Art of Balanced Living & Basic Grammar

Course Objectives:      

This course aims to get the students acquainted with theories of art of living inherent in Sanskrit literature and apply them to live better life. Essential Sanskrit grammar will be introduced (without reference to Panini’s sutras) through the multiple example method with emphasis on students constructing themselves sentences.

Recommended Books/Readings:

 1.    ‘Yoga’ by Vivekananda Prakasan Vibhag, Guwahati, Fourth edition 2008

 2.    Patanjali’s Yogasutra translated by Swami Prabhavawanda and Christopher Isherwood, published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai

 3.    Bharatiya Darsan by Jyotsna  Bhattacharya

 4.    Bharatiya Darsan by Girish Baruah

 5.    Sadadarsan: Prabandha Panchadasi edited by Sambhu Nath Chakrabarti published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta-6.

 6.    Sanskrit Vyakaran Surabhi, ed. Dr. Rajendra Nath Sarma,  M.L. Publisher, Rajgarh Guwahati.

 7.    Sanskrit SabdaŚāstra, ed. Dr. Satyanarayan Chakravarti,  Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta

8.    Sanskrit Grammar, William Dwight Whitney (ed), Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Pvt. Ltd, Delhi.


Theatre and Dramaturgy in Sanskrit

Course Objectives:

Being audio-visual, drama is considered to be the best among all forms of arts. The history theater in India is very old, the glimpses of which can be traced in the hymns   (Samvādasūkta) of the Ṛgveda. The dramaturgy was later developed by the Bharatamuni. The objectives of this curriculum are to identify the beauty of drama and to introduce classical aspects of development of Indian theater among the students. 

Recommended books/Readings:

1.    Natyaśāstra of Bharatamuni, Vol-I edited by M. M. Ghosh, Manisha Granthalaya, Calcutta,1967.

2.    The Dasarupaka-A treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy by George C. O. Hass, Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, 1962

3.    Indian Theatre: Traditions of performance, Vol-I edited by P. Richmond Farly; MLBD, Delhi 2007

4.    Sahityadarpana edited and translated by Prof. Bimala Kanta Mukhupadhya, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta-700006.

5.    Sahityadarpana of Viswanath Kaviraja, edited by Durgaprasad Dwivedi, M.Lasmandas, New Delhi.

6.    Bharatar Natya Shastra (Part-I) edited by Dr. Mukunda Madhava Sarma, Axom Natya Xanmilon,2006

7.    Dasharupakam (Assamese) by Dr. Nava Kumar Handique, published by Asam Sahitya Sabha, Jorhat-785001, 1998

8.    Paramparagata Prachya Natyavinaya by Dr. Satyandranath Sarma; Bina Library, Guwahati