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 - May 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 Intro Wed 7.30pm UK Mark Riley 14 May to 23 July
Sanskrit 2  Tue 6pm UK Julian Hubbersgilt 6 May to 15 July

Sanskrit 2

Thur 5.00pm

E. Aust (8am UK)

Roslyn Dunn

22 May to 24 July

Sanskrit 3      

Wed 7pm

UK (2pm NY)

Kim Ward

7 May to 16 July

Sanskrit 4     

Tues 7am

UK

Odile Wythe

6 May to 15 July

Sanskrit 4

Sat 7.45am

E. Aust

Rosemary Dunstan

24 May to 26 July

Sanskrit 5B

Wed 12pm

UK

Brigid McElroy

7 May to 16 July

Sanskrit 5B

Wed 7.30pm

UK

Priscilla Park-Weir

7 May to 16 July

Sanskrit 6

Thurs 7am

UK

Irena Nicoll

8 May to 17 July

Sanskrit 7

Thurs 12pm

UK

Anthea Douglas

8 May to 17 July

Sanskrit 9 

Tues 7am

UK

Georgina Melvile

6 May to 15 July

   

 

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 9 May to 18 July

Further Skt 2

Thurs 2pm

UK

Brigid McElroy

8 May to 17 July

Further Skt 3

Mon 7.30pm

Dublin

Michael Delaney

5 May to 7 July

Further Skt 4

Mon 4pm

W. Aust

Gai Kroczek

12 May to 14 July

Further Skt 4

Tues 1pm

UK

John Quick

6 May to 15 July

Further Skt 5

Wed 12pm

Dublin

John Flaherty

30 April to 2 July

Ashtavakra Study 

Sun 3pm

UK

Nick Street

11 May to 20 July

Pancadashi Study

Thurs 7.45pm

UK

Penelope Sapiro

8 May to 17 July

 

Panini - Laghusiddhanta Kaumudi (for more advanced students) 

Level

Local Time 

Location

Tutor

Course dates

Chapter 4

Fri 12pm   

UK Paul Douglas 9 May to 18 July

Chapter 12

Sun 1.45pm W Australia
/6.45am UK

W Aust

Jayanthi Balasubramaniam

11 May to 20 July

Chapter 33

Thurs 4pm W Australia
/9am UK

W Aust

Gai Kroczek

15 May to 17 July

Chapter 33

Sun 4.15pm  

UK

Niall Mandal   

11 May to 20 July

Dhatu Patha

Tues 5pm W Australia
/10am UK

W Aust

Gai Kroczek

13 May to 15 July

          

Times    

UK timings are Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time.