• You will learn a beautiful script which is more than 1000 years old.
• You will equip yourself to unearth the treasure of knowledge hidden in the ancient manuscripts.
• You can experience another dimension of our rich culture
• You can contribute to the National Heritage by editing the age old manuscripts.
• You can tap the huge repertoire of manuscripts to better understand the history and cultural heritage of India.

Sharada script is an writing system based on Brahmic family of scripts and was well flourished in Northern India especially Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in 13^th century AD. Sharada texts have been widely found in Afghanistan; The Sharada inscriptions all seem to date to the 8th century CE.

Even now the scripts which are well known like Gurumukhi, Takri are derived from Sharada script.

It is believed that there is a good haul of Sharada manuscripts in several places in the country like Nalanda, Hoshiarpur, Madurai, Chennai and Mysore, and in Nepal.  There are  thousands of  manuscripts in various Libraries in India written in Sharada . The Lipi was the mother Lipi in native Kashmir. The efforts to revive Sharada Lipi will open an ocean of the Knowledge to the whole world, bringing to light information hidden in the manuscripts.

Interested learners of all age groups, who wish to learn the Sharada script.

The only requirement is to have an innate desire to know about the script. 

The knowledge of Devanagari Script is recommended.

The classes will be conducted online through a tool called GoToWebinar. Students can join the classes through their computers or smartphones.

2. Are the classes live?

Yes. Live sessions are conducted weekly between 10:30 AM and 12:00 PM every Saturday starting 18th July 2020. Only 500 attendees can enter the live webinar room on a first-come basis.

3. Can I ask questions / doubts?

Yes, you can get your doubts clarified during the QA portion of the live sessions. The teachers are also available for clarifications over Email. (Rakesh Koul – rakeshkoul99@gmail.com)

During Live Session, you can type in your questions and submit through the Question-Answer Panel.

4. I came to know of this course late, and a few classes have already happened? What do I do?

Recordings of the sessions are made available on YouTube within a week after the session completes. They can also be accessed from the Course page afterwards. Please note that the recordings will be made available based on the availability of resources for uploading and processing.

If you are a pre-existing user of Sanskrit From Home

1. 1. Log in to your account and visit – https://www.sanskritfromhome.in/course/learn-sharada-lipi-weekend-batch
   2. Click the ‘Take this Course’ option below this course description (Red-coloured button). This will allow you to access all materials of the course.
   3. You will also automatically be registered for the Live webinars. You will receive a confirmation Email from GoToWebinar with the link to “Join Webinar”. You can click on that join link at the time of class to enter the webinar.

If you are a new user,

1. 1. Visit –www.sanskritfromhome.in/register  to register for a free account in our portal and choose a username and password for yourself.
   2. Activate your registration using the link in your confirmation email. [The email will be sent to the id that you provide during registration. If you cannot find the email, please check your Spam or Promotion folders].
   3. Log in to your account and visit – https://www.sanskritfromhome.in/course/learn-sharada-lipi-weekend-batch
   4. Click the ‘Take this Course’ option below this course description (Red coloured button). This will allow you to access all materials of the course.
   5. You will also automatically be registered for the Live webinars. You will receive a confirmation Email from GoToWebinar with the link to “Join Webinar”. You can click on that join link at the time of class to enter the webinar.

Do I need any special app for attending the classes?

If you are attending through a Smartphone, please download the free “GoToWebinar” app from the Playstore. Clicking the “Join Webinar” link from your Email will open the GoToWebinar app and take you into the webinar.

GoToWebinar App for Android

GoToWebinar App for iOS

If you are attending through a PC, just click on the “Join Webinar” link from your Email and follow the instructions on-screen.

For help in attending webinars, visit this page – https://support.goto.com/webinar/how-to-join-attendees

1. What will be the language used in the classes?

The lectures will be in English. Familiarity with Devanagari script is recommended.

2. How are the sessions structured?

Each session in the course is of 90 minutes duration. The last 15 minutes will be spent on addressing some of the questions raised pertaining to the session. The beginning time will be spent on chosen letters meant for the session.

Click here to view the structure of previous sessions and the lessons videos covered there.

3. What is the fee for this course?

The course is free of cost. However participants may give a voluntary Gurudakshina as donation to Vyoma Labs.

This is really a unique course that you can’t find anywhere else ! A unique teaching online and also rare to find nowadays in institutions academic and non-academic.

–Bruno Silva

This course is more than just learning a text. It has a great spiritual connect and this is why it becomes even more interesting and pure…. I recommend this course to people who are ready to experience another dimension of our rich culture.

–Gaurav Vaidya

The course was very effective in 1. Keeping the participants involved and interactive. 2. Ensuring that the usefulness of the Lipi is understood and how the knowledge could be applied for jointly working towards not only reviving the Lipi but also tapping the huge repertoire of manuscripts to better understand the history and cultural heritage of India.

–Shanthi Venkatesh

It’s a great initiative by the Core Šarada team. The teachers were very patient and passionate, and willing to help us students in every possible way… They provide reference materials which prove to be very handy….

–S. Rajalakshmi

…What I liked the most was each letter contributing to the spiritual aspect of our culture.

–Namrata Khaire

…The patience of the teachers and their dedication towards the topic was indeed commendable…

–Harshada Salil Sawarkar

The entire session of 15 days was crisp, well planned and systematic. The expertise and patience of the tutors was awesome….Looking forward to more such programs.

–G Malathy

….The team work and scientific presentation of serial lessons has no match. I feel proud of having associated with them.

–Ganesh Shanker Pandey

…Rakesh ji and Veronica ji have been the ideal Gurus that one can wish to have. In addition to that Sowmya ji of Vyoma Labs has been the best moderator ever. …Thank You Vyoma Labs for making a 15 days of lock-down time so useful.

–Jyothsna Bhavanishankar

Although this course was meant for getting familiar to Sharada scripts, it went beyond the state objectives. This course, helped me not only to help me read manuscripts written in Sharada script, but it also taught me a way in which I can learn other scripts methodically. There are unread manuscripts in several ancient scripts, hiding our history. If we take it upon us to read them and share the information, it will be a good contribution to our ancient historical discovery. Thank you Vyoma team for this excellent, altruistic course.

–Warija Adiga

Course is taught by – Acharyas of Core Sharda Team – Sri. Rakesh Koul, Smt. Veronica Peer and Ms. Nidhi Bhat

• A dedicated team of volunteers working since 3 years towards a revival of this Lipi, committed to teach the script to all enthusiastic learners
• Taught  Sharada Lipi to more than 1000 students through medium of WhatsApp
• Also has done a batch successfully for 250+ students through Vyoma-Saṃskṛta-Pāṭhaśālā
• Built a dedicated team of more than 140 members today working on many aspects of this lipi

Click to know more about Core Sharada Team.