Beginning Sanskrit 2

4 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

As the continuation of CLSS 1099 Beginning Sanskrit Language, this course completes the systematic introduction to the grammar of the Classical language as presented in our first semester textbook. The course proceeds to readings from Epic Sanskrit and then the Rigveda, which constitutes the most ancient stratum of Old Indic literature. As we make progress, we will continue to address questions of Sanskrit’s cultural context, etymological riches, and structural development from Proto-Indo-European, the language also ancestral to Greek, Latin, and English.