Sanskrit for Philosophy students worldwide

Introductory Sanskrit 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 of the Foundation Course.

Sanskrit - September Term 2026

For further information or to register for any of the following classes, please contact Paul Douglas on pauld@fses.org. Times are local to the tutor's location. New York is generally 5 hours behind UK and Ireland, Western and Eastern Australia are generally 8 to 9 or 10 to 11 hours ahead respectively, and South Africa is 1 or 2 hours ahead.

Foundation Course

The course starts gently 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	10 sessions; start date
Introductory Sanskrit	Fri 7am	UK	Tony Setchfield	02 October
Sanskrit 1B	Tues 7pm	UK	Mark Riley	22 September
Sanskrit 2	Thurs 7am	UK	Georgina Melville	24 September
Sanskrit 3	Mon 12pm	UK	Jeff Sapiro	21 September
Sanskrit 3	Tues 6pm	UK	Julian Hubbersgilt	22 September
Sanskrit 6	Wed 7pm	UK (2pm New York)	Kim Ward	23 September
Sanskrit 7	Tues 7am	UK	Odile Wythe	22 September
Sanskrit 9	Wed 7.30pm	UK	Priscilla Park-Weir	23 September

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

Level	Local Time	Location	Tutor	10 sessions; start date
Further Sanskrit 1	Thurs 7am	UK	Irena Nicoll	24 September
Mahabharata 3	Fri 11.30am	UK	Geraldine Hay	25 September
Further Sanskrit 4	Wed 2pm	UK	Brigid McElroy	23 September
Further Sanskrit 5	Mon 7.30pm	Dublin	Michael Delaney	21 September
Further Sanskrit 6	Tues 1pm	UK	John Quick	22 September
Further Sanskrit 7	Wed 12pm	Dublin	John Flaherty	23 September
Ashtavakra Study	Sun 3pm	UK	Nick Street	27 September
Pancadashi Study	Thurs 7.45pm	UK	Penelope Sapiro	24 September

Panini: Laghusiddhanta Kaumudi (for more advanced students)

Level	Local Time	Location	Tutor	10 sessions; start date
Chapter 1	Mon 9am	UK (4pm Western Australia)	Gai Kroczek	12 October
Chapter 8	Fri 12pm	UK	Andrew Sisson	25 September
Chapter 12-21	Sun 6.45am	UK (1.45pm Western Australia)	Jayanthi Balasubramaniam	27 September
Chapter 34	Sun 4.15pm	UK	Niall Mandal	27 September

Times

UK timings are Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time.