This is a 4 credit Core Paper on Dhvanyaloka
- Teacher: Anil Narayanan N
Research is an essential component of academic life. At the higher levels of education, the ability to read, perform, and publish research is of paramount importance. This course is designed with the above need in mind. As a practical course, it serves as a gateway to independent research, guiding students along the trajectory of research projects by exposing students to certain handpicked publications, which will be dissected and analyzed using an array of research methods and themes taught throughout the course.
Course Outcomes:
1. Students shall acquire awareness about the various stages of research work in progress
2. Students shall get acquainted with key research methods and make use of such introductory knowledge as a preparation for the core course on “Research Methods and Theory”.
- Teacher: Nithin Ramakrishnan
- Teacher: COE CVV
- Teacher: Karthik Sharma K
This is a foundation course for all students of MA Sanskrit Program. It is part of the students’ training in philosophical literature in Sanskrit (the other course being Philosophy of Life) as part of their degree. In this course, the students will be exposed to the major concepts and theories based on Indian Philosophical systems to bring out the holistic view of the Ātmā and its relation to the Universe.
Philosophy in India has a rich and diverse journey stretching back to the very beginnings of civilization in this part of the world. The aim of this course is to give the student an advanced introduction to Indian Philosophy: its most salient features and theories. We will not adopt the usual “six-systems”/“school” approach to Indian Philosophy. Instead, we will take up a thematic or conceptual treatment of Indian Philosophy. The former method not only gives a limited understanding of Indian Philosophy but also fails to highlight the dynamic nature of India’s intellectual environment, one in which various traditions grew together by arguments and counter-arguments. Thus we will be taking up broad areas of philosophy like Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language and see how Indian thinkers have contributed to these areas.
Wherever possible we will also try to acquire a “feel” for the original text rather than depending exclusively on secondary sources. In this attempt, we are cautioned by the words of the famous 20th century Indian Philosopher M.Hiriyanna, who said that such new attempts should seek a ``modernism in expression, not modernism in spirit which would be not merely unhistorical but also unphilosophical.'' Thus, we will stick to the essence of Indian thought and also aim to find its proper place in the global map of philosophical inquiry.
- Teacher: Dr K E Gopala Desikan
- Teacher: R Venkata Raghavan