Course Description

• The course provides an overview and perspective of the Indian point of view on knowledge division and its application

Course Outcome

• Discover the knowledge structure existing within different disciplines of studies
• Structuring through the process while making a hierarchy of information based on IKS

Learning Objectives

1. To be able to navigate knowledge sources of different disciplines of studies from a Vedic perspective.
2. To recognize the Knowledge division from an Indian point of view
3. To appreciate the vast fields of studies that evolved indigenously

Pedagogy

• Constructive, reflective, and integrative

• Landscape of the Veda – origin, legacy, transmission system, Pedagogy of Indian Education, Content and intent of the Vedas
• The four Vedas
  • R̥ig Veda
  • Yajur Veda
  • Sāma Veda
  • Atharva Veda
• Vedanga – 6, auxiliary Shastras for Vedic retention
  • Śikṣā,
  • Vyākaraṇam
  • Chandaḥ
  • Niruktam
  • Jyotiṣam
  • Kalpa
• Upavedas – 4, aspiration for knowledge, building a knowledge content
  • Āyurveda
  • Dhanurveda
  • Gāndharvaveda
  • Arthaveda
• Upangas – 4, science and technical fields
  • Mīmāṁsā
  • Nyāya
  • Dharmaśāstra
  • Purāṇa
• Darshanas – 9, perspective and approach – an introduction

• Introduction To Indian Knowledge System: Concepts and Applications by by B. Mahadevan, Nagendra Pavana, Vinayak Rajat Bhat.
• The Vedas by Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati/Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham (Author)
• Indian Knowledge Systems – Vol 1 & 2 by Avadhesh K. Singh, Kapil Kapoor  

• Assignments: 30
• Mind map/Concept Map: 30
• Presentation/Viva/Project work: 40