1644004 Indological Studies
| Numbering Code | U-LET13 21644 SJ36 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Seminar |
| Target Year | Target Student | ||
| Language | English | Day/Period | Tue.5 |
| Instructor name | VASUDEVA，Somdev (Graduate School of Letters Professor) | ||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | This course is a Sanskrit reading course focussing on the Bhusunda chapters of the Nirvanaprakarana of the Moksopaya, a Kashmirian philosophical narrative written in the 10th cent. CE. We will perform a close reading of the selected text and analyze the content paying attention to grammatical, aesthetic and philosophical themes that are exemplified with narratives. | ||
| Course Goals | The objective is to familiarize students to read the specialized Sanskrit narratives composed with philosophical-aesthetic themes. Students will learn: 1) how to interpret the narratives according to the criteria that guided the original author, and 2) how to interpret the text according to contemporary philological, linguistic, aesthetic and philosophical theories. Students will be introduced to standard form of English translation commonly used to translate such material. | ||
| Schedule and Contents |
week 1: chapter 15a, the description of Bhusunda's hermitage week 2: chapter 15b, cont. week 3: chapter 16a: the meeting with Bhusunda week 4: chapter 16b: cont. week 5: chapter 16c: Vasishtha petitions Bhusunda week 6: chapter 17: characterization of Bhusunda week 7: chapter 18a: Bhusunda teaches Vasishtha about the "Dance of the Mother Goddesses" week 8: chapter 18b: cont. week 9: chapter 18c: cont. week 10: chapter 18c: cont. week 11: chapter 19a: the meeting with Candaka week 12: chapter 19b: cont. week 13: chapter 20: Candaka's question week 14: chapter 21a: Bhusunda's reply week 15: chapter 21b: Bhusunda's true nature |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | participation in class. preparation and translation in class. | ||
| Course Requirements | None | ||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Preparation of material before each week's reading. | ||
