RBSE VU Sanskrit Vangmaya study plan

Build a dated timeline of Sanskrit literature from Vedic period to modern era, marking the main poets, dramatists, and prose writers with one identifying work each

Recite and write from memory the Ramayana and Mahabharata author-attributions, their broad structure, and the standard classification of Puranas

Memorize the ten lakshanas of a mahakavya and the standard list of five mahakavyas with their authors

Drill sandhi rules of svara and vyanjana in both directions, converting 40 given pairs of words into compound forms and back

Write out the full shabda-rupa of a-karanta masculine, a-karanta neuter, and a-karanta feminine nouns in all eight cases, singular to plural

Classify the major kavya and nataka authors by century and court, and list the key works of Kalidasa, Bhavabhuti, Bharavi, Magha, and Banabhatta with one-line plot summaries

Summarize the contribution of each of the six or more major literary critics and the core doctrine of each school of poetics

Master visarga sandhi and the special sandhi of a, i, u vowels with following vowels, solving 40 mixed items

Memorize i-karanta, u-karanta, and ri-karanta noun declensions in all genders and cases

Identify the ten lakaras and produce the present-tense conjugation of path, likh, and bhu in all three persons and both numbers

Analyze samasa by type, splitting 30 compound words into their constituent members and naming each samasa correctly

Apply karaka rules to fill in the correct vibhakti in 30 sentences, focusing on karma, karana, sampradana, and apadana

Read the prescribed prose passages aloud twice daily and translate each sentence into Hindi without looking at a key

Build a glossary of 60 difficult words from the prescribed prose texts with Sanskrit-to-Hindi meaning and one usage each

Write short answers on the life, date, and style of each prescribed prose author

Memorize and recite at least eight prescribed verses, writing each from memory with correct sandhi division

Scan and mark the gana pattern of 20 verses, identifying anustubh, indravajra, upajati, vasantatilaka, and shardulavikridita

Define and detect anuprasa, yamaka, upama, rupaka, utpreksha, atishayokti, and shlesha in 25 given examples

Explain the difference between upama and rupaka, and between utpreksha and atishayokti, with two original examples of each

Paraphrase each prescribed poem into simple Sanskrit prose

Outline the plot, acts, and main characters of each prescribed drama, and identify the type of each play such as prakarana, nataka, or bhana

Explain the rasa theory and the nine rasas with one example situation for each

Describe the distinctive features of other genres: khandakavya, champu, giti, and the prose forms of katha and akhyayika

Compare the dramatic technique of at least two prescribed playwrights in terms of act structure, character handling, and language register

Write a 150-word Sanskrit paragraph summarizing one prescribed play

Translate 20 Hindi sentences into Sanskrit using correct vibhakti, samasa, and verb agreement, then verify each against a grammar reference

Translate 15 Sanskrit passages from the prescribed prose into fluent Hindi in the exam answer format

Practise anuvad of 10 administrative and everyday sentences in both directions

Draft one original Sanskrit letter and one short Sanskrit essay of 100 words on a familiar topic

Revise the prose glossary and author notes, testing recall without notes

Solve 10 unseen Sanskrit prose passages under timed conditions, answering comprehension questions in Sanskrit

Solve 10 unseen verse passages, splitting compounds and identifying figures of speech before answering

Build a rapid-recall revision chart of the full literary history timeline, testing yourself until you can reproduce it from blank paper

Review weak grammar points flagged in weeks 1 to 3 and redo 30 items from those topics

Memorize the remaining prescribed verses not yet committed to memory

Take two full-length mock tests under exam timing and score each against a marking scheme

Re-teach from memory the sandhi, samasa, karaka, and shabda-rupa rules you missed in the mocks

Recite all memorized verses and scan five fresh verses cold

Redo every question missed in earlier weeks and log the error type

Consolidate one-page cheat sheets for grammar, chhanda, and alankar