Syllabus: Research Methodology
What is research? (Homework: read a well-written research paper in Sanskrit.)
How to choose a research topic.
Survey printed and digital catalogues and bibliographies. (Homework: locate works relevant to a given topic)
Bibliography: The elements of a bibliographic citation: how to read one, and how to write one; introduction to the Chicago manual of style. (Homework: write bibliographic entries of a book, journal article, article in a collection in English and Sanskrit.)
Introduction to research and bibliographic sources
for Vedic
for grammar(vya ̄karana)andnirukta
for historical linguistics
for philosophy (dars ́ana)
for poetics (ka ̄vya), drama and dance (na ̄tyas ́a ̄stra), music (ganita) ..
for metrics(chandas),literarycriticism(alan ̇ka ̄ras ́a ̄stra) . . . for astronomy and astrology (jyotisa)
for epigraphy and manuscriptology
forepics(itiha ̄saandpura ̄na)
for dharmas ́a ̄straandarthas ́a ̄stra Abstract writing
Paper writing
Review