SANSKRT 102a - Intermediate Sanskrit I

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

A reading course designed to give students the tools necessary for advanced study in Classical Sanskrit. Readings in epic (itihasa) or narrative (katha), poetry (kavya) or systematic thought (sastra) will introduce students to a variety of important genres and their distinctive conventions. A focus upon the Sanskrit tradition's categories of analysis - grammatical, commentarial and prosodic - will enable students to begin to make sense of original Sanskrit texts as generations of the tradition's own readers have.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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