1. Buddhist Education in India (Title of the project) by Prof.Dr.Bela Bhattacharya;

2. Buddhism in Iran & Afghanistan through the ages (Title of the project) by Dr.Manikuntala Haldar (De).

Students of the Deptt.are successfully qualified the NET exam organized by the U.G.C. & NAAC team appreciated the activities of the deptt.

The Deptt.has upgrated its entire syllabus which help to the competitors of the West Bengal Civil Service Exam & Indian Administrative Service Exam.

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT

1907

COURSES OFFERED

OTHER COURSES IN PALI  UNDER THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

SYLLABUS

(REVISED SYLLABUS: UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, NOTIFICATION NO.CSR/54/2006, w.e.f.2006-2007)

POST-GRADUATION

PART-I

PAPER-I

(SELECT PALI CANONICAL TEXTS-SUTTA &VINAYA)

FIRST-HALF—50 MARKS

Dīghanikāya: Brahmajāla Sutta&Sāmaññaphala Sutta
Majjhimanikāya: Ariyapariyesanā sutta &Sabbāsaba sutta
Suttanipāta:Khaggavisāna sutta & Muni sutta
Dhammapada:Yamaka,Appamāda,Magga&Bhikkhu
Thera-Therīgāthā:Anuruddha Thera&Kisāgotamī Therī

SECOND HALF-50 MARKS

Bhikkhu Pātimokkha(Pali)
Mahāvagga:Chapters(Khandhakas) I&II
Cullavagga:Chapters IV & VII

PAPER-II

(SELECT PALI & BUDDHIST SANSKRIT TEXTS: ABHIDHARMA-CANONICAL & NON-CANONICAL)

FIRST HALF-60 MARKS
Abhidhammatthasañgaha: ChaptersI, II&VI       
Paţţhāna: Uddesa & Niddesa (with commentary)
Atthasālinī(P.T.S):Introduction(pages1-31)

SECOND HALF-40 MARKS
Abhidharmakosa: Chapter: I
Mādhyamika-Kārikā: Chapter I
Nyāyabindu: Chapter I

PAPER-III

(SELECT LATER PALI & BUDDHIST SANSKRIT TEXTS & HISTORY OF BUDDHIST LITERATURE)

FIRST HALF-50 MARKS
Milindapañha(P.T.S.): PP.90-123
Sāsanavaŋsa(P.T.S.):Chapter III(Portion relating to Subaņņabhumī)
Lalitavistara: Chapter X (Lipimālāsandarsana parivarta)
Divyāvadāna: Chapter on Asokāvadāna

SECOND HALF-50 MARKS
History of Buddhist Literature-Theravāda & Mahāyāna

PAPER-IV
(SELECT PORTIONS OF PALI, SANSKRIT &PRAKRIT GRAMMAR & HISTORY OF
PALI & PRAKRIT LANGUAGES)

FIRST HALF -70 MARKS

Kaccāyana’s Pali Grammar
M.R.Kale’s Higher Sanskrit Grammar
Woolner’s Introduction to Prakrit (With special reference to Māgadhī, Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāstrī,
Saurasenī, Paisācī, Nīyā Prakrit, Dialects in Asvaghosa’s drama &Asokan Dialects)
Prakritamañjari (Nirnaya Sagar Press)

SECOND HALF--30 MARKS

(ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT & HISTORY OF PALI LANGUAGE)

The course includes the following topics:-Classification of Languages, the Indo-Aryan family of Languages,
Development of Sound-system, Comparative differences &Asokan Dialects.

PART-II

PAPER-V

(HISTORY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ORIGINAL TEXTS)

FIRST HALF-50 MARKS

For Papers-VI, VII&VIII one of the following groups is to be selected:-

GROUP-A

(EARLY BUDDHIST LITERATURE & PHILOSOPHY)

PAPER-VI

FIRST HALF-50 MARKS

(SPECIAL CANONICAL & NON-CANONICL TEXTS)

Saŋyutta Nikāya:Kosala Saŋyutta.
Aŋguttara Nikāya:Ānandavagga.
Udāna: Jacchandhavagga.

