TN TRB Assistant Professor Syllabus

Introduction

The TN TRB Assistant Professor Sanskrit Syllabus provides a detailed outline for candidates preparing for the Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) examination. The syllabus is structured to assess a candidate’s knowledge of Sanskrit language, literature, grammar, and philosophy. It includes classical poetry, prose, drama, Vedic literature, and key texts from major Sanskrit authors. The syllabus ensures that aspirants develop a comprehensive understanding of linguistic structure, literary history, and the cultural significance of Sanskrit as one of India’s oldest and richest languages.

TN TRB Assistant Professor Syllabus – SANSKRIT

Unit – 1 Vedic Literature – (a) General Introduction of Vedic Literature:

Main theories regarding the Vedās : Maxmüller; A.Weber; Jacobi ; Balgangadhar Tilak; M.Winternitz ; Indian traditional views. Saṁhitā Literature Dialogue Hymns: Purūrava-ūrvaśī; Yama-yamī; Saramā-Paṇi ; Viśvāmitra-Nadī Brāhmaṇa-Literature Āraṇyaka Literature Vedāṅgas: Śikșā; Kalpa; Vyākaraṇa; Nirukta; Chandas; Jyotișa

Unit – 2 (b) Specific Study of Vedic Literature:

Study of the following hymns: Ŗgveda : Agni (1.1); Varuṇa (1.25); Sūrya (1.125); Indra (2.12); Uṣas (3.61); Parjanya (5.83); Kitava (10.34); Jñāna (10.71); Puruṣa (10.90); Hiraṇyagarbha (10.121); Vāk (10.125); Nāsadīya (10.129); Śuklayajurveda : Śivasaṅkalpa , Chapter-34 (1-6) Prajāpati-Chapter-23 (1-5) Atharvaveda : Rāṣṭrābhivardhanam (1.29); Kāla (10.53); Prithivī (12.1) Brāhmaṇa Literature Subject-matter; Vidhi and its types; Agnihotra; Agniṣṭoma; Darśapūrṇamāsa ; Yajña; Pañcamahāyajña; Akhyāna (Śunahśepa , Vāṅmanas) Upaniṣad Literature: Subject-matter and main concepts with special reference to the following Upaniṣads ; Īśa; Kaṭha; Kena; Bṛhadāraṇyaka ; Taittirīya; Śvetāśvatara Vedic Grammar; Nirukta and Vedic interpretation Ṛkprātiśākhya : Definitions of Samānākṣara ; Sandhyakṣara; Aghoṣa; Soṣman; Svarabhakti ; Yama ; Rakta; Saṁyoga; Pragṛhya ; Riphita Nirukta (Chapters-I & 2) Four-fold division of Padas-Concept of Nāma; Concept of Ākhyāta ; Meaning of Upasargas; Categories of Nipātas. Purposes of the study of Nirukta Principles of Etymology Etymology of the following words: Ācārya; Vīra; Hrada; Go; Samudra; Vṛtra; Āditya; Uṣas; Megha; Vāk; Udak; Nadī; Aśva; Agni; Jātavedas; Vaiśvānara; Nighaṇṭu Nirukta (Chapter-7; Daivatakāṇḍa) Vedic Accent- Udātta, Anudātta and Svarita

Unit – 3 (c) Darśana:

General Introduction of major schools of Darśana with special reference to the following: Pramāṇamīmāmsā ; Tattvamīmāmsā ; Ācāramīmāmsā (Cārvāka , Jaina, Bauddha) Nyāya, Sāṁkhya, Yoga, Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, mīmāmsā

Unit – 4 (d) Darśana Literature:

Special Study: Īśvarakṛṣna : Sāṁkhyakārikā – Satkāryavāda, Puruṣasvarūpa, Prakṛtisvarūpa, Sṛșṭikrama, Pratyayasarga, Kaivalya. Sadānanda : Vedāntasāra – Anubandha-catuṣṭaya, Ajñāna, Adhyāropa-Apavāda, Lingaśarīrotpatti, Pañcīkaraṇa, Vivarta, Jīvanmukti Annambhaṭṭa, Tarkasaṁgraha / Keśavamiśra; Tarkabhāṣā : Padārtha; Kāraṇa; Pramāṇa; (Pratyakṣa; Anumāna; Upamāna; Śabda), Prāmāṇyavāda, Prameya . Laugākṣibhāskara ; Arthasaṁgraha. Patañjali ; Yogasūtra – (Vyāsabhāṣya) : Cittabhūmi, Cittavṛttis ; Concept of Īśvara; Yogāṅgas; Samādhi ; Kaivalya Bādarāyaṇa ; Brahmasūtra 1.1 (Śānkarabhāṣya) Viśvanāthapañcānana ; Nyāyasiddhāntamuktāvalī (Anumāna Khaṇḍa) Sarvadarśana-Saṁgraha ; Jainism ; Buddhism

