LIN 520 (Sanskrit I) website

Fall 2005

 

Syllabus

 

Instructions for recitation component

 

Lecture handouts:

The genealogy of Sanskrit

Sanskrit phonetics

Devanāgarī script

Getting started with Sanskrit grammar

Vowel gradation ; see also Bucknell's Sanskrit Manual (pages 7-9)

Accusative case; gender; short-a stem declension ; see also Bucknell's Sanskrit Manual (paradigms [1] and [17] on pages 80 and 84)

Sandhi I ; see also Bucknell's Sanskrit Manual (pages 1-7)

The thematic conjugation; imperfect, optative, imperative ; see also Bucknell's Sanskrit Manual (page 116)

The syntax of some uninflected words

Uses of the cases ; see also Bucknell's Sanskrit Manual (page 12)

Pronouns

Declensions 1

Sandhi 2

Middle voice

Preverbs

Gerunds and infinitives

Declensions 2

Inflection so far 1

Sandhi 3

Passive voice

Future tense

Irregular and rare vowel-stem declensions

Consonant-stem declensions (single-stem)

Participles

Consonant-stem declensions (multiple-stem)

Adjective comparison

idam and ada

Athematic conjugations

Paradigms of bharati (thematic) and dveṣṭi (athematic) [in transliteration]

Paradigm of dveṣṭi (class 2) [in devanāgarī and in transliteration]

Paradigm of juhoti (class 3) [in devanāgarī and in transliteration]

Paradigm of sunoti (class 5) [in devanāgarī and in transliteration]

Paradigm of bhinatti (class 7) [in devanāgarī and in transliteration]

Paradigm of aśnāti (class 9) [in devanāgarī and in transliteration]

Compounds

Absolutes

Numerals

Present middle participles (again); gerundives

Perfect system

Aorist system

Some aorist paradigms

Derived verb stems

 

Texts:

Rāvaa learns of the death of Indrajit

 

Additional things:

The Śivasūtras

Download the Itranslator software

Avinash's links to several Sanskrit-related sites

The Indology website

Instructional materials (basic Sanskrit flash cards [100 words]; Sanskrit flash cards [3200 words]; devanāgarī flash cards; devanāgarī orthography manual; devanāgarī transliteration practice)

 

Quiz preparation:

Preparation for Quiz #1

Preparation for Quiz #2

Preparation for Quiz #3

Preparation for Quiz #4

Preparation for Quiz #5

Preparation for Quiz #6

Preparation for Quiz #7

Preparation for Quiz #8

Preparation for Quiz #9

Preparation for Quiz #10

Preparation for Quiz #11

Preparation for Quiz #12

 

Homework assignments:

Exercise #1 (due Sep 1)

Exercise #2 (due Sep 6)

Exercise #3 (due Sep 8)

Exercise #4 (due Sep 13)

Exercise #5 (due Sep 15)

Exercise #6 (due Sep 20)

Exercise #7 (due Sep 22)

Exercise #8 (due Sep 27)

Exercise #9 (due Sep 29)

Exercise #10 (due Oct 4)

Exercise #11 (due Oct 6)

Exercise #12 (due Oct 11)

Exercise #13 (due Oct 13)

Exercise #14 (due Oct 18)

Exercise #15 (due Oct 20)

Exercise #16 (due Oct 25)

Exercise #17 (due Oct 27)

Exercise #18 (due Nov 1)

Exercise #19 (due Nov 3)

Exercise #20 (due Nov 8)