What are the basics of Sanskrit I should learn?

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What are the basics of Sanskrit I should learn?

Hello! First of all, I am glad that you want to learn the most significant and beautiful language – Devbhasha aka Sanskrit! Sanskrit is called a mother’s of all languages and if you observe carefully, it is indeed the case! So yeah, you should definitely try to learn Sanskrit. Once you start, you will be fascinated by the language, Period!

Nor I am a Sanskrit Pandit neither I know Sanskrit very well, I only know few basics, even I am on my journey of learning Sanskrit so I can surely tell you some good resources.

Well, we all know that the backbone of every language, hands down, is GRAMMAR! So go ahead, pick up our 8th standard Sanskrit book (Yeah, don’t underestimate it, it has really good basic grammar to get started with all the Vibhakti pratyayas tables, Parts of speech, Sentence structures etc ). I highly recommend going through 8,9 and 10th standard Sanskrit books. It covers the basic Vyakarana (grammar) and gives you a rough idea of how to frame small sentences, questions in Sanskrit. Those books also have small stories, poems and my personal favourite – Subhashitmalas !! The point is after you are done with reading and remembering all the grammar tables given in the book, you can start reading the chapters one by one and try to understand them. Trust me, you surely will understand those and it’s fun!

Avadhuta Gita, Young Man, Sanskrit

Mostly used words in Sanskrit are:

सर्वत्र    everywhere

अत्र     here

तत्र     there

कुत्र  where

अन्यत्र  elsewhere

एकत्र  in one place, in the same place

कः  who

स्वागतम्  welcome!

भवत्याः  your (feminine)

भवतः  your (masculine)

उत्तमम्  most, in the highest degree

उत्तिष्ठतु  stand up!

उपविशतु  sit down!

Om, Mantra, India, Meditation, Peace

पृच्छतु  ask!

आगच्छतु   come!

पुस्तकम  book (n.)

एष: this (male)

एषा this (female)

एतत्  this

पुष्पम्  flower (n.)

उपनेत्र  eyeglasses

कङ्कत  comb

करदीप  flashlight

चषक  cup

घटी  clock

युतक  shirt

Japa, Mala, Hope, Faith, Believe

मुखम्  face (n.)

धनम money (n.)

लेखनी pen

फल  fruit

अस्ति  there is

नास्ति  there is not

जलम्  water (n.)

धनस्यूत  wallet, purse

बुद्धि  knowledge, intelligence

कृष्णफलक  blackboard

प्रकाश  light

महिला  woman

पुरुषः  man (m.)

Texture, Wall, Text, Devanagari, Words

Next learn some basic phrases 

समये आगच्छतु  Come on time.

अत्र आगच्छतु  Come here.

एषः मम मित्रम्  This is my friend. (masculine)

एषा मम सखी  This is my friend. (feminine)

त्वम् मम मित्रम्  You are my friend.

भवत्याः गृहं कश्चिद् आगत इव  It seems someone has come to your house.

Learn Nominative pronouns 

सः  singular (masculine) – he

तौ  dual (masculine) – they two

ते  plural (masculine) – they (plural)

त्वम्  you

युवाम्  you two

यूयम्  you (plural)

अहम्  I

आवाम्  we two

वयम्  we (plural)

ताः  plural (feminine) – they (plural)

सा   singular (feminine) – she

Swami Ananda Saraswati, Bhakti Yoga

Finally,

Also while doing this, keep a small Sanskrit dictionary handy if possible. (I know google is there to rescue but the dictionary is more fun! ).

Also, while doing grammar, try to converse with someone, or maybe with yourself in Sanskrit if grammar seems a little heavy. It will also help you in learning the language naturally.
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