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 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 Thur 7am UK    Irena Nicoll 4 May to 13 July*
Sanskrit 2 Thur 12pm UK    Anthea Douglas 4 May to 13 July*
Sanskrit 2 Tues 2.30pm UK    Linda Thompson 2 May to 11 July*
Sanskrit 4 Tues 7am UK Georgina Melville 2 May to 11 July*
Sanskrit 5A Thurs 12pm UK David Hockley 4 May to 13 July*
Sanskrit 5B Fri 12pm UK Sudhir Khanolkar 5 May to 7 July
Sanskrit 6 Sat 12pm UK Geraldine Hay 13 May to 22 July*
Sanskrit 7 Tues 7am UK Christine Tadd 2 May to 11 July*
Sanskrit 8 Thurs 12pm UK Brigid McElroy 4 May to 13 July*
Sanskrit 9 Mon 4pm W Australia Gai Kroczek 22 May to 25 July
Sanskrit 10 Wed 12pm UK  Odile Wythe 3 May to 12 July*

 

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

Level  Local Time  Location Tutor Course dates
Further Skt 2 Wed 12pm Dublin John Flaherty 3 May to 5 July
Further Skt 3 Tues 1pm UK John Quick 2 May to 4 July
Further Skt 4 Sat 11.15am UK Annick Hardaker 13 May to 22 July*
Further Skt 6 Mon 8.30pm Dublin Michael Delaney 1 May to 3 July
Fr Skt  Revision Thurs 6.00pm UK Priscilla Park-Weir 4 May to 13 July*
Sandhi Practice Thurs 4.30pmn W Australia Gai Kroczek 25 May to 27 July
Mandukya Up. Sun 7am UK John Quick 14 May to 16 July
Shastra Study Sun 3pm UK Nick Street 14 May to 16 July

 

Panini - Laghusiddhanta Kaumudi (after completion of the Foundation Course)

Level  Local Time  Location Tutor Course dates
Chapter 4

Sun 1.45pm W Australia
/6.45am UK

W Australia Jayanthi Subramaniam 14 May to 24 July*
Chapter 12

Sun 4.15pm UK
/8.15am Arizona

USA Niall Mandal 14 May to 24 July*

 

* with half term break

             

Times    

UK timings are Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time.