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VIHE Sanskrit Course Aug 2015

INTENSIVE SANSKRIT COURSE

For Preachers, Teachers & Translators

First Semester: Aug 20 – Nov 10, 2015

• The course covers 800 most essential sutras (grammatical rules) from Sri Hari-namamrita-vyakarana, Srila Jiva Gosvami’s complete Sanskrit grammar, and includes training in reading and understanding Sanskrit commentaries.

• By the end of the course students will be able to directly read and understand the Sanskrit commentaries on Srimad-Bhagavatam and several works of prominent Vaishnava acaryas. They will learn to rearrange key Sanskrit verses in prose order and give a comprehensive explanation of their grammatical structure and will become competent to grasp the nuances found in the multiple interpretations of a verse.

• Prospective candidates need not have any previous knowledge of Sanskrit.

• The complete course is divided into six semesters.

• The first semester (Aug 20 – Nov10, 2015) covers 150 sutras from the first two chapters ( Sandhi and Nama prakaranas ) of the HarinamamritaVyakarana. Students will also learn about right and wrong pronunciation, Sanskrit meters and most common usages nouns and pronouns.

• There will be two to three hours of classes five days a week. In addition, students are required to do 3 hours of homework daily, including memorization of sutras.

• Punctuality and full-attendance are compulsory.

The course will be conducted by Vraja Ramana Dasa, one of the teachers from the BBT Sanskrit School founded by His Grace Gopiparanadhana Prabhu.

Contact: 081 26 277 275 vihe.courses.admissions@pamho.net