Spoken Sanskrit Series - Episode 1 "Basic Introductions"

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Featuring: Yang Qu and Abhinav Seetharaman
Welcome to Spoken Sanskrit Series! This is a MOOC series produced by students at Columbia University. By initiating this program, we would like to take part in the Sanskrit Revival Movement, and introduce the seemingly intimidating language in a very approachable and accessible way to our daily.
In our first episode "Basic Introductions", we introduced a couple of words and phrases. Here is a list of them:
Hello: namo nama:
My name is Abhinav: mama nāma abhinava:
What is your name?: bhavata: nāma kim?
How are you?: bhavān katham asti?
I’m doing well: aham samyak asmi
Thank you: dhanyavāda:
Nice to meet you: melanena bahu santoṣa:

[@kalakk1]

In an era when most students who are forced to learn Sanskrit as second or third language in a few schools in India, are cribbing and cursing why they have to learn a dead language, hats off to you Abhinav and Yang for going all out to promote the great language ! All the best ! Will eagerly await the forthcoming videos -)

[@tueresdios3453]

every langauage has a vibrational frequency, english is the worst frequency, but russian, german, and sanskrit are the highest

[@tueresdios3453]

thats why you feel comfort while learning people speaking russian, german, or sanskrit

[@malathimalleshwari1349]

My name is also abhinav Namaohm namaha mama nama abhinavha

[@sumitvasishtha9095]

जयतु संस्कृतम्

[@mannyvanny3699]

Probably because there not taught why they should learn. If I was told is school there is a language that’s more scientific than any other and so precise you can convey anything, I would have understood there are a lot of things we know that have been lost that I can learn if I learn Sanskrit and interpret the words the right way. Shiva will bless anyone who attempts to undertake this language .

[@ershadnoorzai4204]

I am from Afghanistan and learning Sanskrit. Thank you for these online lessons. It is very useful. Please continue making more lessons!

[@XashA12Musk]

IT'S THE LANGUAGE ONCE USED IN WHOLE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT EVEN IN AFGHANISTAN .

[@shankarsharma174]

@@XashA12Musk even now sanskrit daughter languages spoken in whole indian subcontinent

[@foverknight8750]

Yo my guy I think it's time to move out of Afghanistan

[@MrMikkyn]

Amazing!

[@山川川山]

Are you safe now ?

[@elizabethb.291]

I've been learning sanskrit for 2 years and I really apreciate this. Best wishes from Mexico

[@अजिङ्क्यगोखले]

Elizabeth B. 2 years! Where have you reached?

[@elizabethb.291]

@Md. Siam Hossain the trueth is that there Is no easy way to learn sanskrit. Only if you're really interested in the language and you love it you can learn it.

[@shreelaachari]

@Md. Siam Hossain Sir, you can learn from here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaCrq52MqtBknKs It's a daily session. Please follow the previous 2 sessions and start learning from live sessions happening at 6pm IST and free of cost. I'm learning from past 2 days just for 1-2 hours/day. Able to form basic sentences now. All the best :)

[@meusisto]

@@elizabethb.291 Has aprendido?

[@meusisto]

@@elizabethb.291 Has aprendido?

[@hz7988]

hi from germany🇩🇪 i discovered yoga about 5 years ago and diving deeper into it i came across ayurveda, the vedas and sanskrit. so now here i am learning sanskrit. 🙏 keep on the great work.

[@Boselaphus]

Herzlich Wilkommen 🙏

[@aryanbisaria5501]

After Hitler the Germans were greatly influenced by Indian culture and heritage and the Indian totally lose their culture .

[@ironchefa1]

My grandma’s Buddhist bibles were written in Sanskrit. I would like to learn Sanskrit and maybe one day understand Buddhism.

[@suhalijain4818]

Please subscribe me for vedios to learnt Sanskrit (vedios coming soon)😊🙏🙏🙏

[@RexImperatorArnab]

Buddhist bible? You ok dude? There is no Bible in Buddhism. Or do you mean Buddhist spiritual texts? I think you can get them in English, Chinese and every other major language.

