UGC NET Sanskrit Syllabus 2023: National Eligibility Test known as UGC NET is conducted twice a year for the selection of deserving candidates for the post of Assistant Professor and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in the Indian Govt. Universities and Colleges.
To prepare for the Sanskrit NET exam, you must know the complete NTA UGC NET Syllabus 2023 for Sanskrit.
Here we have provided the latest UGC NET Sanskrit Syllabus 2023.
UGC NET Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit is 25. It comprises two online papers namely Paper-I & Paper-II with Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)s.
- UGC NET Sanskrit Paper 1 Syllabus tests teaching and reasoning ability, research aptitude, comprehension, divergent thinking, and general awareness.
- UGC NET Sanskrit Paper 2 Syllabus is based on Sanskrit. It tests your depth of knowledge and expertise in the respective subject.
To crack the NET exam, you must know the syllabus for both the papers and mark the important topics & sub-topics to start your preparation.
UGC NET Sanskrit Syllabus For Paper I 2023
UGC NET Syllabus for Sanskrit Paper I tests the reasoning ability, reading comprehension, divergent thinking, and general awareness of the candidate.
UGC NET Sanskrit Paper I syllabus will have 50 questions worth 100 marks. The 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 Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit System: Governance, Polity & Administration | 5 | 10 |
| Total | 50 | 100 |
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UGC NET Sanskrit Syllabus For Paper II 2023 In English
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Vedic-Literature
Unit – I
(a) General Introduction of Vedic Literature:
- Main theories regarding the Vedās : Maxmüller; A.Weber; Jacobi ; Balgangadhar Tilak; M.Winternitz ; Indian traditional views.
- Saṁhitā Literature
- Dialogue Hymns: Pururavā-Urvaśī; Yama-yamī; Saramā-Paṇi ; Viśvāmitra-Nadī
- Brāhamaṇa-Literature
- Āraṇyaka Literature
- Vedāṅgas: Śikșā; Kalpa; Vyākaraṇa; Nirukta; Chandas; Jyotișa
Unit – II
(b) Specific Study of Vedic Literature:
- Study of the following hymns:
- Ŗgveda : Agni (1.1); Varuṇa (1.25); Sūrya (1.125); Indra (2.12); Uṣas (3.61); Parjanya (5.83); Kitava (10.34); Jñāna (10.71); Puruṣa (10.90); Hiraṇyagarbha (10.121); Vāk (10.125); Nāsadīya (10.129);
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- Śuklayajurveda : Śivasaṁkalpa , Chapter-34 (1-6)
- Prajāpati-Chapter-23 (1-5)
- Atharvaveda : Rāṣṭrābhivardhanam (1.29); Kāla (10.53); Prithivī (12.1)
- Brāhmaṇa Literature
- Subject-matter; Vidhi and its types; Agnihotra; Agniṣṭoma; Darśapūrṇamāsa ; Yajña; Pañcamahāyajña; Akhyāna (Śunahśepa , Vāṅmanas)
- Upaniṣad Literature:
- Subject-matter and main concepts with special reference to the following Upaniṣads ;
- Īśa; Kaṭha; Kena; Bṛhadārṇyaka ; Taittirīya; Śvetāśvatara
- Vedic Grammar; Nirukta and Vedic interpretation
- Ṛkprātiśākhya : Definitions of Samānākṣara ; Sandhyakṣara; Aghoṣa; Soṣman; Svarabhakti ; Yama ; Rakta; Saṁyoga; Pragṛhya ; Riphita
- Nirukta (Chapters-I & 2)
- Four-fold division of Padas-Concept of Nāma; Concept of Ākhyāta; Meaning of Upasargas; Categories of Nipātas.
- Purposes of the study of Nirukta
- Principles of Etymology
- The etymology of the following words:
- Āchārya; Vīra; Hrada; Go; Samudra; Vṛtra; Āditya; Uṣas; Megha; Vāk; Udak; Nadī; Aśva; Agni; Jātavedas; Vaiśvānara; Nighaṇtu
- Nirukta (Chapter-7; Daivatakāṇḍa)
- Vedic Accent- Udātta, Anudātta and Svarita
Unit – III
(c) Darśana:
- General Introduction of major schools of Darśana with special reference to the following:
- Pramāṇamīmānsā ; Tattvamīmānsā ; Ācāramīmānsā (Cārvāka , Jaina, Bauddha) Nyāya, Sāṁkhya, Yoga, Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, mīmānsā
Unit – IV
(d) Darśana Literature: Special Study:
- Īśvarakṛṣna : Sāṁkhyakārikā – Satkāryavāda, Puruṣasvarūpa, Prakṛtisvarūpa, Sṛștikrama, Pratyaysarga, Kaivalya.
