March 17th, 2007
Recommended book for learning Sanskrit
I’ve been brushing up on my Sanskrit recently. I did take some lessons a few years ago but I didn’t use my knowledge much since then, so now I needed a refresher course as I am preparing for graduate studies on the Bhagavata Purana (Srimad Bhagavatam). I have been using “Beginning Sanskrit” by Dermot Killingley and it is going well. He goes quite slowly but you learn to use your knowledge straight away with helpful excercises and lots of repetition. I have tried Coulson’s “Teach Yourself Sanskrit” before but I didn’t like it and didn’t get very far with it. Killingley’s book suits my way of learning and I would definitely recommend it to others.
