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Originally Posted by Presence
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good resource for learning Sanskrit. I have searched and found many different ones, and I don't know how to choose. Any suggestions? Thank you.
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Namaste.
Sanskrit is pretty much just formalised Hindi....just like how Latin is formalised Italian/Spanish...so to learn Sanskrit, I would begin by learning Hindi..the way an Indian child would learn the language... through the written and spoken alphabet.
There are many good books out there to teach Kindergartners the Hindi language..
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i..._QEChffheFpm3A
After you learn to read Hindi a bit, you can begin reading children's comics like Amar Chitra Katha...here is one called "Shiv Parvati".
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...13AsEwqBnAz_Ln
The best way to learn Sanskrit, is to teach yourself...learn the alphabet, watch Hindi movies on YouTube subtitled in English, relate written Hindi back to spoken Hindi and vice versa...after learning Hindi, Sanskrit will just come naturally.
It took me about 5 years to learn Sanskrit.
I also found a good resource on YouTube about 3 months ago called "The Sanskrit Channel" when I was looking for a certain translation of Soundarya Lahari by Adi Shankaracharya:
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCqFg6...gpxrx-A/videos
Here are also beginner's lessons in Sanskrit from the Shivananda Yoga Ashram:
http://203.143.86.244/~sivayoga/sanskrit.html
I hope these last two resources offer you with a good starting point.
All the best with this.