SANSKRIT & CHANTING RESOURCES
This 4 Volume Series covers a wide breadth of material in an interactive way assisting your learning process in as practical & straightforward way as possible.
Foreward by Dena Kingsberg
Sanskrit Professor & Priest in San Diego, CA
Shastriji studied at the renown Mysore Sanskrit College where Sri K. Pattabhi Jois once taught Yoga & Philosophy. Coming from the same philosophical background as our teachers - Guruji & Sharath - Shastri is an ideal & harmonious resource for us. We are so blessed to have him & his family here in our community.
He conducts weekly chanting classes & holiday functions here in San Diego, and is available for private functions as well as for teaching classes in your yoga community. He is extremely generous and easy going offering himself in service on a purely donation basis.
Contact: (858) 335 - 4352 | priestshastri@gmail.com | vedageethafoundation.org
Sanskrit & Chanting Teacher in Mysore India
Lakshmish is the Sanskrit & Chanting professor at the KPJ Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore India, as well as the pujari for the Jois family. I began studying with him in 2002.
Lakshmish’s chanting resources: https://soundcloud.com/lakshmish-bhat
Dr MA Jayashree
Sanskrit & Chanting Teacher in Mysore India
Dr. M.A. Jayashree holds a doctorate in Sanskrit from Bangalore University. She has authored many books, monographs and papers in the fields of Sanskrit, Ancient Sciences, Indian History, Indian Culture and Music. An accomplished teacher of spoken Sanskrit, propagating learning of spoken Sanskrit through simple means.
Contact: (+91 ) 98865-21065 | jayagramani@yahoo.com
Vedic Chanting CD's
The Challakere Brothers chanting is clear, moderately paced and pleasing to the ear. Their recordings are widely regarded as among the very best available.
Several sample recordings may be listed to here.
Online Sanskrit Dictionaries
Good choice if you do not know how to spell Sanskrit:
◦ Cologne & Capeller’s Dictionaries
Basic choice if you do know how to spell Sanskrit:
◦ Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
More indepth resources:
◦ Generates & Looks-up Inflected Forms
Resources for ślokas & mantras:
◦ Sanskrit Documents