Sanskrit at Oxford

The challenge of Sanskrit

As my time at school drew to a close, I was unsure whether to study French and Spanish or Sanskrit, at university. After much deliberation, I eventually concluded that it was learning Sanskrit at the age of eight which stimulated my love of languages.

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A MODERN QUESTION: IS SANSKRIT ALIVE??

“Sanskrit is a dead language. Why waste your time? It isn’t used very much – why not spend your time learning something a bit modern?”  These are the types of comments I would hear when I told people I was learning Sanskrit. I would just reply: “Old is gold.” Curiosity As a little girl, I … Read more