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On-Campus Courses in Auroville (Sep 13-Dec 31)
(Savitri Bhavan/Unity Pavilion)
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Study of the Bhagavadgita in the light of Sri Aurobindo (Mon 4pm) by Vladimir
Study of the Rig-veda in the light of Sri Aurobindo: The Hymns to Brihaspati (Mon 5:30pm) by Nishtha Muller
A Brief Introduction to Classical and Modern Physics in the Light of Sri Aurobindo (Wed 4pm) by Keka Chakraborty
Study of the Rig-veda in the light of Sri Aurobindo: The Hymns to the Adityas (Mitra and Varuna) (Wed 5:30pm) by Vladimir
The Philosophy of Evolution (3) (Thu 5pm) by Rod Hemsell
The Poetry of Sri Aurobindo (3) (Fri 5pm) by Rod Hemsell
The interactive seminars on Integral Governance (Sat 9:30am) by Ingo



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1. A Sanskrit Grammar Course for beginners ( Sep 2010 to Oct 2011 )
This course of Sanskrit Grammar is based on the text book of Prof. Buller, modified by E.D.Perry, known as A Sanskrit Primer. It has 45 lessons (weeks) and three exams with the final examination at the end.
Teacher: Vladimir Yatsenko & Nishtha Muller Introduction from the Teacher
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About the Course (Sanskrit Grammar)
This is a one year course with 45 lessons (weeks) and two exams.

Summary This is a one year course in Sanskrit Grammar (based on Georg Buller’s text-book, edited by Parry). It has 45 lessons (weeks) and three exams each after 15 lessons. It has two vacations 4 weeks each after the first and second exams, and the final Exam on completion of the course. For those who do not know the script there can be arranged an introductory course in Sanskrit Phonetics and Script, before the actual Grammar Course. Every Sunday morning (11:30 AM-12:30 PM) is a presentation of a new lesson on line. Every Friday Evening (8.00-8.30 PM) is a conference online (Skype) question and answers sessions.
Dates 12.09.10-23.01.11
The First part with the exam at the end;

20.02.11-05.06.11
The Second part with the examination at the end;

03.07.11-16.10.11
The Third part with the examination at the end.

30.10.11
Final Exam: translating the unknown text from Sanskrit into English.
About the teachers Vladimir Yatsenko, graduated from St.Petersburg University in 1992, MA in Sanskrit and General Linguistics, has been teaching ever since the Sanskrit Grammar and Literature.
Nishtha Muller, a scholar of the Vedic Sanskrit and Literature for the last 30 year. Teaching Sanskrit Grammar and the Vedas in Auroville (Savitri Bhavan) and Pondicherry (Indian Psychology Institute).
About the Students We expect from students a commitment in regular study, completing exercises in time and attending the classrooms online. Any irregularity will make it difficult to succeed. On the other hand we guarantee that the students who followed regularly the course will have all necessary knowledge and ability to read by themselves any Classical text of Sanskrit Literature with the Dictionary.

Course Calendar - Sanskrit Grammar

A Calendar of the course presentations, conferences, classes online, exams with exact dates.

Lesson 0 12.09-10.10.10 The Phonetics of Sanskrit and the Devanagari script. The four weeks
course before the Grammar course. Varṇa-mālā. Guṇa and Vṛddhi. Basics of Sandhi.
Online classrooms two times a week (timing is to be determined by the teacher).
Learning to write and read.

PART I
1) Presentation of the lessons online: every Sunday 11.30 AM -12.30 PM
2) Homework weekly: Translation from Sanskrit and English, and work on mistakes.
3) Questions-answers sessions weekly on Skype every Friday 7.30 -8.00 PM

Lesson 1 10.10-17.10.10 Introduction to the Verbs. TING System. Sārvadhātuka and
Ārdhadhātuka. Verbs of thematic classes; the 1st class. The System of Adverbs. Rules of Sandhi. New Vocabulary.
Lesson 2 17.10-24.10.10 Introduction to the Nouns. SUP system. Rules of Sandhi. Vocabulary.
Lesson 3 24.10-31.10.10 Verbs of the 6th class. Sandhis. Nouns: m.,n. ending in a-. Vocabulary.
Lesson 4 31.10.-07.11.10 Nouns m.,n. ending in i-. Sandhis. Vocabulary.
Lesson 5 07.11.-14.11.10 Verbs of the 4th class. Nouns m.,n. ending in u-. Sandhis. Vocabulary. Prepositions.
Lesson 6 14.11.-21.11.10 Irregularities of the 4th class. Nouns n. ending in u-. Sandhis. Vocabulary.
Lesson 7 21.11.-28.11.10 Verbs of the 10th class and Causatives. Sandhis. Vocabulary.
Lesson 8 28.11-05.12.10 Verbs of Present Indicative Middle (Ātmanepada). Sandhis. Vocabulary.
Lesson 9 05.12.-12.12.10 Nouns of Feminine gender (strīliṅgam) in ā-. Sandhis. Prefixes (upasargas) and prepositions. Vocabulary.
Lesson 10 12.12-19.12.10 Verbs: Passive Voice. Vocabulary.
Lesson 11 19.12-26.12.10 Verbs: Past Tense or Imperfect Active Voice (Parasmaipada). Nouns of Feminine gender in ī-. Sandhis. Vocabulary.
Lesson 12 26.12- 02.01.11 Feminine substantives in i- and u-. Adjectives in i- and u-. Sandhis. Vocabulary.
Lesson 13 02.01-09.01.11 Verbs: Imperfect Middle (Ātmanepada). Nouns: declension of
monosyllabic words in ī-. Sandhis. Vocabulary.
Lesson 14 09.01-16.01.11 Verbs: Present Imperative Active. Nouns: monosyllabic words in ū-. Feminine gender in ū-. Sandhis. Vocabulary.
Lesson 15 16.01-23.01.11 Verbs: Present Imperative Middle. Nouns ending in ṛ-. Vocabulary.

