Questions tagged [sanskrit]

Questions about learning or teaching Sanskrit, an Indo-European language that is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism. Questions asking for explanations of grammar rules or word usage are off topic on this site.

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Learning Vedic Pitch Accent Sanskrit to Speak it - Methods

I wanted to know how best one can speak Sanskrit with the Vedic Pitch Accent -- the recitation of the Rgveda is used to preserve the accent but does not represent how it actually sounded: https://www....
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Sanskrit learning

I want to learn Sanskrit using the direct method. I'm looking for the book similar to Latin Lingua Latina per se illustrata by Hans Orberg, where you basically learn Latin using the target language, ...
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Sanskrit language learning resources and tools

What are some free and open-source online (or offline) Sanskrit learning resources and tools?
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What are the different sanskrit exams like tritiya, bhartiya and vidya bhawan?

I have studied sanskrit till 10th class. I am right now in my final year of graduation pursuing dentistry. I again want to get in touch with sanskrit language. Hence I am planning to appear for ...
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Good reference on Devanagari typography and alphabet learning

I noticed nice fonts such as this or this for devanagari: (Copyright Ananda K. Maharjan; licence: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial) I am used to seeing more curvy fonts such as this: I ...
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Resources for Advanced Vedic Sanskrit

I have learnt Sanskrit in school from class 5th to class 10th. Now I am in my second year of college and I want to learn Vedic Sanskrit to study some Hindu texts and not their translated version. Can ...
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