Topic Name Description
Page Course creator: Archana Deshpande (biography)
URL Announcement and Introduction: Dec. 1, 2022
URL Unit 1 - Introduction to Tipitaka: Dec. 1, 2022
URL Unit 2 - Pali Alphabet & Vowels: Dec. 11, 2022
URL Consonants, Nasals, Conjunct Consonants, Dhammapada story: Dec. 21, 2022
URL Unit 3 - Introduction to Pali Sentences: Jan. 1, 2023
URL Unit 4 - Declension of Nouns and Dhammapada story: Jan. 11, 2023
URL Unit 5 - Usage of Cases (Intro, Nominative, Accusative, Instrumental): Jan. 21, 2023
URL Unit 5 - Usage of Cases (Dative, Ablative, Genitive): Feb. 1, 2023
URL Unit 5 - Usage of Cases (Locative & Vocative Cases, Gradual sentences): Feb. 11, 2023
URL Unit 6 - Introduction to Neuter Nouns: March 1, 2023
URL Unit 6 - Feminine Nouns ca & vā and Dhammapada Story: March 15, 2023
Unit 1 : Introduction to Tipitaka Page The Pāli Canon
Page The Ninefold Teaching
Page More Resources
Unit 2 : Pali Alphabet & Pronunciation Page The Pali Alphabet
Page Vowels
Page Consonants
Page Nasals
Page Conjunct Consonants
Page The story of Ven. Nanda (Dhammapada Verses 13-14)
Unit 3 : Introduction to Pali Sentences Page Personal Pronouns
Page Verbs in Present Tense
Page Constructing Pali Sentences
Page Translating Pali Sentences
Page Examples from Tipiṭaka
Page Resources : Script Conversion
Page The story of two monks (Dhammapada Verses 19-20)
Unit 4 : Declension of Nouns Page Introduction
Page Declension of 'a'-ending Masculine nouns
Page Vocabulary and Translation
Page Proper Nouns
Page The story about Heedfulness (Dhammapada Verse 31)
Page Support Videos for Unit 4
Unit 5 : Usage of Cases Page Introduction
Page Nominative Case (Paṭhāma)
Page Accusative Case (Dutiyā)
Page Instrumental Case (Tatiyā)
Page Support Videos for Unit 5, pt.1
Page Resource : Dictionary
Page Dative Case (Catutthī)
Page Ablative Case (Pañcamī)
Page Genitive Case (Chaṭṭhī)
Page Support Videos for Unit 5, pt.2
Page Examples from Tipitaka
Page Story : Caratha Bhikkhave
Page Locative Case (Sattamī)
Page Vocative case
Page Revising Cases
Page Support Videos for Unit 5, pt.3
Page Story : Dhammapada Verse 46
Unit 6 : Intro to Feminine and Neuter nouns Page Introduction
Page Declension of a-ending Neuter Nouns
Page Vocabulary and Translation
Page Some important a-ending Neuter Nouns
Page Overview of vowel-ending nouns
Page Support Videos for Unit 6
Page Declension of ā-ending Feminine Nouns
Page Vocabulary and Translation
Page Indeclinables : ca & vā
Page Examples of ‘ca’ and ‘vā’ from Tipitaka
Page Story : Dhammapada Verse 50