Selected readings in the {s}idDAntakOmudI

• US201.
• The {s}idDAntakOmudI is a 16th CE commentary on the {a}zwADyAyI. It is widely used by beginners in the study of {p}ARinian grammar to understand rules in the {a}zwADyAyI. It is important to read the selected parts of this text in order to understand the {p}ARinian grammar. This course offers to read some of the important parts in the Siddhāntakaumudī, i.e. sandhi, nominal morphology, compounds etc.
• Prerequisite: Advanced Sanskrit with CG20 Introduction to the {p}ARinian tradition, or equivalent.
• Instructor: Tanuja P. Ajotikar.
• Schedule: 6 September -- 22 December 2024, except Friday 29 November and Sunday 1 December.
• Course meeting times: Friday 7:30--8:30pm U.S. Central Time (6:00-7:00am Saturday IST) and Sunday 10:00--11:00am U.S. Central Time (8:30-9:30pm IST). Meeting times may change after 3rd November when Daylight Savings Time ends in the U.S.
• Prerequisite: Introductory Sanskrit.
• Course fee: $1,500.
• Course fee: ₹15,000.
• Register.
• Register (residents of India).
• Reference material:
  1. Giridhara Śarmā Chaturveda and Parameśvarānanda Śarmā Bhāskara, eds. 1958–1961. Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita’s Vaiyākaraṇa-siddhānta-kaumudī with Vāsudeva Dīkṣita’s Bālamanoramā and Jñānendra Sarasvatī’s Tattvabodhinī. Vol. I. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidas.
  2. Vasu, S. C., trans. 1906. The Siddhāntakaumudī of Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita edited and translated into English. Vol. I. Delhi.
  3. Cardona, George. 1976. Pāṇini: A survey of research, pp. 215--221. The Hague; Paris: Mouten.
  4. Joshi, S. D. and J. A. F. Roodbergen. 1995–2001. The Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini. All volumes. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi.