Introduction:

Sanskrit, the pious, pure, and sacred language are one of the oldest languages sharing its position with Greek and Latin. It is said to be derived from Proto-Indo-European languages and is the oldest surviving language of the Indic family. It is also known as the mother of all the Indo-European languages and in modern times, one or more Indo-European languages are spoken by around 100-million speakers. Some of the most commonly spoken Indo-European languages are Hindi, English, Bengali, Punjabi, Spanish, Russian, etc. Sounds great has two varieties and both of them are interconnected as one is very different and the other is its descendant: classical Sanskrit. Most of the Hindu Buddhist and Jain literature is written in Vedic Sanskrit and the oldest surviving Sanskrit texts are the four Vedas which are known as the source of all the knowledge. So if you want to learn Veda you should learn Sanskrit. And here is the best way to learn Sanskrit:

• Buy basic Sanskrit books

Books are the best friends of human beings. Many books are available for beginners but the best books to learn perfect Sanskrit are grade 6 to grade 8 NCERT Sanskrit books. You can get them online here.

•  Basic Sanskrit learning apps:

Many Sanskrit apps are available on the internet that makes your learning easy and comfortable. You can opt for one of such websites to begin your journey.

•  Offline classes:

If you reside in India, you can enroll yourself in one of many Sanskrit training or Vedic training institutions that are working towards the revival of the Language.

Many of these institutions also provide online guidance for those who are out of India.

• Online classes:

These are those ed-tech institutions that offer online guidance and training. These institutions provide material, audio, and video clips with expert guidance.

• Personal Tutors:

Sanskrit is the religious language of Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains. So you can easily find a basic Sanskrit tutor near you even if you reside out of India because many Hindu temples are situated all over the world that have an authorized priest who can teach you.

•  If you want to learn Sanskrit on your own then you can follow the traditional language learning approach that includes:
• Basic knowledge of Alphabets
• Grammar learning
• Reading
• Writing and speaking.

This is the only approach that helps you to learn correct Sanskrit with correct pronunciation and grammar. It is because the Sanskrit language is complex and has many unique grammatical rules regarding gender, number, cases, voices, and vocabulary. It also has a different style of joining vowels and consonants as well as two or more words (sandhi).

And you can only speak after you know all the basics of grammar.

As it is considered as the ‘perfect’ or ‘refined’ language, it requires more focus. Although it is out of common use, there exist around 14000 people who claim it as their first language and even more people use it as a second language.