West Bengal State University
Barasat, North 24 Parganas
SYLLABUS
B. A. (Honours) in Sanskrit
PAPER – I
(Metrics and General Grammar)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
Unit II
Unit III
Unit IV
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Chhandomañjarī of Ga˙ngādāsa
General Grammar
Translation (Unseen)
From English to Sanskrit in Devanāgaī Script
From Sanskrit to English
Essay in Sanskrit
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20
30
-
10
10
10
-
10
30
20
20
-
10
-
30
20
20
-
25
PAPER – II
(Dramaturgy and Drama)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
Unit II
Unit III
Unit IV
-
Sāhityadarpana (Chapter – VI)
Abhijñānaśakuntala
Svapnavāsavadatta
Uttararāmacarita
PAPER – III
(Poetics & Classical Epics)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
-
Unit II
Unit III
Unit IV
-
Sāhityadarpana (Chapter – X)
(Selected Alamkāras : Upamā, Rūpaka, Utpreksā,
Samāsokti, Apahanuti, Vibhāvanā, Viśesokti,
Drstānta, Nidarśanā, Arthāntaranyāsa)
Kirātārjunīya Canto I
.
Raghuvamśa Canto I
Śiśupālavadha Canto I
PAPER – IV
(History of Sanskrit Literature and Prose)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
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History of Classical Sanskrit Literature
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Unit II
Unit III
Unit IV
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-
15
25
20
-
20
-
10
10
-
10
10
20
Manusamhitā (Chapter – VII)
Arthaśāstra of Kautilya:
Adhikarana
Prakarana
Adhyāya
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
1
4
1
3
6
1
3
7
1
4
8
1
9
13
1
10
14
1
11
15
1
12
16
1
18
21
2
28
10
Yājñavalkya Smriti : Vyavahārādhyāya
(Upto Rnādāna only) with Mitāksarā
Survey of the Literature of Dharmaśāstra, Artha Śāstra
And Nīti Śāstra
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20
20
History of Scientific and Technical Literature in Sanskrit
Kādambarī : Mahāśvetāvrttānta
Daśakumāracarita : Viśrutacarita (Uchhvāsa VIII)
PAPER – V
(Veda)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
Unit II
Unit III
Unit IV
Unit V
Unit VI
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Hymns from the Rgveda
Agni (1.1), Indra (2/12), Hiranyagarbha (10/121)
Vāk (10/125), Usas (5/80)
- Śuklayajurveda : Rudrādhyāya
- a) Manumatsyakathā of Śatapatha Brāhmana
b) Sunahśepākhyāna
- Brhadāranyakopanisad : Brāhmana IV of Adhyāya IV
- Padapātha and Vedic Grammar
- History of Vedic Literature
PAPER – VI
(Dharma Śāstra, Artha Śāstra And Nīti Śāstra)
Unit I
Unit II
-
Unit III
-
Unit IV
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.
Full Marks – 80
20
20
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PAPER – VII
(Indian Philosophy)
Unit I
Unit II
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.
Full Marks
– 80
.
Tarka Samgraha of Annambhatta (with Dīpikā)
General acquaintance with the systems of Indian
Philosophy
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50
-
30
-
35
25
20
PAPER – VIII
(Pāninian Grammar and Linguistics)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
Unit II
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Sidhāntakaumudī:
Kāraka
Samāsa
Elements of Sanskrit Linguistics
i) Classification of Languages
ii) Production and Classification of Sounds
iii) Phonetic Laws
iv) Vedic and Classical Sanskrit
v) Ablaut
vi) Phonetic Tendencies
vii) Semantics
Books for Reference
A Hand Book of Sanskrit Philology – Dr. Satya Ranjan Banerjee
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Tulanāmulak Bhāsatattva O Samskrita – Dr. Vijaya Goswami
Elements of the science of Language – I J S Taraporewala
The Sanskrit Language – T. Burrow
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West Bengal State University
Barasat, North 24 Parganas
QUESTION PATTERN
B. A. (Honours) in Sanskrit
PAPER – I
(Metrics and General Grammar)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
-
Unit II
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
-
Unit III
Unit IV
-
One Short note
Definition and illustration (any two)
Scanning (any two)
Joining or disjoining sandhis (any six)
Case – ending (any six)
Distinguishing (any three)
Naming and expounding Samāsa (any three)
Correction or justifying (any three)
Translation (unseen)
From English to Sanskrit (in Devānagarī Script)
From Sanskrit to English
One essay in Sanskrit
-
4
2x4=8
2x4=8
6x1=6
6x1=6
3x2=6
3x2=6
3x2=6
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10
10
10
PAPER – II
(Dramaturgy and Drama)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
-
Unit II
-
Unit III
-
Unit IV
-
One broad question
or
short note (any two)
One broad question
Translation
Explanation (In Sanskrit)
Textual Grammar
Rendering in Sanskrit in Devānagarī Script
One broad Question
Translation
Amplification (in Sanskrit)
One broad question
Translation
Explanation (in Sanskrit)
-
10
-5x2=10
10
5
8
2
5
10
5
5
8
5
7
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PAPER – III
(Poetics & Classical Epics)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
-
Unit II
-
Unit III
-
Unit IV
-
Definition and Illustration
Selection
One broad question
Translation (any two)
Explanation (in Sanskrit)
Textual Grammar
One broad question
Translation
or
Two Short notes
or
Textual Grammar
Explanation (in Sanskrit)
One broad question
Translation
or
Two Short notes
or
Textual Grammar
Explanation (in Sanskrit)
5
5
10
- 2x4=8
8
4
9
4
-
4
-
4
7
9
4
-
4
-
4
7
PAPER – IV
(History of Sanskrit Literature and Prose)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
-
Unit II
-
Unit III
-
Unit IV
-
Two broad questions
Short note (one)
One broad question
Short note
One broad question
Explanation (in Sanskrit)
Translation
One broad question
Explanation (in Sanskrit)
Translation
2x10=20
5
10
5
8
7
5
8
7
5
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PAPER – V
(Veda)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
-
Unit II
-
Unit III
Unit IV
-
Unit V
-
Unit VI
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One broad question
Translation
Explanation (in Sanskrit)
Translation (any two)
Or One broad question
One broad question
Explanation (in Sanskrit)
Short note or translation
Padapātha
Vedic grammar
Two broad questions
8
5
7
-2x5=10
10
10
7
3
4
6
2x10=20
PAPER – VI
(Dharma Śāstra, Artha Śāstra And Nīti Śāstra)
Unit I
-
Unit II
Unit III
-
Unit IV
-
.
Full Marks – 80
One broad question
Explanation (in Sanskrit)
Short note
Two broad questions
One broad question
Explanation (in Sanskrit)
Shot note
Two broad questions
10
7
3
2x10=20
10
7
3
2x10=20
PAPER – VII
(Indian Philosophy)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
-
Unit II
-
Two broad questions
Two broad questions
Short answer type questions (any five)
One broad question
Short note (any two)
13x2=26
12x2=24
-5x2=10
10
-2x5=10
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PAPER – VIII
(Pāninian Grammar and Linguistics)
Full Marks – 80
Unit I
-
Unit II
-
Kāraka :
One broad question
Explanation of sūtras (any two) [in Sanskrit]
Phakkikā
Explanatory note
Case-endings (any two)
Samāsa
Explanation of sūtras (any two) [in Sanskrit]
Phakkikā or explanatory note
Formation (any two)
One broad question
One broad question
35
10
-2x5=10
6
5
- 2x2=4
25
-2x5=10
5
-2x5=10
10
5+5=10
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