Research on traditional Sanskrit grammars

• CG41.
• This course aims at training young Indian students in doing research on traditional Sanskrit grammars. We expect as the outcome of the course that students will understand the technicalities of publishing an article internationally. They will be capable of doing proper referencing. They will learn how to analyze a published article critically.
• Instructor: Tanuja P. Ajotikar.
• Prerequisite: Masters in Sanskrit {v}yAkaraRa, first year of doctoral program, scholars who recently completed their Ph.D.
• Schedule: 14 January – 5 February 2022
• Course meeting times: Friday and Saturday 7–8pm IST.
• Course fee: Rs.2,500.
• Medium of instruction: Hindi/English
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Week	Topic
1	Introduction to Roman transliteration, online tools to convert roman to {d}evanAgarI and {d}evanAgarI to Roman
2	Various web resources for research
3	Introduction to reference sources in English and other foreign languages: Cardona, Hartmut Scharfe, A dictionary of gramar by Abhyankar and Shukla, Roodbergen, Systems of grammar by Belvalakar, {v}yAkaraRaSAstra kA itihAsa by Mimamsaka etc.
4	How to prepare a bibliography: how to read the title page of a book, the difference between Roman and {d}evanAgarI title pages in editions, use of Worldcat
5	Understanding philology: the need for authentic critical editions, {a}zwADyAyI: bothlingk, sUtrapAWa: Cardona, {m}ahABAzya: Kielhorn, {k}ASikA: Osmania etc.
6	Working on unpublished manuscripts/critically editing a text
7	Translation of technical terms into English, translations of the {a}zwADyAyI
8	Using digital technology in philological research