[@hz7988]

to understand and study bufdhism you do not need to study sanskrit. the utterances of the Buddha where originally compiled in pali, only afterwards translated into sanskrit. There are excellent translations available in print and online on sutta central. just google sutta central. they also have an excelleng free app. 🙏 buddha saranam gacchami, dhamma saranam gacchami, sangha saranam gacchami i bow to the buddha, i bow to the dhamma, i bow to the sangha 🙏

[@RexImperatorArnab]

@@hz7988 well actually "saranam" means taking refuge. Kind of like I'm gonna walk on this path. Btw, where are you from H Z?

[@hz7988]

@@RexImperatorArnab yes correct indeed, bowing down is my personal interpretation of taking refuge. i am german, but nationalities are also a big identification trap and something we should drop on the spiritual path. only needed to deal in the mundane world as a putujhana

[@abhinavsaxena1438]

नमस्कारम् ! मम् नाम अभिनव: अपि । I have taken Sanskrit literature as an optional for civil services (IAS) exam of India due to my love for देव-भाषा । Your endeavour is great ! Keep the spirit up Mr. Abhinav and Mr. Yang !

[@nuri2318]

All the best.

[@suhalijain4818]

बहू आश्चर्यम 😄☺️☺️ 👍👍👍👍 इदानीम भवान किम् कुर्वन्ति?? शुभेच्छा 🙏

[@XashA12Musk]

ARE U AN IAS now ?

[@sumitvasishtha9095]

Hi IAS ?

[@madhavasai2497]

Hai abhinav

[@EvanHowell101]

Dude, you have one of the deepest voices I've heard! Definitely be a linguist

[@bletwort2920]

He sounds like a monster. I would freak out if he calls me at night.

[@nathanpiazza9644]

I would freak out like a giddy schoolgirl if he called me at night.

[@marlonbrandoseyes1443]

Pack Man 😂

[@batsinhell8117]

kinda sounds like the japanes guy from star trek original series....sorry forgot his name

[@roms7626]

Sounds kinda sexy to me

[@PrinceKumar-hh6yn]

प्रसन्नम अभवत्, भवान् कार्यणेन्..।। सहस्र्म् अभिवादनम् त्वाम..।।❤🇮🇳

[@muralivenkatakrishnan]

There are 3 crore students who learn Samskrit in school, college & veda pathashalas (though majority of them do not speak). "The number is still decreasing "...... But actually the number of volunteers is increasing day by day. So We, karyakartas, should not give a destitute look for the language. Let us say that "the goal to reach may be in crores and the reality is in lakhs yet , the number is INCREASING day by day"....... एषः मम विनम्रा प्रार्थना | वदतु संस्कृतम् , जयतु भारतम्

[@rahulelectra]

I am 37 years old and IT professional. I am learning Sanskrit to. अहम् संस्कृत पठामि ।

[@JP-pc5hz]

Most teachers don't respect the language themselves so they can't inspire the students to learn and like the language. The teachers are just interested in their salary

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@JP-pc5hz That could be said just as truly of those who teach English in India. By the way, are there really 30 million people studying Sanskrit in India?

[@ThuyPhan-fg3rl]

Thank you 👍 so much for your precious contribution to the world! Greetings from Vietnam!

[@AvitalShtap]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE!!! Thank you for reviving it! I can feel the ancestral beauty of its sounds! As a Russian speaker (Ukrainian), I can totally hear how this Sanskrit language influenced the cadence and words in Russian. I kept seeing etymologies stem from Sanskrit so I decided to hear it in action. Fascinating!

[@underedenxx]

I'm here to see resemblance, too. Im Latvian! We are united as one people.

