Sanskrit: Level 10

Sanskrit: Level 10

In Sanskrit Level 10, we will almost finish the book – Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of Yoga – studying chapters 19 and 20.

Over the course of the 9 weeks, we will learn about both primary and secondary nominal derivation and the pronoun enam. We will also learn the many forms of the aorist, the last past tense. This will allow us to continue to read from classical texts such as the Bhagavad Gītā, the more recent hāṭha yoga texts, as well as to continue to read passages from some of the early Upaniṣads.

Aside from a couple of little things we will have now covered all of the main Sanskrit grammatical constructs.

Now with dedicated Zoom sessions!

Course Details

Start Date 26 July 2026

Duration Nine Weeks

Assessment Weekly Coursework

Course Notes 47 pages

Tutor Dr Zoë Slatoff

Course Creator Dr Zoë Slatoff

Video

Video Lectures 4hr 10min 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

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.