A framework
committed to promoting संस्कृतम्
samskritam.net.in, in short SNet, is a ‘One Stop Sanskrit Shop’ founded in 2016 by a group of Sanskrit Enthusiasts.
It is ‘Of Sanskritists, By Sanskritists and For Sanskritists’.
Vision
SNet would like to see रामराज्यम् re-established in India, as SNet believes रामराज्यम् is perhaps the most secular form of government ever seen on this land
Mission
To achieve our vision, संस्कृतम् should be brought back to this land in full vigour. People of all walks of life need to be empowered with this divine tool, for health, peace and धार्मिक-सम्पत्.
SNet – represented by its trustees, workforce and selfless volunteers – would do all it can to rejuvenate this great heritage of India. While doing so, SNet would maintain स्वयंसमृद्धिः, shunning pure donations.
Learn Sanskrit through WhatsApp lessons
Level- 1
Woven around 40 Lessons by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Delhi and Samskrita Bharati, Bengaluru, this module is supported by a mentor for replying to your responses to our exercises, weekly-once online classes (with choice from around 8 different options).
This course can be completed in 4 to 6 months leisurely. This will be your launch pad into more Sanskrit. To join, please click on the button below to access the form. Please ‘fill it and forget’ it. We’ll follow it up for you.
Level- 2
We have ‘Free’ and ‘Dakshina’ options at Level 1 for newcomers. Thereafter, we’ll encourage you to continue your Spoken Sanskrit journey in one of the two modes –
(1) By being our mentor for our next batches (for which we will equip you with the necessary skills); or
(2) By contributing ‘Dakshina’ as you may have done in Level 1. We use multiple inputs at this level such as –
- Daily news from DD/Radio,
- Lessons developed by us from Sri Kapila Deva Sastry’s book,
- Lessons woven around Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan’s couple-of-minutes conversations,
- Sankshipta Ramayanam of 100 Slokas and
- SNet’s own advanced lessons and the like. We support your learning with online classes every week.
Hybrid Education and other study models
संशाला
saṃśālā is an SNet name for a group of learners where children are the focus. Typically one or two families get together and engage SNet for 2 hours per week of Sanskrit. We appoint a teacher to teach them Spoken Sanskrit, while orienting the children to Slokas etc. Typically, this training is in addition to the one which children receive in their regular school. If Sanskrit is a subject in their school curriculum, then they would naturally excel there. At the moment, there are 7 to 8 such learning groups with SNet.
प्रशाला
praśālā is an SNet name for one or two like-minded possibly retired persons who need Sanskrit for their later pursuits. They pick up spoken Sanskrit a bit slowly because of their advanced age. SNet offers weekly one class as personal tuition to even one individual. At present, we have 5 to 6 such groups/individuals utilizing our services.
गीताशाला
gītāśālā is for people who need personal coaching for proper chanting of Gita and the like. Here the instructor lays sufficient emphasis on proper pronunciation of the chosen text.
Other classes for specialized needs like Chittur Sabha etc also would be taken care of by SNet.
GitaSamskritam, a sister group of SNet
गीतासंस्कृतम्
is a group of individuals founded on गीताजयन्ती of 2012. Accordingly, it is a group senior to SNet. It now operates as a sister-wing of SNet. It conducts 3 community full Gita Recitation sessions per month at –
- Shivananda Ashram, Padmaraonagar,
- Sura Bharati Samiti, OU Campus, Vidyanagar and
- Gita Bhavan, General Bazar, Secunderabad (as partner of Gita Bhavan Society).
गृहगीता
is an activity of GitaSamskritam wherein a group of professionals can come to your home and recite Gita on special occasions, or without any specific reason. Such session lasts about 3 hours. After each षट्कम्
(group of 6 अध्याया:), a short break is used by गृहस्थः to provide hospitality. In addition, GitaSamskritam accepts दक्षिणा for the program.
In addition, other Gita related activities, such as शाङ्करभाष्यस्य अध्ययनम्, visits to कुरुक्षेत्रम् for Gita Recitations are also its activities.
Services
- SNet undertakes proof-reading assignments. In the past, it helped an individual with कपाल-कुरण्टक-योगः, पतञ्जलि-चरितम्, आर्या-द्विशती and the like.
- It offers authentic translation of documents into Sanskrit and out of Sanskrit.