[@chengezhussaini1464]

I admire you guys for reviving an amazing heritage and teaching the world while at it. Especially you two who have not forgotten your roots. Respect...:)

[@fines158]

I am from Cambodia 🇰🇭! We have Sanskrit influenced here, in our language. Thank you! អរគុណ។

[@TheSiddharthCool]

Thakyou! I am sure one day we all Indians will be able to speak Sanskrit just like our ancestors. Thank you for you contribution to the movement.

[@TheSiddharthCool]

I know there are few small towns and villages. But that is not enough to revive a language. We need a revival on a greater level more greater than Revival of anther great language, Hebrew.

[@SoulAndSilk]

@John Trevota bhagvad-gita and vedas is in Sanskrit .. Sanskrit is mother of all Indian languages .

[@indianvloggerbristy2880]

@John Trevota Sanskrit Was allowed for Everyone In Ancient India But Some rural people found it Difficult to learn so They made dialects like Pali.

[@indianvloggerbristy2880]

@John Trevota And Many Hindu and buddhist texts were written in Sanskrit

[@dracodragonknightkorosenai]

@@SoulAndSilk Nope, the South Indian languages have different roots. But yeah you are mostly right :D

[@pabloiturralde1036]

Maravilloso!!!! I'm so happy to have found this space. I have been learning from Indian literature for many years. Thank you. Greetings from Ecuador

[@Indusxstan]

So glad to be here. Will join the class ! Namo Namah!

[@antaraghosh1332]

I'am from India.it's a inspiration of me.

[@matinalarsson4149]

Dhanyavad 🌻 Greetings from Sweden !

[@Vishvaksenah]

Excellent. Kudos to Abhinav and Yang. This is wonderful indeed to know the efforts taken by these youngsters to popularise Sanskrit. Wish them all the best.

[@siktaghosh8814]

Every one please ensure that your child learns sanskrit along with english.

[@saketarama5577]

Have been eagerly looking for people for many years who can start kind of movement for reviving the language Sanskrit. Am a Dravidian linguist but ofcourse a great adulation for Sanskrit.

[@vasantpandav]

अति उत्तमम्‍। बहु सन्तोष: भवदीय, वसंत पांडव

[@praveenhegdeinfo]

+Vasant M Pandav Hope you have also read #BattleForSamskrit by Rajiv MAlhotra :)

[@shivnegi6614]

My grandfather, mother & now me Sanskrit teacher in Uttrakhand, India. My village Sanskrit is very common.

[@jyotsnakalavar269]

उत्तमम् । जयतु संस्कृतम् ।

[@rohitp3351]

Sanskrit also lives in the Sanskriti of Bharat! it still lives through mantras, puja, yajna, even the languages of India! So even though spoken sanskrit as a first language is only 15000, please who know and use it is VERY large in the millions!

[@shamanthnag1]

I have been teaching Sanskrit myself for a while, this channel is a golden gift to get good insights on pronunciation and intonation.

[@UshaPrabhakar]

Love this series Abhinav and Yang! Thank you for doing it.

[@rishabhtyagi4277]

The history will be written again, a new narrative will come. Thank you. From today have started learning Sanskrit.

[@amritbaba4904]

This is so much harder than learning Mantras. Thanks for the upload!

[@k-alphatech3442]

Thank you so mutch! Greetings from Brazil.

[@PhaniChakravarthi]

dhanyavaada: abhinava: and yang! I was looking to learn Sanskrit and found this approach very good. bahu santosa:

[@akhilaramjith9376]

I am happy with this....a student from Sreesankaracharya Sanskrit University,Kalady,Eranakulam,Kerala

[@chitrakumar4734]

ati uttamam Abhnava! evameva nUtana chitrANi api prakAshayatu.

[@nanduravi1959]

Kudos Abhinav and Yang! I myself am a first year undergraduate student of Sanskrit and it is with utmost regret I say that I'm not a fluent speaker of the language. I think I just found the solution! Really looking forward to the Series.

[@veronicachamberlain8396]

This is making learning Sanskrit so easy and accessible!! Thank you guys for the videos!!

