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 2024

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

Wed 7pm

UK (2pm NY)

Kim Ward

02 Oct to 11 Dec*

Sanskrit 2      

Tues 7am

UK

Odile Wythe

24 Sept to 03 Dec*

Sanskrit 2      

Sat 9am

E. Aust

Rosemary Dunstan

14 Sept to 23 Nov*

Sanskrit 3

Wed 12pm

UK

Brigid McElroy

25 Sept to 04 Dec*

Sanskrit 4

Wed 7.30pm

UK

Priscilla Park-Weir

25 Sept to 04 Dec*

Sanskrit 5A

Thurs 7am

UK

Irena Nicoll

26 Sept to 05 Dec*

Sanskrit 5B

Thurs 12pm

UK

Anthea Douglas

26 Sept to 05 Dec*

Sanskrit 7

Tues 7am

UK

Georgina Melville

24 Sept to 03 Dec*

Sanskrit 9

Fri 11.30am

UK

Sudhir Khanolkar          

27 Sept to 29 Nov

Sanskrit 9

Fri 12pm

UK

Geraldine Hay

27 Sept to 06 Dec*

   * with half term break

 

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

Level 

Local Time 

Location

Tutor

Course dates

Further Skt 1

Mon 7.30pm

Dublin

Michael Delaney

23 Sept to 25 Nov

Further Skt 2

Thurs 2pm

UK

Brigid McElroy

26 Sept to 05 Dec*

Further Skt 3

Mon 4pm

W. Aust

Gai Kroczek

23 Sept to 25 Nov

Further Skt 3

Tues 1pm

UK

John Quick

24 Sept to 26 Nov

Further Skt 5

Wed 12pm

Dublin

John Flaherty

25 Sept to 27 Nov

Further Skt 6

Sat 11.15am

UK

Annick Hardaker

28 Sept to 7 Dec*

Shastra Study 

Sun 3pm

UK

Nick Street

29 Sept to 01 Dec

Shastra Study

Thurs 7.45pm

UK

Penelope Sapiro

26 Sept to 05 Dec*

 

Panini - Laghusiddhanta Kaumudi (for more advanced students) 

Level 

Local Time 

Location

Tutor

Course dates

Introduction to Panini

Fri 12pm      

UK Paul Douglas 4 Oct to 6 Dec

Noun forms

Sun 1.45pm W Australia
/6.45am UK

W Aust

Jayanthi Balasubramaniam

29 Sept to 08 Dec*

Verb forms

Thurs 5pm    W Aust (UK 10am)

W. Aust

Gai Kroczek        

26 Sept to 28 Nov

Verb forms

Sun 4.15pm

UK

Niall Mandal

29 Sept to 8 Dec*

 * with half term break

             

Times    

UK timings are Greenwich Mean Time / British Summer Time.