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Syllabus
Subject: Sanskrit

Three Year B.A Pass Course

Effective from the Session: 2013–2014
 National University
Subject: Sanskrit
Syllabus for Three Year B.A Pass Course

Effective from the Session: 2013-2014

Paper Code Paper Paper Title Marks Credits

First year
111301 Paper -I History of Sanskrit Literature 100 4
111303 Paper-II Sanskrit Drama 100 4
Second year
121301 Paper-III Sanskrit Poetry and Prose 100 4
121303 Paper-IV Sanskrit Grammar, Composition and 100 4
Translation
Third year
131301 Paper-V Sanskrit Story Literature 100 4
131303 Paper-VI Sanskrit Poetics and Prosody 100 4
Total = 600 24

Detailed Syllabus

First Year
Paper Code Paper Paper Title Marks Credits
111301 Paper -I History of Sanskrit Literature 100 4

Text:
History of Sanskrit Literature

Books recommended:
1. Suresh Chandra Banerjee &
Narayan Bhattacharya
2. Jahnavichacran Bhowmik &
Govindagopal Mukherjee
3. Jahnavikumar Chakraborty
4. Biman Chandra Bhattacharya
5. Krishnagopal Goswami
6. Ranajit Banerjee
: Sanskrita Sahityer Bhumika
: Sanskrita Sahityer Itihas
: Prachin Bharatiya Sahitya O
Bangalir Uttaradhikar (Vols.2)
: Sanskrita Sahityer Ruprekha
: Sanskrita Sahityer Itihas O
Sanskriter Tridhara
: Sanskrita Sahityer Itihas Parikrama
7. Direndranath Banerjee : Sanskrita Sahityer Itihas
8. Faijunnesa Begum : Sanskrita Sahityer Itihas

Paper Code Paper Paper Title Marks Credits

111303 Paper-II Sanskrit Drama 100 4

Text:
a) Bhasa : Svapnavasavadattam
b) Kalidasa : Abhijnanashakuntalam

Books recommended:
1. Rabindranath Ghosh Tagore
2. Ashoknath Shastri
3. Shrimati Shanti Banerjee
4. Satyanarayan Chakraborty
5. Narayan Chandra Biswas
6. Sachchidananda Mukherjee
7. Sadhan Kumar Bhattacharya
8. Ranajit Banerjee
9. Devendranath Basu
: Svapnavasavadattam
: Svapnavasavadattam
: Svapnavasavadattam
: Abhijnanashakuntalam
: Kalidaser Shakuntala
: Bharatiya Natyaved O Bangla Natak
: Natyatattva Mimamsa
: Abhijnanashakuntala Sahayika
: Shakuntalay Natyakala

Second Year

Paper Code Paper Paper Title Marks Credits

121301 Paper-III Sanskrit Poetry and Prose 100 4

Text:
a) Kalidasa : Meghadutam
b) Bharavi : Kiratarjuniyam (1st Canto)
c) Dandin : Dashakumaracharitam (3rd Chapter)

Books recommended:
1. Sarada Ranjan Roy
2. Parvaticharan Bhattacharya
3. Buddhadeb Basu
4. Kanailal Roy
5. Prasun Bose (ed.)
6. Kanailal Roy
7. Ashoknath Shastri
: Meghadutam
: Meghaduta Parichay
: Meghaduta
: Meghadutam
: Samskrita Sahitya Sambhar (Vols. # 3 &7)
: Kiratarjuniyam (1st Canto)
: Kiratarjuniyam (1st Canto)
8. Satyendranath Sen : Kiratarjuniyam (1st Canto)
9. Prabodhendunath Tagore : Dashakumaracharitam
10. Jaheda Khanam : Kalidaser Meghadutam

Paper Code Paper Paper Title Marks Credits

121303 Paper-IV Sanskrit Grammar, Composition and 100 4
Translation

Text :
a) Grammar
[Definition, Subjugation, Conjugation, Sandhi, Gender, Na-tvavidhan, Sha-tva
vidhan, Case and Case-endings, Compound, Krit Suffix, Taddhita Suffix,
Feminine Suffix, Atmanepada and Parasmaipada vidhan]
b) Paragraph writing (in sanskrit)
c) Transliteration in Devanagari script
d) Translation from Bengali into Sanskrit
e) Translation from Sanskrit into Bengali

Books recommended:
1. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
2. Durgacharan Sankhya
Vendanta-Tirtha
3. Prankumar Bhattacharya
4. Krishnagopal Goswami
5. Haralal Roy
6. Chakradhar Acharya
: Samagra Vyakaran Kaumudi
: Samagra Vyakaran Kaumudi
: Samagra Vyakaran Kaumudi
: Navarupe Samskrita Vyakaran Kaumudi
: Samagra Vyakaran Kaumudi
: Samskrita Nibandha Manjusa

Third Year

Paper Code Paper Paper Title Marks Credits

131301 Paper-V Sanskrit Story Literature 100 4

Text:
Vishnu Sharma : Panchatantram (1st , 2nd & 3rd Tantras)

Books recommended:
Prasun Bose (ed) : Panchatantram (Sanskrita Sahitya Sambhar Vol.15)
Dulal Bhowmik : Panchatantra
 Paper Code Paper Paper Title Marks Credits
131303 Paper-VI Sanskrit Poetics and Prosody 100 4

Text:
a) Vishvanath Kaviraj : Sahityadarpanah (Chapter –VI)
b) Gangadasa : Chhandomanjari

[Indravajra, Upendravajra, Rathoddhata, Vidyunmala, Malini, Vamshasthavila, Ruchira,

Bhujangaprayata, Vasantatilaka, Mandakranta, Shikharini, Harini, Shardulavikridita, Sragdhara,
Arya, Anushtup, Aparavaktra, Shalini, Totaka, Dodhaka]

Books recommended:
Vimalakanta Mukhopadhyay (ed.)
Gurunath Vidyanidli (ed.)
Narayan Chandra Biswas
and Dilip Kumar Bhattacharyya
: Sahityadarpanah
: Chhandomanjari
: Sanskrita Chhanda Parichiti