Need computer programs to learn Hindi and Sanskrit

Vanguard · September 21, 2004

I REALLY want to learn Hindi and Sanskrit. I need computer programs, and the names of very good instructional textbooks. The textbooks at my local college are "home-made" and quite bad. I need help!

December 12, 2004

get Rosetta Stone software ( i think from www.rosettastone.com?) it is the best language program available in the world - they have many languages and Hindi version is very good I am using it to learn now myself.

unfortunately they dont have sanskrit

December 28, 2004

Greetings,

The best single text for learning Sanskrit is Devavanipravesika. Information on this book is available at http://ias.berkeley.edu/southasia/sanskrit.html. It might be available through Amazon. It is best to supplement this book with a good grammar. Two names that come to mind are Jan Gonda and Macdonnel. Computer programs for Sanskrit will not be very helpful, because much memorization of paradigms is required. For Hindi, software might be fine.

Good luck.