| Academic Year |
2026Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Letters |
| Lecture Code |
BY006001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
サンスクリットＡ |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
サンスクリットA |
Subject Name in
English |
Sanskrit A |
| Instructor |
YAMASAKI KAZUHO |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ヤマサキ カズホ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, First Semester, First Semester |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(1st) Thur3-4：LET B201 |
| Lesson Style |
Seminar |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
| lecture, exercise |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
2 |
Language of Instruction |
B
:
Japanese／English |
| Course Level |
2
:
Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
01
:
Philosophy |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Sanskrit, Indo-European Languages |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
Students will learn elementary Sanskrit grammar and how to read Sanskrit texts. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1: Introduction and thematic verbs
lesson2: The cases; declensions of nouns in -a
lesson3: The middle present
lesson4: Saṃdhi of final vowels
lesson5: Saṃdhi of -as, -ās, -s, -r
lesson6: Saṃdhi: -r, -n, -t, -n-
lesson7: Declensions of nouns in -i, -ā
lesson8: The imperfect active
lesson9: The imperfect middle; use of iti
lesson10: Declensions of nouns in -ī; consonantal stems
lesson11: Declensions of nouns in -ṛ, -an
lesson12: Declensions of pronouns
lesson13: Relatives
lesson14: The optative active; nouns in -u
lesson15: The optative middle; nouns in -s |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
We will use the following textbook for this class: George L. Hart, A Rapid Sanskrit Method. More details will be provided during the first lesson. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Text, Handouts |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Discussions |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
It is desirable to do preparation and review of each lesson. |
| Requirements |
None. |
| Grading Method |
Students' presentations and level of understanding. |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |