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blBrL5
No.2110
How is Sanskrit studied in India? I suppose that if you're the son of a pujari that you would learn it at home from a young age? And I see there are Sanskrit colleges and universities for formal study, in addition to those is rudimentary Sanskrit part of the primary school curriculum? What kinds of textbooks and course materials are used for formal study? What writings are students first tried with?
When I was younger I tried learning Sanskrit with old western materials, Perry's Sanskrit Primer and Lanman's Sanskrit Reader. I didn't reach competency and I gave it up when my free time was reduced, but I've been thinking about starting again, and wanted to seek advice on how it's taught successfully.
P.S. your jaggus are very nice.
ZH+DHq
No.2111
>>2110(OP)
Sanskrit is taught at nearly all schools in addition to (your state's language) just like how americans learn Spanish or another foreign language with English. Students at state government schools (aka schools that follow examinations set by the state of Kerala, or UP, Bihar, etc.) study it from primary school (first grade) up to the 10th standard Matric exam and we can choose to either study it further in +2 for the Inter exam or drop it.
Central (federal-operated) government schools and private schools that follow CBSE (the Central board in Delhi) on the other hand, introduce Sanskrit only in 6th standard and beyond.
Private schools that follow the ICSE curriculum are a mixed bag. Most choose to teach Sanskrit from class 1 itself but there are a few exceptions (Convent schools in particular).
>What kinds of textbooks and course materials are used
They are usually published by the board, owned by the department of education of that state. In the case of ICSE, books are published by private publications.
https://online.fliphtml5.com/htkpb/ujsg/#p=1
This is the textbook for Sanskrit taught in first grade at ICSE schools
https://www.kstfedu.org/hand-books
Teacher's resource used by government schools in Kerala.
>What writings are students first tried with?
we don't have writings to read through the year the way students of Latin or Ancient Greek do tbh. We do study a few old poems (excerpts from Kalidas), prose etc. to prepare for the board exams in later years and of course, most people studying Sanskrit will get to read texts like अर्थशास्त्र, or religious texts.
I would recommend trying to learn Hindi and the Devanagari script before Sanskrit, it gets a lot easier in case you are stuck
ZH+DHq
No.2112
also i just realised, the textbook i gave is in Hindi so you probably can't read it. fuck
What I'm trying to say is ime theres a lot more resources for learning Sanskrit if you know Hindi or another Indian language. If you don't plan on it, it might take a longer while
https://learnsanskrit.org/guide/
you could try this
na/lNL
No.2113
>>2111
> Sanskrit is taught at nearly all schools
No it’s not? Maybe as an optional subject. In mine we could chose either Sanskrit or French in 5th grade, I picked French.
na/lNL
No.2114
>>2113
CBSE btw mb
ZH+DHq
No.2115
>>2113
You must have been in South India. I was mainly talking about public (government) schools
In the North, even if you go to a private school, you have to take Sanskrit. I remember being forced to study it in Gurgaon
v9rf7p
No.2116
>>2110(OP)
sansakri in 2026 kys bro dont waste time in hindi or sanskirt they ded language go for eng or french
ZH+DHq
No.2117
na/lNL
No.2118
j7bZkb
No.2119
ZH+DHq
No.2120
>>2118
I shifted to igcse at the end of 9th and as a consequence I had to leave Hindi and Sanskrit. I had to settle with french and german from scratch instead
unrelated but it's crazy how richfag schools in bangalore don't even offer Kannada as a language. I bet it pisses the southies off lmao
j7bZkb
No.2121
>>2120
>unrelated but it's crazy how richfag schools in bangalore don't even offer Kannada as a language. I bet it pisses the southies off lmao
kek i didnt even have hindi in TRIO
na/lNL
No.2122
>>2120
>offer Kannada as a language. I bet it pisses the southies off lmao
Kek, we're more pissed of at hindi being compulsory than than kannada not being availabe these days. For richfags btw. Poorfag southies would be pissed off.
