Sanskrit for Philosophy students worldwide

Term 1 of the Foundation course is offered to those students on Philosophy courses in the School who have no knowledge of Sanskrit. Those Philosophy students with some knowledge may join at the appropriate level.

Sanskrit - September Term 2023

For further information or to register for any of the following courses, please contact Paul Douglas. Times are local to the tutor’s location. New York is generally 5 hours behind UK, W and E Australia are generally 7-8 or 10-11 hours ahead respectively, and S Africa is 1 or 2 hours ahead.

Foundation Course

Ten terms starting with the alphabet, continuing with simple sentences, stories, pronunciation, chanting, grammatical concepts, basic sandhi and some philosophy.

Times are local to the tutor’s location. 

Level  Local Time  Location Tutor Course dates
Sanskrit Intro Wed 7.30pm UK Priscilla Park-Weir 27 Sept to 6 Dec*
Sanskrit 2 Thur 7am UK    Irena Nicoll 28 Sept to 7 Dec*
Sanskrit 3 Thur 12pm UK    Anthea Douglas 28 Set to 7 Dec*
Sanskrit 4 Tues 4pm UK    Linda Thompson 3 Oct to 5 Dec
Sanskrit 5 Tues 7am UK Georgina Melville 26 Sept to 5 Dec*
Sanskrit 6 Fri 12pm UK Sudhir Khanolkar 29 Sept to 1 Dec
Sanskrit 7 Sat 12pm UK Geraldine Hay 30 Sept to 9 Dec*
Sanskrit 8 Tues 7am UK Christine Tadd 26 Sept to 5 Dec*
Sanskrit 9 Thurs 12pm UK Brigid McElroy 28 Sept to 7 Dec*

 

Further Sanskrit Courses (after completion of the Foundation Course or equivalent)

Level  Local Time  Location Tutor Course dates
Further Skt 1 Mon 4pm W Australia Gai Kroczek 25 Sept to 27 Nov
Further Skt 3 Wed 12pm Dublin John Flaherty  27 Sept to 29 Nov
Further Skt 3 Tues 1pm UK John Quick 26 Sept to 28 Nov
Further Skt 5 Sat 11.15am UK Annick Hardaker 30 Sept to 9 Dec*
Further Skt 6 Thurs 4.30pm W Australia Gai Kroczek 28 Sept to 30 Nov
Fr Skt  Revision Thurs 6.00pm UK Priscilla Park-Weir 28 Sept to 7 Dec*
IGCSE Course Mon 8.30pm Dublin Michael Delaney 25 Sept to 27 Nov
Shastra Study  Sun 3pm UK Nick Street 24 Sept to 26 Nov

 

Panini - Laghusiddhanta Kaumudi (for more advanced students)

Level  Local Time  Location Tutor Course dates
Chapter 5

Sun 1.45pm W Australia
/6.45am UK

W Australia Jayanthi Subramaniam 24 Sept to 3 Dec*
Chapter 12

Sun 4.15pm UK
/8.15am Arizona

USA Niall Mandal 24 Sept to 26 Nov

 

* with half term break

             

Times    

UK timings are Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time.