Duration
60h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Sanskrit I consists of an introduction to the Devanagari alphabet and to the grammar of Sanskrit. The starting point is classical Sanskrit, i.e., the latest Sanskrit, but the description of its grammar is placed in a historical perspective from the outset.
Students are introduced to the language by reading excerpts, usually from Indian epics.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the year, the student is able to transliterate a sanskrit text edited in devanagari. Helped by a dictionary and a grammar, he can analyse a brief sanskrit text after a few days of preparation.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
There is no formal preriquisite, but the fact to alerady have good notions of an other indo-european language with nominal flexion is a great advantage.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Each lesson consists in the description of a grammatical problem. Students receive exercices to prepare. The exercices are solved during the next lesson.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The mode of delivery is only face-to-face.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
recommended book:"Grammaire sanskrite à l'usage des étudiants hellénistes et latinistes", Francine Mawet, Peeters, 2012.
In addition, students will receive course notes week by week.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
In January, the intermediate test consists of a test on the mastery of the Sanskrit Devanagari alphabet.
At the end of the course, students are given a text of about twenty lines to prepare. They translate it, identify the vocabulary, prepare a grammatical analysis and a translation project. During the evaluation, which is oral, the student presents this work and answers the resulting grammatical questions.
The partial test held in January is dispensatory. The mark will count for 5% of the overall mark in June if the student passes (> or = 10/20). If the mark is insufficient (< 10/20), it will not interfere in the overall mark and the student will be questioned on the whole subject in June.
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Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course is made in desk A1/3/4.
The precise definition of the schedule of the first term will be agreed during a meeting between the professor and the registered students, but this minor course must be provided on Friday after 11am.