Why this Course?
The emergence of new topics like computational linguistics reiterates the relevance of learning Sanskrit Grammar. Sanskrit Grammar is considered as a foundation for any General Course in Sanskrit learning.
Genre of this MOOC
All Universities in India offering Bachelor Programmes in Sanskrit have a course in Sanskrit Grammar. The proposed MOOC attempts to simplify the Grammar with specific focus on Samja and Samasa, which are considered as the corner stone of Paniniyam Grammar. This understanding is essential for furthering the Sanskrit Learning in other areas of Sanskrit like language, literature, ayurveda and other applied fields. Hence, the course has a wider scope in terms of academic relevance in the current academic framework suggested under CBCS of UGC also from a socially relevant learning perspective.
Approach of this Course
This course takes multi-method approach to grammar learning by providing a range of examples presented in different ways to meet different learning styles of students.
Overview
Syllabus
COURSE LAYOUT
Week 1
Module-1: Relation Between Language and Grammar and the important test in Sanskrit Grammar
Module-2: Words Arrangement and Various Typs of Suthras
Week 2
Module-3: The Technical Terms in Sankrit Grammar
Module-4: Articulation of alphabets and their divisions
Week 3
Module-5: The euphonic combination-YAN,AYAVAYA etc.
Module-6: The euphonic combonation of GUNA and VRIDHI and replacement of AVATHA etc
Week 4
Module-7: Use of prefixes with roots
Module-8: Explanation of PRAKIRTHI BHAVA and importance of NIPATHA etc..
Week 5
Module -9: The euphonic combination of SCHUTVA-STHUTVA
Module -10: The importance of PARIBHASH SUTRAS and their explanations
Week 6
Module-11: The ADASHAS of TUK,SA and etc and UTVM to REPHA
Module -12: KARAGAS-The nominative,vocative and accusative cases
Week 7
Module -13: Explanation of instrumenatal cases
Module-14 : The divisions and explantion of dative case
Week 8
Module-15: Th divison of UPAPADHA in dative case
Module 16: The KARAGA in ablative case
Week 9
Module-17: The UPAPADHA and KARMA PRAVACHINIYA in ablative case
Module-18: Explanation of certain SUTRAS in genetive case
Week 10
Module-19: Partial ADESHA of certain SUTRAS in genetive case
Module-20: The technical term ADHARA in 7th case
Week 11
Module-21: Compounds and their divisons
Module-22: The compound in AVAYAYIBHAVA
Week 12
Module-23: The suffix of DAC in AVAYAYIBHAVA
Module-24: The compund THATHPURUSHA
Week 13
Module-25: The explantions of SUTRAS in genetive and SAPTHAMI cases
Module-26: The divisions of the compound KARMADHAREYA
Week 14
Module-27: Illustrations and explantion of compund DIGU
Module-28: Explanation of compound in BAHUVRIHI SAMASA
Week 15
Module-29: The divisions of BAHUVRIHI SAMASA
Module-30: Continuation of BAHUVRIHI SAMASA and certain SUTHRAS Iin DWANDA
Week 16
Module-31: The divisions of BAHUVRIHI SAMASA
Module-32: The mutual relation in CO-ORDINATING compound
Week 17
Module-33: SAMAHARA DWANDAHA
Module-34: SAMAHARA DWANDAHA and it divisons
Week 18
Module-35: The ALUK SAMASA
Module-36: Explanation of certain SUTRAS in ALUK SAMASA
Week 19
Module-37: various kind of Sanskrit Roots
Module-38: Tenses-present,past and future
Week 20
Module-39: Voice changes-active, passive and BHAVE
Module-40: The important indeclinables and their explanations
Course Summary, Further on Sanskrit Grammar
Taught by
Dr. G Sahadevan
