The Sanskrit College and University 1, Bankim Chatterjee Street, Kolkata 700073 [Established by the Act No. XXXIII of 2015; Vide WB Govt. Notification No 187-L, Dated- 19.02.2016] THREE YEAR B.A HONOURS PROGRAM IN SANSKRIT There will be six semesters in the Three Years B.A (Honours) programme. It is constituted of 14 Core courses, 2 Ability Enhancement Compulsory courses, 2 Skill Enhancement courses, 4 Discipline Specific Elective courses and 4 Interdisciplinary Generic Elective courses. Minimum L/T classes per course is eighty four. Each course is of 50 marks; of which 40 marks is for Semester-End Examination (written) and 10 marks for internal assessment. Out of 10 marks for internal assessment 5 marks is for mid-semester written test and 5 marks is for end-semester viva-voce. B.A.(Honours) in Sanskrit: 1 st Semester In this semester, for the Sanskrit Honours Students the Core courses BAHSAN101 and BAHSAN102 and Ability Enhancement Compulsory course UG104ES are compulsory; while they are to opt one Interdisciplinary Generic Elective course from any other Honours subject. Students of any other Honours subject may opt any one of the Interdisciplinary Generic Elective courses BAHSAN103EC and BAHSAN103GM. Course Code Course Title Course type L - T - P Credit Marks BAHSAN101 General Grammar and Metre Core course 4-2 - 0 6 50 BAHSAN102 Mahākāvya Core course 4-2 - 0 6 50 BAHSAN103EC Epic Interdisciplinary Generic Elective 4-2 - 0 6 50 BAHSAN103GM General grammar and Metre Interdisciplinary Generic Elective 4-2 - 0 6 50 UG104ES Environment Studies Ability Enhancement Compulsory course 3 - I - 0 4 50 Total 22 200 B.A.(Honours) in Sanksrit: 2 nd Semester In this semester, for the Sanskrit Honours Students the Core courses BAHSAN201 and BAHSAN202 and Ability Enhancement Compulsory course BAHSAN204E/B are compulsory; while they are to opt one Interdisciplinary Generic Elective course from any other Honours subject. Students of any other Honours subject may opt any one of the Interdisciplinary Generic Elective courses BAHSAN203ST and BAHSAN103SC. Course Code Course Title Course type L - T - P Credit Marks BAHSAN201 Sanskrit Drama Core course 4-2-0 6 50 BAHSAN202 Sanskrit Drama and Figures Core course of speech 4-2-0 6 50 BAHSAN203ST Sanskrit Drama and Interdisciplinary Generic Elective Comprehension 4-2-0 6 50 BAHSAN203SC Sankrit Drama and Translation Interdisciplinary Generic Elective studies 4-2-0 6 50 UG204E/B English/Bengali Ability Enhancement Compulsory course 3-1-0 2 50 Total 20 200 1
B.A.(Honours) in Sanskrit: 3 rd Semester In this semester, for the Sanskrit Honours Students the core courses BAHSAN301, BAHSAN302 and BAHSAN303 are compulsory; while they are to opt (a) one Interdisciplinary Generic Elective course from any other Honours subject and (b) anyone of Skill Enhancement course BAHSAN305GG and BAHSAN305TE. Students of any other Honours subject opt the Interdisciplinary Generic Elective course BAHSAN304HL Course Code Course Title Course