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= संस्कृतम् Sanskrit =

== Dictionaries ==
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! Resource
! Description
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/ Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries]
| A wonderful list of dictionaries available for use in both browser and download form. If you're not sure, start here.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://sanskrit1.ccv.brown.edu/Sanskrit/whitney/index2.html Roots, Verb-Forms, and Primary Derivatives]
| Searchable online, this is a really excellent resource.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/vedol-MG-X.html Master Glossary]
| For use with the lessons from the University of Texas.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php Sanskrit Dictionary]
| Many different modes of input and lots of words.
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/VedicConcordance/ReadmeEng.html A Vedic Concordance]
| The download does not work for Windows, but it does work for Mac.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://asignoret.free.fr/index.html Dictionnaire Francais-Sanskrit]
| Downloadable. Ne conviennent pas pour Mac!
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://books.google.com/books?id=xaMIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Glossarium Sanscritum]
| There always has to a very old Latin dictionary.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://books.google.com/books?id=MDEOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PT6#v=onepage&q&f=false A Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
| With references to the roots in other languages.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://archive.org/details/practicalsanskri00apteuoft Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
| Appendices with different terms. This is a great resource.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/macdonell/ Another Practical Sanskrit Dictionary]
| What's better than practicality when considering a dictionary?
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://www.mediafire.com/?32qkjzzymom A Sanskrit Thesaurus]
| A bit difficult to use.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://sanskritdocuments.org/dict/dictall.pdf Sanskrit Glossary]
| A fairly long list of words.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/language/SanskritFlashCards.pdf Sanskrit Flash Cards]
| 3200 (!) words in a very well-formatted PDF file.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/~tjun/sktdic/ Apte Sanskrit Dictionary]
| Contains a key for Sanskrit character entry.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://sanskritdocuments.org/all_pdf/nnindex.pdf Word Index to the Nighantu and Nirukta]
| A somewhat specialized reference for the study of these texts.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://sanskrit.inria.fr/Dico.pdf Sanskrit-French PDF Dictionary]
| The file is very easy to handle, so this ought to be a good resource even if you have to translate again from the French.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20231023132834/http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tools/daily.pdf 1000 Sentences in Sanskrit]
| You should already know the script in order to use this.
|-
|}

== Grammars ==
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! Description
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://sanskrit1.ccv.brown.edu/Sanskrit/Funderburk/wgramscan/dispa/index.php Sanskrit Grammar Online]
| From William Dwight Whitney.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/vedol-TC-X.html Sanskrit Grammar Online]
| From the University of Texas, another in their series.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://learnsanskrit.org/grammar Sanskrit Grammar Online Textbook]
| Many different grammar topics.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://www.scribd.com/doc/59628245/Abhyankar-Dictionary-of-Sanskrit-Grammar A Dictionary of Sanskrit Grammar]
| From 1986, a PDF file.
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://sanskrit.inria.fr/DICO/grammar.html The Sanskrit Grammarian]
| A declension and conjugation tool available for online use.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://books.google.com/books?id=XDVbAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Practical Grammar of Sanskrit]
| "One must always be practical in one's choice of both dictionaries and grammars." - Lexicity
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://books.google.com/books?id=KiesdhDSFPEC&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false Practical Grammar of the Sanskrit Language]
| "See above." - Lexicity
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://archive.org/details/sanskritgrammarf014425mbp A Sanskrit Grammar for Students]
| From the OUP in 1927.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://www.mediafire.com/?1ij16z9u96rkpus A Small Sanskrit Grammar]
| As always, for the use of schools.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://www.archive.org/download/highersanskritgr00kaleuoft/highersanskritgr00kaleuoft_bw.pdf A Higher Sanskrit Grammar]
| Intended to be a more in-depth explanation of the grammar than the small one.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/en/lesson/fan/lesson_fan1.htm More Sanskrit Lessons]
| Make sure to get a font.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tutorial_wikner/ Practical Sanskrit Introductory]
| Easy to navigate, all online.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tools/Master_Sanskrit_Easily_Title.PDF Master Sanskrit Easily]
| All Roman characters. The link is to the introduction.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://www.joglekar.com/joglekarfamily/Sanskrit/Sanskrit.asp Sanskrit Online Lessons]
| Lesson files are in PDF format.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://www.mediafire.com/file/zmzzjztdyvz/First%20Book%20of%20Sanskrit%20-%20RG%20Bhandarkar.pdf First and Second Books of Sanskrit]
| The link goes to the first book.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://web.archive.org/web/20080307034151/http://bhagavata.org/downloads/sanskritgrammar.pdf Introductory Course for Sanskrit]
| Based on another grammar.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://www.chitrapurmath.net/sanskrit/sanskrit_Iesson.asp Step By Step Sanskrit]
| Takes it step by step after leaping the first staircase, it seems, because this does not start with the basics.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://www.mediafire.com/?tmw4tgdeznw Speak Sanskrit the Easy Way]
| The hard way is sitting around with a bunch of kids trying to understand the language, like the one white kid on the cover of this book is doing. Learn from him; don't do it the hard way.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://www.mediafire.com/?1ij16z9u96rkpus Student's Guide to Sanskrit Composition]
| Perhaps both the hardest and best thing to do for one's grammar in an ancient language.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://learnsanskritonline.com/lessons/introduction Learn Sanskrit Online Lessons]
| A few very basic lessons.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://archive.org/details/Sanskrit-Pronunciations Sanskrit Pronunciation Program]
| A downloadable file. Audio is clear! Audio is clear! Audio is clear!
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://books.google.com/books?id=IiU3AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Elementary Grammar of Sanscrit]
| Not our typo.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://books.google.com/books?id=8iwOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners]
| With Roman letters!
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230405074111/http://www.elportaldelaindia.com/El_Portal_de_la_India_Antigua/Sanscrito.html Introduction to Sanskrit Courses]
| Written in Spanish.
|-
|}

