BA (H) Sanskrit
The Department of Sanskrit, Bharati College offers following
courses:
B.A. Honours in Sanskrit and B.A. Program in Sanskrit.
The department also offers Generic Elective courses to the
students of other departments which are of interdisciplinary
nature and intend to enrich students in an additional field of
study. They include, Indian Culture and Social Issues;
Individual, Family and Community in Indian Social Thought;
Fundamentals of Indian Philosophy; and Basic Principles of
Indian Medicine System (Ayurveda). The department also offers
Sanskrit as MIL for all undergraduate students.
The discipline of Sanskrit is highly diversified. The focus of
the curriculum is mainly on: Literature (classical and modern),
Paninian Grammar, Indian Philosophy, Indian Culture, Indian
Logic and Science of Debate, Sanskrit Linguistics, Vedic
Literature, Aesthetics, Theatre and Poetics, Dharmashastra,
Epigraphy and Paleography, Ancient Indian Polity, Computational
Sanskrit, Personality Development and Script Writing. We attempt
to enable students to appreciate different forms and genres of
literature and to become aware of the rich intellectual
traditions of India.
Sanskrit is offered in different forms as an Honours course
where students read at least twenty papers in Sanskrit; as a
Programme course where students study lesser number of papers in
Sanskrit and as a Generic Elective subject for students from
other disciplines. The Sanskrit Honours and Programme syllabus
has a two pronged objectives – to introduce students to a
variety of traditional disciplines in Sanskrit studies and to
strengthen their knowledge of the language.
The programme specific outcomes for B.A. (Hons) Sanskrit
students include the following:
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It aims to train students in classical Sanskrit in which major works on
various disciplines are written.
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It is also aims to train them in important traditional disciplines such
as - Vedic studies ; prose, poetry and drama which have inspired and
continue to inspire great literary works in almost all Indian languages;
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Students also learn literary criticism or kavya Shastra; vyakarana which
covers a large area of linguistics; darshana i.e. philosophy and logic;
dharma Shastra which covers many areas of sociology and legal studies.
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The Honours course will thus make students better equipped to pursue
their post graduate studies and undertake further research in these
disciplines.
The programme specific outcomes for B.A. (Program) Sanskrit
students include the following:
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This Programme will help students acquire a general
understanding of classical Sanskrit literature and
Philosophy and religion, history and culture through
Sanskrit texts.
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Students will acquire advanced knowledge of Sanskrit.
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Student will demonstrate an increased ability to read and
understand Sanskrit texts.
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They will be able to read Sanskrit texts independently and
analyze texts written in classical Sanskrit.
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They will demonstrate an enhanced knowledge and
understanding of all structures of the Sanskrit language and
develop a basic understanding of Panini’s grammar and a
basic familiarity of the history of Sanskrit literature.
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They will develop an insight into one and more fields of
specialization within the broader area of ancient Indian
philosophy like Upanishads and Gita.
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They will show the ability to critically assess existing
research through careful reading, analysis and discussion.
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They will acquire the ability to apply relevant theoretical
perspectives to topics with in the field of ancient Indian
religion, literature, history even ancient Indian technical
and scientific literature through Sanskrit text.
This programme will help students acquire the following skills:
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Students will become accomplished active readers who can
articulate their own interpretations with an awareness and
curiosity for other perspectives.
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Insight into one or more fields of specialization within the
broader topic of Indian Philosophy and Indian Culture
through Sanskrit texts.
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Students get acquainted with Classical Sanskrit Prose
literature, origin and development of prose, important prose
romances and Sanskrit.
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Helps students negotiate the text independently without
referring to the traditional commentaries so as to enable
them to experience the richness of the text
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Students will learn many notable works of criticism combined
with discussions of texts with broad arguments about the
nature of Vedic Literature and the principles of assessing
it.
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Ability to critically assess existing research through
careful reading, analysis, and discussion.
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The ability to apply relevant theoretical perspectives to
topics within the field of ancient Indian religion,
literature and history through Sanskrit texts.
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Competence in academic writing and oral presentation skills.
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Competence in presenting academic research about ancient
Indian religion, literature and history through Sanskrit
texts to a broader non-academic public.
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Ability to work both independently and in groups on
presentations and/or development of Projects.
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