Sanskrit IA
R Slonek
6 points * 4 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
After launching into the Devanagari script, the subject introduces the student to fundamentals of Kavya literary grammar and syntax, reading, writing and sandhi, with, as an afterthought, the relevance of the subject to the philology of European languages ancient and modern. First four units of Coulson's textbook, to cover reading and writing, external sandhi, thematic present conjugation, declension of o-stem nouns and some pronouns in the singular, and the `pidginised' participial past tense in its main transitive and intransitive manifestations.
Assessment
Examinations (2 hours): 60% * Practical work/regular homework: 40%
Prescribed texts
Coulsen M Sanskrit Hodder and Stoughton