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UGC NET Sanskrit Syllabus
The UGC NET Sanskrit syllabus is divided into ten units. All these ten units have their respective subtopics. The following is a classification for the same.

Unit - I Vedic-Literature
(a) General Introduction of Vedic Literature:

Main theories regarding the Vedās: Maxmüller; A.Weber; Jacobi; Balgangadhar Tilak;


 * M.Winternitz; Indian traditional views.
 * Saṁhitā Literature
 * Dialogue Hymns: Pururavā-Urvaśī; Yama-yamī; Saramā-Paṇi ; Viśvāmitra-Nadī
 * Brāhamaṇa-Literature
 * Āraṇyaka Literature
 * Vedāṅgas: Śikșā; Kalpa; Vyākaraṇa; Nirukta; Chandas; Jyotișa

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Unit - II (b) Specific Study of Vedic Literature:
Study of the following hymns:


 * Ŗgveda : Agni (1.1); Varuṇa (1.25); Sūrya (1.125); Indra (2.12); Uṣas (3.61);
 * Parjanya (5.83); Kitava (10.34); Jñāna (10.71); Puruṣa (10.90); Hiraṇyagarbha
 * (10.121); Vāk (10.125); Nāsadīya (10.129);
 * Śuklayajurveda : Śivasaṁkalpa, Chapter-34 (1-6)
 * Prajāpati-Chapter-23 (1-5)
 * Atharvaveda : Rāṣṭrābhivardhanam (1.29); Kāla (10.53); Prithivī (12.1)
 * Brāhmaṇa Literature
 * Subject-matter; Vidhi and its types; Agnihotra; Agniṣṭoma; Darśapūrṇamāsa ;
 * Yajña; Pañcamahāyajña; Akhyāna (Śunahśepa, Vāṅmanas)
 * Upaniṣad Literature:
 * Subject-matter and main concepts with special reference to the following
 * Upaniṣads ;
 * Īśa; Kaṭha; Kena; Bṛhadārṇyaka ; Taittirīya; Śvetāśvatara
 * Vedic Grammar; Nirukta and Vedic interpretation
 * Ṛkprātiśākhya : Definitions of Samānākṣara ; Sandhyakṣara; Aghoṣa; Soṣman;
 * Svarabhakti ; Yama ; Rakta; Saṁyoga; Pragṛhya ; Riphita
 * Nirukta (Chapters-I & 2)
 * Four-fold division of Padas-Concept of Nāma; Concept of Ākhyāta; Meaning of
 * Upasargas; Categories of Nipātas.
 * Purposes of the study of Nirukta
 * Principles of Etymology
 * The etymology of the following words:
 * Āchārya; Vīra; Harada; Go; Samudra; Vṛtra; Āditya; Uṣas; Megha; Vāk; Udak;
 * Nadī; Aśva; Agni; Jātavedas; Vaiśvānara; Nighaṇtu
 * Nirukta (Chapter-7; Daivatakāṇḍa)
 * Vedic Accent- Udātta, Anudātta and Svarita

Unit - III(c) Darśana:
General Introduction of major schools of Darśana with special reference to the following:


 * Pramāṇamīmānsā; Tattvamīmānsā; Ācāramīmānsā (Cārvāka, Jaina,
 * Bauddha) Nyāya, Sāṁkhya, Yoga, Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, mīmānsā

Unit - IV (d) Darśana Literature: Special Study:

 * Īśvarakṛṣna: Sāṁkhyakārikā - Satkāryavāda, Puruṣasvarūpa, Prakṛtisvarūpa,

Sṛștikrama, Pratyaysarga, Kaivalya.


 * Sadānanda : Vedāntasāra - Anubandha-catuṣṭaya, Ajñāna, Adhyāropa-Apavāda,

Lingaśarīrotpatti, Pañcīkaraṇa, Vivarta, Jīvanmukti


 * Annambhaṭṭa, Tarkasaṁgraha / Keśavamiśra; Tarkabhāṣā : Padārtha; Kāraṇa;
 * Pramāṇa; (Pratyakṣa; Anumāna; Upamāna; Śabda), Prāmāṇyavāda, Prameya.

Laugākṣibhāskara ; Arthasaṁgraha.


