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Volume 17:1 January 2017
ISSN 1930-2940

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Innovative Teaching and Learning of Sanskrit Grammar through SWAGATAM

Subhash Chandra, M.Phil., Ph.D.
Vivek Kumar, Ph.D. Candidate
Sakshi, Ph.D. Candidate
Bhupendra Kumar, Ph.D. Candidate

Abstract

E-learning increases the level of teaching and learning, literacy and economic development in countries. Information Technology (IT) has fundamentally changed the methods of teaching and learning. In this age of IT education system is converting into Digital. E-Learning may play very important role to innovation in classroom teaching and it boosts teaching and learning process. There are an online learning tool called Swagatam has been developed for teaching and learning Sanskrit Grammar in Higher education. Swagatam is based on University of Delhi BA and MA Sanskrit syllabus. Swagatam is available at http://sanskrit.du.ac.in. Swagatam includes taddhita and sanadyanta analyzer under Language analysis tools, subanta, tinanta, sandhi and prtyahar generator under Language generation tools, subanta siddhi, tinanta siddhi, taddhita siddhi, sandhi siddhi, kridanta siddhi and samasa siddhi generator, Sanskrit meter and samkhya-yoga technical word information system under e-learning tools and Vedic literature and pauranic search under Sanskrit literature search tools.

Keywords: E-learning, E-Learning tools for Sanskrit, Innovative Learning, Online Learning, Sanskrit Grammar, Word Formation Process etc

1. Introduction

Grammatical tradition of Sanskrit is very rich. It was researched, compiled and programmed by Sanskrit grammarians from the later Vedic period. It was robustly programmed in the Paninian grammar about the 6th century BCE (Manji, et al., 2008; Girish, et al., 2009 and Subhash, 2010). The grammar of the Sanskrit language has a very complex and huge morphological system like verbal, rich nominal declension, and extensive use of compound nouns (Lennart, 2005; Subhash, 2010 & Chandra and Jha, 2011). Sanskrit is taught almost in all Indian universities at under graduate (UG), post graduate (PG) and research levels (Chandra et al, 2016). Therefore, Swagatam may play a very important role in teaching learning process because there are no effective online tools are existing which cover courses of Sanskrit in higher education (Shopova, 2011 and Kalaivani, 2014).

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Dr. Subhash Chandra, M. Phil., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Computational Linguistics
Department of Sanskrit, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi
Delhi-110007, India
subhash.jnu@gmail.com
schandra@sanskrit.du.ac.in


Mr. Vivek Kumar
Doctoral Research Scholar, Computational Linguistics
Department of Sanskrit, University of Delhi
Delhi-110007, India
vishnorapatyam@gmail.com


Ms. Sakshi
Doctoral Research Scholar, Computational Linguistics
Department of Sanskrit, University of Delhi
Delhi-110007, India
sakshi911003@gmail.com


Mr. Bhupendra Kumar
Doctoral Research Scholar, Computational Linguistics
Department of Sanskrit, University of Delhi
Delhi-110007, India
bhupendrakmr87@gmail.com
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