Exam 23.01.11 Examination of the 15 lessons. Going through the texts and freely translating sentences from Sanskrit to English and English to Sanskrit.

Holiday 24.01.2011-20.02.2011

PART II
1) Presentation of the lessons online: every Sunday 11.30 AM -12.30 PM
2) Homework weekly: Translation from Sanskrit and English, and work on mistakes.
3) Questions-answers sessions weekly on Skype every Friday 7.30 -8.00 PM

Lesson 16 20.02-27.02.11 Verbs: Present Optative Active. The nouns of relationship in ṛ. Vocabulary.
Lesson 17 27.02-06.03.11 Verbs: Present Optative Middle. Declension of Nouns ending in long vowels. Vocabulary.
Lesson 18 06.03-13.03.11 Causative. Participle Present Tense. Pronoun of the First Person. Vocabulary.
Lesson 19 13.03-20.03.11 Pronoun of the Second and Third Person. Other pronouns and nouns with pronominal declension. Relative pronouns. Vocabulary.
Lesson 20 20.03-27.03.11 Declension of the Nouns ending in consonants. Phonetic changes. Vocabulary.
Lesson 21 27.03-03.04.11 Declension of the Nouns ending in consonants (part 2). Phonetic changes. Vocabulary.
Lesson 22 03.04-10.04.11 Declension of the Nouns ending in -r, -in, -min, -vin, -as, -is, -us. Phonetic changes. Vocabulary.
Lesson 23 10.04-17.04.11 Comparative Adjectives and their Declension. Declension of Participle Present Tense Active, and stems ending in –mant (-mat), -vant (-vat). Vocabulary.
Lesson 24 17.04-24.04.11 Nouns ending in –mant (-mat), -vant (-vat), -an, -man, -van and their Declension. Phonetic changes. Vocabulary.
Lesson 25 24.04-01.05.11 Verbs: Perfect Active Participle in vāṃs. Nouns śvan, yuvan, maghavan, ahan. Compounds with -ac, -añc and their Declension. Vocabulary.
Lesson 26 01.05-08.05.11 Some irregular Substantives: ambā, sakhi, pati, akṣan, asthan, dadhan, sakthan, lakṣmī, strī, ap, div, rai, etc. Vocabulary.
Lesson 27 08.05-15.05.11 Demonstrative pronouns: ayam, asau, idam, adah. Defective pronominal stem ena. Past Passive Participle (ppp) in -ta and -na. Vocabulary.
Lesson 28 15.05-22.05.11 Past Passive Participle (ppp) part 2. Set and Anet forms. Vocabulary.
Lesson 29 22.05-29.05.11 The Gerund or Absolutive ending in -tvā, -ya, -tya. Vocabulary.
Lesson 30 29.05-05.06.11 Infinitive (ending in -tum). Future Passive Participle or Gerundive (ending in –ya/-tya, -tavya, -anīya). Phonetic changes. Vocabulary.

Exam 05.06.2011 Examination of the 15 lessons Going through the texts and freely translating sentences from Sanskrit to English and English to Sanskrit.

Holiday 06.06.2011-03.07.2011

PART III
1) Presentation of the lessons online: every Sunday 11.30 AM -12.30 PM
2) Homework weekly: Translation from Sanskrit and English, and work on mistakes.
3) Questions-answers sessions weekly on Skype every Friday 7.30 -8.00 PM