 * Patañjali ; Yogasūtra - (Vyāsabhāṣya) : Cittabhūmi, Cittavṛttis ; Concept of Īśvara;

Yogāṅgas; Samādhi ; Kaivalya


 * Bādarāyaṇa ; Brahmasūtra 1.1 (Śānkarabhāṣya)
 * Viśvanāthapañcānana ; Nyāyasidhāntamuktāvalī (Anumāna Khaṇḍa)
 * Sarvadarśana-Saṁgraha ; Jainism ; Buddhism

Unit - V (e) Grammar and Linguistics:
General Introduction of the following grammarians:


 * Pāṇini, Kātyāyana , Patañjali , Bhartṛhari , Vāmanajayāditya ,

Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita, Nāgeśabhaṭṭa , Kaiyyaṭa , Jainendra , Śākaṭāyana ,

Hemacandrasūri, Sārasvatavyākaraṇakāra.


 * Pāṇinīya Śikṣā.
 * Linguistics: Definition of Language, Genealogical and Morphological classification of Languages, Speech Mechanism and classification of sounds: Stops, Fricatives, Semi-Vowels, and vowels (with special reference to Sanskrit

sounds).


 * Phonetic Laws (Grimm, Grassman, Verner).
 * Directions of semantic change and reasons for change.
 * Definition of Vākya and its types
 * General introduction to the Indo-European family of Languages
 * Difference between Vedic Sanskrit and Classical Sanskrit
 * Difference between Bhāșā and Vāk
 * Difference between language and dialect

Unit - VI (f) Specific Study of Grammar

 * Definition : Saṁhitā, Saṁyoga Guṇa, Vṛddhi, Prātipadika, Nadī, Ghi, Upadhā,
 * Apṛkta, Gati, Pada, Vibhāṣā, Savarṇa, Ṭi, Pragṛhya, Sarvanāmasthāna, Bha ,
 * Sarvanāma, Niṣthā.
 * Sandhi - Ac sandhi, Hal sandhi, Visarga sandhi (according to

laghusiddhāntakaumudī)


 * Subanta – Ajanta - Rāma, Sarva (in all genders) , Viśvapā, Hari , Tri (in all

genders), Sakhi , Sudhī , Guru , Pitṛ , Gau , Ramā , Mati , Nadī , Dhenu , Mātṛ , Jñāna , Vāri , Madhu.


 * Halanta - Lih, Viśvavāh , Catur (in all genders) , Idam, Kim, Tad (in all genders), Rājan , Maghavan , Pathin , Vidvas , Asmad , Yuṣmad.
 * Samāsa - Avyayībhāva, Tatpuruṣa , Bahuvrīhi , Dvandva (according to
 * laghusiddhāntakaumudī)
 * Taddhita - Apatyārthaka and Matvarthīya (According to Siddāntakaumudī ),
 * Tiṅanta - Bhū, Edh , Ad , Us, Hu , Div , Ṣuñ , Tud , Tan, Kṛ , Rudh , Krīñ, Cur.
 * Prayayānta - Nijant, Sannanta, Yańanta , Yańluganta , Nāmdhātu.
 * Kṛdanta - Tavya / Tavyat, Anīyar , Yat , Ṇyat , Kyap , Śatṛ , Śānac , Ktvā , Kta ,
 * Ktavatu, Tumon, Ṇamul.
 * Strīpratyaya - According to Laghusiddhāntakaumudī.
 * Kāraka Prakarana - According to Siddāntakaumudī.
 * Parasmaipada and Ātmanepada Vidhāna - According to Siddāntakaumudī.
 * Mahābhāșya (Paspaśāhnika)- Definition of Śabda, Relation between Śabda and
 * Artha, Purposes of the study of grammar, Definition of Vyākaraṇa, Result of the proper use of the word, Method of grammar.
 * Vākyapadīyam (Brahmakāṇḍa) - Nature of Sphoṭa, Nature of Śabda-Brahma,
 * Powers of Śabda-Brahma, Relation between Sphoṭa and Dhvani, Relation

between Śabda and Artha, Types of Dhvani, Levels of Language.

