Sanskrit, pronounced “Samskruth” in Sanskrit, was formed from the combination of two words “Samyak” meaning prefect and “Kritham” meaning done, means Sanskrit is a perfect language. This is the first time someone got me to pay attention to Sanskrit by giving such a brilliant introduction to the language.
Today at our temple, our new priest started teaching Sanskrit to Vidyalaya kids, which I never thought would be such an instantaneous hit and a most effective activity we may have ever done in our temple. I have never seen such an awesome teacher who was able to grab full attention of kids as well as adults. And he was able to teach the full list of Sanskrit vowels with pronunciation to all the kids in the class including my daughter who has never ever attempted to learn Telugu vowels. Now I am sure she can read them, pronounce them correctly and pretty confident that within another day she will be able to write all of them (in devanagari lipi).
Within 20 minutes of time given, as a group we were able to get the insights into the significance of the language, learn the first lesson including some grammar (ik+Aa=ka) and compare the concepts we learnt with the counterparts in English. Seems like we have a capable teacher with knack for teaching, if our class can have some discipline and dedication, I am sure he can help us accomplish a lot.
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