type L - T - P Credit Marks BAHSAN301 Dramaturgy and Poetics Core course 4-2- 0 6 50 BAHSAN302 Prose Kāvya Core course 4-2- 0 6 50 BAHSAN303 History of Epics, Classical Core course Sanskrit Literature including Inscriptional and Historical works 4-2- 0 6 50 BAHSAN304HL History of Epic Literature and Interdisciplinary Generic Elective History of Sanskrit Literature 4-2- 0 6 50 BAHSAN305GG General Grammar Skill Enhancement course 3 - I - 0 2 50 BAHSAN305TE Translation studies and Essay Skill Enhancement course 3 - I - 0 2 50 Total 26 250 B.A.(Honours) in Sanskrit: 4 th Semester In this semester, for the Sanskrit Honours Students the Core courses BAHSAN401, BAHSAN402 and BAHSAN403 are compulsory; while they are to opt (a) one Interdisciplinary Generic Elective course from any other Honours subject and (b) one Skill Enhancement course BAHSAN405CP. Students of any other Honours subject should opt one Interdisciplinary Generic Elective course BAHSAN404EP. Course Code Course Title Course type L - T - P Credit Marks BAHSAN401 Arthaśāstra and Core course Dharmaśāstra 4-2- 0 6 50 BAHSAN402 Vedic Literature Core course 4-2- 0 6 50 BAHSAN403 Elements of Indian Core course Philosophy and History of 4-2- 0 6 50 Indian Philosophy BAHSAN404EP Elements of Indian Interdisciplinary Generic Elective Philosophy 4-2- 0 6 50 BAHSAN405CP Computer awareness for Sanskrit language and Project Skill Enhancement course 3-1- 0 2 50 SEMESTER TOTAL 26 250 2
B.A.(Honours) in Sanskrit: 5 th Semester In this semester, for the Philosophy Honours Students the Core courses BAHSAN501 and BAHSAN502 are compulsory; while they are to opt (a) any one of the Discipline Specific Elective courses BAHSAN503G1, BAHSAN503SE; and (b) any one of the Discipline Specific Elective courses BAHSAN504G2 and BAHSAN504SD. Course Code Course Title Course type L - T - P Credit Marks BAHSAN501 Linguistics and Grammar Core course 4-2- 0 6 50 BAHSAN502 Mahābhārata and Core course Dharamaśāstra 4-2 - 0 6 50 BAHSAN503G1 Grammar1 Discipline Specific Elective 4-2 - 0 6 50 BAHSAN503SE Sanskrit literature on Ethics Discipline Specific Elective 4-2 - 0 6 50 BAHSAN504G2 Grammar2 Discipline Specific Elective 4-2 - 0 6 50 BAHSAN504SD Sanskrit Drama Discipline Specific Elective 4-2 - 0 6 50 SEMESTER TOTAL 24 200 B.A.(Honours) in Philosophy: 6 th Semester In this semester, for the Sanskrit Honours Students the Core courses BAHSAN601 and BAHSAN602 are compulsory; while they are to opt two Discipline Specific Elective courses BAHSAN603PA and BAHSAN604PS. Course Code Course Title Course type L - T - P Credit Marks BAHSAN601 Principles of Pāṇinian Core course Grammar 4-2 - 0 6 50 BAHSAN602 Elements of Indian Core course Philosophy 4-2 - 0 6 50 BAHSAN603PA Poetics and History of Discipline Specific Elective Alaṃkāraśāstra 4-2 - 0 6 50 BAHSAN604PS Philosophy in Sanskrit Discipline Specific Elective Tradition 4-2 - 0 6 50 SEMESTER TOTAL 24 200 GRAND TOTAL 142 1300 3
