INTERMEDIATE COURSE

The Intermediate course is the second level towards learning Sanskrit language.

The objective of this course is to give students a more elaborate foundation of Sanskrit as a living language.

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Intermediate Sanskrit Course, sandhi, samasa and participles taught online

This course will introduce to further grammatical structures that will facilitate their understanding of simple texts as well as allow them to use in daily life.

The course at a glance

DURATION / TIMINGS

  • 42 hours of live teaching
  • Pace agreed with you

WHERE / HOW?

  • Online live videos
  • Access to all recorded sessions
  • Live Sanskrit scripts

ELIGIBILITY

  • Knowledge of Basic Sanskrit
  • Those who have completed the beginner's course

COURSE OUTCOME

  • The intermediate Sanskrit course seeks to provide with a deeper appreciation of the beauty of the different aspects of this language from its sounds, grammar to its rich content so that they feel enthused enough to read further into it.

Course Curriculum

Revision of varnamala, sounds and writing in Devnagari script. Combining vowels and consonants and learning their sounds.

After combining vowels and consonants next step will be to combine consonants with consonants.

Revision of declension of masculine words.

Revision of declension of feminine words.

Revision of declension of neuter words.

A participle is an adjective formed from a verb. A past passive participle (PPP) is an adjective that describes the object of an action that occurred in the past. In Sanskrit, the PPP is usually formed by adding the suffix 'त/इत' or 'न' directly onto the root.

The Sanskrit past active participle is a participle or "verbal adjective". It can be used in an adjectival way to modify a noun. It is characterized by the affix "-tavat-".

In Sanskrit grammar – voice means प्रयोग (प्र + युज् = construction/arrangement). Voice is the correlation of subject, object and verb.

We will learn three kinds of voices and how it is used in sentences.

Compounds are words that we make by combining multiple words. Sanskrit uses compounds extensively. In some styles of Sanskrit, almost every sentence will have a compound.

The first type of compound in which two words are joined together. E.g. रामःसीता च → रामसीते (Rama and Sita). The word dvandva literally means "pair."

Compound words where the प्राधान्यम् is on the first element. For example, upakumbham उपकुम्भम् (near the water jar).

A special class of tatpuruṣa compounds called karmadhāraya कर्मधारय, where the prominence is on the second element.

Compound words where the प्राधान्यम् lies outside the compound itself on an antecedent word, called bahuvrīhi बहुव्रीहि compounds. For example, mahābāhu महाबाहु (who has great hands).

The word sandhi (sam + dhi) means 'melding' or joint. The disorder that occurs due to the mutual combination of two adjacent characters is called sandhi. E.g. Sam + Tosh = contentment; Dev + Indra = Devendra.

Indeclinable words which do not change according to inflection, word, gender and time. E.g. बलकः अधुना पठति। (the girl is studying now)

Introduction to the kriyātipatti-lṛṅ [लङृ lṛṅ] – conditional) using yadi – if and tarhi – then.

Introduction to conjugation of अस 'as' (to be) from adādigaṇa (2nd group); 'div' and 'vid' from divādigaṇa (4th group); 'śru' from svādigaṇa (5th group); kṛ from tanādigaṇa (8th group); "da" To Give; mil from tudādigaṇa (6th group); bhuj from rudhādigaṇa (7th group); 'jñā' from kryādigaṇa (9th group).

How progress is measured

Small batches mean every student's work is actually seen. Nothing here is automated. Ms. Parikh marks it herself.

What How often What it checks
Sandhi splitting Weekly from Module 1 The core reading skill
Written worksheet Weekly Grammar application
Module test End of each module (5 in all) Retention
Translation task Weekly from Module 3 Applied reading
Reading aloud Weekly from Module 5 Metre and pronunciation
Final assessment Week 21 An unseen passage: split it, parse it, translate it
Written report End of course Where you stand, and readiness for Advanced

What it costs

One price for one hour of live teaching. It comes down as the group grows.

3 modules of 14 hours · 42 hours in total

On your own
One to one, built around you
₹399
in India
$15
outside India
per hour
Two or three of you
Learn with friends or family
₹250
in India
$12
outside India
per person, per hour
Best value
A group of four or more
Our small batch, capped at ten
₹190
in India
$9
outside India
per person, per hour
Shaped around you

You pay for the hours you take, one stage at a time, and nothing commits you to the rest. The hours are a guide rather than a fixed track: if one part of the course matters more to you, we spend longer there and move more briskly elsewhere. You can also join at whichever stage matches where you already are.

Module Hours On your own Two or three, each Four or more, each
Module 1, sandhi
Most students start here
 14 ₹5,586
$210		₹3,500
$168		₹2,660
$126
Module 2, samasa and participles 14 ₹5,586
$210		₹3,500
$168		₹2,660
$126
Module 3, voice and reading 14 ₹5,586
$210		₹3,500
$168		₹2,660
$126
All three modules, if you take them all 42 ₹16,758
$630		₹10,500
$504		₹7,980
$378

That last row is simply the hours added up, at ₹190 an hour per person in India, or $9 outside India, in a group of four or more.

Your first class is free. A real lesson with Ms. Parikh, not a sales call. Nothing is paid until you have taken it and decided to carry on.

One session is one hour, so the hours above are also the number of classes. There is no second number to work out. Every session is live and recorded for you. Worksheets, marked work and a certificate of completion are included. How often you meet is arranged with you, around your timetable and ours.

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Frequently asked questions

Students should have completed the Sanskrit Beginners Course at Sanskrit Shiksha, or have an equivalent foundational knowledge of Sanskrit grammar, Devanagari script, and basic Vibhakti declensions.

The Intermediate Sanskrit Course is 42 hours of live teaching. How long that takes is agreed with you rather than fixed, and most students meet twice a week.

The course covers Vibhakti revision (masculine, feminine, neuter), past passive and active participles, active and passive voice, Sanskrit compounds (Dvandva, Tatpurusha, Karmadharaya, Avyayibhava), Sandhi rules, Indeclinables, and verb conjugations across different Ganas.

Ideally you should have completed the Beginners Course. However, if you have equivalent foundational knowledge from other sources, you may join after a brief assessment by the instructor Ms. Ishita Parikh.

Classes are conducted live online via video conferencing. All sessions are also recorded and remain accessible to students for revision throughout the course duration.

Where this sits in the Sanskrit path

The second of three graded courses. If sandhi and compounds are new to you, start one step back.

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🌱 Sanskrit for Beginners

Devanagari from zero, your first sentences, and the grammar the later courses assume. 36 hours of live teaching.

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📜 Advanced Sanskrit

Read the Gita and classical texts in the original, with all ten lakaras and compound analysis.

ALONGSIDE

🗣️ Spoken Sanskrit

Speak from the first lesson. Runs alongside any of the graded courses rather than after them.

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The sandhi and samas you are working on here are the same rules that appear in every Hindi school paper. Taking a second subject? The second subject’s sessions are 15% off.

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