Samskritam (Sanskrit)

To gain an understanding of :

• The Sanskrit sound system and script.
• Basic vocabulary – things, animals, numbers, etc …
• Simple conversational sentences.
• Nouns, pronouns, numbers, gender, case etc …
• Verbs – tenses, moods, participals etc …
• Sentence structures.
• Adjectives and adverbs.
• Saandhi – ellision and scansion variations in pronunciation when words are spoken together.
• Simple subhashitanis. These are wise sayings or proverbs relating to correct action in life.
• Simple prose reading and comprehension.
• Simple word building and the compounding of words.
• The derivation and importance of the names of common yogasana.