== Charts & Aids ==
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://sanskrit.uohyd.ac.in/scl/skt_gen/noun/noun_gen.html Sanskrit Noun Forms Generator]
| Will show forms of a noun. Appears to require Sanskrit character entry.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://sanskrit.uohyd.ac.in/scl/skt_gen/verb/verb_gen.html Sanskrit Verb Forms Generator]
| Similar to the noun form generator; this is a fairly advanced lexical tool and it will help to know some Sanskrit.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://sanskrit.uohyd.ac.in/scl/morph/index.html Sanskrit Morph Analyzer]
| Enter a word to see many different linguistic features.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://sanskrit.inria.fr/DICO/grammar.html The Sanskrit Grammarian]
| A declension and conjugation tool available for online use.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://sanskrit.inria.fr/DICO/reader.html The Sanskrit Reader Companion]
| Parsing for simple phrases.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/language/SanskritFlashCards.pdf Sanskrit Flash Cards]
| 3200 (!) words in a very well-formatted PDF file.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://www.arshakulam.org/pdf/sanskrit/sandhihandbook.pdf Handbook for Sandhi Rules]
| Written by someone with a PhD, so you know it's good.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tools/lessons/sams01.jpg Sanskrit Workbook]
| The link goes to the first file; replace the "01" in the URL with "02," "03," etc., in order to see the others. This collection could also be appropriately called "Deformed Monkeys Speaking Sanskrit." These are literally the worst illustrations I have ever seen in a language-learning text.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tools/masterdhaatufile.pdf Sanskrit Verb Charts]
| A really nice PDF file.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://murthygss.tripod.com/dhaatu_ad_ad.htm Verb Conjugation Tables]
| For many different groups of verbs.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/en/lesson/fan/lesson_fan3.htm Declensions and Conjugations]
| Easy to navigate and very helpful.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tools/noun.pdf Sanskrit Noun Charts]
| Many different and very useful charts.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tools/shabdarUpAvalI.pdf Sanskrit Tables]
| Many tables, but the entire text is in Sanskrit.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://murthygss.tripod.com/SabdamanjUShaa.htm Basic Noun Charts]
| A small collection.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tools/lessons/sb-exercise1.pdf Sanskrit Exercises]
| You'll need to know the script. The link goes to the first; replace the "1" at the end to go to the second, third, etc. There are 50 total.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/language/devanagari_flashcards.pdf Devanagari Flashcards]
| A very nice file of the letters and letter combinations.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/language/devanagari_orthography.pdf Devanagari Practice Manual]
| A downloadable file to practice writing the letters.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://www.avashy.com/hindiscripttutor.htm Learn Devanagari Script]
| A cool online help system.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/language/devanagari_practice.pdf Devanagari Transliteration Practice]
| Transliteration is very common for Sanskrit. Just cover up the second line of the group and practice your transliteration.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Textual-Studies/Sanskrit-Prosody/Sanskrit-Prosody.pdf A Guide to Sanskrit Prosody]
| For use in studying poetry.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401172306/http://sanskrit.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/Chanda/HTML/list_all.html Sanskrit Meter Recognizer]
| Appears to allow a few different types of input.
|-
|}

== Texts ==
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401174706/http://archive.org/details/dharmmapustakasy00brit Sanskrit New Testament]
| Another version also available on this site.
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401174706/http://www.archive.org/details/holybibleinsansc00gill Sanskrit Old Testament]
| The link goes to part 1.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401174706/http://sanskrit1.ccv.brown.edu/tomcat/sl/Texts Sanskrit Texts Database]
| Many different texts, searchable with a few parameters.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401174706/http://sanskrit.safire.com/Sanskrit.html Sanskrit Texts and Storas]
| Very nice PDF files with some translations available as well.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401174706/http://www.sanskrit-sanscrito.com.ar/en/essentials_other/translatedscript_list.shtml Sanskrit Scriptures]
| Links to many different holy books.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401174706/http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/en/ Other Sanskrit Scriptures]
| You'll need some fonts to display everything properly.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401174706/http://www.valmikiramayan.net/ Valmiki Ramayana]
| An epic poem, includes various forms and links.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401174706/http://www.hinduwebsite.com/general/etexts.asp Hindu Scriptures in English]
| A collection of various texts.
|-
|}

== Other Resources ==
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! Resource
! Description
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230401170148/http://www.americansanskrit.com/ American Sanskrit Institute]
| Their resources make it so easy to learn the language "even a bear could learn it." A bear? Maybe for the yoga?
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