First Year Curriculum

Caitanya Sanskrit Tol

1. Grammar:

a. Samksepa Hari-namamrta-vyakarana:

(1) First Section: Terms and Sandhi
(2) Second Section: Visnupada (noun declension)

b. Amara-kosa:

(1) First Section

2. Philosophy:

a. Vedanta:

(1) Vedanta-sara of Sadananda

3. Literary Criticism:

a. Kavya-kaustubha of Baladeva

(1) First three chapters: Poetry's Effects, Word and Meaning, and Rasa

4. Itihasa and Purana:

a. Ramayana

(1) Bala-khanda

5. Smrti

a. Hari-bhakti-vilasa:

(1) First three chapters:

6. Theology

a. Prameya-ratnavali of Baladeva
b. Vedanta-syamantaka of Baladeva

c. Siddhanta-darpana of Baladeva

d. Three short works by Visvanatha: Bhaktirasamrtasindhubindu, Ujjvalanilamanikirana, and Bhagavatamrtakana.

7. World Classics:

a. Great Books:

(1) Hebrew Bible (aka Old Testament)
(2) Homer

(3) Greek Tragedies and Comedies

(4) Plato

(5) Aristotle