Sanskrit: Level 5

Sanskrit: Level 5

In Sanskrit Level 5 we will be learning more consonant ending nouns, the remaining athematic verbs, causative verbs and quotations with the particle इति. We will go deeper into Part II of “Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of Yoga,” covering Chapters 9 and 10. This will allow us to read from an even wider range of texts, such as the Dattātreyayogaśāstra, the Vivekamārtaṇḍa, and the Kaṭha Upaniṣad.

Now with dedicated Zoom sessions!

Course Details

Start Date 25 April 2027

Duration Eight Weeks

Assessment Weekly Coursework

Course Notes 50 pages

Tutor Dr Zoë Slatoff

Course Creator Dr Zoë Slatoff

Video

Video Lectures 4hr 7min of on-demand video, released weekly.

Community Sessions

Zoom sessions
This course contains four dedicated live Zoom sessions with Dr Zoë Slatoff (recordings available for any you miss).

You will also be invited to join three general-interest Zoom sessions. These are open to all enrolled students and cover a range of topics related to Indian thought and philosophy.

They are a great way to meet students and tutors from other courses!

Course Outline

In this course, we build upon what we learned in the Level 1, 2, 3 and 4 Sanskrit courses.

Dr Zoë Slatoff

Course Tutor

Dr Zoë Slatoff has created and tutors a comprehensive series of Sanskrit courses for the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. She has a PhD in Religion and Philosophy from Lancaster University and an MA in Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University. She teaches Sanskrit and Yoga Philosophy in the Yoga Studies MA program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.  Zoë is the author of Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of Yoga, a Sanskrit textbook based on classic yoga texts. She also taught for many years at her yoga shala in NY, Ashtanga Yoga Upper West Side.