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Raghuvaṁśa

{r}aGuvaMSa sarga 2

  • UP114.
  • The {r}aGuvaMSa by {k}AlidAsa, the greatest of classical Sanskrit poets, ranks as one of the Sanskrit {m}ahAkAvyas. This great poem is a part of the traditional syllabus of learning Sanskrit. Applying the traditional methods to study a text facilitates independence in reading, understanding, internalizing and translating Sanskrit. In this course we read the second canto of the {r}aGuvaMSa closely, attending explicitly with sanDi analysis, verbal conjugation, nominal declension, identification and analysis of {s}amAsas, identification of voice, change of voice (vAcyaviparivartana), rendering the verse in prose syntax (anvaya) and translation into more common Sanskrit.
  • Instructor: Peter M. Scharf or Tanuja P. Ajotikar
  • Prerequisite: Introductory Sanskrit.
  • Schedule: 1 September – 8 December 2026.
  • Course meeting times: To be arranged.
  • Course fee: $3,000.
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  • Course materials:
    1. Kale M. R., ed. 1922. {m}ahAkaviSrIkAlidAsaviracitaH {r}aGuvaMSaH. {m}ahAmahopADyAyakolAcalamallinAthasUriviracitayA saYjIvanyA sametaH. The {r}AGuvaMSa of {k}AlidAsa: with the commentary (the {s}aYjIvanI) of {m}allinATa: with a literal translation into English, copious notes in Sanskrit and English and various readings. 3rd revised edition. Mumbai: Mumbai {v}EBava {m}udrayantrAlaya.