WBCHSE HS Sanskrit study plan
WBCHSE HS Sanskrit · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Prose (Gadyam) - prescribed text comprehension, explanation and questions & Grammar (Vyakaranam) - declensions, conjugations, sandhi, samasa, karaka
Read every prescribed prose passage once aloud and write a 3-sentence Sanskrit summary of each
List all declension endings for a-stems and ā-stems and recite them from memory by week end
Build a personal glossary of 40 difficult prose words with Bengali or English meanings
Answer two short-answer prose questions per passage in writing without looking at notes
Your checkpoint
A handwritten notebook containing one summary, one glossary sheet (40 words) and ten answered prose questions
Grammar (Vyakaranam) - declensions, conjugations, sandhi, samasa, karaka & Prose (Gadyam) - prescribed text comprehension, explanation and questions
Conjugate the present tense of √bhū, √gam, √paṭh and √as in all three persons and both numbers
Apply the sandhi rules for vowel guṇa, vṛddhi and visarga to 25 given word pairs
Explain two prose passages line by line with grammatical notes on cases used
Identify kāraka roles (kartā, karma, karaṇa, sampradāna) in 20 prose sentences
Your checkpoint
A sandhi and conjugation worksheet of 45 solved items, plus two annotated prose explanations
Poetry (Padya) - prescribed verses, explanation, figures of speech and themes & Rhetoric and Prosody (Alamkara o Chanda) - identification and explanation of figures and metres
Memorise and write out six prescribed verses with correct sandhi splitting (anvaya)
Explain each verse's meaning in Bengali or English in 4 to 5 sentences
Identify the metre of each verse and mark gaṇa and yati patterns
Spot and name at least four alaṃkāras (upamā, rūpaka, anuprāsa, utprekṣā) in the prescribed verses
Your checkpoint
A verse chart: six verses with anvaya, meaning, metre name and alaṃkāra identified for each
Poetry (Padya) - prescribed verses, explanation, figures of speech and themes & History of Sanskrit Literature (Sahitya Itihasa) - periods, authors and works
Write full explanations of four more prescribed verses with theme commentary
Build a timeline of Sanskrit literature from Vedic to classical period with 8 anchor dates or eras
Match 15 major authors (Kālidāsa, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Bhāsa, Śūdraka, Jayadeva and others) to their works
Draft one paragraph on the literary significance of the prescribed poet
Your checkpoint
A one-page literature timeline plus a 15-item author–work matching sheet solved and self-checked
Drama (Natyam) - prescribed play, character and plot-based questions & Translation and Composition (Anuvada o Rachana) - Sanskrit–Bengali/English translation, paragraph or letter writing
Summarise the plot of the prescribed drama act by act in 5 bullet points each
Profile four main characters with two textual quotations supporting each trait
Translate ten Sanskrit sentences into Bengali and ten into English
Draft one short Sanskrit paragraph (8 sentences) describing a daily scene
Your checkpoint
An act-wise plot summary sheet, four character cards and a 20-sentence translation set with a Sanskrit paragraph
Grammar (Vyakaranam) - declensions, conjugations, sandhi, samasa, karaka & Translation and Composition (Anuvada o Rachana) - Sanskrit–Bengali/English translation, paragraph or letter writing
Classify 30 compound words (tatpuruṣa, dvandva, bahuvrīhi, avyayībhāva, karmadhāraya) with vigraha
Decline pronouns tad, idam and asmad in all cases
Write one formal Sanskrit letter and one Bengali-to-Sanskrit translation passage
Revise all sandhi rules covered so far with a 20-item timed drill
Your checkpoint
A samāsa classification table of 30 items, a pronoun declension chart and one finished letter
Unseen Passage / Comprehension (Apathita Gadyansha) - reading and answering & History of Sanskrit Literature (Sahitya Itihasa) - periods, authors and works
Solve three unseen Sanskrit passages with five comprehension questions each, timed at 15 minutes
Practise guessing unknown words from sandhi and compound structure rather than dictionary
Revise literature notes into 20 one-line facts for rapid recall
Write two short essays on literary periods using the timeline built in week 4
Your checkpoint
Three unseen-passage answer sets scored against a self-made rubric, plus a 20-fact literature revision card
Prose (Gadyam) - prescribed text comprehension, explanation and questions & Poetry (Padya) - prescribed verses, explanation, figures of speech and themes
Re-explain all prescribed prose and poetry selections from memory in 2 minutes each
Solve one full-length mock paper under exam timing
Review every error from the mock and redo those item types
Recite all memorised verses and declension tables aloud in a final self-test
Your checkpoint
One completed timed mock paper with an error log and corrected answers for every mistake
Milestones
Week 2: Can conjugate four roots in the present tense and apply vowel and visarga sandhi with 90% accuracy on a self-made 25-item test
Week 4: Can write six verses from memory with anvaya, name each metre and identify at least one alaṃkāra per verse, and place eight authors correctly on the literature timeline
Week 6: Can classify 25 of 30 compounds correctly, decline the three pronouns fully, and produce a clean Sanskrit letter without consulting notes
Week 8: Scores at least 70% on the timed full mock paper, with no repeated error type from the week 8 error log