First Year Curriculum

Sri Caitanya Sanskrit Tol

1. Grammar:

  1. a. Samksepa Hari-namamrta-vyakarana :
    1. (1) First Section: Terms and Sandhi
    2. (2) Second Section: Visnupada (noun declension)
  2. b. Amara-kosa :
    1. (1) First Section

2. Philosophy:

  1. a. Vedanta:
    1. (1) Vedanta-sara of Sadananda

3. Literary Criticism:

  1. a. Kavya-kaustubha of Baladeva
    1. (1) First three chapters: Poetry's Effects, Word and Meaning, and Rasa

4. Itihasa and Purana:

  1. a. Ramayana
    1. (1) Bala-khanda

5. Smrti

  1. a. Hari-bhakti-vilasa :
    1. (1) First three chapters:

6. Theology

  1. a. Prameya-ratnavali of Baladeva
  2. b. Vedanta-syamantaka of Baladeva
  3. c. Siddhanta-darpana of Baladeva
  4. d. Three short works by Visvanatha: Bhaktirasamrtasindhubindu , Ujjvalanilamanikirana , and Bhagavatamrtakana .

7. World Classics:

  1. a. Great Books:
    1. (1) Hebrew Bible (aka Old Testament)
    2. (2) Homer
    3. (3) Greek Tragedies and Comedies
    4. (4) Plato
    5. (5) Aristotle