Learning Spoken Sanskrit: Samskrita Bharati conducts '10 days dedicated' Spoken Sanskrit workshop. They also have week-end classes for spoken Sanskrit.
+ Sanskrit Level 1 Online Course : http://www.chitrapurmath.net/sanskrit/step_by_step_level1.asp
+ Sanskrit Step By Step Level 2 Online Course : http://www.chitrapurmath.net/sanskrit/step_by_step_level2.asp
+ Samskrita Bharati : http://samskritabharati.in/
+ Samskrita Sandesha Monthly Magazine : http://samskritam.in/index.php
+ Most of the Indo-European languages are all derived from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-Iranian
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Learning in a Natural Way by Listening to Sanskrit:
In fact in Indian culture it is said that baby listens and learns even while inside the womb (Abhimanyu is said to have learnt how to enter the Chakra-vyuha in his mother's womb)
More commonly though babies learn language by listening to parents and relatives speak to them and around them.
They listen for few years before finally speaking in syllables, bi-syllables and finally words. Sentences and grammar follow later.
Similarly listening to more Sanskrit allows us to build the Shabda-Kosha and even absorb sentence structure etc intuitively.
If you ask a child speaking in his mother tongue why he speaks a sentence in such a manner he'll say it's the way my parents talk.
Theoretical grammar comes much later in school.
Most people speak correct sentences without being able to define the grammar of what they say.
Sidney Poitier (the Oscar winning actor) who played the lead role in 'To Sir with Love', followed a similar method of listening to the radio and repeating the sentences.
This helped him in replacing his Barbados accent with a polished British accent.
From my own experience in learning spoken Telugu:
I grew up in Hyderabad and was able to understand movies and conversations in school.
However, when speaking I found myself translating words instead of sentences.
Finally in my College-days, a kind friend helped me by putting up with my (initial) murder of Telugu language and suggesting stock-phrases instead of text-book like word-translations.
Listening to more hours of Sanskrit will help buildup a good number of stock-phrases.
It's also important to practise repeating the stock-phrases at your leisure till
a) they roll-off the tongue without pause and
b) put stress on the correct syllables to add the necessary emotional tones.
c) the speaker feels confident since the practise can be done in private.
This makes the sentences seem natural with suitable feel.
a) In Indian culture it is said that a baby listens and learns even while inside the womb (Abhimanyu is said to have learnt how to enter the Chakra-vyuha in his mother's womb).
b) More commonly though babies listen for few years to parents and relatives speak to them and around them.
Then they finally start speaking in syllables, bi-syllables and finally words. Sentences and grammar follow much later.
If you ask a child speaking in his mother tongue why he speaks a sentence in such a manner he'll say it's the way my parents talk.
c) Theoretical grammar comes much later in school.
Most people speak correct sentences without being able to define the grammar of what they say.
d) Though we are not babies, we still need to listen a lot before speaking becomes 'Sahaj'.
This way we'll tend to think in sentences rather than translating words from other languages.
Similarly listening to more Sanskrit allows us to build the Vakya-Kosha by absorbing entire sentences intuitively.
0) Daily Sanskrit Video News on Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/user/sanskritanews
1) Sanskrit Radio Google app for android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iHues.Sanskrit.radios&hl=en
2) All India Radio Sanskrit broadcasts : http://sanskritdocuments.org/sanskritnews.html
3) Navavani Sanskrit Radio : http://www.navavani.org/radio.php
4) Aurobindo Society's DivyVani Sanskrit Radio : www.divyvani.aurosociety.org
5) older Sanskrit news files in archives at text archive and MP3 audio archive.
6) Excellent collection of Sanskrit Resources on all topics and formats : http://sanskritlinks.blogspot.in
+ Sanskrit Level 1 Online Course : http://www.chitrapurmath.net/sanskrit/step_by_step_level1.asp
+ Sanskrit Step By Step Level 2 Online Course : http://www.chitrapurmath.net/sanskrit/step_by_step_level2.asp
+ Samskrita Bharati : http://samskritabharati.in/
+ Samskrita Sandesha Monthly Magazine : http://samskritam.in/index.php
+ Superb links on many Sanskrit topics : http://sanskritlinks.
