Surbhi (Praveshika) is the introductory Sanskrit reader DAV schools use in Class 5, published by the DAV College Managing Committee. Its 14 short lessons teach everyday words through pictures and simple sentences. The opening lesson describes a morning (मधुरा प्रभातवेला), and the next ones cover the family, a trip to the zoo, the vegetable market and common birds. The later lessons bring in colours, telling the time, words such as above and below (shown with a cat and a box), and counting from one to ten in all three genders.
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DAV Class 5 Sanskrit Surbhi (Praveshika): All 14 Lessons
| Lesson | What it teaches |
|---|---|
| 1. मधुरा प्रभातवेला (p. 2) | Morning scene description in Sanskrit, rising sun, singing birds, playing children, jumping monkeys, and daily nature activities |
| 2. मम परिवारः (p. 7) | Introduction to family relations including father, mother, elder and younger brothers, professions, and household objects vocabulary |
| 3. वयम् पश्यामः जन्तुशालाम् (p. 12) | A visit to the zoo, learning names and actions of wild, domestic, and aquatic animals in Sanskrit |
| 4. शाकहट्टम् (p. 19) | Vegetable and fruit market vocabulary, dialogue identifying various fruits, vegetables, and a moral shloka with meaning |
| 5. अस्माकम् प्रियमित्राणि (पक्षिणः) (p. 23) | Names of common birds like parrot, crow, owl, peacock, swan, their habitats, sounds, and moral verse on friendship |
| 6. ये फलानि खादन्ति ते सुखिनः वसन्ति (p. 28) | Healthy eating habits, consuming fruits, drinking milk and fruit juices, times of day, and verb conjugations with pronouns |
| 7. चित्रप्रदर्शनी (p. 32) | School art exhibition, observing paintings of trees, flowers, stars, television, computer, airplane, and Sanskrit dialogue |
| 8. अभिनवः किम् किम् करोति? (p. 35) | A boy named Abhinav's daily schedule from morning wakeup to bedtime, and telling time using Sanskrit clock expressions |
| 9. विडालः कुत्र अस्ति? (p. 40) | Spatial prepositions and adverbs like above, below, inside, outside, near, far, and corner demonstrated using a cat and box |
| 10. आगच्छ! गायामः (p. 43) | Sanskrit action rhymes and songs describing body parts, hands, feet, rain, clouds, mother, and everyday child activities |
| 11. हरिणम् मा मारय! (p. 47) | A moral story of a hunter, a deer eating grass, and a kind boy protecting the deer from being killed |
| 12. कथयन्तु! कस्य कः वर्णः? (p. 51) | Teacher-student dialogue learning primary color names in Sanskrit using examples like sky, flag, flowers, and animals |
| 13. कः चतुरः अस्ति? (p. 57) | Illustrated fable about a clever dog, a foolish crow, and a dove over a piece of bread in a garden |
| 14. कति वस्तूनि सन्ति? (p. 60) | Sanskrit cardinal numbers 1 to 10 across genders with colorful picture illustrations of animals, birds, and objects |
Every lesson ends with an अभ्यासः (exercise), and most of the exercises are picture-based. Lessons 4, 5 and 11 also have a verse to recite under मिलित्वा गायन्तु, अवगच्छन्तु आचरन्तु च (sing together, understand and follow). Lesson 11, हरिणम् मा मारय!, is a story about a boy who saves a deer from a hunter. The last pages are reference sections on etiquette (शिष्टाचारः), a prayer (हे प्रभो!), numbers up to 50 (सङ्ख्या) and the parts of the body (इदम् अस्माकं शरीरम्).
Questions about the DAV Class 5 Sanskrit Book
Is Surbhi Praveshika hard for a first-year Sanskrit student?
No. The book assumes no earlier Sanskrit. Most pages are coloured pictures with one or two labelled sentences, and grammar is taught through use, such as verb forms with pronouns in lesson 6 and place words in lesson 9, without separate grammar chapters.
Which Sanskrit book comes after this?
DAV students move on to the numbered Surbhi readers from Class 6. The Class 7 and Class 8 books are on this site.
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