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UGC NET Prakrit Syllabus 2023

National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the UGC NET syllabus along with the latest notification. 

However, since the UGC NET syllabus for both paper-I and -II was revised by NTA in June 2019, no changes are likely to be made to this year’s NET syllabus.

The subject code for UGC NET Prakrit is 91. It comprises two online papers namely Paper-I & Paper-II with Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)s.

UGC NET Prakrit Syllabus For Paper I 2023

UGC NET Syllabus for Prakrit Paper I tests the reasoning ability, reading comprehension, divergent thinking, and general awareness of the candidate.

UGC NET Prakrit Paper I syllabus will have 50 questions worth 100 marks. The Paper I syllabus has 10 units, and precisely 5 questions will be asked from each unit.

Go through the exam pattern of the UGC NET Prakrit Paper 1 syllabus  mentioned below:

Topics	Questions	Marks
Part I: Teaching Aptitude	5	10
Part II: Research Aptitude	5	10
Part III: Reading Comprehension	5	10
Part IV: Communication	5	10
Part V: Reasoning (including Maths)	5	10
Part VI: Logical Reasoning	5	10
Part VII: Data Interpretation	5	10
Part VIII: Information & Communication Technology (ICT)	5	10
Part IX: People & Environment	5	10
Part X: Higher Education System: Governance, Polity & Administration	5	10
Total	50	100

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UGC NET Prakrit Syllabus For Paper II 2023 In English

Here you can check the latest UGC NET Syllabus For Prakrit Paper-II 22 in English.

Unit – I: History of the Prakrit Language: Origin and Development

1. Elements of the Prakrit language in Vedic literature
2. Earliest source of Prakrit
3. Development of the Prakrit language:
   • Primary Prakrit –
     1. Inscriptional Prakrit, Niya Prakrit, Prakrit Dhammapada
     2. General introduction to the language of the Aṅga Canonical texts
     3. General introduction to the language of the texts – Kasāyapāhuḍa, Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama and the texts of Kundakunda

• • Secondary Prakrit –
    1. Language of the Upāṅga canonical texts and Mūlasūtras : Aupapātika, Rājapraśnīya, Daśavaikālika, Uttarādhyayana
    2. General introduction to the language of the Mūlācāra, Bhagavatī Ārādhanā and Tiloyapaṇṇatti
    3. General introduction to the language of Gāthāsaptasatī, Paümacariyaṃ and Vasudevahiṇḍī

• • Tertiary Prakrit:
    1. Commentary literature of the Canons: general introduction to the language of the Dhavalā and Jayadhavalā, sukhabodhā, commentary of Śīlāṅka on Sūtrakṛtāṅga
    2. General introduction to the Setubandha, Gaüḍavaho, Līlāvaikahā and Prakrit texts of Haribhadrasūri, Kuvalayamālākahā
    3. Origin of the Apabhraṃśa language: Study of the works of Joindu, Svayambhū and Puṣpadanta & the Apabhraṃśa verses cited by Hemacandra in his Prakrit grammar.
    4. Contribution of Prakrit to the development of modern Indian languages: Hindi and other regional languages

Unit – II: Origin and characteristic features of different Prakrits

1. Mahārāṣṭrī
2. Śaurasenī
3. Ardhamāgadhī
4. Māgadhī
5. Paiśācī
6. Apabhraṃśa

Unit – III: Prakrit Canons and Commentry literature

1. History of Ardhamāgadhī and Śaurasenī canonical literature
2. History of commentary literature of the Prakrit canons
3. General introduction to the Samaṇasuttaṃ

Unit – IV: History of Prakrit Kāvya literature

1. Mahākāvya
2. Khanḍakāvya
3. Caritakāvya
4. Kathākāvya
5. Campūkāvya
6. Muktakakāvya

Unit – V: Prakrit in the ancient dramatic literature and Saṭṭaka literature

1. Prakrits in the dramas of Aśvaghoṣa and Bhāsa
2. Prakrits in the Mṛcchakaṭika, Mudrārākṣasa and in the dramas of Kālidāsa
3. Characteristic features of the Saṭṭaka literature

