Numbering Code	U-LET49 19617 LJ48	Year/Term	2022 ・ Year-round
Number of Credits	8	Course Type	lecture
Target Year		Target Student
Language	English	Day/Period	Mon.5・Thu.5
Instructor name	Tao PAN (Graduate School of Letters Program-Specific Senior Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	This course targets at students with no prior knowledge of Sanskrit and offers a systematic introduction to the Sanskrit language and its linguistic background. The course content basically include: (1) Learn the Sanskrit grammar and check the linguistic remarks in the textbook (see below); (2) Historical grammar of Sanskrit (for example cognate words in other language families including Iranian, Greek and Germanic languages); (3) Translate Sanskrit sentences into English (exercises in the textbook + Buddhist Sanskrit texts); (4) Occasional exercise of English to Sanskrit translation.
Course Goals	(1) to read and write in Devanagari-script (also used for Hindi) (2) to gain a systematic overview of basic and intermediate grammar of Classical Sanskrit (3) to develop skills of reading and interpreting simple prose and verse in Classical Sanskrit (4) to understand the history and linguistic background of Sanskrit (5) to develop basic skills in composing prose sentences in Classical Sanskrit
Schedule and Contents	The overall duration of the course is 30 weeks (15 + 15). Based on the plan laid out in the Japanese version of Perry’s Sanskrit Primer, the first semester covers lessons 1 to 22 and the second semester covers lessons 23 to 45. First semester Week #01 Introduction to Sanskrit language Week #02 to #14: Grammar and exercises in lessons 1 to 22. Week #15: Feedback Second semester Week #01 Review course content of lessons 1 to 22 Week #02 to #14: Grammar and exercises in lessons 23 to 45. Week #15: Feedback
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Active participation in the classroom, review of studied materials, homework and final exam. Assessment will be based on class performance (50%) and final exam (50%)
Course Requirements	Classes will be held in English with translational help provided by a Japanese TA.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Homework involves preparing translations from Sanskrit into English. Weekly review of grammatical categories and memorization of vocabulary. The expected preparation time is approximately two to three hours per week.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	A Sanskrit Primer, Edward Perry, (Orient Book Distributors, 1986), ISBN:978-8120802070, both English and Japanese version will be used Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit, Antonia Ruppel, (Cambridge University Press, 2017), ISBN:978-1107459069, https://www.cambridge-sanskrit.org Sanskrit-Grammatik mit sprachvergleichenden Erlauterungen, Manfred Mayrhofer, (de Gruyter, 1978), ISBN:978-3110071771 The books by Perry and Ruppel can be purchased at the department room of Indological Study.
Related URL	Sanskrit-English Dictionary English-Sanskrit Dictionary Rigveda explained Dictionaries of Indian languages Scripts