Amrita IKS Centre for Ayurveda, Vyakarana and Darshana
COURSE TITLE: AṢṬĀDHYĀYĪ STUDIES
Focus Area/Subject Area: Sanskrit grammar
Total Duration: 4 Credits
Eligibility: Undergraduate
Pre-requisite: Advanced Knowledge of Sanskrit
Details of the Instructor:
Dr. Rajeswara Rao Bhandaru, Asst. Prof., Amrita Darshanam ICSS, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,
Chennai.
Course Objective:
This course is based on the system of teaching the Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini using the Aṣṭādhyāyī-krama.
This is one of the streams of the Pāṇinian tradition and a way of working with the text to study the
4000 odd sutras of the text in the fastest and the easiest way. This method will allow students to
appreciate how the text packs a maximal semantic payload into the smallest possible syntactic space,
a minimal syllabary. Students will be able to- easily identify the prakṛti-s, pratyaya-s, ādeśa-s, āgama-
s, etc., and their workings in śloka-s and other general usages; easily understand the important texts of
Vyākaraṇa, like Siddhāntakaumudī, Prauḍhamanoramā, etc.; easily enter into different śāstra-s like
Nyāya, Vedānta, Mīmāṃsā, etc. This is developed as a separate endeavour of the University.
Learning Outcome:
1. Students will be able to easily identify the prakṛti-s, pratyaya-s, ādeśa-s, āgama-s, etc., and their
workings in śloka-s and other general usages.
2. Students will be able to easily understand the important texts of Vyākaraṇa, like
Siddhāntakaumudī, Prauḍhamanoramā, etc.
3. Students will be able to easily enter into different śāstra-s like Nyāya, Vedānta, Mīmāṃsā, etc.
SYLLABUS
Unit 1
Introduction to the Aṣṭādhyāyī and its system; History of Sanskrit grammar
Unit 2
Aṣṭādhyāyī- Chapters 1 and 2
Unit 3
Aṣṭādhyāyī- Chapters 3 and 4
Unit 4
Aṣṭādhyāyī- Chapters 5 and 6
Unit 5
Aṣṭādhyāyī- Chapters 7 and 8
References:
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2. Brahmadatta, Jidnyasu. Aṣṭādhyāyī-Bhāṣya-Prathamāvṛtti. (Part 1). Ramlal Kapoor Trust, 2011.
3. Brahmadatta, Jidnyasu. Aṣṭādhyāyī-Bhāṣya-Prathamāvṛtti. (Part 2). Ramlal Kapoor Trust, 2011.
4. Brahmadatta, Jidnyasu. Aṣṭādhyāyī-Bhāṣya-Prathamāvṛtti. (Part 3). Ramlal Kapoor Trust, 2011.
5. Dixit, Pushpa. Aṣṭādhyāyī-Sūtrapāṭha. Samskrit-Bharati, 2010.
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