Syllabus of Sanskrit - University of Peradeniya
Syllabus of Sanskrit - University of Peradeniya
Syllabus of Sanskrit - University of Peradeniya
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Department <strong>of</strong> Classical Languages | <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peradeniya</strong><br />
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ii. Passive voice<br />
iii. Derivative Verbs (Causative, Intensive,Desiderative)<br />
iv. Infinitives<br />
v. Indeclinables<br />
<strong>Sanskrit</strong> Literature<br />
Textual Study with special emphasis on (a) identifying the elementary forms <strong>of</strong><br />
literary <strong>Sanskrit</strong> language and (b) the basic problems <strong>of</strong> interpretation.<br />
Prescribed Texts:<br />
i. Pañcatantra (Labdhapraṇāśa) - 1 - 5 stories<br />
ii. Nītiśataka<br />
- 1 - 50 verses<br />
SKT 201 - SANSKRIT POETICAL LITERATURE I<br />
This course is a brief survey <strong>of</strong> the tradition <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sanskrit</strong> Metrical composition (kāvya)<br />
from the Vedic age to the middle ages. It lays emphasis on the main poetical works and<br />
their writers, their form and style and the Socio-Cultural background in which these traditions<br />
were born and handed down.<br />
Prescribed Texts:<br />
Buddhacarita - 3 rd Chapter<br />
Kumārasambhava - 4 th Sarga<br />
Meghadūta (Pūrvamegha) - 01 - 30 Verses<br />
Gītagovinda - 1.4<br />
SKT 202 -<br />
SANSKRIT PROSE LITERATURE I<br />
The aim <strong>of</strong> the Course is to examine the history <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sanskrit</strong> prose composition from<br />
the Vedic period onward. It will pay attention to the study <strong>of</strong> both religious and poetical<br />
prose. The texts will be evaluated from religious, literary and aesthetic points <strong>of</strong> view. Both<br />
Brahmanic and Vedic texts will be used.<br />
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