Sanskrit 2

Admission

Those who have attended Sanskrit 1 or have an equivalent knowledge of the language may attend the course.

Objectives

• Mastery of the most important structures of Sanskrit grammar  (optative, imperative, imperfect, perfect, secondary conjugation, the compounds).
• Ability to read and translate a text in Vedic and in Sanskrit. Specifically, students will be able to analyze some of the anciest texts of the Indian tradition, such as some hymns taken from the Rig-Veda (c. II millennium b.C.) and a selection of texts of the late-vedic prose.

Program

The course aims to complete the study of Sanskrit language and grammar started in Sanskrit 1. Students deals with the optative, imperative, imperfect, perfect, secondary conjugation and the compounds (dvanda, bahuvrīhi, avyayībhāva). In the second part of the course, the teacher and the students read and comment some hymns taken fromthe Rig-Veda (given by the teacher in the original language with the translation of Jamison & Brereton). A specific focus is given to the analysis of the dialogue between Yamī and Yama, the two first human-beings (RV 10.10).
The course ends with the reading of some texts in late-Vedic prose taken from the Brāhmaṇa. The texts deal with the explanation of the Vedic rituals and texts used in sacrifices.

The course will be held in classroom. Upon request at the moment of the enrollment, the course may be also attended online. The IISC will provide students a link to access the virtual classroom and attend the course via live streaming. Lessons in streaming will be recorded and they will stay available for the students to see for a week.