Course Objectives:

This course aims to acquaint students with three most famous dramas of Sanskrit literature which represent three stages in growth of Sanskrit drama.

Suggested Books / Readings:

1.    Svapnavāsavadattam: ed. by M.R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi

2.    Abhijñānaśakuntalam: ed. by C.R. Devadhar, MLBD, Delhi.

3.    Abhijñānaśakuntalam: ed. by M.R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi.

4.    Mudrārākasam: ed. by Nirupan Vidyalamkara, Sahitya Bhandar, Mareth.

5.    Mudrārākasam: ed. by Ramasankaram Tripathi, Varanasi.

6.    Mudrārākasam, ed. by M.R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi.

7.    Winternitz, M.: A History of Classical Sanskrit Literature, MLBD, Delhi

8.    Sarma, Thaneswar: Sanskrit Sahityar Itivritta, Chandra Prakash,  Panbazar, Guwahati    

9.    Goswami, Haramohan: Sanskrit Sahityar Buranji Book Land,   Panbazar, Guwahati.


Course Objectives:

The study of Sāhityaśāstra (Sanskrit Poetics) embraces all poetic arts and includes concepts like alakāra, rasa, rīti, vakrokti, dhvani, aucitya etc. The entire domain of Sanskrit poetics has flourished with the topics such as definition of poetry and divisions, functions of word and meaning, theory of rasa and alakāra (figures of speech) and chandas (metre), etc. This develops capacity for creative writing and literary appreciation.

Recommended Books/Readings

1.  Sāhityadarpaa, ed. by Durgaprasad Dwivedi, M.   Lasmandas, New Delhi

2.    Sāhityadarpaa, ed. by Bimala Kanta Mukhupadhyaya,  Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta.

3.    Chandomanjari, ed. by Gurunath Bidyanidhi Bhattacharjee, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta 

4.    Chandomanjari, ed. by Dr. Naba K. Handique, Department of Assamese, Dibrugarh   

  University.  

5. Kāvyaprakāśa, ed. by Srinivas Shastri, Sahitya Bhandar, Meerut

6. Dwivedi, R.C.: The Poetic Light, Motilal Benarsidass, Delhi, 1967.

7. Kane P.V.: History of Sanskrit Poetics, Motilal Benarsidass, Delhi, 1971

8. Ray, Sharad Ranjan: Sāhityadarpaa of Viswanatha, (Ch I, VI & X) with Eng  Exposition, Delhi.

9. Sastri, Viswanarayan: Sāhitya-darpana (Assamese) Saraighat Prakasan, Guwahati-21.


Course Objectives:

Social institutions and Indian Polity have been highlighted in Dharmaśāstra literature. The aim of this course is to make the students acquainted with various aspects of social institutions and Indian polity as propounded in the ancient Sanskrit texts such as Sahitās, Mahābhārata, Purāa, Kauilya’s Arthaśāstra and other works known as Nītiśāstra.

Recommended Books/Readings:

1. Arthaśāstra of Kautilya, ed. by R. P. Kangale, Delhi, Motilal Benarsidas, 1965

2. Atharvaveda Sahitā, trans. by R.T.H. Griffith, Banaras

3. Mahābhārata (7 Vol), Eng trans. by H. P. Śāstri, London

4. Rāmāyaa of Valmiki, Eng trans. & ed. by H.P. Śāstri, London

5. gveda Sahitā (6 Vols,) Eng trans. by H.H. Wilson, Bangalore Printing & Publishing, Bangalore, 1946

6. Viṣṇu Purāam, Hindi trans. by Munilal Gupta, Gorakhpur: Gītā Press, Samvat 2065

7. Yājñavalkyasmti with Mitaksara commentary – Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Varanasi, 1967

8. Brihat Sahitā by Varahmihira, Hindi trans by Baladev Prasad Misra, Khemraj Srikrishnadas Prakashan, Mumbai

9. Satyagrahageeta by Pandita Ksamarao, Perish, 1932

10. Wilson, H.H.:     The Vishnu Purāa, Punthi Pustak, Calcutta, 1972.

11. Olivelle, P (ed.): Manu’s Code of Law, Oxford University Press, USA

12. Kane P.V.: Dharma Śāstra ka Itihas by (1-4 Parts) trans by Arjun Choube Kashyap, Hindi Samiti, Lakhnow, 1966

13. Altekar, A.S.: State and Government in Ancient India, MLBD, Delhi.

14. Altekar, A.S.: The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization, Delhi, 1965.

15. Bhandarkar, D.R.: Some Aspects of Ancient Indian Hindu Polity, Benaras Hindu University

16. Saletore, B.A.: Ancient Indian Political Thought and Institutions, Allahabad.