The Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency – Beginner Phase offers this course, which is highly recommended to be taken as part of the four-quarter program. The course covers vowels and consonants, songs, numbers, two- and three-letter combinations, and nouns, pronouns, and verbs to help you expand your vocabulary. Daily exercises in reading and reciting shlokas (dinacharyA) are also included.
The course is divided into one quarter, spanning 10 weeks with 1.5 hours of weekly class time. The 11th week concludes with a test. The course uses the curriculum and textbooks of Samskrita Bharati USA (SBusa.org) and is based on the “SAARINEE” books published by SB-USA.
This course is designed for students who are just beginning to learn Sanskrit. Through a set of simple exercises, students can listen, write, and read in Devanagari.
The course aims to teach students the origins of Sanskrit sounds, how to pronounce and write the individual consonants and vowels that make up the Sanskrit alphabet, how to create words using Sanskrit combination letters, and how to read and write simple prose passages in Devanagari.