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Syllabus

Unit 1

Sanskrit Language – Vakya Vyavahara – Introduction to Sanskrit language – Devanagari script and Sanskrit alphabet – Vowels and Consonants – Pronunciation – Classification of Consonants – Samyukthakshara Words – Nouns and Verbs – Cases – Introduction to Numbers and Time – Verbs: Singular, Dual and Plural – Sarva Namas: First Person, Second Person, Third Person – Tenses: Past, Present and Future -Words for Communication – Selected Slokas – Moral Stories – Subhashithas – Riddles.

Unit 2

Language Studies – Role of Sanskrit in Indian & World Languages.

Unit 3

Introduction to Sanskrit Classical Literature – KavyaTradition – Drama Tradition – Stotra Tradition – Panchatantra Stories.

Unit 4

Introduction to Sanskrit Technical Literature – Astronomy – Physics – Chemistry – Botany – Engineering – Aeronautics – Ayurveda – Mathematics – Medicine – Architecture – Tradition of Indian Art – Administration – Agriculture.

Unit 5

Indology Studies – Perspectives and Innovations.

Text Books

  1. Vakya Vyavahara – Prof. Vempaty Kutumba Sastri, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi
  2. The Wonder that is Sanskrit – Dr. Sampadananda Mishra, New Delhi
  3. Science in Sanskrit – Samskritha Bharathi, New Delhi

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