Unit – 5 (e) Grammar and Linguistics:

General Introduction of the following grammarians: Pāṇini , Kātyāyana , Patañjali , Bhartṛhari , Vāmanajayāditya , Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita , Nāgeśabhaṭṭa , Kaiyyaṭa , Jainendra , Śākaṭāyana , Hemacandrasūri , Sārasvatavyākaraṇakāra. Pāṇinīya Śikṣā. Linguistics: Definition of Language, Geneological and Morphological classification of Languages, Speech Mechanism and classification of sounds: Stops, Fricatives, Semi-Vowels and vowels (with special reference to Sanskrit sounds). Phonetic Laws (Grimm, Grassman, Verner). Directions of semantic change and reasons of change. Definition of Vākya and its types General introduction of Indo-European family of Languages Difference between Vedic Sanskrit and Classical Sanskrit Difference between Bhāșā and Vāk Difference between language and dialect

Unit –6 (f) Specific Study of Grammar Definition :

Saṁhitā, Saṁyoga Guṇa, Vṛddhi, Prātipadika, Nadī , Ghi, Upadhā, Apṛkta, Gati, Pada, Vibhāṣā , Savarṇa, Ṭi, Pragṛhya, Sarvanāmasthāna, Bha , Sarvanāma, Niṣthā . Sandhi – Ac sandhi, Hal sandhi, Visarga sandhi (according to laghusiddhāntakaumudī) Subanta – Ajanta – Rāma , Sarva (in all genders) , Viśvapā, Hari , Tri (in all genders) , Sakhi , Sudhī , Guru , Pitṛ , Gau , Ramā , Mati , Nadī , Dhenu , Mātṛ , Jñāna , Vāri , Madhu . Halanta – Lih , Viśvapā, Catur (in all genders) , Idam, Kim, Tad (in all genders), Rājan , Maghavan , Pathin , Vidvas , Asmad , Yuṣmad . Samāsa – Avyayībhāva , Tatpuruṣa , Bahuvrīhi , Dvandva (according to laghusiddhāntakaumudī) Taddhita – Apatyārthaka and Matvarthīya (According to Siddāntakaumudī ), Tiṅanta – Bhū (to be), Edh (to grow), Ad (to eat), As (to be), Hu (to oblate), Div (to play/gamble), Ṣuñ (to extract), Tud (to pierce), Tan (to spread), Kṛ (to do), Rudh (to obstruct), Krīñ (to buy), Cur (to steal). Prayayānta – Nijanta, Sannanta , Yańanta , Yańluganta , Nāmadhātu. Kṛdanta – Tavya / Tavyat , Anīyar, Yat, Ṇyat, Kyap , Śatṛ , Śānac , Ktvā , Kta , Ktavatu , Tumun , Ṇamul . Strīpratyaya – According to Laghusiddhāntakaumudī. Kāraka Prakaraṇa – According to Siddhāntakaumudī . Parasmaipada and Ātmanepada Vidhāna – According to Siddāntakaumudī . Mahābhāșya (Paśpaśāhnika)- Definition of Śabda, Relation between Śabda and Artha, Purposes of the study of grammar, Definition of Vyākaraṇa, Result of the proper use of word , Method of grammar . Vākyapadīyam (Brahmakāṇḍa) – Nature of Sphoṭa, Nature of Śabda-Brahma, Powers of Śabda-Brahma, Relation between Sphoṭa and Dhvani , Relation between Śabda and Artha, Types of Dhvani, Levels of Language.

