Karnataka SSLC Sanskrit - Third Language (KSEAB) case studies
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Karnataka SSLC Sanskrit (Third Language) is the Sanskrit paper taken by Class 10 students under the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board who study Sanskrit as their third language. It is a school-leaving board examination, not a proficiency certificate for adults, and it is assessed in Sanskrit itself, with Kannada as the working language for translation and explanation tasks. The Karnataka SSLC Sanskrit - Third Language (KSEAB) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,091 words.
1Marking a 5-mark prose answer: claim, quotation, word limit
A 14-year-old candidate is sitting the 80-mark Sanskrit third-language paper. Question 12 is worth 5 marks: 'In the prescribed prose lesson, the minister stays silent while the court laughs at him.
593 words, about 3 min2Upamā or rūpaka, and an avagraha that changes the rasa
In a 60-mark oral revision session at a government school, the teacher writes two lines on the board - mukhaṃ te kamalaprakhyaṃ netre nīlotpalopame vāṇī te 'mṛtavat snigdhā kīrtiś candravad ujjvalā - and asks 54 students to name the alaṃkāra and then recite with correct sandhi. Forty-one students answer rūpaka, because the face and the lotus appear together; nine answer upamā; four answer atiśayokti.
601 words, about 3 min3Naming the samāsa when the vigraha is right but the referent is wrong
A grammar question in the 80-mark paper carries 6 marks: split each of three compounds and name the samāsa, 1 mark for the split and 1 for the name. The three are (i) rājaputraḥ, (ii) nīlotpalam, (iii) cakrapāṇiḥ.
647 words, about 3 min4Translation: sma, laṅ, and how far a key may insist on voice
The translation block of the paper is worth 5 marks: three Sanskrit sentences into Kannada at 1 mark each, and two Kannada sentences into Sanskrit at 1 mark each. Sentence 2 is sa pratyaham udyāne bhramati sma.
624 words, about 3 min5A five-sentence Sanskrit letter: task fulfilment versus accuracy
A 6-mark guided-writing question asks for a five-sentence Sanskrit letter inviting a friend to the school's Sanskrit Day, using at least three words from the list utsavaḥ, āmantraṇam, kṛpā, sahāyaḥ, ānandaḥ, and keeping the conventions of an address and a signature. The rubric gives 2 marks for conventions, 3 for the required words (one each) and 1 for grammatical accuracy.
626 words, about 3 min