STRUCTURE OF B.A.(HONOURS) SANSKRIT UNDER CBCS Core course (All compulsory) Paper Titles 1. General grammar and Metre 2. Mahākāvya 3. Sanskrit Drama. 4. Sanskrit Drama and Figures of speech 5. Dramaturgy and Poetics 6. Prose kāvya 7. History of Epics, Classical Sanskrit Literature including Inscriptional and Historical works 8. Arthaśāstra and Dharmaśāstra 9. Vedic Literature 10. Elements of Indian Philosophy and History of Indian Philosophy 11. Lingustics and Grammar 12. Mahābhārata and Dharmaśāstra 13. Principles of Pāṇinian Grammar 14. Elements of Indian Philosophy Discipline Specific Elective (Any four) Paper Titles 1. Grammar1 2. Sanskrit Literature on Ethics 3. Grammar 2 4. Sanskrit Drama 5. Poetics and History of Alaṁkāraśāstra 6. Philosophy in Sanskrit Tradition Interdisciplinary Generic Elective (Any four) Paper Titles 1. Epic 2. General grammar and Metre 3. Sanskrit Drama and Translation studies 4. Sanskrit Drama and comprehension 5. History of Epic literature and History of Sanskrit literature 6. Elements of Indian Philosophy Skill Enhancement Course (Any two) Paper Titles 1. General Grammar 2. Translation studies and Essay 3. Computer awareness for Sanskrit Language and Project 4
Details of Courses Core Course BAHSAN101 General Grammar and Metre Core Course UNIT- I General Grammar : Saṃjñā, ṇatva-ṣatva-vidhāna,a c-sandhi & prakŗtibhāva and declensional & conjugational pattern Marks-30 UNIT-II Metre : Marks-20 General introduction and selected metres from Chandomaňjarī of Gaṅgādāsa : Indravajrā, Upendravajrā, Upajāti, Rathoddhatā, Śālinī, Bhujaňgaprayāta, Vaṃśasthavila, Drutavilambita, Praharṣiṇī, Rucirā, Vasantatilaka, Mālinī, Mandākrāntā, Śārdūlavikrīdita, Śikhriṇī, Sragdharā, Hariṇī. a) Lahiri, Probodhchandra- Pāninīyam, Kolkata b) Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar- Vyakaraṇakaumudī c) Chandomaňjarī of Gaṅgādāsa, (ed) by Ayodhyanath Sanyal Sashtri, Kolkata c) --------------------------------------(ed.) Dilip Kumar Kanjilal BAHSAN102 Mahākāvya Core Course UNIT- I Raghuvaṁsam (canto-i) UNIT- II Kirātārjunīyam (canto-i) a) Raghuvaṁsam : (ed)m.r. Kale,Delhi b) Kirātārjunīyam (Canto-I) : (ed) Asoke Kumar Bandyopadhyay, Kolkata BAHSAN201 Sanskrit Drama Core Course UNIT- I Abhijňānaśakuntalam (1 st to 4 th act) 5
UNIT- II Madhyamavyāyoga a) Abhijňānaśakuntalaṁ : (ed)m.r.kale, Delhi..(ed) R.N.Bose..: (ed) Satyanarayan Chakraborty, Kolkata b) Bhāsa s Dramas-(ed) C.R. Devadhara BAHSAN202 Sanskrit Drama and Figures of speech Core Course UNIT- I Sanskrit Drama Abhijňānaśakuntalam(5 th -7 th act) UNIT- II Figures of speech Sāhityadarpaṇa(Chapter X) Upama, Rūpaka, Pariṇāma, Ananvaya, Mālopamā, Rasanopamā, Ekadeśavivartinyupamā Sandeha,Atiśayokti,Dīpaka, Prativastūpamā, Dṛṣṭānta,Nidarśanā,Aprstutapraśaṃsā,Vibhāvanā, Viśeṣokti,Samāsokti,Arthāntaranyāsa, Kāvyaliṅga, Saṃkara, Saṃsṛiṭi. b)sāhityadarpaṇa : (ed) Bimalakanta Mukhopadhyay, Kolkata :( ed) Udaychandra Bandyopadhyay, Kolkata (ed) Jayashree Chattopadhyay BAHSAN301 Dramaturgy & Poetics Core Course UNIT- I Dramaturgy Marks-30 Sāhityadarpaṇa (Chapter VI) UNIT- II Poetics Kāvyālaṃkārasūtravṛtti (1 st and 3 rd adhikaraṇa) Marks-20 Kāvyālaṃkārasūtravṛtti: (ed) Anil Ch.Basu, Kolkata..:(ed) SatyanarayanChakraborty, Kolkata 6