Jātaka(ed.Fausboll):Ghata(No.454),Dasaratha(No.461),
Mahābodhi-Jātaka(No.562)&Mahājanaka-Jātaka(No.539).

SECOND HALF-50 MARKS

Milindapañha(ed.Trenckner):Meņdakapañha,pp.188-234
Telakaţāhagāthā(J.P.T.S.,1884).
Vimānavatthu: Serissakavatthu.

PAPER-VII

(Special Texts on Buddhist Philosophy)

FIRST HALF-50 MARKS

Vibhaŋga: Paccayakāra-vibhaŋga(with commentary).
Kathāvatthu: Paţhama Vagga.
SECOND HALF-50 MARKS
Dhammasaŋganī(P.T.S) :PP.1-75.
Visuddhimagga: Paññābhûminiddesa.
Nettipakaraņa: The Sixteen Hāras & Five Nayas.

PAPER-VIII

(COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ALLIED INDIAN LITERATURE)

FIRST HALF-60 MARKS

Winternitz, History of Indian Literature: Upanishads, Epics & Jain Āgamas.

SECOND HALF-40 MARKS


GROUP-B

(MAHĀYĀNA LITERATURE &PHILOSOPHY (including Bengal & Orissan Buddhism)

PAPER-VI

(SELECT MAHĀYĀNA & TANTRAYĀNA TEXTS)

FIRST HALF-50 MARKS

Suvarņaprabhāsa Sûtra – Chapter-XIX.
Saddharmapuņdarikasûtra – Chapter – II-III.

SECOND HALF-50 MARKS

Buddhacarita – Chapters – I- III.
Bodhicaryāvatāra – Chapters –I-III.
Prajñopayaviniscayasiddhi (G.O.S)-Chapters- I-III.

PAPER-VII

(SELECT MĀDHYAMIKA, YOGĀCARA &OLD BENGALI TEXTS BEARING ON BUDDHISM)

FIRST HALF-50 MARKS

Mādhyamika-Kārikā, Chapters-XXIV&XXV
Laŋkāvatārasûtra, Chapter-II

SECOND HALF-50 MARKS

Astasāhasrikāprajñāpāramitā, Chapters-I-IV, pp.1-53, ed.P.L.Vaidya
Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi: Vimsikā (Kārikās only).
Caryāpada, nos.5, 6, 8, 1014, 17, 20, 28, 32&40

PAPER-VIII

(COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ALLIED INDIAN RELIGIOUS & PHILOSOPHICAL
SYSTEM: BUDDHIST, JAINA, SĀNKHA & VEDĀNTA)

FIRST HALF-60 MARKS

Takakasu ---Essentials of Buddhist Philosophy.
Keith --- Buddhist Philosophy.
Radhakrishnan ---- Indian Philosophy, Vol.I& II.
Hiriyanna --- Outlines of Indian Philosophy.

SECOND HALF-40 MARKS

Essay

GROUP-C
(EPIGRAPHY, ICONOGRAPHY, ART & ARCHAEOLOGY)

PAPER-VI

(SELECT PRAKRIT & SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS WITH PALEOGRAPHY)

FIRST HALF-50 MARKS

Inscriptions of Asoka (Plates in Corpus Inscription Indica Vol.I)

SECOND HALF-50 MARKS

Piprahwa Vase Inscriptions (JRAS 1907 pp. 107 -08)

Mahāsthān Stone Plaque Inscription (Ep.Ind.XXXI, IHQ 1934)

Bhārhut Buddhist Pillar Inscription of the time of the Suŋgas
(Barua & Sinha, Bhārhut Inscription p.1ff).Besnagar Column Inscription of Heliodoros
(ASI, AR 1908-09), p.126)