+ Sanskrit writing pad in English : http://greenmesg.org/
+ 'The Importance of Learning Sanskrit by Chandragupta Varnekar : http://www.mh-31.com/nagpur/
+ Most of the Indo-European languages are all derived from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-Iranian
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Learning in a Natural Way by Listening to Sanskrit:
In fact in Indian culture it is said that baby listens and learns even while inside the womb (Abhimanyu is said to have learnt how to enter the Chakra-vyuha in his mother's womb)
More commonly though babies learn language by listening to parents and relatives speak to them and around them.
They listen for few years before finally speaking in syllables, bi-syllables and finally words. Sentences and grammar follow later.
Similarly listening to more Sanskrit allows us to build the Shabda-Kosha and even absorb sentence structure etc intuitively.
If you ask a child speaking in his mother tongue why he speaks a sentence in such a manner he'll say it's the way my parents talk.
Theoretical grammar comes much later in school.
Most people speak correct sentences without being able to define the grammar of what they say.
Sidney Poitier (the Oscar winning actor) who played the lead role in 'To Sir with Love', followed a similar method of listening to the radio and repeating the sentences.
This helped him in replacing his Barbados accent with a polished British accent.
From my own experience in learning spoken Telugu:
I grew up in Hyderabad and was able to understand movies and conversations in school.
However, when speaking I found myself translating words instead of sentences.
Finally in my College-days, a kind friend helped me by putting up with my (initial) murder of Telugu language and suggesting stock-phrases instead of text-book like word-translations.
Listening to more hours of Sanskrit will help buildup a good number of stock-phrases.
It's also important to practise repeating the stock-phrases at your leisure till
a) they roll-off the tongue without pause and
b) put stress on the correct syllables to add the necessary emotional tones.
c) the speaker feels confident since the practise can be done in private.
This makes the sentences seem natural with suitable feel.
a) In Indian culture it is said that a baby listens and learns even while inside the womb (Abhimanyu is said to have learnt how to enter the Chakra-vyuha in his mother's womb).
b) More commonly though babies listen for few years to parents and relatives speak to them and around them.
Then they finally start speaking in syllables, bi-syllables and finally words. Sentences and grammar follow much later.
If you ask a child speaking in his mother tongue why he speaks a sentence in such a manner he'll say it's the way my parents talk.
c) Theoretical grammar comes much later in school.
Most people speak correct sentences without being able to define the grammar of what they say.
d) Though we are not babies, we still need to listen a lot before speaking becomes 'Sahaj'.
This way we'll tend to think in sentences rather than translating words from other languages.
Similarly listening to more Sanskrit allows us to build the Vakya-Kosha by absorbing entire sentences intuitively.
0) Daily Sanskrit Video News on Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/user/sanskritanews
1) Sanskrit Radio Google app for android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iHues.Sanskrit.radios&hl=en
2) All India Radio Sanskrit broadcasts : http://sanskritdocuments.org/sanskritnews.html
3) Navavani Sanskrit Radio : http://www.navavani.org/radio.php
4) Aurobindo Society's DivyVani Sanskrit Radio : www.divyvani.aurosociety.org
5) older Sanskrit news files in archives at text archive and MP3 audio archive.
6) Excellent collection of Sanskrit Resources on all topics and formats : http://sanskritlinks.blogspot.in
Note: I'm not an adept at Sanskrit but really curious to find out about this super language. BTW Sanskrit is NOT a dead language. We use huge amounts of Sanskrit words in our regional languages which are like the branches of a mighty Banyan tree.
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These links are given for people to understand WHY Sanskrit is such a good language for computers. They're in easy English but very intuitively explained even non-programmers with logical mind can understand them after some reflection.
These things are just the tip of the ice-berg however as there are many features of Sanskrit which are beyond ordinary persons. Only a few of these are discussed in the amazing book "The Wonder That is Sanskrit" by Aurobindo Society - including Ciphers(Katapaya system), advanced checksums (Ghanapaath).
