PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA ORDINANCES AND OUTLINES OF TESTS, SYLLABI AND COURSES OF READING FOR M.A. (BUDDHIST STUDIES) PART-II (Semester-Third and Fourth) FOR 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Sessions 1 SYLLABUS M.A. BUDDHIST STUDIES, PART-II (SEMESTER-IIIrd & IVth) 2014 - 2015 and 2015 – 2016 Sessions OUTLINES OF TESTS There will be eight papers in M.A. (Buddhist Studies) Part-II. Each paper will carry 100 marks. Out of which 20 Marks will be allotted to Internal Assessment and the written paper will carry 80 marks each. Stipulated teaching hours for each paper will be 125. Semester – III Paper Nos. Name of the Papers Marks PAPER IX Buddhist Monastic Organisation & Pali Vinaya Literature 80 PAPER X Pali Sutta Literature: Selected Readings 80 PAPER XI Buddhist Art, Architecture, Inscriptions and Topography 80 PAPER XII Introduction to Sikh Philosophy 80 Semester – IV Paper Nos. Name of the Papers Marks PAPER XIII Pali Abhidhamma Literature: Selected Readings 80 PAPER XIV Anupitaka and Post-Pitaka Literature: Selected Readings 80 PAPER XV Buddhist Sanskrit Literature: Selected Readings 80 PAPER XVI A Study of Sikh Institutions 80 2 SEMESTER III PAPER IX BUDDHIST MONASTIC ORGANISATION & PALI VINAYA LITERATURE Total teaching hours: 125 Max. Marks: 75 Internal Assessment Time: 3 hrs. Pass Marks: 35% in the Paper INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PAPER-SETTER 1. The question paper will consist of four sections, containing two questions each. At least one question will have to be attempted from each section. Each question will carry 15 marks. 2. In addition to these four sections, there will be one compulsory question from Section E. It will contain ten short-answer type questions of four marks each without choice. The candidates are required to give answer of each short type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines. This question will carry 20 marks. 3. The candidate will be required to attempt 5 questions in all out of total 9 questions. The compulsory question will cover all the sections. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE STUDENTS Section E is compulsory and without choice. The candidates are required to give answer of each short type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines. Two questions each from sections A, B, C & D will be asked, and at least one question will have to be attempted from each section by the student. Thus in all five questions will be required to be attempted including compulsory question of section E. Compulsory question will carry 20 marks and rest of the four questions will carry 15 marks each. SECTION A Buddhist Monastic Organisation and The Mahavagga: Selected Readings 1) Origin and Development of the Theravada Vinaya. 2) Democratic nature of the Buddhist Sangha. 1) Mahakhandhaka – Bodhikatha, Ajapalakatha, Mucalindakatha, Rajayatanakatha,Dhammacakkapavattana, Anattapariyaya, Pabbajakatha. 3 2) Uposathakhandhaka – Sannipatanujanana, Patimokkhuddesanujanana, Mahakappinavatthu,Simanujanana, Uposathagarakatha, Uposathappamukhanujanana. SECTION B The Cullavagga: Selected Readings and The Patimokkha: Selected Readings 1) Pancasatikakhandhaka. 2) Sattasatikakhandhaka. 3) Bhikkhu Patimokkha – Parajikadhamma and Sanghadisesadhamma. 4) Srighanacarasamgraha – Pranivadhaviratisiksapadam only. SECTION C Fifteen short answer-type questions covering the above Two sections (A& B). RECOMMENDED READINGS 1. Bhikkhu J. Kashyap, (Ed.), Mahavaagga (Vinaya-Pitaka), Nalanda Edition, 1960. 2. -do-, (Ed.), Cullavagga (Vinaya-Pitaka), Nalanda Edition, 1961. 3. I.B. Horner, The Book of Discipline, 6 Vols. IV, Pali Text Society, London, 1951. 4. Rahula Sankrityayana, Vinaya Pitaka (Hindi Tr.), Taiwan, 1993. 5. Dwarika Dass Shastri, (Ed.), Patimokkha, Bauddha Bharti, Varanasi. 6. W. Pachow, Comparative Study of Pratimoksa, The Sino- Indian Cultural Society, Santiniketan, 1955. 7. Sukumar Dutta, Buddhist Monks and Monastries of India: Their History & Their Contribution to Indian Culture, George Allien & Unwin, London, 1962. 8. -do-, Early Buddhist Monachism: 600BC – 100BC, London, 1924; Bombay, 1956. 9. N. Dutta, Early Monastic Buddhism (2 Vols.), Calcutta, 1943. 10. Gokul Das De, Democracy in Early Buddhist Sangha, Calcutta. 11. K.L. Hazra, Constitution of the Early Buddhist Sangha, B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, 1988. 12. H. Oldenberg, The Vinaya Pitakam, Pali Text Society, London, 1964. 13. E. Frauwallner, The Earliest Vinaya and the Beginnings of the Buddhist Literature, Rome, 1956. 4 14. Sanghasena Singh (Ed.), Sphutartha - Srighanacarasamgraha, K. P. Jaiswal Research Institute, Patna, 1933. 15. Nand K. Prasad, Studies in Buddhist and Jaina Monachism, Prakrit Jaina Research Institute, Vaishali, 1972. 