Hātigumphā Inscription of Khāravela (IHQ Vol.XIV)
Sui Vihāra Inscription of the yearII(Corpus Ins.Ind vol.II)
Ārā Inscription of the year51(C 11Vol.II)
Nāgārjuņikoņdā Inscription (Ep. Ind.Vol.XX)
Nāsik Cave Inscription of Vāsisthiputra Pulumāvi (Ep.Ind.VIII)
Allahabad Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta(C 11Vol.III No.1)
Sāñchi Stone Inscription of Chandragupta II,the year93(Corpus Ins.Ind.,Vol.II)
Bhitari Pillar Inscription of Skandhagupta(C11,Vol.IIIp.53f)
Banskhera Grant of Harsa(Ep.Ind.,Vol.IV No.29)
Khālimpur Inscription of Dharmapāladeva(Ep.Ind.Vol.IV no.34)
Nālandā Copper plate of Devapāladeva(Ep.Ind.Vol.XVII)
Rāmpāl Copper plate of Sri Chandra(Ep.Ins.Vol.XII)
Deopārā Insciption of Vijayasena(Ep.Ind.Vol.I)

PAPER-VII

(BUDDHIST ART & ICONOGRAPHY)

FIRST HALF-50 MARKS

Buddhist Art:

Coomarswamy -------- History of Indian & Indonesian Art
Kramrisch -------- Indian Sculpture Chapters I-III
B.Rowlands ------- Art & Architecture of India(portion dealing with Buddhist Art)
Vogel ----- Buddhist Art in India,Ceylon(Srilanka)&Java
Yazdani ----- Ajanta,Part-I(Intrduction & General Remarks),

Part-II(General Remarks),

Part-III (General Remarks)

Sadhan Chandra Sarkar--- Bauddha Silpo-o-Sthapathya(Bengali)
Ajanta ----- Rakhaldas Bandhopadhyay(Bengali)
Zimmer ---- Art of Indian Asia Vols.I&II
Backofer ----- Early Indian Sculpture in the Indian Museum.

SECOND HALF-50 MARKS

Buddhist Iconography
Dīghanikāya –Lakkhaņa Suttanta
J.N.Banerjee – Pratimālaksaņam
Grunwedel --- Buddhist Art in India(Chapters-III&IV)
Faucher --- Beginning of Buddhist Art
B.M.Barua --- Bhārhut Vol.I-III
B.Bhattacharya --- Sādhanamālā(Introduction,C XXII-CLXXVII)

PAPER VIII

(SPECIAL BUDDHIST HISTORICAL RECORDS, ARCHEOLOGICAL
REPORTS & ANCIENT INDIAN GEOGRAPHY)

FIRST HALF-50 MARKS

Historical & Topographical information relating to:
Bihar: Rajagriha, Nalanda, Vikramasila, Bodhgaya
Orissa: Ratnagiri, Lalitagiri, Udayagiri
West Bengal: Karnasuvarņa, Jagjivanpur
Bangladesh: Paharpur,Mainamati
Uttarpradesh:Sarnath,Kusinara
Madhyapradesh: Sanchi,Bharhut
Nepal: Kapilavastu
Pakistan:Taxila

SECOND HALF-50 MARKS

ANCIENT INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
Cunningham-Ancient Geography of India (ed.S.N.Majumdar)
(Introduction, Notes & Appendix)

S.N.Dey ----- Geographical Essays
B.C.Law ---- Geography of Early Buddhism
B.C.Law ----Historical Geography of Ancient India(Introduction)
D.C.Sircar ----Cosmography & Geography in Early Indian Literature
Debarcana Sarkar ----- Ancient Indian Geography in Pali Literature.

GROUP-D

(ASIAN BUDDHISM)

PAPER-VI

(COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BUDDHIST LITERATURE IN & OUTSIDE INDIA)

FIRST HALF-50 MARKS

N.Dutt ---- Gilgit Manuscripts, Vols.I—III, Introduction only
Hoernle --- Manuscript remains of Buddhist Literature found in Eastern Tarkistan
Beal ---- Catena of Buddhist scriptures
Obermiller ---- Bu-Ston Part- II
S.C.Vidyabhusan ---- A short History of Indian Logic (Buddhist Logic only)pp.225-253
Kshanika Saha ---- Buddhism & Buddhist Manuscripts of Central Asia
 
SECOND HALF-50 MARKS

Malalasekera ---- Pali Literature of Ceylon pp.1-146
Mabel Bode ---- Pali Literature of Burma pp.1-82

