Ashtadhyayi, also known as Ashtadhyayi Sutrapatha, is a foundational text of Sanskrit grammar that presents its rules in a concise manner. Memorising the sutras greatly aids in understanding and applying these grammatical principles. The second part of the six-part "Learn to Chant Ashtadhyayi - Batch 2" course series is designed to train students in memorising and reciting the sutras from the 7th and 8th chapters. This 3-credit course is especially beneficial for anyone studying or interested in studying Paninian Vyakarana at any level. Exciting cash prizes will be awarded to those who successfully memorise all eight chapters and pass the cumulative assessment. For more details, refer "Prizes" section below.
What will you gain from this course? (Key Benefits / Learning Outcomes)
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What are the pre-requisites to get the best out of this course? (Eligibility)
What is the effort required to complete this course?
This is a 3 - credit Course, with total expected Student effort of 90-100hrs.
Each credit in our system is equivalent to approximately 30 hours of learner effort comprising all learning activities. This includes the time for attending the live sessions, listening to the recorded class material, solving exercises and completing the projects and assessments prescribed for the course.
Effort Breakup
• Lectures (Recorded Lessons) - 30h
• Tutorials (Practice Sessions) - 10h
• Self-Study - 40h
• Assessments - 10h
PRIZES
A cash prize will be awarded to students who successfully memorise all the eight chapters and pass the cumulative assessment. The prizes will be awarded as follows:
Cash Price (in INR) | Passing % |
21,000 | 90% & above* |
18,000 | 80% - 89%* |
15,000 | 70% - 79%* |
No cash prize will be given; only a certificate will be awarded. | 60% - 69%* |
* Note:
To be eligible for the cash prize, students must meet the following criteria:
“अष्टाध्यायी जगन्माता अमरकोशो जगत्पिता” (Ashtadhyayi is the mother of the world, and Amarakosha is the father) is a popular saying. Ashtadhyayi and Amarakosha are extremely useful tools for those who wish to gain a mastery of Sanskrit language and the shastra-s. In olden times, it was a common practice to teach children to memorise these two texts at a very young age, even before formal learning began. Equipped with these fixed in memory, as they studied the language and shastra-s, the children learnt to apply the sutra-s easily, and had a phenomenal vocabulary.
Ashtadhyayi Sutrapatha (commanly known as Ashtadhyayi) is written by Maharshi Panini. Ashtadhyayi, a text of approximately 4000 sutras, is divided into eight Adhyayas (chapters), and hence named as Ashtadhyayi. अष्टानाम् अध्यायानां समाहार: इति अष्टाध्यायी. These sutra-s tell the rules of grammar conscisely and is the primordial text in Vyakarana Shastra.
In the second part of the course "Learn to Chant Ashtadhyayi - Batch 2", the 7th and 8th chapters of Ashtadhyayi will be taught in the course in the same order as the padas.
Recommended Edition –
अष्टाध्यायीसूत्रपाठः, published by Chowkhambha Sanskrit Series Office. You can also refer to the Sutrapatha in the website www.ashtadhyayi.com
All students are encouraged to purchase either the downloadable Windows version or the portable MP3 audio version of the अष्टाध्यायीसूत्रपाठः audio by Vyoma Labs. This tool has audio of the entire Ashtadhyayi in teacher-student repetition mode and chanting mode. Following the webinar classes, students are expected to practice the sutra-s which were taught using this Audio, so that they would be prepared to recite it in the next class.
Yes. There will be a set of periodic quizzes in the course and an oral test will be conducted at the end of the course. Upon successful completion of the quizzes and the oral test, a certificate will be issued to all participants who score above 60%.