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SELF-STUDY

SKT 100a | The Devanāgarī Seminar

This course is designed to teach you the Sanskrit alphabet, the Devanāgarī "script" within just 6 weeks or less.
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SKT 100b | Sanskrit for Yogis

This course provides a clear and accessible introduction to Sanskrit—designed especially for yoga teachers and practitioners. Along with SKT 100a, it makes for a great preparation for our SKT Elementary series.
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SKT 101 | Elementary Sanskrit I

This is the first of three terms for our renowned online Elementary Sanskrit program with Dr. Antonia Ruppel. In this three-term sequence spanning 9 months, you will be introduced to all regular Sanskrit grammar, will acquire a vocabulary of ar...
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SKT 102 | Elementary Sanskrit II

This is the second of three terms for our renowned online Elementary Sanskrit program with Dr. Antonia Ruppel. In this three-term sequence spanning 9 months, you will be introduced to all regular Sanskrit grammar, will acquire a vocabulary of a...
COMING JAN 2025

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SKT 103 | Elementary Sanskrit III

This is the third of three terms for our renowned online Elementary Sanskrit program with Dr. Antonia Ruppel. In this three-term sequence spanning 9 months, you will be introduced to all regular Sanskrit grammar, will acquire a vocabulary of ar...
COMING MAY 2025

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SKT 201 | Intermediate Sanskrit I

This course builds on our foundational Elementary Sanskrit program and provides students the opportunity to reinforce the principles of Sanskrit grammar, build vocabulary, and gain more confidence through reading original Sanskrit texts.
COMING SEP 2025

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SKT 202 | Intermediate Sanskrit II

This course builds on our foundational Elementary Sanskrit program and provides students the opportunity to reinforce the principles of Sanskrit grammar, build vocabulary, and gain more confidence through reading original Sanskrit texts.
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SKT 203 | Intermediate Sanskrit III

This course builds on our foundational Elementary Sanskrit program and provides students the opportunity to reinforce the principles of Sanskrit grammar, build vocabulary, and gain more confidence through reading original Sanskrit texts.
COMING JAN 2025

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SKT 204 | Spoken Sanskrit I

This is the first of two courses in Spoken Sanskrit. This series of courses takes a natural approach to learning Sanskrit. As a baby learns language for the first time by being immersed in it without the scaffolding of grammar, students too wil...
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SKT 205 | Spoken Sanskrit II

This is the second of two courses in Spoken Sanskrit. This series of courses takes a natural approach to learning Sanskrit. As a baby learns language for the first time by being immersed in it without the scaffolding of grammar, students too wi...
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SKT 301 | PātaƱjalayogaśāstra: Pāda 1

This course offers the opportunity for students with basic knowledge of Sanskrit to gain access to the Pātañjalayogaśāstra by reading and interpreting selected sÅ«tra and bhāį¹£ya passages from the first chapter of this work.
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SKT 302 | PātaƱjalayogaśāstra: Pāda 2

This course offers the opportunity for students with basic knowledge of Sanskrit to gain access to the Pātañjalayogaśāstra by reading and interpreting selected sÅ«tra and bhāį¹£ya passages from the second chapter of this work.
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SKT 303 | Vedic Sanskrit

This course will introduce students to the vast and ancient world of Vedic Sanskrit. It is aimed at a student competent in Classical Sanskrit. The course modules will introduce students to a range of readings in Vedic Sanskrit that grow in diff...
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SKT 304 | Vedic Sanskrit: Defense Against the Dark Arts

This course is aimed at a student competent in both Classical and Vedic Sanskrit. The topic of this course is primarily the mantras of the Paippalāda Atharvāį¹…girasa, or the words of the Atharvans and the Aį¹…girases, the name given to the Atharva...
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SKT 305 | Introduction to Pāį¹‡inian Grammar

This course will give students a taste of real śāstra studyā€”the systematic study of a subject in the traditional Sanskrit worldā€”by taking them through a simple and organized introduction to vyākaraį¹‡a. Though it is introductory in nature, the de...
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SKT 306 | Pāį¹‡inian Grammar Level II

This course is a continuation from SKT 305 where we studied the sārvadhātuka architecture of word formation. In this course, we will tackle its counterpart, the ārdhadhātuka architecture of word formation, to construct the full gamut of verbal ...
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SKT 307 | Kāvya: Meghadūta of Kālidāsa

This course will read the first half of Kālidāsaā€™s poem MeghadÅ«ta, or Cloud Messenger. Kālidāsa, who lived around 1,500 years ago, is one of the early mastersā€”and many say: the masterā€”of kāvya. Kāvya is a traditional literary term for what is o...
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HINDI 101 | Elementary Hindi I

This is the first of a three-term sequence of Elementary Hindi with Dr. Rajiv Ranjan. The focus of the course is to develop studentsā€™ linguistic (grammar and vocabulary), communicative (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), and cultural c...
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HINDI 102 | Elementary Hindi II

This is the second of a three-term sequence of Elementary Hindi with Dr. Rajiv Ranjan. The focus of the course is to develop studentsā€™ linguistic (grammar and vocabulary), communicative (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), and cultural ...
COMING JAN 2025

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HINDI 103 | Elementary Hindi III

This is the third of a three-term sequence of Elementary Hindi with Dr. Rajiv Ranjan. The focus of the course is to develop studentsā€™ linguistic (grammar and vocabulary), communicative (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), and cultural c...
COMING MAY 2025

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HINDI 201 | Intermediate Hindi I

This is the first of a three-term sequence of Intermediate Hindi with Dr. Rajiv Ranjan. The focus of this course is to further develop studentsā€™ linguistic (grammar and vocabulary), communicative (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), and...
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PALI 101 | Elementary Pali I

This is the first of three terms in Elementary Pali. This first course will introduce you to Pali, the language of the earliest canonical collection of Buddhist scriptures as preserved in the Theravada tradition. Our focus will be quickly devel...
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PALI 102 | Elementary Pali II

This is the second of three terms in Elementary Pali. At this point, students are familiar with the declension system and the basic structure of the Pali sentence. We have also made some incursions into the Suttas, but there are a few areas tha...
COMING JAN 2025

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PALI 103 | Elementary Pali III

This is the third of three terms in Elementary Pali. At this point, students are familiar with the declension system and the basic structure of the Pali sentence. We have also made some incursions into the Suttas, but there are a few areas that...
COMING MAY 2025

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PALI 200 | Pali Variations: Theory of an Imperfect Grammar

In this course we are going to explore variation as the core of Pali grammar, we will problematize it, to see why it is there and why it is important. More specifically, we will focus on how classical grammarians deal with variation and excepti...
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PALI 201 | Intermediate Pali I

In this course we are going to further our Pali grammatical skills by plunging into the fascinating literature of the Pali nikāyas. The Pali nikāya texts contain the discourses of the historical Buddha. Sometimes these teachings are presented i...
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TIBET 101 | Elementary Tibetan I

This course is the first of a three term Elementary Tibetan program. In this first trimester you will learn the Tibetan alphabet, how to read, how to spell, basic word formations, and how to use the Wylie system of transliteration to be able to...
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LATIN-S 101 | Latin for Sanskritists I

If you have ever completed an introduction to Sanskrit and are interested in learning Latin, this course is for you. Over twelve weeks, LATIN-S 101 aims to introduce you to all Latin grammar ā€“ all forms, their uses, how they are combined to for...
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