[@cprajkumar2199]

Abhinav is superb. Yang thanks for the support. God bless you both.

[@RiteshSangeet]

Namo Namah! Bharat (India) and its culture is the leading light for the world.

[@TheMilindha]

Congratulations for starting a unique project. All the best. God Bless.

[@surendraullal1]

Wonderful effort. Congratulations. I am a student myself. I wanted to learn Sanskrit for a long time. God bless you. Modern life has become completely profit motivated. With increasing number of people learning, I hope opportunities will increase both academically and commercially. It also needs govt. support, hope it will come up. If you and your friends are able to continue I am sure thousands like me will spring up and we will have big active group.

[@arslanahmad1195]

माम नाम अर्सलान: अहम् पंजाबी पाकिस्तानी असमि संस्कृत बहु संतोष: पाठ अपि बहु संतोष: धन्यवाद:

[@masihdajjal1769]

Errors, but nice try..why do you, a Pakistani, want to learn Sanskrit, a language of several great civilisations from India to Indonesia?..when you could learn persian, another language of a great civilisation, or arabic, the language of nomads.

[@arslanahmad1195]

Masih Dajjal Hahaha. Mr. Dajjal to me all languages are good. Along with living languages I want to go for a dead language maybe Latin, Sanskrit, Old Hebrew etc. What is a better choice than Sanskrit for a Punjabi person.

[@masihdajjal1769]

hm..i like your last sentence..your sins are forgiven

[@ninjadude971]

+Masih Dajjal So muslims can't learn Sanskrit and Hindus can't learn Persian? both those languages have affected both our cultures

[@sadenb]

Pakistan too came from the Indus VALLEY civilization when it comes to ethnicity

[@atmaramsuryaji2689]

GOD BLESS YOU BOTH

[@ananthhariharan9920]

Wonderful teaching. So easy to learn and very clear. Appreciate your effort in doing this. Please make more videos and upload. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@Priyo866]

Superb! उत्तम! एक हिंदीभाषी होने केे नाते संस्कृत में बचपन से ही मेरी रुचि रही है। भाषाएं सीखना मेरी हौबी है। मेरे जीवन का सबसे बड़ा लक्ष्य धरती की सारी शास्त्रीय/classical भाषाएं सीखना है, जैसे कि संस्कृत, चीनी, लेटिन, ग्रीक आदि। Especially Sanskrit. आपकी इस शानदार पहल से बहुत मदद मिलेगी। सब्सक्राइब्ड, और अगले विडीयो की प्रतीक्षा है। :)

Why are saying "Hobby", that is not Hindi or Sanskrit. Seem like you watch lot of Bollywood movie who speck half hind di and half English. nahi ghar ka or nahi ghat ka.

[@arnabsom3251]

Still, you are using words like hobby and especially

[@harishpandya7823]

संस्कृत भाषा के परस्पर संभाषण से यह सभी के लिए बोलने में सुगम हो जायेगी |

[@ebizombie]

loving Yang's voice!! and kudos to you guys!!

[@VGBGI]

Dear Sri Abhinav Seetharaman, great teaching with immense patience. I liked every bit of this class. I am recommending this to my colleagues. I studied sanskrit as my second language during my 8th to Xth standard and also in my X!std in Bangalore. My exposure to Sanskrit has only been through the musical compositions of the trinity of karnatak music and the hymns of Adi shankaracharya and that of Siddantha Shikhamani of Shivayogi shivacharya, exponent of shakthi vishishta advaitha philosophy. I liked your Ted talk too. God bless you.

[@ShriramStudios]

Kudos to Abhinav and Yang!Jayatu Samksrtam!

