UGC NET Sanskrit Syllabus [Latest]
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Unit - I Vedic-Literature
(a) General Introduction of Vedic Literature:
Main theories regarding the Vedās: Maxmüller; A.Weber; Jacobi; Balgangadhar Tilak;
o M.Winternitz; Indian traditional views.
o Saṁhitā Literature
o Dialogue Hymns: Pururavā-Urvaśī; Yama-yamī; Saramā-Paṇi ; Viśvāmitra-Nadī
o Brāhamaṇa-Literature
o Āraṇyaka Literature
o Vedāṅgas: Śikșā; Kalpa; Vyākaraṇa; Nirukta; Chandas; Jyotișa
Unit - II (b) Specific Study of Vedic Literature:
Study of the following hymns:
o Ŗgveda : Agni (1.1); Varuṇa (1.25); Sūrya (1.125); Indra (2.12); Uṣas (3.61);
o Parjanya (5.83); Kitava (10.34); Jñāna (10.71); Puruṣa (10.90); Hiraṇyagarbha
o (10.121); Vāk (10.125); Nāsadīya (10.129);
o Śuklayajurveda : Śivasaṁkalpa , Chapter-34 (1-6)
o Prajāpati-Chapter-23 (1-5)
o Atharvaveda : Rāṣṭrābhivardhanam (1.29); Kāla (10.53); Prithivī (12.1)
o Brāhmaṇa Literature
o Subject-matter; Vidhi and its types; Agnihotra; Agniṣṭoma; Darśapūrṇamāsa ;
o Yajña; Pañcamahāyajña; Akhyāna (Śunahśepa , Vāṅmanas)
o Upaniṣad Literature:
o Subject-matter and main concepts with special reference to the following
o Upaniṣads ;
o Īśa; Kaṭha; Kena; Bṛhadārṇyaka ; Taittirīya; Śvetāśvatara
o Vedic Grammar; Nirukta and Vedic interpretation
o Ṛkprātiśākhya : Definitions of Samānākṣara ; Sandhyakṣara; Aghoṣa; Soṣman;
o Svarabhakti ; Yama ; Rakta; Saṁyoga; Pragṛhya ; Riphita
o Nirukta (Chapters-I & 2)
o Four-fold division of Padas-Concept of Nāma; Concept of Ākhyāta; Meaning of
o Upasargas; Categories of Nipātas.
o Purposes of the study of Nirukta
o Principles of Etymology
o The etymology of the following words:
o Āchārya; Vīra; Harada; Go; Samudra; Vṛtra; Āditya; Uṣas; Megha; Vāk; Udak;
o Nadī; Aśva; Agni; Jātavedas; Vaiśvānara; Nighaṇtu
o Nirukta (Chapter-7; Daivatakāṇḍa)
o Vedic Accent- Udātta, Anudātta and Svarita
Unit - III(c) Darśana:
General Introduction of major schools of Darśana with special reference to the following:
o Pramāṇamīmānsā; Tattvamīmānsā; Ācāramīmānsā (Cārvāka, Jaina,
o Bauddha) Nyāya, Sāṁkhya, Yoga, Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, mīmānsā
Unit - IV (d) Darśana Literature: Special Study:
o Īśvarakṛṣna: Sāṁkhyakārikā - Satkāryavāda, Puruṣasvarūpa, Prakṛtisvarūpa, Sṛștikrama, Pratyaysarga, Kaivalya.
o Sadānanda : Vedāntasāra - Anubandha-catuṣṭaya, Ajñāna, Adhyāropa-Apavāda, Lingaśarīrotpatti, Pañcīkaraṇa, Vivarta,
Jīvanmukti
o Annambhaṭṭa, Tarkasaṁgraha / Keśavamiśra; Tarkabhāṣā : Padārtha; Kāraṇa;
o Pramāṇa; (Pratyakṣa; Anumāna; Upamāna; Śabda), Prāmāṇyavāda, Prameya . Laugākṣibhāskara ; Arthasaṁgraha.