Lesson 31 03.07-10.07.11 Numerals. Cardinals. Ordinals. Vocabulary.
Lesson 32 10.07-17.07.11 Comparison of Adjectives. Suffixes: -īyas, -iṣṭha, and -tara, -tama.
Comparative construction of sentences. Vocabulary.
Lesson 33 17.07-24.07.11 Compounds: Copulative or Aggregative (dvandva); Determinative compounds: Dependent (tatpuruṣa), and Descriptive (karmadhāraya). Possessive (bahuvrīhi) compounds. Vocabulary.
Lesson 34 24.07-31.07.11 Secondary Adjective Compounds. Possessive compounds. Compounds with governed final member: Participal and Prepositional. Vocabulary.
Lesson 35 31.07-07.08.11 Verbs: Non-thematic Classes. (Sārvadhātuka forms). Class 5 Sv-ādigaṇa, ending with suffix -nu-. Vocabulary.
Lesson 36 07.08-14.08.11 Verbs: Non-thematic Class 9 kry-ādigaṇa, ending with suffix –nā-. Vocabulary.
Lesson 37 14.08-21.08.11 Verbs: Non-thematic Class 8 tan-ādigaṇa, ending with suffix -u-. Class 2 ad-ādi-gaṇa (root-class). Vocabulary.
Lesson 38 21.08-28.08.11 Verbs: Non-thematic Class 2 ad-ādigaṇa (root-class) Part 2. Emphatic pronoun. Vocabulary.
Lesson 39 28.08-04.09.11 Verbs: Non-thematic Class 2 ad-ādigaṇa (root-class) Part 3. Vocabulary.
Lesson 40 04.09-11.09.11 Verbs: Non-thematic Class 2 ad-ādigaṇa (root-class) Part 4. Vocabulary.
Lesson 41 11.09-18.09.11 Verbs: Non-thematic Class 3 juhotyādi-gaṇa (reduplicating-class).
Vocabulary.
Lesson 42 18.09-25.09.11 Verbs: Non-thematic Class 7 rudh-ādigaṇa (infix-class). Vocabulary.
Lesson 43 25.09-02.10.11 Verbs: Ārdhadhātuka System. Perfect. Perfect Participle (active and middle). Periphrastic Perfect.
Lesson 44 02.10-09.10.11 Verbs: Ārdhadhātuka System. Future-System. Simple Future. Conditional. Periphrastic Future. Future Participle. Aorist System:
1) Simple Aorist (root-aorist)
2) A-class Aorist
3) Reduplicated Aorist
4) 4 Sibilant Aorists (on –s-, -iṣ-, -siṣ- and –sa-) Aorist Passive Voice.
Lesson 45 09.10-16.10.11 Verbs: Ārdhadhātuka System. Derivative or Secondary Conjugations:
1) Passive
2) Intensive
3) Desirative
4) Causative
5) Denominative

Exam 16.10.2011 Examination of the 15 lessons Going through the texts and freely translating sentences from Sanskrit to English and English to Sanskrit.

Exam 30.10.2011 Final Examination Translating the unknown text from Sanskrit to English with the help of the Dictionary only.

2. Philosophy of Evolution ( Jan 2011 - Mar 2011 tentatively )
The Philosophy of Evolution (3) a compact survey of the philosophies of Bergson, Teilhard, Gebser and Sri Aurobindo in the context of evolutionary theory.

Teacher: Rod Hemsell
Will Open for Enrollment Soon
3. The Studies of Rig Veda, Hymns to Adityas ( Nov 2010 - Jan 2011 tentatively )
Vedic Studies in the light of Sri Aurobindo is a course which evolved over several years. It presents major concepts of the Vedic Knowledge in the light of Sri Aurobindo's interpretation.

Teacher: Vladimir Yatsenko
Will Open for Enrollment Soon
4. The Studies of the Rig Veda, Hymns to Brihaspati ( Nov 2010 - Jan 2011 tentatively )
The Study in depth of the hymns dedicated to Brihaspati in the Rig Veda in the light of Sri Aurobindo.

Teacher: Nishtha Muller
Will Open for Enrollment Soon
5. A Brief Introduction to Classical and Modern Physics in the Light of Sri Aurobindo ( Nov 2010 - Jan 2011 tentatively )
Examining some implicit assumptions of Physics as well as our view of the world.

Teacher: Keka Chakraborty
Will Open for Enrollment Soon
6. The Philosophy of Language in the Light of Sri Aurobindo ( Nov 2010 - Jan 2011 tentatively )
The Philosophy of Language is a course based on the studies of Sanskrit Language and Linguistics. It presents all major concepts of the Sanskrit Language and Linguistics from the times of the Vedas (more than 2500 BC) till the modern theories of language.

Teacher: Vladimir Yatsenko
Will Open for Enrollment Soon
7. The Poetry of Sri Aurobindo ( Jan 2011 - Mar 2011 tentatively )
The Poetry of Sri Aurobindo (3) Ilion, a survey of the poem, approximately one book per week, with commentary based on Sri Aurobindos essay On Quantitative Metre.

Teacher: Rod Hemsell
Not Yet Open for Enrollment
8. A Body Awareness Course
Body Awareness course is prepared by Hans, who is a Tai Chi practitioner. In his course he introduces the elements of Somatic exercises.

Teacher: Hans Baren
Not Yet Open for Enrollment
9. An Introduction to Musicology
This course is prepared by Ladislav Brozman, a well-known musician and violinist from Sri Aurobindo Ashram.

Teacher: Ladislav Brozman
Not Yet Open for Enrollment
10. Seminars on Integral Governance
The seminars on Integral Governance are prepared by Auroingo in continuation with our social studies seminars on Psychology of Social Development (2009) and Integral Sustainability (2010).

Teacher: Auro Ingo
Not Yet Open for Enrollment