About Devabhasha
A Sanskrit renaissance, one classroom at a time.
Devabhasha began in a single Lucknow classroom in 2003 and has grown into a conversational Sanskrit curriculum used in schools across ten Indian states. It is an imprint of Integral Publishers, Lucknow.
Our founder
Mrs. Anjali Jaipuria
Founder Patron, Jaipuria Schools · Proprietor, Integral Publishers
Anjali Jaipuria is an educationist with a vision for fundamental change in the Indian educational system. She is a pioneer of consciousness-based education, integrating Indian knowledge systems with modern pedagogy, and combines her love for Vedic wisdom with the economic, social and political needs of today.
An alumna of Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi (Economics), she studies Sri Aurobindo and The Mother's evolutionary work, Integral Yoga and educational reform, the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. She has been teaching the Bhagavad Gita, the Isha Upanishad and Sri Aurobindo's sonnets since 2014, and is an international speaker on education, spirituality, Integral Yoga and Indian philosophy.
With the help of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, she created Devabhasha — a conversational Sanskrit curriculum introduced in 2003 as the third language, from pre-primary to Grade 8.
Vice Chairperson
Integral Education Society
2000 – present
President
Navsrijan, Lucknow
2010 – present
Hon. Managing Trustee
The Mother's Institute of Research
2005 – present
Author
Prof. Sampadananda Mishra
Sanskrit scholar and curriculum designer. Between 2006 and 2012, Prof. Mishra developed the Devabhasha series for Integral Publishers — grounding it in root sounds, oral practice and stories that carry philosophical weight without losing the joy of a child's classroom.
Milestones
Two decades of Sanskrit in schools.
Sanskrit teaching begins
Seth M. R. Jaipuria School, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow introduces Sanskrit as part of its curriculum under Founder Patron Anjali Jaipuria.
Curriculum developed
The Devabhasha Conversational Sanskrit curriculum is meticulously developed by Prof. Sampadananda Mishra for Integral Publishers.
Devabhasha launched
The curriculum is formally launched for schools, covering Class 1 through Class VIII.
Integral Publishers registered
The publisher receives the ISBN prefix 978-93-85293 from RRRNAI, Ministry of Education, Government of India.
70+ schools across India
Devabhasha is used at 58 Seth M. R. Jaipuria franchise schools and 15+ independent partners including Sri Aurobindo International School Hyderabad, Gyankriti, Auro School, Matri Kiran, Isai Ambaville and Ved Dhara.
Sister initiatives
Navsrijan
Founded in 2010 by Anjali Jaipuria — an English-medium school for children on the margins of poverty, imparting the same education as Seth M. R. Jaipuria School to 340 students today.
navsrijan.org →Integral Publishers
The parent publishing house — home to Devabhasha and the three-volume Anmol Kavitaye Hindi poetry anthology edited by Anjali Jaipuria.
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