Pragnya (प्रज्ञा), in Sanskrit means pure knowledge or wisdom. While it will take a long time to reach there, I call this space by its name because I think it’s a worthy goal to pursue.
This website keeps track of my journey in learning Sanskrit, in the hope that it might benefit more people to know more about where to start and how to progress. For now, this will just include some of the resources I’ve been using and things I’ve learnt. While my initial objective was to post one page of my notes from all my learnings from any resource(s) that I’ve used each week, I have seen that these are sporadic updates on my journey and not much of notes. There are bound to be mistakes since I’m a beginner, but I hope I’m on track (if not, please let me know)! Same applies to other feedback: just reach out! Eventually, I’ll add an archive page and a collection of all my notes somewhere on the site, until then, you will have to go through the posts in the reverse chronological order from the home page. If you prefer a chronological order to get you started, here’s the first post on my motivation and such, followed by my weekly updates.
As of July 2026, I started a sister site at टिप्पणि for collecting my notes a bit more organically. Though I am yet to transfer all of my notes over there, this division makes it clear that प्रज्ञा is primarily a blog of my learning journey and a repository for links.
The website is built using Jekyll and the Lanyon theme.
I am Mythreyi Ramesh, a postdoc at University of Michigan. I completed my PhD from Northwestern University in November 2025. I grew up in India (Coimbatore) and currently live at Ann Arbor (MI, USA). You can find me on my website.