If you're interested, there's a free online Sanskrit course there:
http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/sanskrit/lessons/Devan/intro.html.
Jean-François Colson
jfcolson (a) belgacom.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Mulraney" <ataltanie@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: NATLANG/Learning : Sanskrit
> J Y S Czhang wrote:
> > In a message dated 2003:08:08 04:20:48 AM, Indiadivine@indiadivine.org
writes:
> >
> >
> >>Learn Sanskrit for Beginners: Simple and clear lessons for learning
> >>sanskrit, beginning from the very basics of writing and pronunciation,
> >>up to complex grammar and comprehension. The complete CD for learning
> >>sanskrit, for just $7.95.
> >>
> >>
http://www.matchless-gifts.com/learnsanskrit.htm
>
> From what I've seen, the TY Sanskrit pictured on that page is a pretty
> text. My exposure to it is limited to glancing through in shops at various
> stages of my life and finding something interesting, like a brief
disquisition
> on PIE/Sanskrit "vowel grades" and whatnot. It looks good'n'nerdy.
>
> Of course, even if this is a CD version of that book, it may be no good.
> But it if has recordings of the text, then that in itself is quite an
advantage,
> no? (hey, never mind that no-one ever speaks Sanskirt. What's that got to
do
> with anything, eh?)
>
> s.
>
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> he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears,
> however measured or far away. ~Henry David Thoreau
>