Uma Saini, Director: ESL; Senior Lecturer: Hindi, Sanskrit, and ESL 20 Krieger Hall, 410-516-7809 Office Hours: Tuesdays 12-2pm usaini@jhu.edu

Here is an informative TV production called: "Thinking Allowed". It presents:

The Sanskrit Tradition: An Interview with Dr. Dean Brown, Prof. of Physics, U. of Hawaii, Manoa.

It brings forward the interesting Eastern/Western views of Professor Dean Brown, an eminent Theoretical Physicist (and Sanskrit Scholar, who has recently translated the Upanishads). The interview is really illuminating and connects two seemingly unrelated aspects of humanity - Sanskrit and Physics. Dr. Brown expresses that Sanskrit in fact is the mother of all European languages and the roots of many English words can be traced to Samskritam.

Duration: 23:28|Taken: 04 June 2006|Location: Israel
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4ush_thinking-allowed-sanskrit-tradition

Sanskrit Course Descriptions:

383.111  Beginning Sanskrit
This course has been designed for students with no knowledge of the Sanskrit language. Emphasis will be placed on the basic listening, reading, and writing of the language. The reading and writing system will be introduced in a very systematic manner, thereby, students will not have to learn all the vowels and the consonants at once before getting to read the words. Basic sentences will be drawn from the Sanskrit Literature. Simple Vedic Mantras from the Vedas and Ishopanishad, verses from the Bhagavad Gita and the sootras from the Yoga Sookas will be read. 3 credits.