o Patañjali ; Yogasūtra - (Vyāsabhāṣya) : Cittabhūmi, Cittavṛttis ; Concept of Īśvara; Yogāṅgas; Samādhi ; Kaivalya
o Bādarāyaṇa ; Brahmasūtra 1.1 (Śānkarabhāṣya)
o Viśvanāthapañcānana ; Nyāyasidhāntamuktāvalī (Anumāna Khaṇḍa)
o Sarvadarśana-Saṁgraha ; Jainism ; Buddhism
Unit - V (e) Grammar and Linguistics:
General Introduction of the following grammarians:
o Pāṇini , Kātyāyana , Patañjali , Bhartṛhari , Vāmanajayāditya , Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita , Nāgeśabhaṭṭa , Kaiyyaṭa , Jainendra ,
Śākaṭāyana , Hemacandrasūri , Sārasvatavyākaraṇakāra.
o Pāṇinīya Śikṣā.
o Linguistics: Definition of Language, Genealogical and Morphological classification of Languages, Speech Mechanism
and classification of sounds: Stops, Fricatives, Semi-Vowels, and vowels (with special reference to Sanskrit sounds).
o Phonetic Laws (Grimm, Grassman, Verner).
o Directions of semantic change and reasons for change.
o Definition of Vākya and its types
o General introduction to the Indo-European family of Languages
o Difference between Vedic Sanskrit and Classical Sanskrit
o Difference between Bhāșā and Vāk
o Difference between language and dialect
Unit - VI (f) Specific Study of Grammar
o Definition : Saṁhitā, Saṁyoga Guṇa, Vṛddhi, Prātipadika, Nadī , Ghi, Upadhā,
o Apṛkta, Gati, Pada, Vibhāṣā , Savarṇa, Ṭi, Pragṛhya, Sarvanāmasthāna, Bha ,
o Sarvanāma, Niṣthā.
o Sandhi - Ac sandhi, Hal sandhi, Visarga sandhi (according to laghusiddhāntakaumudī)
o Subanta – Ajanta - Rāma , Sarva (in all genders) , Viśvapā, Hari , Tri (in all genders) , Sakhi , Sudhī , Guru , Pitṛ , Gau ,
Ramā , Mati , Nadī , Dhenu , Mātṛ , Jñāna , Vāri , Madhu .
o Halanta - Lih , Viśvavāh , Catur (in all genders) , Idam, Kim, Tad (in all genders), Rājan , Maghavan , Pathin , Vidvas ,
Asmad , Yuṣmad .
o Samāsa - Avyayībhāva , Tatpuruṣa , Bahuvrīhi , Dvandva (according to
o laghusiddhāntakaumudī)
o Taddhita - Apatyārthaka and Matvarthīya (According to Siddāntakaumudī ),
o Tiṅanta - Bhū , Edh , Ad , Us, Hu , Div , Ṣuñ , Tud , Tan, Kṛ , Rudh , Krīñ, Cur .
o Prayayānta - Nijant, Sannanta , Yańanta , Yańluganta , Nāmdhātu.
o Kṛdanta - Tavya / Tavyat , Anīyar , Yat , Ṇyat , Kyap , Śatṛ , Śānac , Ktvā , Kta ,
o Ktavatu, Tumon, Ṇamul.
o Strīpratyaya - According to Laghusiddhāntakaumudī.
o Kāraka Prakarana - According to Siddāntakaumudī .
o Parasmaipada and Ātmanepada Vidhāna - According to Siddāntakaumudī .
o Mahābhāșya (Paspaśāhnika)- Definition of Śabda, Relation between Śabda and
o Artha, Purposes of the study of grammar, Definition of Vyākaraṇa, Result of the proper use of the word, Method of
grammar.
o Vākyapadīyam (Brahmakāṇḍa) - Nature of Sphoṭa, Nature of Śabda-Brahma,
o Powers of Śabda-Brahma, Relation between Sphoṭa and Dhvani, Relation between Śabda and Artha, Types of Dhvani,
Levels of Language.
