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Sydney Sanskrit 2010

This year marked the 20th Anniversary of Annual Sanskrit Weeks in Australiasia. Most of these weeks have been held at the School’s premises, ‘Maharatta’, in Warongah, Sydney with the exception of 2009 which was held in Auckland, New Zealand. Photo Gallery

Over the past 20 years students from Australia and New Zealand have come together for the study of Sanskrit. The study has usually been taken from texts such as the Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads and Hymns of Sankara and is in the form of 2 or 3 verses which are analysed through dictionary study and reflection over the week.

This year the week was held from January 9 to January 16 and Friday January 15 was put aside to celebrate the 20th Anniversary through a day of Lectures from students of Sanskrit, their Tutors and specially invited guests from Australian National University and Sydney University’s Sanskrit Faculties, on subjects dear to the hearts of the presenters.

Talks were also given by the visiting tutors from the UK and Ireland who had come for the week.

This gallery is of pictures taken during the week and also from the last day’s series of lectures and the evening celebration concert.

Special thanks to all our visitors and international tutors.

Sanskrit Week January 2010 Photo Gallery

List of Lectures & Presenters

Chair for the Week – Mr Richard Elias from the UK

Tutors for the Week:

  • Dr Gary Grohmann
  • Mrs Helen Harper
  • Mrs Dianne Kruger
  • Mr Vincent Wallace
  • Mrs Gai Kroczek
  • Mrs Elizabeth Rocheta
  • Dr Barry Mayall
  • Mrs Mary Dodd
  • Mrs Elaine Kearney
  • Mr Phillip Kruger
  • Mrs Veena O’Sullivan

    • List of Presentations:
    Thursday Evening:

  • Dr Barry Mayall
  • Mr Matthew Dunstan
  • Mr Robert Commys

    • Friday:

  • In Search of the Sanskrit Village – Vincent Wallace
  • The Laws of the Universe: Sandhi – Helen Harper
  • A Short Walk with Panini – Naomi Smith
  • Aboriginal Languages: The Sanskrit Connection – Dianne Kruger
  • Discovering Bodhasara: an Eighteenth Century Sanskrit Treasure – Jennifer Cover
  • Harivansa – Bronwyn Morley
  • Brahmajnanawalimala and Dasasloki: a “New” Translation – Elizabeth Rocheta
  • The Sanskrit On-Line Spanish-Sanskrit dictionary ‘Wiki’ Project – Gai Kroczek
  • The Joys of Spoken Sanskrit – McComas Taylor
  • Sanskrit in the Day Schools in the UK and Ireland – Helen Harper
  • Avyakta Sabda – Robyn Moore
  • Ramayana – Mary Dodd
  • Was Sanskrit the Inspiration for Pitman Shorthand? – Jean Wyder
  • Ganges Meets Rhein: German Diligence and German Profundity – Gai Kroczek
  • Sir William Jones: a Lover of Language – Rosey Dunstan
  • Living in the Trope-ics – Rowe Freney

    • Concert Performers:

  • Gary Grohmann – Mozart K494 Allegretto & Fanfare
  • Senior Sydney Sanskrit Students – Pursha: A Sanskrit Play
  • Singing Duo – David Leafe & Ian Conell
  • Indian Classical Dance Presentation – David and Veena