Handwritten Devanāgarī lines on a manuscript page.
Handwritten Devanāgarī lines on a manuscript page.

Saṃskṛt Workshop: look up words and learn through play

Look up words, convert text between scripts and practise Sanskrit. Choose a tool or a game for learning characters, vocabulary or grammar.

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Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī
Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

Look up Sanskrit words and their meanings

Search for a Sanskrit word or part of a word. Compare dictionary entries, follow its derivation and find passages where it occurs.

Saṃskṛt 03 Translit
Saṃskṛt 03 Translit

Convert Sanskrit between scripts and transliteration

Convert Sanskrit between Devanāgarī and Latin transliteration. Select the input and output writing systems, then enter your text.

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Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī
Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

Practise Sanskrit words and explore their word families

Match Sanskrit words with their meanings. Choose words from a source text or passage and include their roots and other source words.

Saṃskṛt 02 Lernspiel
Saṃskṛt 02 Lernspiel

Learn Devanāgarī by matching letters and transliteration

Learn to read Devanāgarī by matching its characters with Latin transliteration. Choose a group of characters and practise in short rounds.

Handwritten Devanāgarī lines on a manuscript page.
Handwritten Devanāgarī lines on a manuscript page.

Sanskrit declensions

Practise how Sanskrit words change with case and number. Choose a classical or Vedic table and match the forms with their translations.

Handwritten Devanāgarī lines on a manuscript page.
Handwritten Devanāgarī lines on a manuscript page.

Learn to recognise Sanskrit verb forms

Start with the present tense or choose another verb table. Match forms with their translations and compare how they are formed.

Understand Sanskrit

The Sanskrit section explains pronunciation, writing and grammar. You can read about the forms you practise here.

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