Lower Division Course

60. Religion in Classical India: Introduction. (5)  Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to religions of classical India--Vedic, Brahmanical, Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist--paying equal attention to change and continuity, with emphasis on chronological development. P/NP or letter grading.

Upper Division Courses

110A. Elementary Sanskrit. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Introduction to script and grammar, with reading exercises and attention to significance of Sanskrit for understanding of other Indo-European languages. P/NP or letter grading.

110B. Intermediate Sanskrit. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 110A. Advanced aspects of grammar and reading of literary texts. P/NP or letter grading.

110C. Advanced Sanskrit. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 110B. Reading of entire Bhagavadgita or comparable amount of other Sanskrit literature. P/NP or letter grading.

115. Readings in Sanskrit. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 110C. Extensive reading in such texts as best serve students' needs. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. P/NP (undergraduates), S/U (graduates), or letter grading.

150. Classical Indian Literature in Translation. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Survey of some landmarks of classical Indian literature from second millennium B.C.E. into second millennium C.E., including both poetry and prose, 'high' art and more popular genres, and secular and religious texts, examined in their social and institutional contexts. P/NP or letter grading.

155. Topics in South Asian Cinema and Literature. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Hindi/Urdu not required. Critical analysis of language and culture in South Asian diaspora as represented in films and/or literature. P/NP or letter grading.

170. Variable Topics in South Asian Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Hindi/Urdu not required. Critical analysis of language and culture in South Asian linguistic area, exploring notions of India as linguistic area and as cultural area. P/NP or letter grading.

175. Introduction to Indic Philosophy. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Survey of main trends in Indian philosophy from ancient to modern times. P/NP or letter grading.

185. Women and Gender in Ancient India. (4)  Lecture, three hours. Knowledge of Asian languages not required. Examination of position and function of women in ancient India, primarily through study of key religious and legal texts. Topics include women's life cycle, relation to social institutions, and challenges to these ideals, especially in narrative literature. P/NP or letter grading.

Graduate Courses

M222A-M222B. Vedic. (4-4)  (Same as Iranian M222A-M222B.) Lecture, three hours. Preparation: knowledge of Sanskrit equivalent to course 110C. Characteristics of Vedic dialect and readings in Rig-Vedic hymns. Only course M222B may be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.

230. Selected Readings in Sanskrit Texts. (4)  Lecture, three hours. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. S/U or letter grading.

234A-234B. Introduction to Panini's Grammar. (4-4)  Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 110C. Reading of selected passages of text, with introduction to Panini's technique. S/U or letter grading.

236A-236B. Pali and Prakrits. (4-4)  Lecture, three hours. Preparation: knowledge of Sanskrit equivalent to course 110B. Grammatical studies and reading of texts. Comparative considerations. S/U or letter grading. 236A. Pali; 236B. Prakrits.

243. Translation Workshop: Premodern Sanskrit, Pali, and/or Prakrit Texts. (2)  Seminar, two hours. Requisite: course 110C. Translation, grammatical analysis, and discussion of selections from premodern Sanskrit, Pali, and/or Prakrit texts. S/U grading.