Karnataka II PUC Sanskrit (KSEAB) case studies
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The Karnataka II PUC Sanskrit examination (ದ್ವಿತೀಯ ಪಿಯುಸಿ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ) is the second-year Pre-University Sanskrit paper taken by students in Karnataka who have completed First PUC and are clearing their Class 12-equivalent year. The subject is administered within the Pre-University system: the Department of School Education (Pre-University), Government of Karnataka, states on its portal that content ownership and maintenance rest with it (ವಿಷಯದ ಮಾಲೀಕತ್ವ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆ : ಶಾಲಾ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಇಲಾಖೆ (ಪದವಿ ಪೂರ್ವ), ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರ), and the portal links out to the examination wing for ದ್ವಿತೀಯ ಪಿಯು ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಳು. The Karnataka II PUC Sanskrit (KSEAB) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,695 words.
1Restoring the Visarga in so'pi: When a Split Is Only Half Right
In a II PUC Sanskrit answer script, a two-mark sandhi item asks candidates to split the phrase so'pi te'pi ca into constituent words and to name the sandhi. The phrase comes from a short prose passage in which a teacher says that even a dull student and even a bright student will pass.
602 words, about 3 min2Two pītāmbaras: One Compound, Two Analyses
A three-mark grammar question in the II PUC paper asks: 'In the sentences pītāmbaro hariḥ and pītāmbaram vastram , identify the samāsa in each and justify your answer.' The first sentence describes Kṛṣṇa; the second describes a cloth lying on a shop counter. Candidate X writes 'karmadhāraya' for both, arguing that pīta (yellow) qualifies ambara (garment) in both places.
537 words, about 3 min3manye and the Missing iva: Rūpaka or Utprekṣā?
In the poetry section of the paper, a three-mark alaṃkāra question quotes the line manye 'yaṃ kanyā candraḥ ('I fancy this girl is the moon'). The line contains no iva , no yathā , and no sadṛśa .
513 words, about 3 min4Who Is Going with Whom? Case Endings Against Word Order
A translation item gives the sentence rāmeṇa saha gacchantam putraṃ paśyati mātā . Candidates must render it into Kannada or English.
490 words, about 2 min5The Heavy 'ma' in karmakṣetre: Saṃyoga and Syllable Weight
A chandas question asks candidates to scan the first pāda karmakṣetre vartamāno narottamaḥ and mark each syllable as laghu (L) or guru (G). Candidate A marks the second syllable, ma , as L because its vowel a is short.
553 words, about 3 min