Sanskrit 1 Sanskrit Language and Literature 1

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1 General Information: Sanskrit 1 Sanskrit Language and Literature 1 from 10 h. to h. and Tuesdays, from 16 to 18:30 h (in the afternoon Secretary will be opened from 17 th of September). Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays, from to h. Course Start Date: September 16 th. Price: 300 Euros Teaching Objectives: Introduction to Sanskrit Language and Literature. 1. Introduction Origin and evolution of Sanskrit Language The Indo-Iranian Languages The Prakrits and the Linguistic diversity in India The discovery of Sanskrit in Western Countries The first European references about Sanskrit The importance of Sanskrit in the development of Historical Linguistics. 2. Phonology Sanskrit phonological system and pronunciation The sandhi. 3. Introduction to devanāgarī script History of devanāgarī script.

2 3.2. Reading and writing exercises. 4. Verbal morphology The structure of Sanskrit root. The vocalic grades of the root: dhātu, guṇa and vṛddhi The Present, Imperfect and Perfect tenses 4.3. The Infinitive, Absolutive and Participle. 5. Nominal declension Nominal declension: Vowel and Consonant declension The Cases Pronouns: personal, demonstrative and relative pronouns Nominal Composition: dvandva, tatpuruṣa, karmadhāraya, bahuvrīhi. 6. Sanskrit Literature Vedic Literature Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata Classic Sanskrit: kāvya poetry Lyric poetry Drama Pañcatantra and Hitopadeśa Scientific Treatises Phonetic treatises and Grammars. The Influence of Sanskrit Grammar on Modern Linguistics: the Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini. 7. Analysis and translation of Sanskrit texts The Mahābhārata Introduction to Meter trough Mahābhārata The use of epithets in Mahābhārata Pañcatantra and Hitopadeśa.

3 General Information: Sanskrit 2 Sanskrit Language and Literature 2 from 10 h. to h. and Tuesdays, from 16 to 18:30 h ( in the afternoon Secretary will be opened from 17 th of September). Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, from to h. Course Start Date: September 17 th. Price: 300 Euros Teaching Objectives: To reach a deeper insight in learning Sanskrit trough the analysis of Sanskrit literary works. 1. Introduction: 1.1. Vedic Language and Literature Classical Sanskrit Literature Modern Indian Languages derived from prakrit. 2. The devanāgarī script Details of devanāgarī script Reading and writing exercises. 3. Verbal morphology The Present Tense: athematic verbs The Perfect, Aorist and Future.

4 3.4. The Secondary Conjugations: passive, causative, intensive and desiderative. 4. Nominal Morphology Consonant stems The Cases The comparative and the superlative. 5. Analysis and translation of Sanskrit texts Mahābhārata and Rāmāyāṇa Pañcatantra and Hitopadeśa Veda, Upaniṣad and Purāṇa. General Information: Sanskrit 3 Sanskrit Language and Literature 3 from 10 h. to h. and Tuesdays, from 16 to 18:30 h (in the afternoon Secretary will be opened from 17 th of September). Schedule: Fridays, from to h. Course Start Date: September 20 th. Price: 200 Euros

5 Teaching Objectives: Teaching Objectives: To reach a deeper insight in learning Sanskrit trough the analysis of Sanskrit literary works. 1. Analysis and translation of Vedic texts: Veda, Upaniṣad and Purāṇa Synonymy and Polysemy Vedic Meter and Prosody Vedic accent. 2. Analysis and translation of Classical Sanskrit texts: 2.1. Nala and Damayantī Abhijñāna Śakuntalā. 3. Sanskrit Poetics: alaṁkāraśāstra. 3.1.Sanskrit Rhetoric and Poetic The main figures of speech: different kinds of metaphor, simile, assonance, alliteration, etc.