- Sadānanda : Vedāntasāra – Anubandha-catuṣṭaya, Ajñāna, Adhyāropa-Apavāda, Lingaśarīrotpatti, Pañcīkaraṇa, Vivarta, Jīvanmukti
- Annambhaṭṭa, Tarkasaṁgraha / Keśavamiśra; Tarkabhāṣā : Padārtha; Kāraṇa; Pramāṇa; (Pratyakṣa; Anumāna; Upamāna; Śabda), Prāmāṇyavāda, Prameya .
- Laugākṣibhāskara ; Arthasaṁgraha.
- Patañjali ; Yogasūtra – (Vyāsabhāṣya) : Cittabhūmi, Cittavṛttis ; Concept of Īśvara; Yogāṅgas; Samādhi ; Kaivalya
- Bādarāyaṇa ; Brahmasūtra 1.1 (Śānkarabhāṣya)
- Viśvanāthapañcānana ; Nyāyasidhāntamuktāvalī (Anumāna Khaṇḍa)
- Sarvadarśana-Saṁgraha ; Jainism ; Buddhism
Unit – V
(e) Grammar and Linguistics:
- General Introduction of the following grammarians:
- Pāṇini , Kātyāyana , Patañjali , Bhartṛhari , Vāmanajayāditya , Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita , Nāgeśabhaṭṭa , Kaiyyaṭa , Jainendra , Śākaṭāyana ,Hemacandrasūri , Sārasvatavyākaraṇakāra.
- Pāṇinīya Śikṣā. Linguistics:
- Definition of Language, Genealogical and Morphological classification of Languages, Speech Mechanism and classification of sounds: Stops, Fricatives, Semi-Vowels and vowels (with special reference to Sanskrit sounds).
- Phonetic Laws (Grimm, Grassman, Verner). Directions of semantic change and reasons for change. Definition of Vākya and its types
- General introduction of Indo-European family of Languages Difference between Vedic Sanskrit and Classical Sanskrit Difference between Bhāșā and Vāk
- Difference between language and dialect
Unit – VI
(f) Specific Study of Grammar
- Definition : Saṁhitā, Saṁyoga Guṇa, Vṛddhi, Prātipadika, Nadī , Ghi, Upadhā, Apṛkta, Gati, Pada, Vibhāṣā , Savarṇa, Ṭi, Pragṛhya, Sarvanāmasthāna, Bha , Sarvanāma, Niṣthā .
- Sandhi – Ac sandhi, Hal sandhi, Visarga sandhi (according to laghusiddhāntakaumudī)
- Subanta – Ajanta – Rāma , Sarva (in all genders) , Viśvapā, Hari , Tri (in all genders) , Sakhi , Sudhī , Guru , Pitṛ , Gau , Ramā , Mati , Nadī , Dhenu , Mātṛ , Jñāna , Vāri , Madhu .
- Halanta – Lih, Viśvavāh, Catur (in all genders), Idam, Kim, Tad (in all genders), Rājan, Maghavan, Pathin, Vidvas, Asmad, Yuṣmad.
- Samāsa – Avyayībhāva , Tatpuruṣa , Bahuvrīhi , Dvandva (according to laghusiddhāntakaumudī)
- Taddhita – Apatyārthaka and Matvarthīya (According to Siddāntakaumudī ),
- Tiṅanta – Bhū , Edh , Ad , Us, Hu , Div , Ṣuñ , Tud , Tan, Kṛ , Rudh , Krīñ, Cur .
- Prayayānta – Nijant, Sannanta , Yańanta , Yańluganta , Nāmdhātu.
- Kṛdanta – Tavya / Tavyat , Anīyar , Yat , Ṇyat , Kyap , Śatṛ , Śānac , Ktvā , Kta , Ktavatu , Tumun , Ṇamul .
- Strīpratyaya – According to Laghusiddhāntakaumudī.
- Kāraka Prakarana – According to Siddāntakaumudī .
- Parasmaipada and Ātmanepada Vidhāna – According to Siddāntakaumudī .
- Mahābhāșya (Paspaśāhnika)- Definition of Śabda, Relation between Śabda and Artha, Purposes of the study of grammar, Definition of Vyākaraṇa, Result of the proper use of the word, Method of grammar.