[@gmanosij]

Thank you so much Yang and Abhinav for this wonderful initiative.... will surely be waiting for the next episodes

[@iseeking]

This is one of the most practical ways to learn Samskritam. I will share this with all my contacts. Shanyavaada:

[@Swadheenta06]

Thankyou so much. I must say you have a deep voice. Just started learning Sanskrit, as in this pandemic wanna do something refreshing along with my cse preparation. Started watching a course on youtube by IIT Roorkee. Namo Namah: Dhnayavad:

[@stephenmark7660]

Looks like sinhala also has its roots from Sanskrit

[@amitraohuman]

Yes, it does :)

[@shivpratap3601]

Stephen..yes it does.

[@kalyanisuresh8100]

Sanskrit is Deva bhasha. So every language has some roots of Sanskrit

[@seedeep5769]

You forgot sinhala were native people of orriisa who go on a naval voyage to Sri Lanka and interacted with native tamils and settled there at that time India was experiencing Buddhist movement so many kngs we're Buddhist started by ashoka

[@vvraj2617]

Sinhalese are descendants of kalinga kingdom (today's orrisa)

[@durrmiah]

You've got yourself another subscriber! Really looking forward to more Sanskrit lessons.

[@nataverparikh8662]

I am delighted to see Sanskrit teaching with the help of tube...Your efforts are highly appreciated.

[@krishnakumarlakshminarayan2175]

Wow ! Great Initiative . Very well done . Krishnakumar L

[@krishnasunder]

V. gudd Abhinav..!! . 'm a Keralite- malayali.. U've a lOOOOOng way to gO.. All th V.bssst da..!! Thumbs Up!!

[@pillainag5378]

A very good effort. Sanskrit remains a language used in the temples and you have brought a revolution indeed.

[@ramachandrannarayanan6997]

Wonderful teaching& service. Pl.continue ur service.

[@pedroantoniomoreno1258]

Thanks so much for your accurate teachings of the Sanskrit language My Dear friend and teachers

[@pedroantoniomoreno1258]

Thanks so much for your accurate teachings of the Sanskrit language

[@SANGSful]

Great job guys. Nice refresher for me. Learnt sanskrit in middle school in india and its coming back pretty quick.

[@vasagamstm7963]

NAMO NAMAHA... Excellent. Kudos to Abhinav and Yang. This is wonderful indeed to know the efforts taken by these youngsters to popularise Sanskrit. Wish them all the best.

[@alb5769]

I am, Learning sanskrit helps me reason better with that fact. My study of history and its tractioin with the divine and sanskrit seemingly being the most sacred of languages here I AM to learn

[@nayanpanda4579]

I in 40 learning sanskrit,,, day will come we start speaking,, keep making such video

[@srividyaananth7644]

namo namaha! mama naama Srividyaahaa! 🙏

[@JinA-lh8pj]

Thanks so much for promoting this beautiful language

[@HimanshuPota]

Wonderful. Looking forward to more Spoken Sanskrit Lessons.

[@redpanda1765]

I'll try to learn this language because is beautiful

[@vertex_gaming]

Keep it up Abhinav and Yang. You are doing it well. I'm from India. I'm happy that Sanskrit is at-least a subject outside India but I'm very very sad that no-one is making people to show interest in Sanskrit. You both are great. dhanyavada: God bless you Abhinav. I've seen your TED x SANSKRITH program. appreciated. Your voice is very nice like a Poojary chanting Mantra's.

[@satydharmishra6178]

Really glad to watch this and have started feeling this language as if intrinsic to my soul

[@deeps1499]

Beautifully done fam, Making this a Staple in my daily life, Dhanyavāda:.

[@tanushreemondal8936]

Dhanyabadm Sanskrit iti bhasaya bahaba chatra pathayati

[@NickyDana]

Awesome thanks for the video!

[@Humanity901]

I want to learn and speak like you Please continue teaching it as it is necessary for revival of this beautiful language

[@urwashigupta3142]

darshnena bahu santoshah dhanyavaadah

[@saranahindubali3761]

So glad to be here. Will join the class

[@aryaathavale1774]

So glad to watch this!!! Taking efforts to spread the importance and knowledge about Sanskrit Language is really necessary!!!

