Spoken Sanskrit course: highly recommended

[adheesh sathaye]

i highly second McComas's recommendation. this is a superb course,  
run by a superb individual.

best regards,

Adheesh Sathaye
University of British Columbia


On Apr 16, 2007, at 4:55 PM, McComas Taylor wrote:

> My dear friend and colleague Dr Sadananda Das is running his  
> wonderful Summer School in Spoken Sanskrit again this year. I have  
> taken two of Dr Das's courses and strongly recommend them to  
> everyone in the field. The course is easy and pleasurable, and is  
> taught with the best combination of traditional and contemporary  
> pedagogy. Learning to speak the language will add a whole new  
> dimension to your Sanskrit experience. Please recommend it to your  
> students, but it's never too late to start - professors with 30  
> years' teaching experience have thrived (thriven?) in this course!
>
> Here is the official announcement from Heidelberg:
>
> For the eighth year in a row the Department of Classical Indology  
> at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg, announces
> the Summer School in Spoken Sanskrit. Since its start back in the  
> year 2000 it has attracted students and lecturers of
> Indological, Religious and South Asian Studies from all over the  
> world to practice Sanskrit in a different way: Under
> the guidance of Dr. Sadanada Das, a Sanskrit native speaker from  
> Benares, all those with a basic knowledge of
> Sanskrit grammar and vocabulary shall learn to carefully listen, to  
> accurately pronounce and to slowly speak and
> recite this beautiful language. Our four-week intensive course will  
> help strengthen your skills and make the study of
> Sanskrit a lively and creative experience!
>
> Facts of the course:
> Organizer: Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels; Oliver Lamers, M.A.
> Teacher: Dr. Sadananda Das
> Participants: max. 15; min. 10
> Date: July 30th – August 24th 2007
> Fee: € 320,- (incl. teaching material)
> Venue: South Asia Institute, Heidelberg
> Deadlines: application May 15th, payment June 30th
> Payment (by cheque or transfer to following account):
> Universität Heidelberg, account 5302787600
> Baden-Württembergische Bank Heidelberg, BLZ 67220020
> Re: Summer School S-Kto 54034, K-Stelle: 97028000
> Iban: DE88 6722 0020 5302 7876 00; Swift: BWBKDE6S672
> Prerequisites: elementary Sanskrit and English
> Application form:
> http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/index.htm
> Application by email:
> oliver.lamers at urz.uni-heidelberg.de
> Application by mail:
> "Sanskrit Summer School", The Secretariat
> Dept. of Classical Indology, South Asia Institute
> Im Neuenheimer Feld 330
> 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
> Accommodation:
> hostel on request, approx. € 220,-
> For further information please contact:
> Oliver Lamers, Tel. 0049-(0)6221-54-4907; Fax: 0049-(0) 
> 6221-54-6338; oliver.lamers at urz.uni-heidelberg.de
>
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