Unit - VII Sanskrit Literature, Poetics and Prosody
(a) General Introduction of following


 * Bhāsa, Aśvaghośa, kālidāsa, Śūdraka, Viśākhadatta, Bhāravi, Māgha, Harṣa,
 * Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Daṇḍin, Bhavabhūti, Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa, Bhilhaṇa, Shrῑharṣa, Ambikādatta
 * vyāsa, Panditā Kṣamārao, V. Raghavan, Shri Dhar Bhaskar Varnekar
 * Schools of Sanskrit Poetics – Rasa, Alaṅkāra, Rīti, Dhwani, Vakrokti, Aucitya,

Western Poetics – Aristotle, Longinus, Croche

Unit - VIII (b) Specific Study of the Following

 * Poetry: Buddhacaritam (First Canto), Raghuvaṁśam (First Canto), Kirātārjunīyam

(First Canto), Śiśupālavadham (First Canto), Naiṣadhīyacaritam (First Canto)


 * Drama: Svapnavāsavadattām, Abhijñānaśākuntalam, Mṛcchakaṭikam,

Uttararāmacaritam, Mudrārākṣasam, Uttararāmacaritam, Ratnāvalī


 * Prose: Daśakumāracaritam ( viii Ucchvāsa), Harṣacaritam ( V Ucchvāsa),

Kādambarī (Śukanāsopadeśa)


 * Campū Kāvya - Nala Campū (I Ucchvāsa)
 * Sāhityadarpaṇaḥ: Definition of Kāvya, Refutation of other definitions of Kāvya, Śabdaśakti - Saṅketagraha; Abhidhā; Lakṣanā; Vyanjanā, Kāvyabheda (Chapter Fourth), Śravyakāvya (prose poetry and mix)
 * Kāvyaprakaśa – Kāvyalakṣhṇa, Kāvyaprayojana, Kāvyahetu, Kāvyabheda, Śabdaśakti, Abhihitānvayavāda, Anvitābhidhānvayavāda, concept of Rasa, discussion of Rasasūtra, Rasadoṣa, Kāvyaguṇa, Vyanjanāvriti (Fifth Chapter)
 * Alaṁkāras – Vakrokti; Anuprāsa, Yamaka, Śleṣa, Upamā, Rūpaka, Utprekṣā, Samāsokti, Apahnuti, Nidarśanā, Arthāntaranyāsa, Dṛṣṭānta, Vibhāvanā, Viśeṣokti,

Svabhāvokti, Virodhābhāsa, Saṅkara, Sansṛṣṭi


 * Dhvanyāloka (I Udyota)
 * Vakroktijīvitam (I Unmeṣa)
 * Bharata – Nāṭyaśāstram (First and Sixth Chapter)
 * Daśarūpakam (First and Third Prakāśa)
 * Chanda – Āryā, Anuṣṭup, Indravajrā, Upendravajrā, Vasantatilakā, Upajāti, Vaṁśastha, Drutavilambita, Śālinī, Mālinī, Śikharṇī, Mandākrāntā, Hariṇī, Śārdūlavikrῑḍita, Sragdharā

Unit - IX Purāṇetihāsa, Dharmaśāstra and Epigraphy
(a) General introduction of the followings:


 * Rāmāyaṇa – Subject matter, age, society in the Rāmāyaṇa, Rāmāyaṇa as a source of later Sanskrit works and literal value of the Rāmāyaṇa, legends in the Rāmāyaṇa
 * Mahābhārata – Subject matter, age, society in the Mahābhārata, Mahābhārata as a source of later Sanskrit works and literal value of the Mahābhārata, legends in the Mahābhārata
 * Purāṇa – Definition of Purāṇa, maha Purāṇa and Upa Purāṇas, Purāṇic cosmology and Purāṇic legends
 * General introduction of main Smṛitis.
 * General introduction Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra
 * Paleography – History of the decipherment of Brāhmī script, Theories of the origin of Brāhmī Script
 * Inscriptions - General introduction

Unit - X (b) Specific Study of the Following

 * Kauṭilīya arthaśātra (First – Vinayadikarika)
 * Manusmṛti (I, II and VII Adhyāyas)
 * Yājñavalkyasmṛti (Vyavahārādhyaya only)
 * Paleography and Inscriptions –
 * Brahmi Script of Mauryan and Gupta periods
 * Inscription of Ashoka – Major Rock Edicts, Major Pillar Edicts
 * Post – Mauryan inscriptions –
 * Sāranātha Buddhist Image Inscription of Kaniṣka’s regal – year, 3, Girnār Rock Inscription of Rudradāman,
 * Hāthīgumphā inscription of Khāravela
 * Gupta and Post-Gupta inscriptions –
 * Allahabad Pillar Inscriptions of Samudragupta, Mandasor Pillar Inscription of Yasodharman, Banāskherā Copper Plate Inscription of Harṣa,
 * Aihole Stone Inscription of Pulakeśīn II