- Vākyapadīyam (Brahmakāṇḍa) – Nature of Sphoṭa, Nature of Śabda-Brahma,
Powers of Śabda-Brahma, Relation between Sphoṭa and Dhvani, Relation between Śabda and Artha, Types of Dhvani, Levels of Language.
Sanskrit Literature, Poetics and Prosody
Unit – VII
(a) General Introduction of following
- Bhāsa, Aśvaghośa , kālidāsa, Śūdraka, Viśākhadatta, Bhāravi, Māgha, Harṣa, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Daṇḍin, Bhavabhūti, Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa, Bhilhaṇa, Shrῑharṣa, Ambikādatta vyāsa, Panditā Kṣamārao, V. Raghavan, Shri Dhar Bhaskar Varnekar
- Schools of Sanskrit Poetics – Rasa, Alaṅkāra, Rīti, Dhwani, Vakrokti, Aucitya,
- Western Poetics – Aristotle, Longinus, Croche
Unit – VIII
(b) Specific study of the following
- Poetry: Buddhacaritam (First Canto), Raghuvaṁśam (First Canto), Kirātārjunīyam (First Canto), Śiśupālavadham (First Canto), Naiṣadhīyacaritam (First Canto)
- Drama: Svapnavāsavadattām, Abhijñānaśākuntalam, Mṛcchakaṭikam, Uttararāmacaritam, Mudrārākṣasam, Uttararāmacaritam, Ratnāvalī
- Prose: Daśakumāracaritam ( viii Ucchvāsa), Harṣacaritam ( V Ucchvāsa), Kādambarī (Śukanāsopadeśa)
- Campū Kāvya – Nala Campū (I Ucchvāsa)
- Sāhityadarpaṇaḥ:
- Definition of Kāvya, Refutation of other definitions of Kāvya, Śabdaśakti – Saṅketagraha; Abhidhā; Lakṣanā; Vyanjanā, Kāvyabheda (Chapter Fourth), Śravyakāvya (prose poetry and mix)
- Kāvyaprakaśa –
- Kāvyalakṣhṇa, Kāvyaprayojana, Kāvyahetu, Kāvyabheda, Śabdaśakti, Abhihitānvayavāda, Anvitābhidhānvayavāda, concept of Rasa, discussion of Rasasūtra, Rasadoṣa, Kāvyaguṇa, Vyanjanāvriti (Fifth Chapter)
- Alaṁkāras –
- Vakrokti; Anuprāsa, Yamaka, Śleṣa, Upamā, Rūpaka, Utprekṣā, Samāsokti, Apahnuti, Nidarśanā, Arthāntaranyāsa, Dṛṣṭānta, Vibhāvanā, Viśeṣokti, Svabhāvokti, Virodhābhāsa, Saṅkara, Sansṛṣṭi
- Dhvanyāloka (I Udyota)
- Vakroktijīvitam (I Unmeṣa)
- Bharata – Nāṭyaśāstram (First and Sixth Chapter)
- Daśarūpakam (First and Third Prakāśa)
- Chanda –
- Āryā, Anuṣṭup, Indravajrā, Upendravajrā, Vasantatilakā, Upajāti, Vaṁśastha, Drutavilambita, Śālinī, Mālinī, Śikharṇī, Mandākrāntā, Hariṇī, Śārdūlavikrῑḍita, Sragdharā
Purāṇetihāsa, Dharmaśāstra and Epigraphy
Unit – IX
(a) General introduction of the following:
- Rāmāyaṇa –
- The subject matter, age, society in the Rāmāyaṇa, Rāmāyaṇa as a source of later Sanskrit works and literal value of the Rāmāyaṇa, legends in the Rāmāyaṇa
- Mahābhārata –
- The subject matter, age, society in the Mahābhārata, Mahābhārata as a source of later Sanskrit works and literal value of the Mahābhārata, legends in the Mahābhārata
- Purāṇa –
- Definition of Purāṇa, maha Purāṇa and Upa Purāṇas, Purāṇic cosmology and Purāṇic legends
- General introduction of main Smṛitis.
