unit-2 Teaching poetry in Sanskrit

Objectives of teaching poetry in Sanskrit:
To enable students

· To make students familiar with different forms of Sanskrit poetry.
· To comprehend the meaning of poetry in Sanskrit
· To develop competencies to read and to recite with proper accents,
intonation and rhythm among students.
· To enable the students to enjoy the style, meter, sentiment and
verbal description given in the poetry.
· To enable the students to rejoice at sentiment of poetry through
mass recitation of Sanskrit verses.
· To develop love and interest for learning of the poetry.
· To develop aesthetic sensibility among the students.
· To develop emotions and creativity among the students for the
poetry.
· To nurture imagination ability of the students.
· To include values through teaching of poetry.
· To enable the students to appreciate literary beauty of Sanskrit
poetry.
Specific objectives of teaching poetry

The specific objectives would vary depending upon different poetical forms. However following general specific objectives can be listed
To enable students
· to state meaning of words into English correctly.
· to state synonyms of the words and verbs.
· to state anavya of the verses.
· to describe meaning of verses into English.
· to give examples related to the meaning of the verses.
· to locate adjectives used in the verses.
· to compare verses with other stories/ verses/anecdotes.
· to narrate a story related to the verses.
· to use synonyms and similar verbs in place of the unknown words
and verbs of the verses.
· to recite the verses with proper meters.
· to describe the emotions embodied in the verses.
· to describe the imagination of the poet.
· to locate use of figure of speech, style and merits of poetry.

Stages of teaching poetry in Sanskrit

v Introduction
v Recitation/ singing
v Sandhimukta reading
v Disjoining/dissolving of sandhis and compounds, use of familiar
words/ verbs in place of unfamiliar words/ verbs
v Simple Anvay/translation
v Explanation of anvay
v Comprehension of verses of poetry at four levels.
v Vichaar saundraya
v Bhav saundraya
v Dhavni saundraya
v Shaily saundarya
v Recitation/ singing of the verses
v Comparison with other poems