Sanskrit as a subject is valued in several nations other than India. The Sanskrit Department at St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Ahmedabad, offers an in depth exposure to Sanskrit. Known for academic excellence and innovative teaching, the department caters to learners at all levels, covering language, literature, philosophy, and culture. Students benefit from expert faculty, rich library resources, extracurricular events, and research opportunities. Activities include lectures, drama, and poetry that enhance cultural appreciation. Career opportunities include translation, publishing, and provides a strong foundation for higher studies.
To develop a thirst for knowledge in Sanskrit with a view to spoken Sanskrit and to promulgate the value and cultural heritage of Sanskrit in society.
As day by day Sanskrit is being less coveted by the students, our mission is concentrated on our goal to have satisfactory numbers of the students opting for this subject by making the lectures more interesting and innovative. For this, we intend to implement Sanskrit into practice by encouraging students to speak some simple sentences of Sanskrit used in daily routine.
We look forward to having spoken Sanskrit classes and to form the Sanskrit Society in order to inculcate interest of the students for Sanskrit. By this, we wish to open a new vista in the direction of awareness for a unique value of Sanskrit. We wish to make our students ambassadors of our rich cultural heritage.
The Undergraduate programme deals with topics that provide a new perspective and teach the Art of Living. The course work comprises a detailed study on Sanskrit Drama, its types, special features of Sanskrit one Act Plays, Criticism on the episodes of literary works like Bhasa, Bhagavad Gita, Kalidasa’s Raghuvansham and Upanishads. Translation of the verses is an integral part of the course. Understanding the styling of various writers, Psychological aspects of a play in accordance with the Concept of ‘Stress’ are also unravelled in the course.