PAPER-VII

(BUDDHIST & ALLIED CULTURE IN TIBET, CENTRAL ASIA, CHINA, JAPAN, INDO-CHINA & INDONESIA)

FIRST HALF-50 MARKS

(TIBET, CENTRAL ASIA, CHINA, JAPAN)
Eliot --- Hinduism & Buddhism Vol.III Chapters XLI-LIII
W.E.Soothill --- The Three Religions of China, Chapters I-IV
P.C.Bagchi ---- India & China
P.C.Bagchi ----- India& Central Asia
Amalendu Guha --- ed. Central Asia: Movement of Peoples & ideas from times,
prehistoric to modern.
Johannes Nobel ---- Central Asia: The connecting link between East & West & other Lectures.
Waddel ---- Lamaism
Bell ---- Religion of Tibet
S.Dutt ----- Buddhism in East Asia Chapters VIII, IX& XI
A.C.Banerjee ---- Buddhism in India & Abroad Part II(Buddhism Abroad)
H.Nakamura ----- Japan & Indian Asia Chapters I ⅈ Ways of Thinking of Eastern peoples,
Chapter 33
C.Elliot ---- Japanese Buddhism
D.N.Bakshi ---- Hindu Divinities in Japanese Buddhist Pantheon: Introduction & chapter II
D.K.Barua ----Buddhist Art of Central Asia Chapters I & II
Stein ----- Ancient Khotan
Kshanika Saha ---- Buddhism & Buddhist Manuscripts of Central Asia
Manikuntala Haldar (De) ---- Bauddha Dharmer Itihas Part—II(Bengali)

SECOND HALF-50 MARKS

(INDO –CHINA & INDONESIA)

F.W.Thomas ----- Indianism & its expansion Chapters V --- VII
R.C.Majumar ----- Hindu Colonies in the Far East
Bijanraj Chaterjee ---- Cultural influence in Cambodia
Bijanraj Chaterjee ---- Cultural influence in Java
R.Grousset ----- The Civilisation of the Eat (translted by C.Alison)
G.Coedes ----- The Indianized States of South –East Asia
G.Coedes  ----- The Making of South East Asia (translated by H.M.Wright)
D.G.E Hall ---- History of South –East Asia
Nihar Ranjan Roy ---- A history of Theravada Buddhism in Burma
K.L.Hazra --- Thailand Vols.I & II
K.L.Hazra –Indonesia Vols. I & II

PAPER-VIII

(BUDDHISM & ALLIED CULTURE IN BURMA ,SIAM & CEYLON(SRILANKA)
FIRST HALF-60 MARKS

Mahāvaŋsa ---- Chapter VI, VII, XII-XXV
Sāsanavaŋsa ----- Chapter III
Jinakālamālī(P.T.S) -----pp.72-81& 91-95
History of Ceylon (University of Ceylon) pts.I &II
W.A.R.WOOD ----- History of Siam
N.R.ROY ---- A History of the Theravāda Buddhism in Burma
R.G.May ----- The Culture of South – East Asia K.L.Hazra ---- History of Theravada Buddhism in South- EastAsia
 S.Dutta ---- Buddhism in East Asia Chapters VIII,IX & XI
S.Sengupta ----- Buddhism in South – East Asia
R.G.May ----- Culture of South – East Asia

Elliot ---- Hinduism & Buddhism Vol.III Chapters XXXV – XXXVII
S.Dutt ---- Buddhism in East Asia Chapters III –V
Walpola Rahula ---- History of Buddhism in Ceylon
K.L.Hazra ---- History of Theravāda Buddhism in South –East Asia
H.Harvey ---- History of Burma
Pe Maung Tin & Luce --- The Glass Palace Chronicle

SECOND HALF-40 MARKS

ESSAY

M.Phil

SCHEME OF STUDIES

Total Marks: 500
[COURSE WORK: 200MARKS, INTERNAL ASSESSMENT: 100, DISSERTATION/PROJECT WORK: 100, FINAL
COMPREHENSIVE-VIVA-VOCE: 100]

SYLLABUS
Course work
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COURSE NO.1

RESEARCH  WORK

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