The Public Service Commission, West Bengal or PSCWB is the state agency authorized to conduct the Civil Services Examination for entry-level appointments to the various Civil Services of state of West Bengal in India. Here is a Detailed Syllabus for WBPSC Mains Optional Paper - Sanskrit.
West Bengal PSC Syllabus
WBPSC Optional Paper - Sanskrit
Paper – I :
(a) Sanskrit Linguistics:-.
- Indo European family of languages
- Phonetic Laws-Grimm’s Law, Verner’s Law, Grassmann’s Law, Collitz’s Law
- Phonetic Tendencies
- Development of Sanskrit- Vedic and Classical Sanskrit, Non-Aryan Influence in Sanskrit, Contribution of Sanskrit in Linguistic Studies
(b) Sanskrit Grammar- Siddhanta Kaumudi-Karaka and Samasa
(c) Translation from Vedic texts into English: Agnisukta-1.1 Indrasukta-2.12 Suryasukta-1.115 Aksasukta-10.34 Hiranyagarbha Sukta-10.121 Devisukta-10.125
(d) Translation from Sanskrit into English Or Translation from English into Sanskrit
(e) Paragraph in Sanskrit
Paper – II :
(a) History of Vedic and Classical Sanskrit Literature:
- Vedic- Samhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka, Upanisad, Vedanga
- Classical- Ramayana, Mahabharata, Asvaghosa, Bhasa, Kalidasa, Sudraka, Visakhadatta, Bhavabhuti, Bharavi, Bhotti, Magha, Dandi, Banabhatta.
- Philosophical - Fundamental ideas of orthodox systems of Indian Philosophy (iv) Technical - Chandas, Arthasastra, Architecture, Medicine, Mathematics
(b) Texts (Meant for general acquaintance and not for minute study)
- Kalidasa’s Abhijnanasakuntalam and Bhavabhuti’s Uttararamacaritam
- Kalidasa’s Kumarasambhavam (Canto I - V ) and Bharavi’s Kiratarjuniyam (Canto I - V )
- Manusamhita (Ch. VII Sl. I-144)
- Isavasyopanisad
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