First Lessons in Sanskrit Grammar and Reading

An excellent and thorough introduction to Sanskrit grammar, with the western student in mind and using readings from the principal spiritual texts of India.

Judith M. Tyberg had her early education at the Raja Yoga School and at the Theosophical University, Point Loma, California, with special study in Sanskrit with the late Dr. G. de Purucker. From this university, she received her M.A., Ph.D. and M.Th. She became the Vice-Principal of the Raja Yoga School (1932-35). She travelled and lectured all over Europe during 1935-36. On her return she became Dean of Studies at the Theosophical University (1937-45), where she was also Professor of Sanskrit and Eastern Religions.

In 1945, she founded the Sanskrit Center and Bookshop in Glendale, California. A three-year scholarship took her to Benares Hindu University in 1947 where she studied Sanskrit, Pali, Indian Religions and Philosophies and the Cultural History of India, receiving the Masters Degree from the University, in Indian Religion and Philosophy. In 1947, she visited Indias great modern sage, Sri Aurobindo and was accepted by him as her disciple and given her spiritual name, Jyotipriya, which means Lover of Light. after living for some time at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, she returned to the U.S. in 1950.

In 1950-52, she was Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions at the American Academy of Asian Studies, San Francisco, and also lectured at Stanford University and San Francisco State College.

In 1953, she became the Founder-Director of the East-West Cultural Center in Los Angeles, a religious- educational center , where for twenty-eight years she conducted a school for gifted children from first grade through high school. She also taught and lectured on Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi, Indian Religions, Yoga and Comparative Religions. In 1973, she joined the College of Oriental Studies, Los Angeles, Ca. as Professor of Sanskrit and of Indian Religion, Philosophy and Literature; and in 1974, she was appointed to the Field Faculty for Graduate Studies of Goddard University, Plainsfield, Vermont.

During her lifetime, Dr. Tyberg lectured widely across the world and is the author of several books and has written many articles for various academic, cultural and spiritual magazines. Her published books include "The Language of the Gods" and "Sanskrit Keys to the Wisdom Religion". She died in 1981.