[@lalithkishoren]

Dhanyavadaha... Melenena bahu santhosaha

[@soniamary3681]

Very helpful video to the students like me thank u so much sir I love Sankrit a lot and want to learn spoken Sanskrit 😊

[@kavi1501]

thank you so much Abhinav and Yang for the wonderful effort.

[@professorofsprituality]

Great efforts, keep it up! People from western countries love Sanskrit because the language gives them peace and by reciting Sanskrit slokas they feel relaxation in their hearts. Anxiety, depression and nervousness; these are some major problems in USA and UK these days. Most of the people do not have other issues like financial problem, stereotypical society as we have in India but they certainly face lots of anxiety and depression due to lack of meditative awareness. That's why they are turning towards Sanskrit as the language is invented by saints for delivering deep spiritual messages. If you pay attention to The Western news channels you will find most of the people from USA and UK are behaving like muddle headed,kind of psycho; they are doing plastic surgeries, some of them are changing their genders, some are doing ridiculous things in the name of passion.. the list goes on and on. So, this is what happens if you are financially wealthy but you don't know yourself through spirituality. The message is that foreigners are giving respect to Sanskrit , we should start learning it too. 🙏😊 - Nikunj Narendra

[@minusarseboy3430]

Shut up Karen

[@tilakrathore9920]

Thank you abhinav, yang and your team for such a great efforts to revive sanskrit. I also thought of learning it.. Sanskrit is very well defined language. Its dev vani. India needs attention to sanskrit.. Thanks once again

[@swarnalathar6336]

Very nice, Abhinav. Good to see you!

[@indrajeet]

Even basic sentences are difficult - Sanskrit is amazing. The ancient Rishis were great.

[@ResilienceWithSaumitra]

Thank you, Abhinav! I'm learning Sanskrit with your help in India. Great

[@kishoreravichandran6866]

Namo namaha Vanakkam 😊

[@akuladorababu]

Thank you Yang and Abhinav. The lessons are very useful. I am using these videos for my kids to encourage them to speak in Sanskrit. The lessons are structured really good with demos and reviews. Keep going.

[@sundarichoppella577]

dorababu Akul

[@shekharshivshankar3611]

Super. Thank you very much. It’s a great idea and series. God bless.

[@rupeshgupta8217]

The Sanskrit speaking is increasing not decreasing

[@SrideviGanesan]

My 8 year old has started learning from you guys! Looking forward to chapter 2.

[@SharmaRKD]

jaya samskrutham jaya samskruthi..🙏🙏🙏

[@sweetychandra3237]

Dhanyavada: Abhinav and Yang

[@mpushpaparamashiva8516]

Wow great Good initiative Keep going God bless your team 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@dramamur]

Well done Abhinav. Hats off to you.

[@aruna3190]

Aham Aruna.bahu sameecheenum.dhanya vadhaha.

[@shyamananth]

Thank you So Much.. I always felt guilty that I have not taken any efforts to learn Sanskrit . Not anymore !! Already subscribed to your channel .. Please post weekly videos ..

[@amruthamani4779]

Great efforts. Proud of being born in India. Best wishes to team to take the language across the globe.

[@pentakadi]

I am a South Indian..The grammar is similar to my state language,that is telugu....This must be true for all indic languages.. For Eg. 1.Bhavata: nāma kim? Mee Peru enti? 2.Mama nāma abhinava: Naa Peru abhinav 3.Bhavān katham asti? Meeru ela unnaaru? 4.Aham samyak asmi Nenu baagaane unnaanu..

[@ramanaiahDamera]

Dhanyavadah. Samyak asthi. Sameechinam. Santoshaha. Ramanaiah DAMERA US.

[@bigdken89]

thank you, guys! great work. i look forward to all of the lessons!

[@davidslchan]

There is, today, immense interest actually, If only a superficial one in pronouncing terms and mantras of Buddhism and Hinduism. Think yoga and spiritual teachers.