+ Superb article on What makes Sanskrit such a superb language : http://uttishthabharata.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/sanskrit
+ Super article on Similarities of Sanskrit and Programming Languages : http://uttishthabharata.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/sanskrit-programming
+ Sanskrit Dhatus - Basic Building Blocks of the Language : http://uttishthabharata.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/sanskrit-dhatus
+ Dhatu Roop or Roots of Sanskrit Language : http://www.hitxp.com/articles/sanskrit-lessons/dhatu-root-verbs-samskrit-grammar-dictionary/
+ Search for English words in Sanskrit dictionary : http://sanskritdict.20m.com/sanskrit.htm
+ List of Sanskrit Indian words found in English via Latin and Greek : http://www.hitxp.com/articles/culture/sanskrit-greek-english-latin-roman-words-derived-pie-proto-indo-european-language
+ Learning Sanskrit Videos : http://vimeo.com/user4149423/
+ Video on Nyaaya Shastra : http://samskritabharati.in/+ Video on Kaarakam Sanskrit Grammar : http://samskritabharati.in/
+ Sanskrit original granthas on Indian Classical Music : http://musicresearch.in/
+ Understand the meanings of Tyagaraja Lyrics : http://www.lyricaltyagaraja.
+ Themes in Tyagaraja lyrics : http://lyrical-thyagaraja.
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Samskrita Bharati
SamskritaBharatiFree Online Videos on Sanskrit at samskritabharati
Samskrit Bharati Store - Books, Audio and Video
Video - Amarakoshah
Video - Mana-pra-shaman-opayah
Video - Samvaadamaalaa
Video - Samskritabaalakendram
Audio - Geetasamskritam
Audio - Shishusamskritam
Audio - Sambhaashana-Samskritam
Book - Geetapraveshah (Part – 1)
Book - Aayurvedaparichayah
Book - Geetapraveshah (Part – 2a)
Book - Geetasopanam (Part – 1)
Book - Geetasopanam (Part – 2)
Book - Manah Tatprashamanopayashca
A collection of thousand familiar sentences with Hindi meaning.: Book - Samskritavyavahaarasaahasri(Hindi)
[Bangalore office] Samskrita Bharati “Aksharam” 8th cross, 2nd Main, Giri Nagar, Bangalore India – 560085 Phone: 080-26721052, 26722576, 26421152 Email :samskritam@gmail.com -- [Coordinator] Name: Veerabhadra Phone: +919035651730
Gita
All about Gita Shikshana KendramAudio
Learn Sanskrit using internet radioListen to the Daily All India Radio Sanskrit news broadcast
Listen to Sanskrit Audio Files
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Tutorials
Learn Paninian Grammar Easily by Organizing it in the original manner of PaniniLearn Sanskrit through the Gita ISKCON
Sanskrit Level 1 Online Course
Sanskrit Step By Step Level 2 Online Course
PDF - Aksharas Root Meaning of Sanskrit Words
Sanskrit FAQ
Book Sanskrit: An Appreciation Without Apprehension by Bharat S. Shah
Learn Sanskrit From a Fresh Approach with Lessons 1 to 100
SuSanskrit Learn Sanskrit through Hindi
Sanskrit Tutorials and Learning Tools
The Wonder That is Sanskrit
The Wonder That is Sanskrit - Multimedia CDs
Resurgent India - video from Sri Aurobindo Society
Super Excellent books on Sanskrit by Sri Aurobindo
Book stores
Bookstores for Sanskrit resourceschaukhamba sanskrit pratishthan oriental publisher website
Reference
PDF AmarakoshaPDF - The roots, verb-forms, and primary derivatives of the Sanskrit Language
Ancient Sanskrit (Chandas) online
Yaska's etymological book on Sanskrit words and their analysed meanings
Downloadable books (pdf, online, kindle, full text etc) of Nirukta
Easy to use Semantic notes on prefixes, suffixes and roots taken from the Nirukta
Online Sanskrit Dictionary
ALL sanskrit documents, audio online
Sanskrit Software
Sanskrit WordNet - NLP software with etymological word origin display
IIT Mumbai Centre for Indian Language TechnologiesSanskrit WordNet Software developed by iit mumbai Malhar Kulkarni and Pushpak Bhattacharya
Verbal Roots in Sanskrit Word Net - Paper at ACM Library
PDF - Introducing Sanskrit WordNet
PDF - Capability of Sanskrit WordNet
PPT - Introduction to Sanskrit Word Net
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