- General introduction Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra
- Paleography –
- History of the decipherment of Brāhmī script, Theories of the origin of Brāhmī Script
- Inscriptions – General introduction
Unit – X
(b) Specific study of the following
- Kauṭilīya arthaśātra (First – Vinayadikarika)
- Manusmṛti (I, II and VII Adhyāyas)
- Yājñavalkyasmṛti (Vyavahārādhyaya only)
- Palaeography and Inscriptions –
- Brahmi Script of Mauryan and Gupta periods
- Inscription of Ashoka – Major Rock Edicts, Major Pillar Edicts
- Post – Mauryan inscriptions –
- Sāranātha Buddhist Image Inscription of Kaniṣka’s regal – year, 3, Girnār Rock Inscription of Rudradāman,
- Hāthīgumphā inscription of Khāravela
- Gupta and Post-Gupta inscriptions –
- Allahabad Pillar Inscriptions of Samudragupta,
- Mandasor Pillar Inscription of Yasodharman,
- Banāskherā Copper Plate Inscription of Harṣa,
- Aihole Stone Inscription of Pulakeśīn II
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UGC NET Sanskrit Syllabus For Paper II 2023 In Hindi
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| UNIT- 1 | वैदिक साहित्य का सामान्य परिचय, वैदिक संवाद सूक्त। संहिता, ब्राह्मण, आरण्यक, उपनिषदों का परिचय। |
| UNIT- 2 | वैदिक साहित्य का विशिष्ट अध्ययन, वैदिक सूक्त, निरुक्त, ऋक्प्रातिशाख्य, वैदिक स्वर, वैदिक व्याख्या पद्धति। |
| UNIT- 3 | भारतीय दर्शनों का सामान्य परिचय। प्रमाणमीमांसा, तत्त्वमीमांसा, आचारमीमांसा। |
| UNIT- 4 | भारतीय दर्शनों का विशिष्ट अध्ययन,ब्रह्मसूत्र। योगसूत्र व्यासभाष्यसहित। |
| UNIT- 5 | पाणिनीयशिक्षा, भाषाविज्ञान,व्याकरण के आचार्यों का परिचय। |
| UNIT- 6 | व्याकरणसिद्धान्तकौमुदी सन्धि,समास, कारक,प्रत्यय आदि, महाभाष्य,वाक्यपदीय ब्रह्मकाण्ड। |
| UNIT- 7 | संस्कृत कवियों का परिचय, साहित्य के छः काव्यसम्प्रदाय। |
| UNIT- 8 | संस्कृत साहित्य का विशिष्ट अध्ययन, अलंकार, लौकिक छन्द आदि। |
| UNIT- 9 | अर्थशास्त्र, मनुस्मृति, याज्ञवल्क्यस्मृति, लिपि, अभिलेखों का समान्य परिचय। |
| UNIT- 10 | अर्थशास्त्र(विनयाधिकारिक), मनुस्मृति 1,2,7 अध्याय, याज्ञवल्क्यस्मृति- व्यवहाराध्याय, लिपि, अभिलेख का विशिष्ट अध्ययन। |
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UGC NET Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit.
You can use it only for your reference purpose.
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UGC NET Sanskrit Exam Pattern 2023
UGC NET Sanskrit Exam has two papers, i.e., Paper 1 and Paper 2.
Here you can know the facts about UGC NET Sanskrit Exam 2023
| Particulars | UGC NET Paper-I Overview |
UGC NET Paper-II Overview
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| 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
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| 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 |
Important Points About UGC NET Sanskrit Exam Pattern:
- The Test will have two papers. Both papers will consist of objective-type, multiple-choice questions.
- There will be no break between papers.
- you will get 2 marks for each correct response,
- There is no negative marking for an incorrect response.
- No marks will be given for questions Unanswered.
- If a question is found to be incorrect/ambiguous during the critical challenge, only those candidates who have attempted the question and chosen one of the correct answers would be given credit. Only for dropped question(s), if any, marks will be given to all the candidates.
Benefits Of The Latest NTA UGC NET Sanskrit Syllabus 2023
For any preparation to be successful, knowing the syllabus and exam pattern is essential. You can definitely score more with the proper use of the NTA UGC NET Sanskrit Syllabus.
Some notable benefits from the new NTA UGC NET Sanskrit 22 Syllabus are as below:
- NTA UGC NET Sanskrit Syllabus covers all topics that are important for the examinations.
- UGC NET Syllabus for Sanskrit also mentions the weightage allotted to different units and chapters, knowing which you may form a strategy for preparing for chapters with high or low weightage.
- The question paper format is also explained in the syllabus.
- Having a clear understanding of your syllabus and the weightage of various sections will definitely help you decide how much time you should dedicate to each section.
- Generally, the exam papers for each course are designed as per the syllabus prescribed for that course.
- So, preparing according to the topic and instructions mentioned in the syllabus obviously helps to crack the exam with good scores.
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