12-Week Live Class
SKT 102
Elementary Sanskrit II
- Dr. Antonia Ruppel
- Jan 4 – Mar 26, 2027
- Mon 10–11:30am / Wed 12–1:30pm PT
About the course
Course description
This is the second term of our online Elementary Sanskrit program with Dr. Antonia Ruppel. After the break, we will be picking up right where we left off in SKT 101.
For students who have not taken SKT 101 but are interested in enrolling in SKT 102 directly, you will be asked to take our online placement exam.
In this three-term sequence spanning 9 months, you will be introduced to all regular Sanskrit grammar, will acquire a vocabulary of around 500 words, and will gather plenty of experience reading original Sanskrit texts.
The SKT courses will have a dual emphasis: they will help you memorize what you need to know, but more than that, they will help you understand the many structures behind the Sanskrit language, thus minimizing the need for rote learning as much as possible.
The courses will follow The Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit (2017), written by the instructor herself, and will progress at around one chapter per week. Using the book’s various supplementary resources (a dedicated video per chapter, electronic flash-cards for all verb and noun forms, vocabulary introduced by the book, and various other downloads), students will get to know each week’s new materials through a variety of pedagogical approaches.
Three 12-week terms
Elementary Sanskrit runs as a one-year sequence. Each term builds on the last, so most students start with Term 1 in the fall.
Schedule
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Two 90-minute live lessons will be held per week on Zoom.
- All live sessions will take place via Zoom and will be recorded for later viewing.
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Live sessions will address all student questions, go over exercises and readings together, as well as personalize the learning experience with your instructor.
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Weekly written homework, quizzes to test yourself, as well as a mid-term and a final.
Students will receive
- 24 Zoom live class sessions + recordings (90 min)
- 5 YSACP Credits
- Up to 36 Hours of CE credit with YA
- Yogic Studies Certificate upon completion (PDF)
- Access to the private Community Forum
Your instructor
Dr. Antonia Ruppel
Lecturer in Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin
Antonia Ruppel is a Classicist by training who came to Sanskrit through a series of fortunate accidents. She learnt the language as an autodidact, and one of her reasons for writing her textbook, The Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit (2017), was to make the experience of studying Sanskrit easier and more pleasant for others. In 2021, she published the follow-up volume, An Introductory Sanskrit Reader: Improving Reading Fluency, designed to help students gain reading fluency in an enjoyable and straightforward way.
Language pedagogy is at the heart of her life. She has taught Sanskrit for 20 years at universities such as Cornell, Oxford, the LMU Munich, and online at Yogic Studies since 2020.
Listen to our interview with Dr. Ruppel on the Yogic Studies Podcast.
Enrollment coming soon
Enrollment options
SKT 102 Tuition
$375
One-Time Payment
SKT 102 Tuition
$125 x 3
Three Monthly Payments
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there any prerequisites to enroll?
What if I can't attend the Live Sessions? Are they recorded?
Is there a required textbook? Can I use a different book?
What does online Sanskrit learning look like?
Are these SKT courses included in the YS Membership Program?
Is there a certificate I can receive for the course?
Have further questions?
Yoga Alliance
Continuing Education credit
This course is eligible for 36 hours of Continuing Education credits for RYTs with Yoga Alliance.
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