UPMSP Intermediate Pali case studies
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UPMSP Intermediate Pali is the Class 12 elective in Pali offered under the Uttar Pradesh Board of High School and Intermediate Education (UPMSP, commonly called the UP Board). It is a school-leaving qualification for students who choose Pali as one of their Intermediate subjects, and it also matters to candidates preparing for examinations or university courses in Buddhist studies, ancient Indian languages, and Indology, where Pali is a recognised classical language. The UPMSP Intermediate Pali case studies are 5 cases and about 1,962 words.
1Marking a Transliteration Line in the Half-Yearly Script
At the half-yearly moderation meeting for Class 12 Pali, 48 answer scripts are on the table. Question 2 carries 3 marks: transliterate the Devanagari line सब्बे सङ्खारा अनिच्चा into Roman script.
410 words, about 2 min2Classifying a Mixed List of Pali Works
A study circle at a school has prepared a wall chart headed “Pali Canon, Commentary, Chronicle” for the annual Pali week. Four entries are waiting to be pasted: Milindapañha, Visuddhimagga, Mahāvaṃsa and Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā.
370 words, about 2 min3Explaining a Satipaṭṭhāna Sentence in a Prose Question
A 5-mark prose explanation question in the pre-board paper uses this sentence from the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta: “Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā suññāgāragato vā nisīdati pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā ujuṃ kāyaṃ paṇidhāya parimukhaṃ satiṃ upaṭṭhapetvā.” Students must explain the underlined portions in English or Hindi. Two answers are brought to you.
395 words, about 2 min4Dhammapada Verse 1: “dhammā” and the Wheel Simile
In the pre-board examination, a 6-mark verse-explanation question quotes Dhammapada 1: “Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā, manoseṭṭhā manomayā; manasā ce paduṭṭhena, bhāsati vā karoti vā; tato naṃ dukkhamanveti, cakkaṃva vahato padaṃ.” Three candidates translate the opening. A: “The Dhamma teachings are led by the mind, the mind is their best, they are made by the mind.” B: “Mental phenomena have mind as their forerunner, mind as their chief, they are mind-made.” C: “All things are preceded by the mind, the mind is supreme, they are produced by the mind.” The key says “mind precedes all mental states”.
416 words, about 2 min5Correcting a Composition Exercise on the Aorist
A Class 12 composition exercise asks students to write four connected Pali sentences in the past tense about a monk who goes to a village, sits under a tree and teaches. The marking rubric gives 2 marks for case endings, 2 for verb agreement, 2 for tense, 2 for sandhi, and 2 for coherence.
371 words, about 2 min