{"id":8731,"date":"2016-06-26T10:09:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T10:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=8728&amp;preview_id=8728"},"modified":"2016-06-26T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T10:09:10","slug":"university-of-toronto-launching-sanskrit-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=8731","title":{"rendered":"University of Toronto launching Sanskrit studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Toronto (U of T), &#8220;one of the world&#8217;s top research-intensive universities&#8221;, is launching three-level Sanskrit language learning courses from September next.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Under the university&#8217;s Department for the Study of Religion, these will be undertaken at Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced levels; with each level spread over one year. Classes are offered on the campus as well as online, with each level divided into two semesters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>No prior knowledge of Sanskrit is required for the first semester of Introductory course and both written and spoken language will be taught.\u00a0 Courses are open both to U of T students and others. Aim is to &#8220;read Sanskrit literature with the aid of a dictionary&#8221; after the first semester of Introductory Sanskrit course. First and second semesters will work for building knowledge of Sanskrit grammar and vocabulary and each will include 11 tests and a final exam.Meanwhile, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan, in a statement in Nevada today, commended the U of T for providing Sanskrit learning opportunities and urged all Canadian universities, public as well as private, to launch Sanskrit programs.<\/p>\n<p>President of Universal Society of Hinduism, further said that that Sanskrit, which was known as &#8220;the language of the gods&#8221;, provided the theoretical foundation of ancient sciences and had a close relationship with other classical languages like Latin, Greek, French, German, etc. According to tradition, self-born God created Sanskrit, which was everlasting and divine, Zed added.<\/p>\n<p>Instructor for the U of T Sanskrit courses is Assistant Professor Libbie (Elizabeth) Mills, a Sanskritist whose areas of interest include &#8220;Early Shaiva Tantra&#8221;. James DiCenso is the Acting Chair of the Department.<\/p>\n<p>Over 500,000 graduates of U of T, founded in 1827 and &#8220;driven to invent and innovate&#8221;, are spread across 140 countries. Meric Gertler is the President, while Michael H. Wilson is the Chancellor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merinews.com\/article\/university-of-toronto-launching-sanskrit-studies\/15917407.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Toronto launching Sanskrit studies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Toronto (U of T), &#8220;one of the world&#8217;s top research-intensive universities&#8221;, is launching three-level Sanskrit language learning courses from September next. Under the university&#8217;s Department for the Study of Religion, these will be undertaken at Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced levels; with each level spread over one year. Classes are offered on the campus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[242,1132,1144,1737],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}