The basics of Ancient Idian language (M.A)

Pre-requisites: Passed Historical grammar of Greek language I and Historical grammar of Latin language I on grad. studies.

Course objectives: Dealing with basic grammar of classical sanskrit (in latin transcript), enabling for independent reading of less complicated texts.

Course description: Grammar of classical transkrit: introduction, phonetics, morphology, elements of syntax.

Learning Outcomes: Acquiring basic knowledge for dealing with Indo-european comparative linguistics.

Literature/Reading:

• Jan Gonda, A Concise Elementary Grammar of the Sanskrit Language, Leiden 1966
• Manfred Majrhofer, Sanskritska gramatika sa poredbenim objašnjenjima, prev. A. Loma, Sremski Karlovci / Novi Sad 2002
• Radoslav Katičić, Stara indijska književnost: sanskrtska, palijska i prakrtska, Zagreb 1973
• Mislav Ježić, Rgvedski himni, Zagreb 1987