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Samskrita Bharati, 2010. — 20 p.
Samskrita Bharati’s Distance Learning Program (DLP) is a unique opportunity to learn Samskritam at your own pace, at your own place! It consists of simple and interesting lessons. Lessons include stories, puzzles, and glimpses of Samskritam literature along with an innovative method of language learning. No prior knowledge of Samskritam is assumed, so teaching starts with the basics. After successful completion of four levels, you will be able to understand shlokaas from original texts like Bhagavad Gita or Ramayana all by yourself!There are four levels in Samskrita Bharati's DLP: Pravesha, Parichaya, Shiksha and Kovida. Each level consists of 10 booklets.Number of levels: Four - Pravesha, Parichaya, Shiksha, Kovida (Entry level to advanced level through four levels)Duration of each level: Six months (assuming one spends 15 minutes per day)PraveshaPravesha broadly covers the following topics:Study and use of Devanagri scriptDeclensions of masculine feminine and neuter genders for vowel ending nounsDeclensions of various pronounsSyntax and usages of all seven declensionsNumeralsTenses Present, past future and Imperative, in both parasmai pada and atmanei pada formsIntroduction to verb classificationPast participle, gerunds, infinitivesPrefixes
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S ^ p c T BTRrft aWT*, COTTFf:,3 ST?: PIRH'KH, - | PRflVESHfl -4 °C\. People who wish to leam Samskrit language will get used to the clear pronounciation. By this, one can get hold on the language within a short time. That language will progress which is used in day to day life. Talking in samskrit is inevitable for its growth. More than reading Samskrit books, by listening to Samskrit words repeatedly, language can be understood easily in the short time. Clear pronounciation, facial expressions, surroundings all these help in the study of language. Therefore people who listen to Samskrit conversation repeatedly will get to know Samskrit. Also they will come to know about its simplicity. Conversation has the power of attracting the others, by which others also get inspired. In this manner, Samskrit language reaches from people to people. Like this it becomes easy to get this knowledge without any discrimination of caste, creed, region etc. Samskrit ianguage is the medium to spread our culture through out the country. Hence if Samskrit is there in our day to day conversation, it means that our culture and ideals also have been inculcated. Like this, self respect overflows in the minds of people by Samskrit conversation. In society by giving Samskrit education to the neglected lot, who are deprived of education, many changes occur in their life by the introduction of high aims. What came to be known by the conversation camps in the village of Kamataka is that to bring harmony in the society or to have self respect or to wipe out caste cread discrimination, Samskrit conversation is essential. Today, Samskrit is being taught either through the vernacular language or through English in many school and colleges. But Hindi, Urdu, English, French etc., all these languages are being taught in their respective language itself. Like this to teach Samskrit, Samskrit alone has to be used as medium. Then only Samskrit education will become easy & meaningful. In this way, Samskrit conversation is very helpful to bring changes in Samskrit education. The breath of our Country's self respect is culture. Hence for the revival of India, the cultural growth is a must. Today, Samskrit conversation has become a powerful means to spread awareness among people, to impart education and also to cultivate many moral and cultural Samskaras. Just as the spinning wheel during freedom struggl