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 - January Term 2025

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 Tues 6pm UK Julian Hubbersgilt 20 Jan to 31 Mar*
Sanskrit Intro Thur 8.45am E. Aust Roslyn Dunn 6 Feb to 17 Apr*

Sanskrit 2

Wed 7pm

UK (2pm NY)

Kim Ward

15 Jan to 26 Mar*

Sanskrit 3      

Tues 7am

UK

Odile Wythe

14 Jan to 25 Mar*

Sanskrit 3      

Sat 9am

E. Aust

Rosemary Dunstan

8 Feb to 12 April

Sanskrit 4

Wed 12pm

UK

Brigid McElroy

15 Jan to 26 Mar*

Sanskrit 5A

Wed 7.30pm

UK

Priscilla Park-Weir

15 Jan to 26 Mar*

Sanskrit 5B

Thurs 7am

UK

Irena Nicoll

16 Jan to 27 Mar*

Sanskrit 6

Thurs 12pm

UK

Anthea Douglas

16 Jan to 27 Mar*

Sanskrit 8

Tues 7am

UK

Georgina Melville

14 Jan to 25 Mar*

   * with half term break

 

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

Level 

Local Time 

Location

Tutor

Course dates

Mahabharata 1   Fri 12pm UK Geraldine Hay 17 Jan to 28 Mar*

Further Skt 2

Mon 7.30pm

Dublin

Michael Delaney

27 Jan to 24 Mar

Further Skt 3

Thurs 2pm

UK

Brigid McElroy

16 Jan to 27 Mar*

Further Skt 4

Mon 4pm

W. Aust

Gai Kroczek

3 Feb to 7 Apr

Further Skt 4

Tues 1pm

UK

John Quick

14 Jan to 18 Mar

Further Skt 5

Wed 12pm

Dublin

John Flaherty

15 Jan to 19 Mar

Further Skt 7

Sat 11.15am

UK

Annick Hardaker

18 Jan to 29 Mar*

Shastra Study 

Sun 3pm

UK

Nick Street

19 Jan to 23 Mar

Shastra Study

Thurs 7.45pm

UK

Penelope Sapiro

16 Jan to 27 Mar*

 

Panini - Laghusiddhanta Kaumudi (for more advanced students) 

Level

Local Time 

Location

Tutor

Course dates

Chapter 3

Fri 12pm   

UK Paul Douglas 17 Jan to 28 Mar*

Chapter 11

Sun 1.45pm W Australia
/6.45am UK

W Aust

Jayanthi Balasubramaniam

26 Jan to 6 Apr*

Verb forms

Thurs 5pm    W Aust (UK 10am)

W. Aust

Gai Kroczek     

6 Feb to 10 Apr

Verb forms

Sun 4.15pm

UK

Niall Mandal

19 Jan to 30 Mar*

 * with half term break             

Times    

UK timings are Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time.