MA Reading List

The list below was compiled by looking at various MA Sanskrit program syllabuses available online, and quickly scanning them to look for literature. The number enclosed in parantheses () is a simple count of the number of occurences.

mahākāvya
  • (3) raghuvamśa (kālidasa)
  • (1) kumārasambhava (kālidasa)
  • (2) kirātārjuniya (bhāravi)
  • (5) shishupālavadha (māgha)
  • (7) naishadhīyacaritam (śrīharsha)
gadya
  • (7) kādambarī (bāṇa)
  • (5) harśacharita (bāṇa)
  • (3) śivarājavijaya (ambikādatta vyāsa)
  • (3) daśakumāracarita (daṇḍī)
padya
  • (8) meghadūtam (kālidasa)
  • (4) vikramāṅkadevacarita
  • (2) rāmāyaṇa (vālmīki)
  • (2) mahābhārata (vyāsa)
campū 
  • (2) champūramayana (bhoja)
  • (1) vishvaguṇādarśachampū (veṅkatadhvarī)
nāṭaka
  • (7) mriccakaṭika (śūdraka)
  • (6) uttararāmacarita (bhavabhūti)
  • (3) veṇīsamhāra (bhaṭṭanārayaṇa)
  • (3) mudrarākśasa (viśākhadatta)
  • (2) ratnāvali (śriharśa)
  • (1) nāgānanda (harśa)
  • (1) mālavikāgnimitra (kālidasa)
  • (1) svapnavāsadatta (bhāsa)
  • (1) karṇabhāra (bhāsa)
  • (1) abhiśekanāṭaka (bhāsa)

muktakas
  • (1) nīti śataka (bhartṛihari)
  • (1) amaru-śataka (amarukavi)
  • (1) sūrya-śataka (mayūra)
  • (1) prastārika vilāsa (jagannatha paṇḍita)
references
  • http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/assets/courses/sanskritsyllabus.pdf
  • http://www.unipune.ac.in/Syllabi_PDF/revised/arts1/2.M.A.Sanskrit&PrakritSyllabusofDept.Course.pdf
  • http://www.mdurohtak.ac.in/pdf/Syllabus/Post%20Graduate%20Course/M.A.%20(Sanskrit)%201st%20to%204th%20Sem.pdf
  • http://www.kuk.ac.in/userfiles/file/syllabi_pg/Syllabus_M_A_Sanskrit,Sem_-I.pdf
  • http://mlsu.ac.in/syllabus/show_syllabus.php?id=161
  • http://www.kanchiuniv.ac.in/sanskrit/images/syllabus/m.a_syllabus.pdf
  • http://www.mdudde.net/pdf/Syllabus/Part2/M.A.%20(SANSKRIT).pdf
  • http://www.universityofcalicut.info/syl/B2214306MASANSKRIT.pdf
  • http://www.mdsuajmer.ac.in/PDF_format/Syl20132014/M.A.%20Sanskrit%20(Prev)%20&%20(Final).pdf
  • http://www.nagpuruniversity.org/links/Syllabus/Faculty_of_Arts/M.A_SANSKRIT__2012_13.pdf
  • http://puchd.ac.in/includes/syllabus/2012/20120717160954-M.A.-Sanskrit-Semester-System-Examination,-2012-2013.pdf.pdf?20150201461512
  • http://www.andhrauniversity.edu.in/syllabus/Sanskrit%20Syllabus.pdf
  • http://www.vidyasagar.ac.in/Downloads/ShowPdf.aspx?file=/pg_syllabus/sanskrit.pdf