16. T. W. Rhys Davids & Hermann Oldenberg (T.), Vinaya Texts, 3 Vols., Reprinted, Sri Satguru Publications, 2003. *** PAPER X PALI SUTTA LITERATURE: SELECTED READINGS Total teaching hours: 125 Max. Marks: 75 Internal Assessment Time: 3 hrs. Pass Marks: 35% in the Paper INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PAPER-SETTER 1. The question paper will consist of four sections, containing two questions each. At least one question will have to be attempted from each section. Each question will carry 15 marks. 2. In addition to these four sections, there will be one compulsory question from Section E. It will contain ten short-answer type questions of four marks each without choice. The candidates are required to give answer of each short type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines. This question will carry 20 marks. 3. The candidate will be required to attempt 5 questions in all out of total 9 questions. The compulsory question will cover all the sections. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE STUDENTS Section E is compulsory and without choice. The candidates are required to give answer of each short type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines. Two questions each from sections A, B, C & D will be asked, and at least one question will have to be attempted from each section by the student. Thus in all five questions will be required to be attempted including compulsory question of section E. Compulsory question will carry 20 marks and rest of the four questions will carry 15 marks each. SECTION A Dighanikaya: Selected Readings and Majjhimanikaya: Selected Readings 1) The Samannaphalasutta. 5 2) The Kutadantasutta. 3) The Sabbasavasutta. 4) The Sammaditthisutta. SECTION-B Samyuttanikaya & Anguttaranikaya: Selected Readings and Khuddakanikaya: Selected Readings 1) The Devatasamyutta – Oghataranasutta, Upaniyasutta and Nimmokkhasutta. 2) The Ekakanipato – Etadaggavaggo only. 3) The Suttanipata – Parabhavasutta and Mettasutta. 4) The Dhammapada – Buddhavagga and Pupphavagga. SECTION E Fifteen short answer-type questions covering the above Two sections (A& B). RECOMMENDED READINGS 1. Bhikkhu J. Kashyap (Ed.), Dighanikaya Nalanda Edition, 1958. 2. -do-, (Ed.), Majjihimanikaya, Nalanda Edition, 1958. 3. -do-, (Ed.), Samyuttanikaya, Nalanda Edition, 1959 4. -do-, (Ed.), Anguttaarnikaya, Nalanda Edition, 1959. 5. I.B. Horner, The Middle Length Sayings, P.T.S., London, Vol., I, II & III, 1951-1956. 6. B.C. Law, A History of Pali Literature, Two Volumes, Bharatiya Publishing House, Varanasi, 1970. 7. Winternitze, A History of Indian Literature, Vol. II, Oriental Books, Reprint Corporation, Rani Jhansi Road, New Delhi, 1968. 8. Bharat Singh Upadhyaya, Pali Sahitya Ka Itihasa, Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag, 1962. 9. L. N. Tiwari & Birbal Sharma (Ed.) Kaccayana Vyakarana, Tara Printing Press, Varanasi, 1961. 10. R. Spance Hardy, A Manual of Buddhism, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1995. 11. S. Dutta, Buddhism in East Asia, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Delhi, 1966. 6 12. W. Geiger, Pali Literature and Language, Calcutta University Publication, 1968. 13. Bhikkhu J. Kashyapa, Pali Mahavyakarana, Motilal Banarasidass, New Delhi. 14. Rhys Davids, Dialogues of the Buddha, 3 Vols., Sacred Book of the Buddhists, 1951, 1956, 1957. 15. Lord Chalmers, Further Dialogues of the Buddha, Sacred Book of the Buddhists, Volumes V& VI, 1926-1927. 16. I.B. Horner, The Middle Length Sayings, Pali Text Society, London, Vol., I, II & III, 1951-1956. 17. Feer and Mrs. Rhys Davids (Ed.), The Samyutta Nikāya, 4 Vols, Pali Text Society, London,1884-1925; Tr. by Rhys Davids, The Kindered Sayings, London: P.T.S., 1989. 18. Radhakrishnan (Ed. & Tr.), The Dhammapada, Oxford University Press, 19. H. Saddhatissa (Ed. & Tr.), The Suttanipata, Curzon Press, London, 1985. 20. Narada Thera (Ed. & Tr.), The Dhammapada, Kualalumpur: Buddhist Missionary Society, 1978. 21. Bhikkhu Dharmarakkhita (Ed. & Tr.), The Dhammapada, Motilal Banarasidass, New Delhi, Reprint, 2002. *** PAPER XI BUDDHIST ART, ARCHITECTURE, INSCRIPTIONS AND TOPOGRAPHY Total teaching hours: 125 Max. Marks: 75 Internal Assessment Time: 3 hrs. Pass Marks: 35% in the Paper INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PAPER-SETTER 1. The question paper will consist of four sections, containing two questions each. At least one question will have to be attempted from each section. Each 7 question will carry 15 marks. 2. In addition to these four sections, there will be one compulsory question from Section E. It will contain ten short-answer type questions of four marks each without choice. The candidates are required to give answer of each short type question in 50 words i.e. in 7-10 lines. This question will carry 20 marks. 3. The candidate will be required to attempt 5 questions in all out of total 9 questions. The compulsory question will cover all the sections. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE STUDENTS Section E is compulsory and without choice. The candidates are required to give answer of each short type