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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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PALI
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 161
Total Marks-200
Part-I
Marks: 100
(Texts and History of Pali Literature)
A. Pali Prose 30
Selected Topics:
1. Majjhima Nikays : Anigulimata Sutta, Dhammacetiya Sutta and Rahulavada Sutta.
2. Milinda Panha : Bahirakatha, Sila, Saddha, Viriya, Samadhi, Pauna and Nibbana.
3. Atthakatha : Udena and Vasuladatta, Marriage of Visakha and Porana-
Vajjidhamma.
B. Pali Poetry 30
Selected Topics:
1. Samyutta Nikaya : Kutika, Kasi, Jata, Acchara, Sela and Alavaka.
2. Dhammapada : Yamaka, Appamada, Citta, Puppha, Danda, Magga, Bhikkhu and
Brahmans.
3. Thera-Therigatha : Mahakaccayana, Vangisa, Silava, Punnika, Ambapali and Isidasi.
C. History of Pali Literature 40
1. Origin and Development of Pali Canonical literature.
2. Non-canonical literature.
(Candidate will be expected to have knowledge of Pali literature
along with principal author).
PALI
Part-II
Marks: 100
(Pali Prosody, Rhetoric, Grammar and Comparative Philology)
A. Pali Prosody and Rhetoric : 30
i) Vuttodaya
ii) Subodhalanikara
B. Pali Grammar : 30
Sandi, Declension, Conjugation, Compound, Case-edning,
Upasagga and Nipata, Participles, Infinitive, Gerund, Causative,
Denominative, Intensive, Desiderative and Denominative Verb.
C. Translation from Bengali or English into Pali (Simple Sentence only) 10
D. Comparative Philology: 30
Principles, Family of Languages, Relation between Pali
and Inscriptional Prakrits, Sounds, Phonetics and Inflictions.