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Date: Signature :
Name of BOS Chairperson / Dean: ______________________________________
Sr.
No. Heading Particulars
1 Title of the
Course Certificate Course in Sanskrit
2 Eligibility for
Admission SSC or equivalent
3 Passing
Marks 40 for each theory and 20 for internal marks for
each paper
4 Ordinances /
Regulations ( if any) As per University rules
5 No. of Years /
Semesters One Semester
6 Level P.G. / U.G./ Diploma / Certificate
( Strike out which is not applicable)
7 Pattern Yearly / Semester
( Strike out which is not applicable)
8 Status New / Revised
( Strike out which is not applicable)
9 To be implemented
from Academic Year From Academic Year -2017 -18 AC___________
Item No. ______
UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
Syllabus for Approval
1 Title of the Course Certificate Course in Sanskrit
2 Course Code UDSK CERT
3 Preamble / Scope There are many people in the society, who
wish to learn Sanskrit. But they did not get an
opportunity to learn in school or college. This
course will generate interest about Sanskrit .
The course will deal with basic Sanskrit
4 Objective of Course To generate interest amongst students
To enable students to comprehend,
appreciate and express in Simple
Sanskrit
Enable students to recited simple shloks
in Sanskrit
5 Eligibility SSC and equivalent
6 Fee Structure Rs 3500 + Rs 500 exam fees
7 No. of Lectures Three lectures per week
8 No. of Practical NA
9 Duration of the Course One Year
10 Notional hours Efforts of the Students in hrs to assimilate
the unit : 3hours per week
11 No. of Students per Batch 125
12 Selection First come first served basis
13 Assessment As per University rules
14 Syllabus Details enclosed
15 Title of the Unit enclosed
16 Title of the Sub -Unit enclosed
17 Semester wise Theory NA
18 Semester wise List of NA
UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
Essentials Elements of the Syllabus
Practical
19 Question Paper Pattern enclosed
20 Pattern of Practical Exam NA
21 Scheme of Evaluation of
Project / Internship As per University rules
22 List of Suggested Reading Study material will be circulated
23 List of Websites NA
24 List of You -Tube Videos NA
25 List of MOOCs NA
Syllabus for Certificate course in Sanskrit
Paper 1 (100 marks) Grammar (40) & Language Skills (60)
a) Grammar Topics :
1. Verbs – conjugation 1,4,6,10
Tenses – Present, Imperfect Past, Second Future
Moods – Imperative, Potential
2. Participles – Present Active, Past Passive
3. Gerunds – Tvanta, Lyabanta and Infinitives
4. Nouns – Vowel ending ( M / F / N )
5. Pronouns – First Person, Second Person,Third Person
6. Sandhi and Samasa – Svarasandhi, Visargasandhi , Dvandva, Dvigu,
NayaTatpurusha
7. Numerals
b) Identification of grammatical forms
c) Translation from simple unseen passages
d) Comprehension of unseen passages
Paper 2 (100 marks)
a) Simple Essays – My family, Ocean, Mountain, Night sky
b) Short Stories – Cap s eller and monkeys, a story from Panchtantra
c) Dialogues in different situations
d) Ancient Scholars – Kautilya , Sushruta
e) Subhashitaratnani – 1.Subhashitamala 2. Kavyashastravinoda 3.Chitrashloka
4. Madhurashtakam
Oral Examination ( 50 marks )
Certificate course in Sanskrit – Paper Pattern
Paper 1
Section A – Grammar Marks
Q.1] (a) Do as directed 10
(b) Use the correct form of the word 08
(c) Recognize the compound 02
Q.2] (a) Give forms 08
(b) Recognize the forms 06
(c) Dissolve Sandhis 06
Section B – Language skills
Q.3] (a) Translation of unsee n prose passage 10
(b) Translation of unseen poetry 10
(c) Complete the story by filling blanks 10
Paper 2
Q.1] Translations from text 30
Q.2] Answer in Sanskrit 10
Q.3] Answer in medium language 10
Q.4] Short notes 15
Q.5] Complete the verses 20
Q.6] Dialogue writing 15
Oral examination : 50 marks