UGC NET Syllabus for Pali 2020

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Subject: PALI (LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE) Code No.: (83)

Unit – I

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Biography of the Buddha based on Pāli sources : Ariyapariyesanasutta/

Pāsarāsisutta (Majjhimanikāya), Mahāparinibbānasutta (Dīghanikāya),

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Introduction to First, Second and Third Buddhist Councils: Based on Cullavagga
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Unit – II

Tradition and Characteristics of Pāli grammar.
Derivation of the word ‘Pāli’ and Homeland of Pāli language.
Pāli Alphabets, Sandhi, Kāraka, Samāsa, Taddhita, Ākhyāta and Kṛdanta (based on
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General Introduction to Vinayapiṭaka.

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Unit – IV

Dīghanikāya : Brahmajālasutta and Kūṭadantasutta.
Majjhimanikāya : Satipaṭṭhānasutta.
Saṁyuttanikāya : Buddhavagga of Nidānavagga’s Nidānasaṁyutta.
Aṅguttaranikāya: Nīvaraṇappahāṇavagga and Akammanīyavagga of Ekakanipāta.
General Introduction to Suttapiṭaka.

Unit – V

Dhammapada : Yamakavagga, Appamādavagga and Cittavagga.
Suttanipāta : Kasibhāradvājasutta, Vāseṭṭhasutta.
Therīgāthā : Mahāpajāpati-gotamītherī and Ambapālitherī.
Jātaka : Vānarindajātaka, Sasajātaka and Javasakuṇajātaka.
General Introduction to Khuddakanikāya.

Unit – VI

Dhammasaṅgaṇī : Dukamātikā and Tikamātikā.
Abhidhammatthasaṅgaha : Citta, Cetasika, Rūpa and Nibbāna.
Introduction to Abhidhamma Literature.

Unit – VII

Milindapañha : Bāhirakathā, Lakkhaṇapañha.
General Introduction to Milindapañha.

Unit – VIII

Visuddhimagga : Sīlaniddesa.
General Introduction to Visuddhimagga.
General Introduction to Aṭṭhakathā Literature and contribution of Buddhadatta,
Buddhaghosa and Dhammapāla.

Unit – IX

General Introduction to Vaṁsa Literature.
General Introduction to Pāli Kāvya Literature.

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Unit – X

Buddhist Philosophical Concepts: Arahata, Bodhisatta, Paccekabuddha,
Sammāsambuddha, Sīla, Samādhi, Paññā, Brahmavihāra, Ariyasacca, Ariya-
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