defects – Pronouncing the ‘फ as फ़’ – ‘pha as fa’

Lecture 107 Some Pronunciation Mistakes/Defects – not Pronouncing ‘श & ष’ ‘Śa & Ṣa’ properly

Lecture 108 Some Pronunciation Mistakes  Defects – Pronouncing the ‘Va’ as ‘Wa’

Section 19: Summary of the course

Lecture 109 Summary of the course

Lecture 110 'सर्व धर्मान्परित्यज्य'

Lecture 111 Credits for the Course

No prior knowledge of Saṃskṛta is required. Absolute Freshers can take this course.,This course is the very first step towards knowing / studying any text in Saṃskṛta.,For those who know already know Saṃskṛta language little bit and want to learn the correct way to pronounce each and every letter and texts in Saṃskṛta.,For those who wish to chant any text in Saṃskṛta.,For Singers, who may be getting chance to sing Saṃskṛta Mantras, Ślokas, Stotras etc. this course will give complete guidance on Pronunciation of Saṃskṛta.,For Actors, who wish to know exact way of Pronouncing each and every letter of Devanāgarī Script.