Unit – VI: Prakrit Inscriptional literature

1. Study of the 14 Rock-edicts of the Girnar version of Emperor Aśoka
2. Study of the Hāthīgumphā Inscription of Emperor Khāravela
3. Study of the Ghaṭiyāla Inscription of Kakkuka

Unit – VII: Prakrit Scientific literature

1. Rhetorics
2. Kośa
3. Some important Prakrit texts on Astrology and Mathematics
4. Prakrit grammarians and grammatical treatises
5. Metrics
6. Features with examples of some of the metres in Prakrit and Apabhraṃśa
   1. Prakrit Metres – gahā, patthā, viulā, uggāhā, gāhū, siṃhiṇī, gāhiṇī, khaṃdhaa
   2. Apabhraṃśa Metres – duvai, kaḍavaa, ghattā, pajjhaḍiā, helā, caüpāiyā

Unit – VIII: Prakrit Grammar and Prakrit Philology

1. Prakrit Grammar – General rules of the Noun, Adjective, Pronoun, Verb, Indeclinables, Case, Case-endings, Sandhi and Samāsa
2. Prakrit Philology – Phonetic Changes – vowels and consonants, ya-śruti, anusvāra, anunāsika, visarga; Phonetic behaviours – Assimilation, Dissimilation, Anaptyxix, Metathesis, Elision, Āgama and etc.

Unit – IX: Study of the Original Prakrit Texts

1. Ācārāṅga (First śrutaskandha: Chapter I – satthapariṇṇā; Chapter II- logavijaya)
2. Uttarādhyayana (Chapter I – Viṇayasuyaṃ, Chapter IX – namipavajjā)
3. Daśavaikālika (Chapters – I, II, III and IV)
4. Pravacanasāra of Kundakunda (Chapter I – jñādhikāra)
5. Sammaisuttaṃ of Siddhasena (Full text)
6. Dravyasaṃgraha of Nemicandra (Full text)
7. Bhagavatī Ārādhanā of Śivārya (verses 1 – 72)
8. Vasunandī-śrāvakācāra (verses 1 – 50 and the verses based on seven types of addictions60 – 87 and 101 – 111)

Unit – X: Study of the Original Prakrit Kāvya literature

1. Mṛcchakaṭika of Śūdraka – only Prakrit portions (Chapters 1,2 and 6)
2. Setubandha of Pravarasena – Chapter I
3. Vajjālaggaṃ of Jayavallabha – First eight vajjās : soyāra, gāhā, kavva, sajjaṇa, dujjaṇa, mitta, neha, nīivajjā
4. Gāhāsattasaī of Hāla – First śataka : verses 1 – 50
5. Samarāiccakahā – Chapter I
6. Kuvalayamālākahā Uddyotansūri – paragraphs 1-12
7. Karpūramañjarī of Rājaśekhara (Full)
8. Paümacariu of Svayambhū – Chapters 21 and 22
9. Nāyakumāracariu of Puṣpadanta – Chapter I
10. General introduction to the modern Prakrit literature
    1. Rayaṇavālakahā
    2. Bhāvaṇāsāro
    3. Virāgasetu
    4. Titthayara-bhāvaṇā

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UGC NET Prakrit Syllabus For Paper II 2023 In Hindi

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UGC NET Prakrit Old Syllabus

The UGC NET examination old syllabus which was applicable till December 2018 can be downloaded in pdf format from the following link.

Kindly note that this syllabus is considered outdated and is now not applicable for the upcoming UGC NET examination in Prakrit.

You can use it only for your reference purpose.

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UGC NET Prakrit Exam Pattern 2023

UGC NET Prakrit Exam has two papers, i.e., Paper 1 and Paper 2.

Here you can know the facts about UGC NET Prakrit Exam 2023

Particulars	UGC NET Paper-I Overview	UGC NET Paper-II Overview
Exam mode	Online	Online
Exam duration	3 hours (180 minutes)
Type of paper	Common for all candidates	Subject-specific questions
Total questions	50	100
Type of questions	MCQs; 4 options with only 1 correct option	MCQs; 4 options with only 1 correct option
Total marks	100	200
Marking scheme	2 marks for the correct answer 0 for an incorrect answer	2 marks for the correct answer 0 for an incorrect answer
Language of paper	English and Hindi	English and Hindi

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