Sanskrit Conversation

A while back, I wished for decent materials for conversational Latin. While there are some Latin phrasebooks, the closest thing I've seen is still the Assimil Latin course. But looking up Sanskrit mantras the other night, I did come across Sanskrit conversation. It seems that they are teaching it for use as a living language, something I'd heard about, and that resources are out there on the web, which I ought to have guessed.

One site to visit is SanskritDocuments.org, which has several pamphlets for downloading and printing out. Unfortunately, the 1000 phrases for conversation is only in nagari - no Latin transcription. But some of the other resources are in both nagari and transliteration.

A second site of interest is Learn Sanskrit through Self Study. There are lessons for online use with sound or, if you just want text, you can download the written lessons in PDF.

I don't have any immediate plans for learning Sanskrit, but for those who do, check these free resources out.