Anvaya × संस्कृत

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संस्कृत

saṃskṛta — refined, perfected; that which is well put together.

What is Anvaya

An app that teaches Sanskrit through the verses themselves.

Anvaya is an app for learning Sanskrit, the first of many Indian languages to come. Short, friendly lessons build your vocabulary and grammar step by step, in plain English, until you are ready to read real texts like the Bhagavad Gītā.

Start from zero. By the end you will be able to read a verse and know what each word is doing.

अन्वय anvaya · noun

Connection; the natural order of words. Teachers have long explained a verse by putting it into its anvaya. We named the app after that idea.

Why Anvaya

You already know a little Sanskrit.

Yoga. Karma. Mantra. Namaste. Whether you grew up with its prayers or met it on a yoga mat, Sanskrit is the language of the Gītā, the Upaniṣads and some of the most beautiful poetry ever written. Anvaya makes it feel close: not a school subject, but something that belongs to you.

Finally understand what you’ve always heard

A shloka from childhood, a chant in yoga class, a verse on a temple wall. Anvaya helps you know what those words truly mean.

Long words stop looking scary

Sanskrit often glues several words into one. Anvaya gently pulls them apart, one tap at a time, until a line that looked impossible reads simply.

Grammar that makes sense

Concepts arrive one at a time, each built on the last, so nothing ever feels like a wall of rules.

Begin before you can read the script

Every line comes with English letters beside the Devanagari, so you can start today and let them go when you’re ready.

How it works

Untangle any verse
in four moves.

Here is one line from the Bhagavad Gītā, taken apart the way you will learn to read with Anvaya. Tap the words in step 03 to explore them.

  1. 01 Read the verse पाठः

    कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।

    karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana — Bhagavad Gītā 2.47

  2. 02 Split the words पदच्छेदः
    कर्मणि एव अधिकारः ते मा फलेषु कदाचन
    Sandhi undone i + e → ye a + a → ā ḥ + t → st
  3. 03 Put them in order अन्वयः

    Highlighted endings mark case. The dashed word is understood, not written. Tap any word to analyse it below.

  4. 04 Analyse each word विश्लेषणम्

    Start with the verb, then its subject, then every other word.

  5. → Understand अर्थः

    “Your right is to action alone — never to its fruits.”

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Every journey begins somewhere.
Begin yours with Anvaya.

Anvaya takes you from your first letter to real verses, until their meaning is plainly yours.

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