Unit - VII Sanskrit Literature, Poetics and Prosody
(a) General Introduction of following
o Bhāsa, Aśvaghośa , kālidāsa, Śūdraka, Viśākhadatta, Bhāravi, Māgha, Harṣa,
o Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Daṇḍin, Bhavabhūti, Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa, Bhilhaṇa, Shrῑharṣa, Ambikādatta
o vyāsa, Panditā Kṣamārao, V. Raghavan, Shri Dhar Bhaskar Varnekar
o Schools of Sanskrit Poetics – Rasa, Alaṅkāra, Rīti, Dhwani, Vakrokti, Aucitya,
Western Poetics – Aristotle, Longinus, Croche
Unit - VIII (b) Specific Study of the Following
o Poetry: Buddhacaritam (First Canto), Raghuvaṁśam (First Canto), Kirātārjunīyam (First Canto), Śiśupālavadham (First
Canto), Naiṣadhīyacaritam (First Canto)
o Drama: Svapnavāsavadattām, Abhijñānaśākuntalam, Mṛcchakaṭikam, Uttararāmacaritam, Mudrārākṣasam,
Uttararāmacaritam, Ratnāvalī
o Prose: Daśakumāracaritam ( viii Ucchvāsa), Harṣacaritam ( V Ucchvāsa), Kādambarī (Śukanāsopadeśa)
o Campū Kāvya - Nala Campū (I Ucchvāsa)
o Sāhityadarpaṇaḥ: Definition of Kāvya, Refutation of other definitions of Kāvya, Śabdaśakti - Saṅketagraha; Abhidhā;
Lakṣanā; Vyanjanā, Kāvyabheda (Chapter Fourth), Śravyakāvya (prose poetry and mix)
o Kāvyaprakaśa – Kāvyalakṣhṇa, Kāvyaprayojana, Kāvyahetu, Kāvyabheda, Śabdaśakti, Abhihitānvayavāda,
Anvitābhidhānvayavāda, concept of Rasa, discussion of Rasasūtra, Rasadoṣa, Kāvyaguṇa, Vyanjanāvriti (Fifth Chapter)
o Alaṁkāras – Vakrokti; Anuprāsa, Yamaka, Śleṣa, Upamā, Rūpaka, Utprekṣā, Samāsokti, Apahnuti, Nidarśanā,
Arthāntaranyāsa, Dṛṣṭānta, Vibhāvanā, Viśeṣokti, Svabhāvokti, Virodhābhāsa, Saṅkara, Sansṛṣṭi
o Dhvanyāloka (I Udyota)
o Vakroktijīvitam (I Unmeṣa)
o Bharata – Nāṭyaśāstram (First and Sixth Chapter)
o Daśarūpakam (First and Third Prakāśa)
o Chanda – Āryā, Anuṣṭup, Indravajrā, Upendravajrā, Vasantatilakā, Upajāti, Vaṁśastha, Drutavilambita, Śālinī, Mālinī,
Śikharṇī, Mandākrāntā, Hariṇī, Śārdūlavikrῑḍita, Sragdharā
Unit - IX Purāṇetihāsa, Dharmaśāstra and Epigraphy
(a) General introduction of the followings:
o Rāmāyaṇa – Subject matter, age, society in the Rāmāyaṇa, Rāmāyaṇa as a source of later Sanskrit works and literal
value of the Rāmāyaṇa, legends in the Rāmāyaṇa
o Mahābhārata – Subject matter, age, society in the Mahābhārata, Mahābhārata as a source of later Sanskrit works and
literal value of the Mahābhārata, legends in the Mahābhārata
o Purāṇa – Definition of Purāṇa, maha Purāṇa and Upa Purāṇas, Purāṇic cosmology and Purāṇic legends
o General introduction of main Smṛitis.
o General introduction Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra
o Paleography – History of the decipherment of Brāhmī script, Theories of the origin of Brāhmī Script
o Inscriptions - General introduction
Unit - X (b) Specific Study of the Following
o Kauṭilīya arthaśātra (First – Vinayadikarika)
o Manusmṛti (I, II and VII Adhyāyas)
o Yājñavalkyasmṛti (Vyavahārādhyaya only)
o Paleography and Inscriptions –
o Brahmi Script of Mauryan and Gupta periods
o Inscription of Ashoka – Major Rock Edicts, Major Pillar Edicts
o Post – Mauryan inscriptions –
o Sāranātha Buddhist Image Inscription of Kaniṣka’s regal – year, 3, Girnār Rock Inscription of Rudradāman,
o Hāthīgumphā inscription of Khāravela
o Gupta and Post-Gupta inscriptions –
o Allahabad Pillar Inscriptions of Samudragupta, Mandasor Pillar Inscription of Yasodharman, Banāskherā Copper Plate
Inscription of Harṣa,
o Aihole Stone Inscription of Pulakeśīn II
