The Sanskrit Library

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Teaching

9. Teaching

  1. South Asian civilization
  2. Indian cultural tradition
  3. Introduction to Hinduism
  4. Concepts of the self in classical Indian literature
  5. Creation mythology and enlightenment
  6. Vedic philosophy of language
  7. Scientific concepts in ancient Indian texts
  8. Introduction to historical and comparative linguistics
  9. Indian semantics and ontology
  10. Introduction to Pāṇinian linguistics
  11. Yoga philosophy
  12. B.A. thesis preparation
  13. Elementary Sanskrit, and intermediate Sanskrit
  14. Advanced Sanskrit
    1. Linguistics
      1. Introduction to Pāṇinian grammar
      2. Śikṣā
      3. Indian linguistic theory
      4. Readings in Sanskrit linguistic texts
      5. Mādhavīyadhātuvr̥tti
    2. Philosophy
      1. Indian philosophical texts
      2. Yogasūtra with Vyāsa’s Bhāṣya
      3. Upaniṣads
      4. Br̥hadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
      5. Śaṅkara’s Bhagavadgītā Bhāṣya
      6. Śaṅkara’s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya
      7. Śaṅkara’s Br̥hadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad Bhāṣya
      8. Advaita, Viśiṣṭādvaita, and Dvaita commentaries on Br̥hadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
      9. Aṣṭāvakragītā
      10. Creation mythology and enlightenment
    3. Āyurvedic Medicine
      1. Traditional Indian health maintenance: essential Āyurvedic practice through its sources
      2. Carakasaṁhitā
    4. Vedic
      1. Yama-Yamī in the R̥gveda and Vedic literature
      2. Indra and Vr̥tra in the R̥gveda, Vedic literature, and epic
      3. Śunaḥśepa in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa
      4. Vedic philosophy of language
      5. Rudra
      6. R̥gveda with Sāyaṇa’s commentary
    5. Epic and Purāṇic literature
      1. Purāṇic creation myths
      2. Kr̥ṣṇa in the Harivaṁśa and Bhāgavata Purāṇa
      3. Rāsalīlā in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Xth Skandha with Śrīdhara’s commentary
      4. Mahābhārata
      5. Rāmāyaṇa
      6. Viṣṇu Purāṇa
    6. Drama
      1. Kālidāsa’s Abhijñānaśākuntala
      2. Kālidāsa’s Raghuvaṁśa
      3. Poetry (kāvya)
      4. Bhāsa’s Svapnavāsavadatta
      5. Śr̥ṅgāravairāgyataraṅgiṇī
      6. Amaruśataka
      7. Dhānakelikaumudī
    7. Pūjā texts
      1. Gaṇeśa-caturthī
      2. Śiva-rātri
      3. Rāma-navamī
      4. Nava-rātri
      5. Dīpāvali
  15. Ph.D. dissertation commitees
    1. Setsuro Ikeyama, Ph.D. 2002
    2. Peter Freund, Ph.D. 2006
    3. Toke Knudsen, Ph.D. 2008
    4. Pruthwik Mishra, Ph.D. 2019
    5. Payal Khullar, Ph.D. 2020
    6. Venkata Rajesh Kumar Tavva, Ph.D. 2020
  16. South Asia concentration advisor and advisor to first and second-year students
  17. Bachelor in Technology projects advisor