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Imparting Yoga Texts in Saṃskṛta : A Teaching Experiment and Its Outcome Mahadevan, Jayaraman

Abstract

Currently, Yoga texts in the Saṃskṛta language are taught worldwide through the medium of other languages. Scholars and teachers would agree that knowledge of Saṃskṛta is essential for better appreciation of yogic wisdom. In such a situation, can an attempt be made to teach Yoga texts in a time-bound manner, with maximum possible usage of Saṃskṛta, without getting into the nitty-gritty of Saṃskṛta grammar, even for a learner without Saṃskṛta background? A two-day international workshop on the Haṭhayogapradīpikā was organized at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in August 2017 to attempt an answer to the above proposition. There were 97 registered participants in the workshop (India, 89; other countries, 8). This paper, which is about this experiment, is in two parts: A) The description of the teaching experiment, and B) its outcome as revealed by the analysis of the written feedback forms.

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Title
Imparting Yoga Texts in Saṃskṛta : A Teaching Experiment and Its Outcome
Creator
Mahadevan, Jayaraman
Contributor
World Sanskrit Conference (17th : 2018 : Vancouver, B.C.); University of British Columbia. Department of Asian Studies
Date Issued
2019
Description
Currently, Yoga texts in the Saṃskṛta language are taught worldwide through the medium of other languages. Scholars and teachers would agree that knowledge of Saṃskṛta is essential for better appreciation of yogic wisdom. In such a situation, can an attempt be made to teach Yoga texts in a time-bound manner, with maximum possible usage of Saṃskṛta, without getting into the nitty-gritty of Saṃskṛta grammar, even for a learner without Saṃskṛta background? A two-day international workshop on the Haṭhayogapradīpikā was organized at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in August 2017 to attempt an answer to the above proposition. There were 97 registered participants in the workshop (India, 89; other countries, 8). This paper, which is about this experiment, is in two parts: A) The description of the teaching experiment, and B) its outcome as revealed by the analysis of the written feedback forms.
Subject
Yoga Texts; Teaching; Methodology; Saṃskṛta (Sanskrit)
Genre
Conference Paper
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2020-05-26
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0390880
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/74491
Affiliation
Non UBC
Citation
Mahadevan, Jayaraman. “Imparting Yoga Texts in Saṃskṛta: A Teaching Experiment and Its Outcome.” Proceedings of the 17th World Sanskrit Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 9-13, 2018, Section 17: Sanskrit Pedagogy. Edited by Sadananda Das, 2019.
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Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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