Life Skills
Communicative Sanskrit Course
About the Course
Effectively communicating through Sanskrit remains a highly desirable skill. This course will helps you to learn an ancient language with four steps like listening, speaking, reading and writing. Also helps you to chant Sanskrit slokas.
Course Objectives
- To gain confidence in communicating through Sanskrit.
- To familiars with an ancient language and its literature.
- To know various shlokas to develop self confidence and personality.
Target Audience
- Students
- Faculty Members
- Staffs and their family members.
Have Any Question?
In case of any query, please reach out.
- ces@iitjammu.ac.in
Course Modules
- Historical significance and role of Sanskrit in ancient Indian culture.
- Role of Sanskrit in the development of Indo-European languages.
- Influence of Sanskrit on ancient Indian culture, literature, and philosophy.
- Introduction to the Devanagari script.
- Explanation of basic vowels and consonants.
- Reading and writing simple Sanskrit words.
- Introduction to nouns (nāma) and their three genders.
- Discussion of singular and plural forms.
- Noun cases (vibhakti) and their roles.
- Introduction to verbs (kriyā) and their importance in sentences.
- Conjugation of simple present tense verbs for different
persons.
- Forming simple sentences using nouns and verbs.
- Introduction to subject (kartṛ) and predicate (kriyā) in
sentences. - Building a basic vocabulary for everyday communication.
- Introduction to cardinal and ordinal numbers.
- Counting objects, people, and more.
- Use of numbers in various contexts.
- Building a simple vocabulary for daily communication.
- Constructing basic phrases and sentences.
- Greetings, introductions, and common expressions.
- Engaging in simple dialogues and practicing spoken Sanskrit.
- Applying learned concepts to create a short dialogue or
paragraph in Sanskrit. - Reflecting on the journey and discussing the continued
exploration of Sanskrit.
About the Instructor
Biswarup Bej
Biswarup Bej as a Sanskrit Language Instructor at IIT Jammu who is appointed here from Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi.