Sanskrit texts B (seminar)

Teacher(s)

Vielle Christophe;

Language

French
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Prerequisites

LGLOR1683 and/or LGLOR1684 or a background deemed equivalent by the lecturer.

Main themes

Mastery, at a philological level, of Sanskrit.
Alternating with LGLOR2677, this course deals with the following themes:

1. Commented reading of Sanskrit texts of advanced difficulty;
2. Cursory and individual reading of Sanskrit texts.

Content

The course consists in a consolidation of the mastery of Sanskrit philology.
The commented readings deal with poetical (kâvya) or technical (çâstra) texts, possibly unpublished, with special attention given to philological questions of critical edition and apparatus as well as of manuscript deciphering, but also to the interpretation of native glosses and commentaries. The cursory reading deals with classical texts. The individual reading  with written preparation consists of a text suggested to or by the student in continuation of the other  texts studied or in function of his own research interest.
 

Teaching methods

The course is given for two hours per week. It includes lectures and reading.
A copy of the texts to be read is previously given to the students, who are requested to actively participate in the course on the basis of their preparations.
 

Evaluation methods

Oral exam on the basis of pre-prepared text.  The final mark takes account on a proportional basis of the texts prepared individually.

Other information

The lectured Sanskrit texts are provided to the students in pdf and paper form.

Online resources

https://michaelmeyer.fr/sanskrit
https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de
https://nws.uzi.uni-halle.de/search?lang=en
https://sanskrit.inria.fr/DICO/index.html
https://www.searchable-sanskrit-library.org/CM-LIBRARY-ROOT/CM-LIBRARY-MAIN.php

Bibliography

• Whitney, W. D. 1950 (7e réimpr. de 1889, 2e éd. ; 1ère ed. 1879), Sanskrit Grammar, Harvard University Press.
https://sanskritlibrary.org/Sanskrit/Funderburk/wgramscan/dispa/index.php
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sanskrit_Grammar
• Whitney, W. D. 1885, The Roots, Verb-Forms and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language,
Leipzig - London : Trübner. http://www.archive.org/details/rootsverbformspr00whitrich
https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/csl-whitroot/disp/index.php
recherche par racines : https://sanskritlibrary.org/Sanskrit/whitney/index2.html
https://michaelmeyer.fr/whitney-roots - https://michaelmeyer.fr/whitney-roots/whitney_roots.csv
• Kale, M. R. 1961 (= 1ère éd. 1894 ; cf. 7th revised and enlarged ed., Bombay, 1931), A higher Sanskrit
grammar: for the use of schools and colleges, Delhi - Patna - Varanasi : Motilal Banarsidass.
http://www.archive.org/details/highersanskritgr00kaleuoft
https://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/csl-kale/disp/index.php
http://www.easterntradition.org/article/Higher%20Sanskrit%20Grammar,%20Kale%201960.pdf
• Renou, L. 1961 (2e éd., 1ère éd. 1930), Grammaire sanscrite, Paris : A. Maisonneuve.
• Renou, L. 1956, Histoire de la langue sanskrite, Lyon - Paris : IAC, Coll. Les langues du monde.
• Renou, L. 1957 (1942), Terminologie grammaticale du sanskrit, Paris : H. Champion, Bibliothèque de
l’École des Hautes Études, Section des sciences historiques et philologiques 280-282.
http://www.archive.org/details/terminologiegram00renouoft
https://archive.org/details/TerminologieGrammaticaleDuSanskritLouisRenou
https://michaelmeyer.fr/renou-terminologie -
https://michaelmeyer.fr/renou-terminologie/renou_terminologie.csv
• Filliozat, P.-S. 1988, Grammaire sanskrite pâninéenne, Paris : Picard, Connaissance des langues.

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