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SANSKRIT RESOURCE LIST

Hello! Do you want to learn Sanskrit but don't know where to start? Then I've got the perfect resource list for you and you can find its link below!

Let me know if you have any suggestions to improve it. Here is what the resource list contains;

• "Handmade" resources on certain grammar concepts for easy understanding.
• Resources on learning the script.
• Websites to practice reading the script.
• Documents to enhance your vocabulary.
• Notes on Colloquial.
• Music playlists
• List of podcasts/audiobooks And a compiled + organized list of websites you can use to get hold of grammar!

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Discord Server

Join South Asian Languages server for learning more about the Sanskrit Language:

https://discord.gg/H2Cj6gP6RW

Information

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit

• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sanskrit-language

• https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/sanskrit/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_grammar

Grammar

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_grammar

• https://www.aplustopper.com/sanskrit-grammar/

• https://www.mycoaching.in/p/sanskrit.html (in Hindi)

• https://www.learnsanskrit.org/guide/

• https://orchidselearning.wordpress.com/category/sanskrit

• https://www.sheshnaag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/litte_red_book.pdf

Reading

• https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/130-130-short-sanskrit-stories

• https://chalisa.co.in/short-moral-stories-in-sanskrit-with-english-translation/

• https://en.amarahasa.com/

• https://sankritmarathienglishsimilarwords.blogspot.com/2018/08/short-moral-story-in-sanskrit.html

Writing

• https://omniglot.com/writing/sanskrit.htm

• https://learnsanskritonline.com/lessons/introduction/sanskrit-alphabet

• https://openpathshala.com/blog/learn-sanskrit/sanskrit-alphabets-varnamala

• http://www.devipaduka.com/formsandpublications/Sanskrit--Module-final.pdf

• https://www.sanskrit-trikashaivism.com/en/learning-sanskrit-writing-in-sanskrit

Vocabulary

• https://en.amarahasa.com/ is good for vocab building for beginners

• http://kamakoti.org/kamakoti/books/Samskrutashri%20Patamala%20Home.html textbook series for ppl who know Tamil

• https://ashtadhyayi.com/dhatu/ verb conjugation tool

• http://sanskrit.segal.net.br/en/index noun declension tool

• https://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tools/subantaruupaNi.html noun declension tables including irregulars

Websites

• http://www.sanskrit.nic.in/sanskrit_language_teaching.php

• https://www.learnsanskrit.org/

• http://learnsanskritonline.com/

• https://openpathshala.com/

Apps

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.learnsanskrit&hl=en&gl=US

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pronunciatorllc.bluebird.sanskrit&hl=en&gl=US

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eduven.ld.lang.sanskrit&hl=en&gl=US

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.learnsanskrit.knowledgology&hl=en&gl=US

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vedaant.sanskritlearner&hl=en&gl=US

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sanskritbasics&hl=en&gl=US

Youtube Channels

• https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSanskritChannel

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLudSN7Po9muLeRM6545s68eakbxwZRpEJ

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ2TFVdsEqQaQQs78OS7qPA

Online dictionaries

• https://www.lexilogos.com/english/sanskrit_dictionary.htm

• https://sanskritdictionary.com/

• https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/macdonell/

• https://andhrabharati.com/dictionary/sanskrit/index.php

• https://sanskritdocuments.org/dict/

• https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2020/web/webtc

• http://dictionary.tamilcube.com/sanskrit-dictionary.aspx

• https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/

• https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/AP90Scan/2020/web/webtc2/index.php

• https://www.wisdomlib.org/

Textbooks

• Robert and Sally Goldman, Devavāṇīpraveśikā: An Introduction to the Sanskrit Language, Well-known and classic textbook. Thorough but not encyclopedic. Good readings and exercises. Gets all of the external sandhi out of the way in one chapter.

• Madhav Deshpande, Saṃskṛtasubodhinī: A Sanskrit Primer
• A. M. Ruppel, Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit

Music Playlists

• Sanskrit Shlokas
• Sanskrit Songs

News sources

• https://sudharmasanskritdaily.in/

• http://www.samprativartah.in/

• https://navavani.org.in/wp/news

• https://sanskritdocuments.org/sanskritnews.php

• https://hindi.oneindia.com/topic

Podcasts and Audiobooks

• https://open.spotify.com/show/0vy3qtHMkBpHtURhsaML4m?si=2003b7a292ba4d16

• https://open.spotify.com/show/6Zrhc97Oz8gf6cRnVyvj3s?si=061effd888444837

• https://open.spotify.com/show/6TFimtovhJ7ZntXg5rqGKk?si=37d8b623686e4e9c

• https://open.spotify.com/show/49QycZw80BBTf2iIjbp3T0?si=9f7b846171d34849

Online Keyboards

• https://www.learnsanskrit.org/tools/sanscript/

• https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/sanskrit_latin.htm

• https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/devanagari.htm

Memrise Courses

• https://app.memrise.com/course/36489/sanskrit-101/

• https://app.memrise.com/course/161814/sanskrit-for-beginners/

• https://app.memrise.com/course/75011/sanskrit-conjugation-for-verb-be/

• https://app.memrise.com/course/391852/sanskrit-grammar/

• https://app.memrise.com/course/535/sanskrit-extended-vocabulary/

Music Playlists

• Sanskrit Shlokas https://open.spotify.com/playlist/18c1I1U6pBxCy4MdtXGpaO?si=f7d7e32323144051

• Sanskrit Songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/30xay3WpZd0MWronnk27dH?si=ca8f905797e94917

Other Resources (resources that have not been classified yet)

• https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/sanskrit.php

• https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/vedol

• https://www.italki.com/teachers/sanskrit Online Sanskrit teachers on italki

• http://www.vedamu.org/LearnSanskrit.aspx

Source

• https://polyglotclub.com/language/sanskrit/question/38689
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZpZOOJUfwY4x5KIxycmJIxeoR9tDG1b8n3OV4dcq55g/edit?usp=sharing

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