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I have been teaching Sanskrit for five years. 'Latin' can replaced with 'Sanskrit' in this article and the article would still be spot on (for Sanskrit of cours
by monster_group 5y ago
I have been teaching Sanskrit for five years. 'Latin' can replaced with 'Sanskrit' in this article and the article would still be spot on (for Sanskrit of course). Latin and Sanskrit both are highly inflected languages and whatever is said about Latin in this article applies to Sanskrit too. I see the same issues in my Sanskrit students as described in this article. People have been studying Sanskrit for years but can't read, write or speak a single sentence. People read a sentence, sort of get the idea and move on. That works for partial comprehension but it doesn't solidify their grammar or composition skills because they never make effort to understand and memorize grammatical forms and their functions in the sentence. So when the time comes to write or speak, they are at a loss. Memorization gets a bad reputation but it is incredibly useful and for learning a language, indespensible. When I am working on learning a song on the guitar, I first memorize the part I am working on. That makes it so much easier not having to look at the music sheet again and again while trying to get the notes right. Once memorize, I can just focus on getting the timing right.
- vajrabum 5y agoThe commenter below suggested using the vulgate and biblical Greek texts for latin and greek respectively. Is there something similar to Lingua Latina for Sanskrit?
- monster_group 5y agoI have not read Lingua Franca so can't recommend a Sanskrit counterpart. It is hard to make a recommendation without knowing what your skill level is. You can go to the below bookstore and find something appropriate for your level. On the right there's a drop down 'Select a Catalogue' which shows different categories of books. I would recommend buying contemporary literature instead of ancient. Ancient literature is very obscure and difficult to understand. Many of the books on the below store are written in the last few years and they use much easier language. But keep in mind, virtually all the books on this bookstore have 100% Sanskrit with no translation. So you have to know at least some Sanskrit before being able to use any of them. https://secure.samskritabharatiusa.org/np/clients/sb594/giftstore.jsp https://secure.samskritabharatiusa.org/np/clients/sb594/gift... If you don't know any Sanskrit below are couple of options - https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Introduction-Sanskrit-M-Ruppel/dp/1107459060/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PKNRKDKCY4XU&dchild=1&keywords=sanskrit&qid=1635129086&sprefix=sanskrit%2Caps%2C232&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Introduction-Sanskrit-M-Rup... https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Sanskrit-Part-Thomas-Egenes/dp/8120838149/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1PKNRKDKCY4XU&dchild=1&keywords=sanskrit&qid=1635129086&sprefix=sanskrit%2Caps%2C232&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Sanskrit-Part-Thomas-Ege...
- topynate 5y agoI don't have any Sanskrit, so can't personally vouch for this, but here is an explicitly LLPSI- inspired online Sanskrit resource: https://en.amarahasa.com/ https://en.amarahasa.com/ This explains the link to LLPSI: https://www.reddit.com/r/latin/comments/knuc4h/a_sanskrit_project_inspired_by_hans_%C3%B8rberg_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/latin/comments/knuc4h/a_sanskrit_pr...