Readings in Sanskrit Literature

1 Course Unit

This course is for advanced students of Sanskrit. Designed as a seminar, the course aims to take students through the primary and secondary sources of Sanskrit literary and phlosophical production. Each semester will focus on a different genre: epic, belles-lettres, lyric poetry, drama, philosophy, shastra, advanced grammar, history, poetics, and epigraphy. We will focus on original sources, secondary scholarship, and theoretical approaches toward the translation and study of Sanskrit texts. Fall or Spring Mutually Exclusive: SKRT 6000 Prerequisite: (SKRT 0300 OR SKRT 5300) AND (SKRT 0400 OR SKRT 5400) 1 Course Unit