Bachelor of Arts (Special Degree) Course
(Introduction to new Pāli syllabus of Course unit System, activated since the year 2012)

At least 120 credits should be obtained to complete the Bachelor of Arts (Special) Degree course. 85 credits should be obtained for the course units of main subject, 10 credits for first year course units, 10 credits for the self dissertation of fourth year, 12 credits for compulsory subjects, Buddhist Philosophy or Buddhist Culture, and 3 credits for any self selected course unit of Bachelor of Arts (General) Degree of the relevant year.

Course units	:	Credits
For the Course units of main subject	:	85
For the Course units of first year	:	10
For the self dissertation of fourth year	:	10
For the Course units of compulsory subject	:	12
For the self selected course unit	:	03
Total	:	120

 

Bachelor of Arts (Special Degree) Course

Bachelor of Arts (General Degree) First Year - Credits - 10

First Semester Course

Course Code	Title	No. of Credits	No. of Hours
PALI 11012 (C)	Pali Grammar: A Traditional Study	2	30
PALI 11023 (C)	Introduction to Pali Canonical Literature	3	45
PALI 12032 (C)	Pali Language: A Historical Study	2	30
PALI 12043 (C)	Study of Pali Canonical Literature	3	45

Bachelor of Arts (Special Degree) First Year - Credits - 36

First Semester Course

Course Code	Title	No. of Credits	No. of Hours
PALI 23515 (C)	Pali Prescribed Texts - 1	5	75
PALI 23525 (C)	Study of Pali Chronicles Literature	5	75
PALI 23535 (C)	Pali Sub-Commentarial Literature	5	75
PALI 23545 (C)	Study of Post Canonical Texts	5	75
PALI 23555 (C)	Pali Grammar : A Discriptive Study	5	75
BUPH 21053 (C)	Theravada Abhidhamma	3	75
BUPH 22073 (C)	Buddhist Epistemology	3
	or
BUCU 21053 (C)	Geogrophical Expansion of Buddhist Culture in South and South-East Asia	3
BUCU 22033 (C)	Buddhist Aesthetics	3
SANS 21023 (C)	Classical Sanskrit Poetry Literature	3	45
SANS 22042 (C)	Budhist Sanskrit Literature	2	30

 

Bachelor of Arts (Special Degree) Second Year - Credits - 36

Course Code	Title	No. of Credits	No. of Hours
PALI 33515 (C)	Pali Prescribed Texts - 2	5	75
PALI 33525 (C)	Literature of Pali Commentaries and Prakarana	5	75
PALI 33535 (C)	Study of Pali Vinaya Pitaka	5	75
PALI 33545 (C)	Pali Literary Criticism	5	75
PALI 33555 (C)	Pali Composition Prose and Verse	5	75
PALI 33565 (C)	Pali Unprescribed Texts and Grammar	3	75
BUPH 31093 (C)	Buddhism of Early Buddhist Schools - ii	3	75
BUPH 32113 (C)	Contemparary Religious Philosophy	3
	or
BUCU 31023 (C)	Fundamental Teachings of Mahayana Buddhism
BUCU 32043 (C)	Buddhist Political philosophy

 

Bachelor of Arts (Special Degree) Third Year - Credits - 35

Course Code	Title	No. of Credits	No. of Hours
PALI 43515 (C)	Study of Pali Historical Texts	5	75
PALI 43525 (C)	Study of Pali Abhidhamma Pitaka	5	75
PALI 43535 (C)	Study of Asokan Inscriptions	5	75
PALI 43545 (C)	Study of Pali Inscriptions	5	75
PALI 43555 (C)	Pali and Prakrit Languages: A Linguistic Study	5	75
PALI 4356x (C)	Self Dissertation	10

Part - i

• PS 201 - Pali Prescribed Text - i
• PS 202 - Pali Grammar: A Traditional study
• PS 203 - Prescribed Texts: Buddhist Sanskrit
• PS 204 - (BPG 201) - Theravada Buddhist Philosophy
  or
  (BCG 201) - Spread of Buddhist Culture - i

Part - ii

• PS 301 - Pali Prescribed texts - ii
• PS 302 - History of Pali Literature: From the Beginning to the Fifth Century C: E:
• PS 303 - Pali Literary Criticism and Composition
• PS 304 - (BPG 301) History of Indian Buddhist Philosophy
  or
  (BCG 301) Spread of Buddhist Culture - ii

Part - ill

• PS 401 - History ofPali Literature: From the Sixth Century C .E. to the Modem Period.
• PS 402 - Self Dissertation
• PS 403 - Pali Language: A Linguistic study
• PS 404 - Prakrit Languages and Asokan Inscriptions