Unit – 7 Sanskrit Literature, Poetics and Prosody (a) General Introduction of the following:

Bhāsa, Aśvaghośa, Kālidāsa, Śūdraka, Viśākhadatta, Bhāravi, Māgha, Harṣa, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Daṇḍin, Bhavabhūti, Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa, Bhilhaṇa, Shrῑharṣa, Ambikādatta vyāsa, Panditā Kṣamārao, Dr. V. Raghavan, Shridhar Bhaskar Varnekar Schools of Sanskrit Poetics – Rasa, Alaṅkāra, Rīti, Dhwani, Vakrokti, Aucitya, Western Poetics – Aristotle, Longinus, Croche

Unit – 8 (b) Specific study of the following Poetry:

Buddhacaritam (First Canto), Raghuvaṁśam (First Canto), Kirātārjunīyam (First Canto), Śiśupālavadham (First Canto), Naiṣadhīyacaritam (First Canto) Drama: Svapnavāsavadattām, Abhijñānaśākuntalam, Mṛcchakaṭikam, Uttararāmacaritam, Mudrārākṣasam, Uttararāmacaritam, Ratnāvalī Prose: Daśakumāracaritam ( viii Ucchvāsa), Harṣacaritam ( V Ucchvāsa), Kādambarī (Śukanāsopadeśa) Campū Kāvya – Nala Campū (I Ucchvāsa) Sāhityadarpaṇaḥ: Definition of Kāvya, Refutation of other definitions of Kāvya, Śabdaśakti – Saṅketagraha; Abhidhā; Lakṣanā; Vyañjanā, Kāvyabheda (Chapter Fourth), Śravyakāvya (prose poetry and mix) Kāvyaprakaśa – Kāvyalakṣaṇam, Kāvyaprayojanam, Kāvyahetu, Kāvyabheda, Śabdaśakti, Abhihitānvayavāda, Anvitābhidhānavāda, concept of Rasa, discussion of Rasasūtra, Rasadoṣa, Kāvyaguṇa, Vyañjanāvŗtti (Fifth Chapter) Alaṅkāras – Vakrokti; Anuprāsa, Yamaka, Śleṣa, Upamā, Rūpaka, Utprekṣā, Samāsokti, Apahnuti, Nidarśanā, Arthāntaranyāsa, Dṛṣṭānta, Vibhāvanā, Viśeṣokti, Svabhāvokti, Virodhābhāsa, Saṅkara, Samsṛṣṭi Dhvanyāloka (I Udyota) Vakroktijīvitam (I Unmeṣa) Bharata – Nāṭyaśāstram (First and Sixth Chapter) Daśarūpakam (First and Third Prakāśa) Chandas – Āryā, Anuṣṭup, Indravajrā, Upendravajrā, Vasantatilakā, Upajāti, Vaṁśastha, Drutavilambita, Śālinī, Mālinī, Śikhariṇī, Mandākrāntā, Hariṇī, Śārdūlavikrῑḍita, Sragdharā

Unit – 9 Purāṇetihāsa, Dharmaśāstra and Epigraphy (a) General introduction of the following:

Rāmāyaṇa – Subject matter, age, society in the Rāmāyaṇa, Rāmāyaṇa as a source of later Sanskrit works and literal value of the Rāmāyaṇa, legends in the Rāmāyaṇa Mahābhārata – Subject matter, age, society in the Mahābhārata, Mahābhārata as a source of later Sanskrit works and literal value of the Mahābhārata, legends in the Mahābhārata Purāṇa – Definition of Purāṇa, maha Purāṇa and Upa Purāṇas, Purāṇic cosmology and Purāṇic legends General introduction of main Smŗtis. General introduction Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra Paleography – History of the decipherment of Brāhmī script, Theories of the origin of Brāhmī Script Inscriptions – General introduction

Unit – 10 (b) Specific study of the following

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra (First – Vinayādhikarana) Manusmṛti (I, II and VII Adhyāyas) Yājñavalkyasmṛti (Vyavahārādhyāya only) Paleography and Inscriptions – Brāhmī Script of Mauryan and Gupta periods Inscription of Ashoka – Major Rock Edicts, Major Pillar Edicts Post – Mauryan inscriptions – Sāranātha Buddhist Image Inscription of Kaniṣka’s regal – year, 3, Girnār Rock Inscriptions of Rudradāman, Hāthīgumphā inscription of Khāravela Gupta and Post-Gupta inscriptions – Allahabad Pillar Inscriptions of Samudragupta, Mandasor Pillar Inscription of Yaśodharman, Banskherā Copper Plate Inscription of Harṣa, Aihole Stone Inscription of Pulakeśīn I

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Conclusion

The Sanskrit syllabus for the TN TRB Assistant Professor exam helps candidates prepare systematically by focusing on important literary works, grammar, and critical interpretations. With steady preparation and a clear understanding of classical and modern Sanskrit studies, aspirants can perform confidently in the exam and progress toward a teaching career in Government Colleges. This syllabus serves as a valuable guide for those who are passionate about preserving and promoting the timeless knowledge of Sanskrit literature and philosophy.

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TN TRB Assistant Professor Syllabus – Sanskrit

Introduction