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 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 8-9 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 1 Mon 12pm UK Jeff Sapiro 22 Sept to 08 Dec
Sanskrit 2  Tue 6pm UK Julian Hubbersgilt 23 Sept to 02 Dec

Sanskrit 2

Thur 5pm

E. Aust (8am UK)

Roslyn Dunn 

25 Sept to 27 Nov

Sanskrit 4      

Wed 7pm

UK (2pm NY)

Kim Ward

24 Sept to 03 Dec

Sanskrit 5A    

Tues 7am

UK

Odile Wythe

23 Sept to 02 Dec

Sanskrit 5A

Sat 7.45am

E. Aust

Rosemary Dunstan

27 Sept to 29 Nov

Sanskrit 6

Wed 12pm

UK

Brigid McElroy

24 Sept to 03 Dec

Sanskrit 6

Wed 7.30pm

UK

Priscilla Park-Weir

24 Sept to 03 Dec

Sanskrit 7

Thurs 7am

UK

Irena Nicoll

25 Sept to 04 Dec

Sanskrit 8

Thurs 12pm

UK

Anthea Douglas

25 Sept to 04 Dec

   

 

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

Level 

Local Time 

Location

Tutor

Course dates

Mahabharata 2  Fri 11.30am UK Geraldine Hay 26 Sept to 05 Dec

Further Skt 3

Thurs 2pm

UK

Brigid McElroy

25 Sept to 04 Dec

Further Skt 4

Mon 7.30pm

Dublin

Michael Delaney

22 Sept to 24 Nov

Further Skt 5

Mon 4pm

W. Aust

Gai Kroczek

22 Sept to 24 Nov

Further Skt 5

Tues 1pm

UK

John Quick 

25 Sept to 04 Dec

Further Skt 6

Wed 12pm

Dublin

John Flaherty

24 Sept to 26 Nov

Ashtavakra Study 

Sun 3pm

UK

Nick Street

28 Sept to 07 Dec

Pancadashi Study

Thurs 7.45pm

UK

Penelope Sapiro

25 Sept to 04 Dec

 

Panini - Laghusiddhanta Kaumudi (for more advanced students) 

Level

Local Time 

Location

Tutor

Course dates

Chapter 4

Fri 12pm   

UK Paul Douglas 65 Sept to 05 Dec

Chapter 12

Sun 1.45pm 

W Aust (6.45am UK)

Jayanthi Balasubramaniam

28 Sept to 07 Dec

Chapter 33

Thurs 4pm 

W Aust (10am UK)

Gai Kroczek

25 Sept to 27 Nov

Chapter 33

Sun 4.15pm  

UK

Niall Mandal   

28 Sept to 30 Nov

          

Times    

UK timings are Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time.