NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
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 : Sanskrita Sahityer Bhumika
2. Jahnavichacran Bhowmik &
Govindagopal Mukherjee : Sanskrita Sahityer Itihas
3. Jahnavikumar Chakraborty : Prachin Bharatiya Sahitya O
Bangalir Uttaradhikar (Vols.2)
4. Biman Chandra Bhattacharya : Sanskrita Sahityer Ruprekha
5. Krishnagopal Goswami : Sanskrita Sahityer Itihas O
Sanskriter Tridhara
6. Ranajit Banerjee : 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 : Svapnavasavadattam
2. Ashoknath Shastri : Svapnavasavadattam
3. Shrimati Shanti Banerjee : Svapnavasavadattam
4. Satyanarayan Chakraborty : Abhijnanashakuntalam
5. Narayan Chandra Biswas : Kalidaser Shakuntala
6. Sachchidananda Mukherjee : Bharatiya Natyaved O Bangla Natak
7. Sadhan Kumar Bhattacharya : Natyatattva Mimamsa
8. Ranajit Banerjee : Abhijnanashakuntala Sahayika
9. Devendranath Basu : 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 : Meghadutam
2. Parvaticharan Bhattacharya : Meghaduta Parichay
3. Buddhadeb Basu : Meghaduta
4. Kanailal Roy : Meghadutam
5. Prasun Bose (ed.) : Samskrita Sahitya Sambhar (Vols. # 3 &7)
6. Kanailal Roy : Kiratarjuniyam (1st Canto)
7. Ashoknath Shastri : 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 : Samagra Vyakaran Kaumudi
2. Durgacharan Sankhya : Samagra Vyakaran Kaumudi
Vendanta-Tirtha
3. Prankumar Bhattacharya : Samagra Vyakaran Kaumudi
4. Krishnagopal Goswami : Navarupe Samskrita Vyakaran Kaumudi
5. Haralal Roy : Samagra Vyakaran Kaumudi
6. Chakradhar Acharya : 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.) : Sahityadarpanah
Gurunath Vidyanidli (ed.) : Chhandomanjari
Narayan Chandra Biswas
and Dilip Kumar Bhattacharyya : Sanskrita Chhanda Parichiti