- SNet emerged as an organization known for high-class उच्चारणम्. In addition to helping धार्मिकािः memorize Gita, Sankshipta Ramayanam, Vishnu and Lalita Sahasra nama stotras, it offers testing services in the area of उच्चारणम्.
Projects
- Sanskritization of groups or organizations. SNet can be retained by groups to ‘sanskritize’ their environments. Dhanwantari Foundation International (DFI) and its sister group Dhanwantari Institute of Science and Technology (DIST) are such clients for us.
- An individual has retained SNet for study of वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् for eliciting धर्मः relevant to contemporary society from the text. The end result would be an App to assist English-knowing customers to answer their धर्मसन्देहाः taking inputs from Ramayanam and the like.
Other activities
शतश्लोकपीठम्
SNet recognizes individual’s efforts to memorize texts like अष्टाध्यायी, सौन्दर्यलहरी, शिवानन्दलहरी, तर्कसङ्ग्रहः. Starting from 2019, it has been organizing such ‘tests’ to let contestants win handsome cash prizes.
Sanskrit Theatre
This initiative is for promoting dramas and skits in Sanskritam. SNet inherited ‘Sanskrit Theatre’ founded in 1970 by ओगेटि अच्युतरामशास्त्री, a Theatre group specializing in Sanskrit plays.
SNet also organizes Ogeti Charitable Trust’s annual ओगेटि-परीक्षिदच्युत-सुरभारती-पुरस्कारः
About Us
Krupalu (Krupalu Ogeti) is the chief mentor of SNet. He is a 1976 Graduate of IIT, Kharagpur. He took to संस्कृतम् about 15 years ago. Born in the family of legendary Ogeti brothers – गीर्वाण-कविमण्डल चक्रवर्ती ओगेटि परीक्षिच्छर्मा and famous patriot and poet राष्ट्रकविः ओगेटि-अच्युतरामशास्त्री. Krupalu is a संस्कृतभारती-व्युत्पन्नः. In 2014, he cleared गीताज्ञानयज्ञ-परीक्षा (memorizing full Gita) of Sringeri Mutt in top class. He is also the recipient of ‘Gitacharya 2018’ award by Sri LV Gangadhara Sastry’s Bhagavad Gita Foundation. Other recipients of this prestigious award are stalwarts like महामहोपाध्यायः दोर्बल-प्रभाकरशर्मा (2017) and श्रीमान् करणम्-अरविन्दरावुः (2019).ओ
He is assisted by Satya (Satyanarayana Murthy Valiveru, associated with
Krupalu since 2013), Amar (MVR Amarendra Nath, associated with
Krupalu since 2010) and Shiva (Shivakumar Shivapurapu, with Krupalu
since 2014). All are associated with Krupalu’s Samskritam and Gita
endeavours. While Satya and Amar are strong language workers, Shiva
brings in his management experience to SNet.
Uma (Smt. Uma Jayaraman), the illustrious daughter of PadmaSri Mahamahopadhyaya V Venkatachalam (a great Samskrit Scholar of yester years) and a Sanskrit teacher herself, lives in Bengaluru and is closely associated with all SNet’s activities.
In addition, SNet is supported a workforce of 6 to 8 Sanskrit workers – both full-time and part-time – and about 20 Samskritists who volunteer selflessly.
SNet’s Financial Model
SNet is modelled on Gandhiji’s Trusteeship organization. Gandhiji advocated that groups should concentrate on wealth creation for its members. He suggested that the generators of wealth are not its owners.
The ownership should be with members
SNet is currently enther an NGO nor a commercial organization. Its money
is held in personal accounts of the family members of its contributors. Our
‘account holders’ pledge one or more of their personal accounts for SNet’s
exclusive use. The Chief Mentor (CM) of SNet maintains the accounts for
these funds. Accordingly CM has access to these accounts for proper
accounting.
Traditionally, भारतम् had 1/6th (षष्ठांशः) of individual earnings as the ‘tax’ by the state for running the machinery. Accordingly, all दक्षिणा received by SNet is either fully passed on to full-timers or subjected to षष्ठांशः for part-timers.
Accordingly, SNet has
(1) Trustees with management responsibility,
(2) Workforce, both full-timers and part-timers who share its revenues and
(3) Selfless volunteers with no managerial load.
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