Syllabus for WBCS Optional Paper - Sanskrit

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SANSKRIT :

Paper – I :

(a) Sanskrit Linguistics:-.

(i) Indo European family of languages

(ii) Phonetic Laws- Grimm‘s Law, Verner‘s Law, Grassmann‘s Law, Collitz‘s Law

(iii) Phonetic Tendencies

(iv) Development of Sanskrit- Vedic and Classical Sanskrit, Non-Aryan Influence in Sanskrit, Contribution of Sanskrit in Linguistic Studies

(b) Sanskrit Grammar- Siddhanta Kaumudi-Karaka and Samasa

(c) Translation from Vedic texts into English:- Agnisukta-1.1 Indrasukta-2.12 Suryasukta-1.115 Aksasukta-10.34 Hiranyagarbha Sukta-10.121 Devisukta-10.125

(d) (i) Translation from Sanskrit into English

Or

(ii) Translation from English into Sanskrit

(e) Paragraph in Sanskrit

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SANSKRIT

Paper – II :

(a) History of Vedic and Classical Sanskrit Literature:-

(i) Vedic- Samhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka, Upanisad, Vedanga

(ii) Classical- Ramayana, Mahabharata, Asvaghosa, Bhasa, Kalidasa, Sudraka, Visakhadatta, Bhavabhuti, Bharavi, Bhotti, Magha, Dandi, Banabhatta.

(iii) Philosophical - Fundamental ideas of orthodox systems of Indian Philosophy

(iv) Technical - Chandas, Arthasastra, Architecture, Medicine, Mathematics

(b) Texts (Meant for general acquaintance and not for minute study)

(i) Kalidasa‘s Abhijnanasakuntalam and Bhavabhuti‘s Uttararamacaritam

(ii) Kalidasa‘s Kumarasambhavam (Canto I - V ) and Bharavi‘s Kiratarjuniyam (Canto I - V )

(iii) Manusamhita (Ch. VII Sl. I-144)

(iv) Isavasyopanisad

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