{"id":1344,"date":"2021-04-25T04:10:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T04:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insight.yoga\/Insight\/?page_id=1344"},"modified":"2025-05-20T06:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T05:22:26","slug":"sanskrit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/insight.yoga\/de\/sanskrit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanskrit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"sc_title_695850157\"\n\t\tclass=\"sc_title sc_title_default\"><h3 class=\"sc_item_title sc_title_title sc_align_left sc_item_title_style_default\">Sanskrit<\/h3><h6 class=\"sc_item_subtitle sc_title_subtitle sc_align_left sc_item_title_style_default\">Insight Yoga<\/h6><\/div><!-- \/.sc_title --><div class=\"vc_empty_space  height_tiny\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div 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class=\"icon-next\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space  height_tiny\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space  height_tiny\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space  height_tiny\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space  height_tiny\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space  height_tiny\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space  height_tiny\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size: 17px;\">As I lived in India for seven years and worked in meditation centres and ashrams, I needed to learn the modern Indian language \u2018Hindi\u2019, which is based on Sanskrit and has the same script. From 1996 onwards, I have studied at the Landour Language School, which offers well-structured courses in Hindi and Sanskrit. Many universities in the west send their students there to live and breathe these languages in their cultural setting.<\/p>\n<p>While privately studying these languages, I cannot claim to be a Sanskrit scholar or linguist. Therefore, I only teach introductory courses, focusing on important vocabulary for yoga teaching. These introductions range from absolute basics to learning to read and write. Here is an overview of what I offer in this area of study:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Geschichte<\/strong><br \/>\n1.1 Origins of the language<br \/>\n1.2 The Indo-European language family<br \/>\n1.3 The Harrapan civilization (c. 3500-1500 B.C.E.)<br \/>\n1.3 The Aryan Invasion (around 1750 B.C.E.)<br \/>\n1.4 The Indus Sarasvati civilization<br \/>\n1.4 Sanskrit in Vedic rituals (Vedic Sanskrit): Mantra Yoga<br \/>\n1.5 Klassisches Sanskrit<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Devan\u0101gari script: transliteration &amp; amp; pronunciation<\/strong><br \/>\n2.1 Sanskrit ist eine phonetische Sprache<br \/>\n2.2 The Devan\u0101gari script<br \/>\n2.3 Singing<br \/>\n2.3.1 Long \/ pronounced and short form singing<br \/>\n2.3.2 Other vocals<br \/>\n2.3.3 The special chant: Anusv\u0101ra &amp; amp; Visarga<br \/>\n2.3.4 The short forms of chant<br \/>\n2.4 consonants<br \/>\n2.4.1 Unaspirated &amp; amp; aspirated consonants<br \/>\n2.4.2 Gutturale<br \/>\n2.4.3 Palatale<br \/>\n2.4.4 brains<br \/>\n2.4.5 Dentistry<br \/>\n2.4.6 Labia<br \/>\n2.4.7 Half-vowels<br \/>\n2.4.8 Zischlaute<br \/>\n2.4.9 Kombinationen von Konsonanten<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u00dcbungen<\/strong><br \/>\n3.1 Form simple words<br \/>\n3.1.1 Writing the Devan\u0101gari alphabet<br \/>\n3.1.2 Transliteration of the Devan\u0101gari script<br \/>\n3.2 Writing exercises<br \/>\n3.3 Reading exercises<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. \u0100sana-Namen<\/strong><br \/>\n4.1 Words in Sanskrit. combine<br \/>\n4.2 S\u016brya Namask\u0101ra<br \/>\n4.3 Z\u00e4hlen<br \/>\n4.4 Standing poses<br \/>\n4.5 Bending Back Poses<br \/>\n4.6 Sitting forward bend<br \/>\n4.7 rotations<br \/>\n4.8 Hip opener<br \/>\n4.9 Umkehrungen<br \/>\n4.10 Postures while lying down<br \/>\n4. Pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma terminology<br \/>\n4.1 Breathing techniques<br \/>\n4.3 Mud &amp; amp; Bandha<br \/>\n4.4 Kumbhaka<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. The energetic system (pr\u0101\u1e47amayako\u015ba)<\/strong><br \/>\n5.1 Ko\u015ba<br \/>\n5.2 Cakra<br \/>\n5.3 No.<br \/>\n5.4 V\u0101yu<br \/>\n5.5 Other<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Yoga philosophy<\/strong><br \/>\n6.1 Basic Conditions<br \/>\n6.2 Philosophical systems<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Important mantras<\/strong><br \/>\n7.1 Gayatr\u012b mantra (\u1e5ag-Veda)<br \/>\n7.2 Ma\u1e45gala mantra<br \/>\n7.3 Teacher-student invocation (\u015a\u0101nti mantra)<br \/>\n7.4 Jyotir mantra (B\u1e5bhad\u0101ra\u1e47yaka Upani\u1e63ad)<br \/>\n7.5 Completeness Mantra (I\u015bopani\u1e63ad)<br \/>\n7.6 Mah\u0101-M\u1e5btyu\u1e45jaya mantra (\u1e5ag-Veda)<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Classic quotes<\/strong><br \/>\n8.1 Upani\u1e63aden<br \/>\n8.2 P\u0101ta\u00f1jala Yoga\u015b\u0101stra<br \/>\n8.3 Ha\u1e6dha Yoga texts. <div class=\"vc_empty_space  height_tiny\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"vc_empty_space  height_tiny\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"vc_empty_space  height_tiny\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"vc_empty_space  height_tiny\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><script src='' type='text\/javascript'><\/script><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I lived in India for seven years and worked in meditation centres and ashrams, I needed to learn the modern Indian language \u2018Hindi\u2019, which is based on Sanskrit and&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"de","enabled_languages":["en","de"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"de":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - 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