BAHSAN302 Prose Kāvya Core Course UNIT- I Śukanāsopadeśa (evaṁ samatikrāmatsu..svabhavanamājagāma) UNIT- II Rājavāhanacaritam(śrutvā tu bhuvanavṛttāntam.kilāpahāravarmā) a) Śukanāsopadeśa: (ed),nirodbaran Bhattacharya, Kolkata b) Rājavāhanacaritam:(ed) Asoke KumarBandyopadhyay, Kolkata : (ed) SatyanarayanChakraborty, Kolkata BAHSAN303 History of Epics, Classical Sanskrit Literature Core Course including Inscriptional and Historical Works UNIT I Marks 20 Epic & Dṛśakāvya UNIT II Śrutukāvya & Inscriptional and Historical Works Marks 30 Winternitz,M- History of Indian Literature (Vol. I Pt.II), Delhi Keith, A.B.-A History of Classical Sanskrit Literature, London Shastri, Gourinath.-Sanskrita Sahityer Itihasa, Kolkata Bandyopadhyay, Dhirendranath- Samskṛta Sāhityer Itihās, Kolkata Bhattacharya, Sukumari : Samskṛta dhrupadī sāhityer itihās BAHSAN401 Arthaśāstra &Dharmaśāstra Core Course UNIT- I Arthaśāstra by Kautilya (Vinayadhikaraṇa) UNIT- II Manusaṃhitā (Ch-VII) 7
a) Arthaśāstra: (ed) Radhagobinda Basak, Kolkata Kautiliya Arthaśāstra: (ed) R.P.Kangle, Delhi Arthaśāstra : (ed) Manabendu Bandyopadhyay b)manusaṁhitā-(ed) Manabendu Bandyopadhyay (ed) Asoke Kumar Bandyopadhyay, Kolkata (ed) Anil Ch.Basu, Kolkata.(ed) Annadasankar Pahari, Kolkata BAHSAN402 Vedic Literature Core Course Hymns of the Ṛgveda i)agnisūkta(1.1) ii) Hiraṇyagarbhasūkta (10.121) iii) Devīsūkta (10.125) iv) Akṣasūkta (10.34) v) Saṁjňānasūkta (10.191) Marks-30 b) (i)yajurveda (Rudrādhyāya-Śukla yajurveda-16.1-14) Marks-20 (ii) Atharvaveda (12.1.1-10) (iii) Śatapathabrāhmaṇam (manumatsyakathā) (iv) Aitareyabrāhmaṇam (Śunahśepopākhyānaṁ) Chatterjee: Kshitish Chandra- Vedic Selections, Kolkata Biswas, Didhiti Vaidic Pathasanchayana, Kolkata Bandyopadhyay, Shanti-Vaidic Pathasamkalana, Kolkata BAHSAN403 Elements of Indian Philosophy and Core Course History of Indian Philosophy 8
UNIT-I Tarkasaṃgraha (pratyakṣakhaṇḍa and upamānakhaṇḍa) UNIT-II History of Indian Philosophy i) The āstika and nāstika schools: Definitions ii) Sāṁkhya-yoga, Pūrvamīmāṁsā, Vedānta ( or Uttaramīmāṁsā) Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika-the six āstika systems of Indian Philosophy a) Three among the nāstika philosophical systems- Buddha, Jaina, Cārvāka ( or Lokāyata) Tarkasamgraha-(ed) Narayan Ch. Goswami, Kolkata ( ed) PanchananShastri, Kolkata Banerjee, S.N- History of Indian Philosophy Bhattacharya, Amit- Bharatiya DarshanSahityer Itihas Sen, Debabrata-Bharatiya Darshana Bagchi, Dipakkumar- Bharatiya Darshana Mandal, Pradyotkumar- Bharatiya Darshana BAHSAN501 Linguistics and Grammar Core Course BAHSAN501 UNIT-I Linguistics Marks-20 i) General acquaintance with phonetic tendencies The following topics-assimilation. Dissimilation, Epenthesis, Prothesis, Metathesis, Anaptyxis, Haplology, Syncope, Apocope, Procope, Aphearesis, Cerebralisatin, Analogy