Vedic Sanskrit
| Language name: | Vedic Sanskrit | ||
| Language family: | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Arian. | ||
| Region: | India (Vedic Sanskrit is an older version of Modern Sanskrit). | ||
| Department: | Comparative Indo-European Linguistics | ||
| URL Department: | http://www.indo-europees.leidenuniv.nl | ||
| Lecturer: | A.M. Lubotsky | ||
| Course description: | In this course we will look at the oldest form of Sanskrit, that of the Vedas, a collection of hymns and ritual texts dating from about 1200 to 800 B.C. After a discussion of the grammatical differences between this and later forms of Sanskrit, we will read several hymns from the Rigveda. |
| Total duration: | 1 semester. |
| Course frequency: | The course is taught every year. |
| Reading | Year may vary | |
| Credit (in ECTS): | 8 | |
| Course hours (per week): | 1 | Highest course level: | 300 |
| Class types: | Lectures. |
| Examination types: | Oral or written. |
