From the workshop report
The National Sanskrit Sambhashan Workshop was organised under the joint auspices of the Samyakgyan Prachar-Prasar Trust and the Pandit Todarmal Smarak Trust, and was held from 13 to 22 March 2026 at the Todarmal Digambar Jain Siddhant Mahavidyalaya in Jaipur. Students came from many regions for an enthusiastic, residential immersion in spoken Sanskrit.
The programme ran to more than fifty sessions — roughly fifty-four classes in all. Mornings were given to Sanskrit conversation practice and language games; the afternoon and evening sessions covered verse study, figures of speech, the history of Sanskrit and Jain Sanskrit literature, and grammar — cases, sandhi and compounds; while the night sessions were devoted to scripture discourse and self-study.
“A language grows only through use. The aim of this camp was simple — to move students beyond understanding Sanskrit to speaking it with ease, and to read the scriptures in their original form.” — from the opening address
By the close, participants reported a new confidence in conversing in Sanskrit, a firmer grasp of grammar, and the resolve to keep the practice alive in daily life. The closing ceremony framed the camp not as an end but as the beginning of a continuing habit of study.