ii) Elementory knowledge about Science of Language, the IE family of language and the phonetic laws, history of the concept of IE language, Divisions of IE. iii) Construction and deconstruction of I-E language UNIT-II Siddhantakaumudī Kārakaprakaraṇam- Marks-30 a) Sen, Sukumar :Bhashar itibritta Banerjee, S.N-A handbook of philology b) Karakaprakaraṇa- (ed) Sacchidananda Mukhopadhyay (ed) Ayodhyanatha Sanyal Shastri 9
BAHSAN502 Mahabharata and Dharmaśāstra Core Course UNIT-I Mahābhārata (apaddharmaparva-ch-135& 137) UNIT-II Yājňavalkya Saṁhitā (Dāyabhāgaprakaraṇa) a) Mahābhārata-(ed) Haridas Siddhanta Bagish, Kolkata b) Yājňavalkya Saṁhitā-(ed) Sumita Basu Nyayatirtha BAHSAN601 Principles of Paninian Grammar Core Course UNIT-I Siddhantakaumuīi Samāsa-prakaraṇam UNIT-II Vedic Grammar a) Samāsaprakaraṇa-(ed) SacchidanandaMukhopadhyay, Kolkata b) Vedic Grammar-Macdonell, Delhi ----------- Bhavani Prasad Bhattacharya, Kolkata Vaidik bhasa ochanda Gauri Dharmapal Vaidikavyakaraṇa-(ed) Amar Kumar Chattopadhyay, Kolkata Vaidikavyakarana- (ed) Tapansankar Bhattacharya, Kolkata Marks-30 Marks-20 BAHSAN602 Elements of Indian Philosophy Core Course UNIT I Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad ( IV.4&5) UNIT II Tarkasaṁgraha (Anumānakhaṇḍa, Śabdakhaṇḍa) Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad : (ed) Durgacharan Samkhyavedantatirtha..: (ed) Jharna Bhattacharya : (ed) Das, Ghosh and Goswami Tarkasamgraha-(ed) Narayan Ch. Goswami, Kolkata ( ed) Panchanan Shastri, Kolkata 10
Discipline Specific Elective Course BAHSAN503G1 Grammar1 Discipline Specific Elective Course UNIT-I,General rules of vyañjana & visarga sandhi, strī-pratyaya, UNIT-II kṛtprakaraṇa, including ṇic, san & yaṅ.lahiri, Probodhchandra- Pāninīyam, Kolkata BAHSAN503SE Sanskrit Literature on Ethics Discipline Specific Elective Course UNIT-I Nītiśatakam (verses 82-102) UNIT-II Mitralābha i) Nītiśatakaṁ- (ed) JuthikaBasu,Kolkata ii) Mitralābha- (ed) Satyanarayan Chakraborty, Kolkata BAHSAN504G2 Grammar2 Discipline Specific Elective Course UNIT-I taddhitaprakaraṇa, nāmadhātu UNIT-II ātmanepadavidhāna and parasmaipadavidhāna 11
Lahiri, Probodhchandra- Pāninīyam, Kolkata BAHSAN504SD Sanskrit Drama Discipline Specific Elective Course i) UNIT-I Kumārasaṁbhavam(canto-I) ii) UNIT-I Paňcarātra Suggested readings : i) Kumārasaṁbhavam : (ed) M.R.Kale, Delhi..(ed) GurunathVidyanidhi, Kolkata ii) Paňcarātra K.G. Goswami BAHSAN603PA Poetics and History of Alaṁkāraśāstra Discipline Specific Elective Course i) UNIT-I Poetics (Kāvyādarśa-chapter-I) Marks-30 ii) UNIT-II History of Alaṁkāraśāstra Marks-20 i) Kāvyādarśa (ed) Premchandra Tarkabagish (ed) ChinmayeeChattopadhyay, Kolkata..