How much does it cost to learn the Sanskrit language?

Sanskrit is the primary sacred language of Hinduism and has been used as a philosophical language in the religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Sanskrit is a standardized dialect of Old Indo-Aryan, originating as Vedic Sanskrit as early as 1700-1200 BCE. A classical language of South Asia belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages, Sanskrit rose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age. It was a link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions. As a result, Sanskrit had a lasting impact on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies.

Karnataka Sanskrit University offers Certificate, Diploma, Postgraduate, courses Bachelor’s, Master’s programmes from Rs. 2000 to Rs. 6500, while costs for MPhil,Phd, Doctorate in Literature are significantly higher.

Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur offers Bachelor’s and Master’s courses starting from Rs. 10000

Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University Assam offers Master’s starting from Rs. 10500

Kavi Kulguru Kalidas Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya Nagpur After 10th Diploma, Certificate, Post graduate, Bachelor’s Masters From 800 to 22600

Shree Somnath Sanskrit UniversityGujarat

Offers multiple Diploma, Bachelor’s, Master’s Postgraduate programmes courses from Rs. 3000 to Rs. 18900 

Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth Tirupati offers Master’s, Doctorate in Literature and MPhil courses from Rs.1150 to Rs. 1850 

Maharishi Panini Sanskrit Evam Vedic Vishwavidyalaya Ujjain offers diploma bachelors Master’s from Rs. 2000

IGNOU distance learning Certificate Bachelor’s and Master’s program in Sanskrit from Rs. 1500 – 12000

Udemy offers various courses in Sanskrit from Rs. 455-12800

Swayam offers an AICTE approved FDP course- Introduction to Basic Spoken Sanskrit conducted by Prof. Anuradha Choudry of IIT Kharagpur. The course is free to enrol and learn from. But to secure a certificate, for yourself you would have to register and give an exam with the applicable fee of Rs 1000/-

The Madras Sanskrit college offers online that you can study from anywhere, at any time, at your convenience. There is an online exam at the end. We will give a certificate from the Madras Sanskrit College upon completion. The cost is Rs. 3,000 (less than $50).

Central Sanskrit University The session of the courses starts in January and ends in October every year.The learners residing in India and abroad have to pay a nominal fee of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred only) and $50.00 (Fifty U. S. Dollars) respectively every month, two lessons of the respective courses are sent to the learners by post. Each lessons of these courses are divided into the following sections- Grammar, Text, Glossary, Grammatical Noted, Response Sheet. Learners have to learn the lessons and return the completed response sheet to the Asst. Director(CC). After evaluation and gradation, the response sheets are sent back to the learners. No separate examination is conducted for award of certificates. The certificates are awarded on the basis of grade marks.

Sanskrit.today register to get access to exclusive course materials and content, personalized exams for each course to assess yourself, notifications about new courses, ask any Sanskrit related questions on community forum, to get invited to the events conducted in your local areas, all free of cost!

Deccan College Pune Certificate, Masters, MPhil, Phd starting from Rs. 3500.

Learnsanskrit.org The learning website, learnsanskrit.org, aims to help students read “real” Sanskrit as quickly as possible, focusing on the commonly used parts of the Sanskrit grammar, such as word formation, the system of compounds, the appropriate ways to use participles, noun stems, etc. What’s more amazing here is that all the lessons are offered for free!

Learn Sanskrit Online The website is founded by Vidyadhar Bhat, a Sanskrit scholar and a teacher who taught Sanskrit for several years in schools and traditional gurukula. Today, the website continues to release new lessons and improve the platform. There are free, as well as paid one-on-one classes via Skype(Rs. 500 (~8 USD) per class), from beginners up to advanced learners. 

Chinmaya International Foundation: Easy Sanskrit Course, the research wing of the Chinmaya Mission, offers their foundation course ‘The Easy Sanskrit Course’ for beginners who want to learn about Sanskrit completely. The courses start from Rs. 2500. 

Open Pathshala is a popular e-learning platform for teaching high quality and online video tutorials, one-on-one Skype Sanskrit classes, and live group sessions. Their goal is to educate learners using the advancements of technology. Open Pathshala can be accessed through their website or by using their mobile application for the convenience of every learner around the world. Courses cost Rs. 499 onwards. 

The Sanskrit Language – Guided Sanskrit Lessons website is intended to study along with the book “The Sanskrit Language” by author Walter Harding Maurer, available worldwide on Amazon. The website lets you understand more Sanskrit grammar. All you need to do is to buy that book and open this website. The book costs Rs. 20150 for hardcover or Rs. 6281 for a paperback. 

ApnaCourse.com: Sanskrit for Beginners is a leading e-learning platform that provides in-demand online courses taught by top instructors, offers Sanskrit for Beginners as complete comprehensive package offering Alphabets, Pronunciation, Grammar, Sentence formation, Conversations, and all the basic lessons needed for beginners. Courses cost Rs. 3500 onwards.

Enjoy Learning Sanskrit website aims to help promote the learning of the Sanskrit language, offering a few learning and teaching tools that are easy for both children and adults for learning the basics of the Sanskrit language — that are all free! 

Acharya: Learn Sanskrit Through Self-Study is a useful tool for learning Sanskrit through self-study, with lessons aimed to give the learner a good introduction to Sanskrit in a unique and convenient way. All lessons in Acharya are related to the daily activities in our lives, such as everyday conversations; and they are all free!Language Trainers: Sanskrit Classes is one of the most outstanding e-learning platforms that is quite expensive but surely transforms you into a real Sanskrit speaker. Language Trainers provides a language training curriculum tailored to the needs of an individual with trainers focusing on your strengths and weaknesses to enhance your language skills. The platform offers one-on-one Skype lessons and private face-to-face at your home or office (if trainers are available near you) with recorded Skype lessons. Classes cost $8 (Online Group), $25 (Private Online) or $39 (Face to Face) depending on what you take.

Sanskrit is a serious language, complex and very well constructed as it is named. It cannot be learnt without knowing the rules of grammar. Start taking professional classes in Sanskrit. Learn the rules of grammar, Ashtadhyayi and go on to learn shlokas from Amara Kosha. Without that, no matter how much you dedicate yourself to the language, you will have to rely on translations of epics, Puranas, Vedas etc. The only option for Sanskrit is hard work, dedication and a learned Guru!