पाठ्यक्रमः
Your Sanskrit course
Each lesson takes 3 to 8 minutes: watch, listen, understand, practise. Passing a lesson unlocks the next one.
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Level 0
संस्कृतपरिचयःSanskrit from zero
The language, the script, vowels, consonants, vowel signs and first words.
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परिचयः · Introduction
देवनागरी · The Devanagari script
स्वराः
Vowels
Short and long vowels, and the diphthongs.
व्यञ्जनानि
Consonants
Consonants arranged by where the mouth makes them.
मात्राः
Vowel signs
Consonant + vowel sign = syllable: क + ा = का.
शब्दपठनम्
Reading words
Read whole words with anusvāra, visarga, halant and conjuncts.
Level 1
प्रथमाः शब्दाःFirst words
Greetings, objects and pronouns.
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शब्दाः · Words
अभिवादनम्
Greetings
Polite words you will use every day.
वस्तूनि
Things around you
Book, water, fruit, house… and how words end.
सर्वनामानि · Pronouns
अहम् त्वम् च
I and you
First little sentences with अहम् and त्वम्.
सः सा तत्
He, she, it
Choosing the pronoun that matches a word’s gender.
Level 2
वचनं पुरुषः चNumber and person
Singular, dual and plural; the three persons.
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वचनम् · Number
एकवचनम्
One
Sanskrit counts in three ways. First: exactly one.
द्विवचनम्
Two
A special form for exactly two: the dual.
बहुवचनम्
Many
Three or more: the plural.
पुरुषः · Person
पुरुषः
Who is speaking?
उत्तम, मध्यम and प्रथम पुरुष, and the 3 × 3 grid.
Level 3
धातुः लट् चRoots and the present tense
Verb roots, the present tense and first sentences.
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धातवः · Verb roots
धातुः
The verb root
पठ्, लिख्, गम्, खाद्, पा: roots that carry the basic meaning.
मम प्रथमं संस्कृतवाक्यम्
My first Sanskrit sentence
Build "अहं पठामि" (I read), then त्वं पठसि and सः पठति.
सरलवाक्यानि
Simple sentences
Subject + verb, and subject + object + verb.
लट्लकारः
More present-tense forms
The full 3 × 3 table of गम्, dual included.
Level 4
लिङ्गं विभक्तिः चGender and case
Three genders, subject and object, and your first story.
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विभक्तिः · Case
लिङ्गम्
Grammatical gender
Masculine, feminine and neuter.
प्रथमा द्वितीया च
Subject and object
Who does it (प्रथमा) and to what (द्वितीया).
प्रथमा कथा
First story and review
Read a whole story, then review everything so far.
Level 5
दैनिकसंस्कृतम्Everyday Sanskrit
Numbers and questions.
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व्यवहारः · Everyday use
सङ्ख्याः
Numbers 1 to 10
One to ten, and the numbers that change with gender.
प्रश्नाः
Asking questions
कः, किम्, कुत्र, कदा, कथम् and negation with न.
Level 6
लकाराःThe five core lakāras
लृट्, लङ्, लोट्, विधिलिङ्: future, past, commands and advice.
Level 7
सर्वाः विभक्तयःAll cases and kārakas
The instrumental through the vocative, and sentence analysis.
Meanwhile, these tools already work in full:
Open the Vibhakti explorerOpen the Shabdarūpa labOpen Kāraka diagramsLevel 8
सन्धिः समासः चSandhi and compounds
Vowel, consonant and visarga sandhi; the six kinds of compound.
Level 9
कृदन्तं तद्धितं चParticiples, derivatives and prefixes
क्त, क्तवतु, शतृ, तुमुन्, क्त्वा, ल्यप्… and verbal prefixes.
Meanwhile, these tools already work in full:
Open the Pratyaya labLevel 10
साहित्यपठनम्Reading classical texts
Proverbs, tales and original texts with grammatical help.
Meanwhile, these tools already work in full:
Read the stories