(ed) Anil Ch.Basu, Kolkata ii) Dey, S.K : Sanskrit Poetics, Kolkata iii) Kane, P.V. : Sanskrit Poetics iv) Chattopadhyay, Jayashree- Alamkarshastrer Itihas, Kolkata Philosophy in Sanskrit Tradition Discipline Specific BAHSAN604PS Elective Course Unit I Chāndyogyopaniṣad-(4.4-4.9-Satyakāma-Jāvālasyopākhyānam) Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad-(5.2.2-5.2.6 datritayasyopākhyān) Unit II Kenoponiṣad (3rd & 4th chapter Umā-haimavatī-kathā) i) Chāndyogyopaniṣad: (ed) Durgacharan Samkhyavedantatirtha, Kolkata ii) Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad : (ed) Durgacharan Samkhyavedantatirtha, Kolkata iii) Kenoponiṣad : (ed) Durgacharan Samkhyavedantatirtha, Kolkata 12
: Srimad Anirvan, University of Birdwan Interdisciplinary Elective ( Any four) BAHSAN103M Epic Interdisciplinary Elective Course UNIT-I Rāmāyaṇa (Bālakāṇḍa) UNIT-II Mahābhārata (Udyoga Parva Viduranīti, ch-33) Suggested readings : i) Rāmāyaṇa- (ed) LoknathChakraborty,Kolkata..(Bālakāṇḍa) Jayashree Chattopadhyay, Kolkata BAHSAN103GM General Grammar and Metre Interdisciplinary Elective Course UNIT-I General Grammar- Declension, Conjugation, Sandhi, Kāraka-vibhakti (Pāṇini system) Marks-35 UNIT-II Metre Chandomaňjarī of Gaṅgādāsa Marks-15 (Indravjrā, Upendravjrā, Upajāti, Rucirā, Mālinῑ, Śālinῑ, Mandākrāntā, Toṭaka, Bhujaṅgaprayāta and Sragdharā).Lahiri, Probodhchandra- Pāninīyam, Kolkata BAHSAN203SC Sanskrit Drama and Interdisciplinary Elective Course Comprehension UNIT-I Sanskrit Drama Abhijňānaśakuntalaṁ UNIT-II Comprehension Marks-40 Marks-10 13
Suggested readings for UNIT-I: Abhijňānaśakuntalam-(ed) SatyanarayanChakraborty BAHSAN203ST Sanskrit Drama and Translation Interdisciplinary studies Elective Course UNIT-I Sanskrit Drama Karṇabhāra Dutaghatotkaca Bhāsa s Dramas-(ed) C.R. Devadhara UNIT-II Translation studies BAHSAN304 History of Epic Literature and Sanskrit Interdisciplinary HL Literature Elective Course 4-2- 0 6 50 UNIT-I History of Epic Literature (Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata and Purāṇa) UNIT-II History of Sanskrit Literature (Bhāsa, Kālidāsa, Aśvaghoṣa, Bhāravi, Bhaṭṭi, Māgha, Kumāradāsa, Sudraka) Marks-15 Marks-35 Bandyopadhyay, Dhirendranath- Samskritasahityeritihas BAHSAN404EP Elements of Indian Philosophy Interdisciplinary Elective Course UNIT-I Śrimadbhagavadgītā ( Chapter-XI) UNIT-II Taittirīyopaniṣad (Śīkṣāvallī) i) Śrimadbhagavadgītā : (ed) Bhutnath Saptatirtha...(ed) Nalini brahma..(ed) Vasudevananda 14
ii) Taittirīyopaniṣad : (ed) Durgacharan Samkhyavedantatirtha Skill Enhancement Course (Any two) BAHSAN305GG General Grammar Skill Enhancement Course 3-1 - 0 2 50 UNIT-I Declension and conjugation Marks-20 a) Voices in Sanskrit, b) lakāra Marks-15 UNIT-II liinga, vibhakti, vacana, kāraka Marks-15 Vyakaranakaumudi of Iswar Ch. Vidyasagara-(ed)Durgacharan Samkhyavedantatirtha.Lahiri, Probodhchandra- Pāninīyam, Kolkata BAHSAN305TE Translation studies and Essay Skill Enhancement Course 3 - I - 0 2 50 UNIT-I Translation studies UNIT-II Essay Marks-30 Marks-20 BAHSAN405CP Computer awareness for Sanskrit Skill Enhancement Language and Project Course 3 - I - 0 2 50 UNIT-I Computer awareness for Sanskrit Language UNIT-II Project Marks-30 Marks-20 15