Special Sanskrit Literature

Course Objective:

To acquaint the students with Sanskrit Kāvya: Poetry and Drama.

Recommended Books/Readings:

1.    The Gīta-Govinda of  Jayadeva with the commentaries Rasikapriya of King Kumbha & Rasamanjari of Mahamahopadhyaya Sankara Misra, Tuharam Javaji, Bombay, 1899.

 2.    The Gīta-Govinda, ed. with English trans. by Barbara Stoller Miller, MLBD, Delhi.

 3.    Gīta-Govinda with Saravati commentary of Sukladhaja, ed. with Assamese trans. by Satyendranath Sarma and Dr. Suresh Bora, Koras Publication, Guwahati, 1981.

 4.    Meghadūtam, ed. by M.R. Kale, Motilal Banarasidas, Delhi

 5.    Meghadūta O Saudamini by Dr. Satyanarayan Chakravarti, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta

 6.    Kalidasa: A Critical Study by Amal Dhari Singh, Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan, Delhi.  First Edition 1976.

 7.    Kalidasar Sahitya by Kesada Mahanta, Banalata, Dibrugarh

 8.    Bhasar Natak Samagra by Dr. Thaneswar Sarma, Chandra Prakash, Guwahati

 9.    Meghadutam trans. by Dr. Thaneswar Sarma, Chandra Prakash, Panbazar, Guwahati-1.

 10. Madhyma-Vyayoga by Bhasa, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Delhi

 11. Madhymavyayoga with ‘Jyotshna’ Sanskrit-Hindi Commentary, ed. by Dr. Sudhakar Malaviya.


Sanskrit Linguistics

Course Objective:

This course aims to get students acquainted to linguistics and Sanskrit linguistics.

Recommended Books/Readings:

 

1.    Language by Leonard Bloomfield.

2.    General Linguistic: As Introductory Survey by R.H. Robins

3.    Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin by Otto Jesperson

4.    Elements of the Science of Language by Taraporewala, Calcutta University Press, Calcutta. 1962  

5.    Introduction to Comparative Philology  by P.D. Gune, Chawkhamba Sanskrit Pratisthan, Delhi, 2005

6.    Bhasavijnan(Assamese) by Dr. Upendra Nath Goswami, published by Moni Manik Prakash, Guwahati

7.    Bhasavijnan Upakramanika (Assamese) by Dr. Arpana Knowar, published by Banalata Dibrugarh

8.    Bhasavijnan O Sanskrit Bhasa by Ratna Basu, published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta.

9.    Tulanamulak Bhasatatva O Sanskrit by Dr. Bijaya Goswami ,published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta

10.  Sanskrit Bhasatatva by Satya Ranjan Benarajee, published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta

11.  A Handbook of Sanskrit Philology by Satya Ranjan Banarjee, published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta.

12.  Sanskrit Language by T. Burrow (also trans. Into Hindi by Bholasankar Vyas), Chawkhamba Vidyabhavan, Varanasi, 1991

13.  Linguistic Introduction to Sanskrit by B. K. Ghosh, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar Calcutta,1977

14.  A Students’ Handbook of Comparative Philology by T.K. Ramachandra Aiyar, R.S. Vidhyar & Sons, Kalpathi:Palghat-003

15.  Sanskrit O Prakrit Bhasar Kramavikash  by Paresh Chandra Majumdar , published by Dey’s Publishing, Calcutta-73