This is an archive article published on May 29, 2023
Sadhvidya Pratishtanam institute aims to teach Sanskrit to 5,000 people by 2027
For the classes which are held in two batches every Saturday evening, the SVP has a faculty comprising former senior Sanskrit professors of University Prof Smt Dharma, Dr Pitambar Poudel and Dr Shankar Dutt Pandey, among others.
SVP is founded by eminent Sanskrit scholar, the late Prof Padamnabha Sharma. (Representative image)
Sadhvidya Pratishtanam ( SVP), a 54 year old institute working to spread the classical language, has started Samskrita Sambhashanashala, its fifth online series on teaching spoken Sanskrit.
SVP, founded by eminent Sanskrit scholar, the late Prof Padamnabha Sharma, aims to teach Sanskrit to as many as 5,000 people by 2027, a release from the institute said. The session was inaugurated by former senior bureaucrat CV Gopinath who is also the patron emeritus of SVP.
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Though it is the language of the ancient scriptures, the number of people able to speak the language number only in the thousands, though a few villages like (Karnataka), Jhiri (Rajasthan) and Sasana (Odisha) have adopted it as a spoken language.
For the classes which are held in two batches every Saturday evening, the SVP has a faculty comprising former senior Sanskrit professors of University Prof Smt Dharma, Dr Pitambar Poudel and Dr Shankar Dutt Pandey, among others. On successful completion of the Sambhashanashala, students are also encouraged to join the SVP’s Samskrita Swadhyaya Mandala to continue to practice spoken Sanskrit.
SVP is founded by eminent Sanskrit scholar, the late Prof Padamnabha Sharma. (Representative image) 
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