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KSET Syllabus 2026 - Overview
KSET Syllabus 2026 - Overview
| Exam Conducting Body | Karnataka Examinations Authority, Karnataka |
| Exam Name | Karnataka SET Entrance Exam 2026 |
| Posts Name | Assistant Professor |
| Category | Syllabus and Exam Pattern |
| Exam Frequency | Once a year |
| Exam Purpose | For accessing the eligibility of candidates for appointment as Assistant Professor |
| Official Website | www.kset.uni-mysore.ac.in |
Karnataka SET Sanskrit Syllabus 2026
Paper-2 Sanskrit Language and Literature :
Unit – I: Vedic-Literature :
(a) General Introduction of Vedic Literature:
1. Main theories regarding the Vedās : Maxmüller; A.Weber; Jacobi ; Balgangadhar
Tilak; M.Winternitz ; Indian traditional views.
2. Saṁhitā Literature
3. Dialogue Hymns: Pururavā-Urvaśī; Yama-yamī; Saramā-Paṇi ; Viśvāmitra-Nadī
4. Brāhamaṇa-Literature
5. Āraṇyaka Literature
6. Vedāṅgas: Śikșā; Kalpa; Vyākaraṇa; Nirukta; Chandas; Jyotișa
Unit - II : Specific Study of Vedic Literature:
1. Study of the following hymns:
2. Ŗgveda : Agni (1.1); Varuṇa (1.25); Sūrya (1.125); Indra (2.12); Uṣas
(3.61); Parjanya (5.83); Kitava (10.34); Jñāna (10.71); Puruṣa (10.90);
Hiraṇyagarbha (10.121); Vāk (10.125); Nāsadīya (10.129);
3. Śuklayajurveda : Śivasaṁkalpa , Chapter-34 (1-6)
4. Prajāpati-Chapter-23 (1-5)
5. Atharvaveda : Rāṣṭrābhivardhanam (1.29); Kāla (10.53); Prithivī (12.1)
Brāhmaṇa Literature
1. Subject-matter; Vidhi and its types; Agnihotra; Agniṣṭoma; Darśapūrṇamāsa
2. Yajña; Pañcamahāyajña; Akhyāna (Śunahśepa , Vāṅmanas)
Upaniṣad Literature:
a. Subject-matter and main concepts with special reference to the following Upaniṣads ;
b. Īśa; Kaṭha; Kena; Bṛhadārṇyaka ; Taittirīya; Śvetāśvatara
1. Vedic Grammar; Nirukta and Vedic interpretation
2. Ṛkprātiśākhya : Definitions of Samānākṣara ; Sandhyakṣara; Aghoṣa; Soṣman; Svarabhakti ; Yama ; Rakta; Saṁyoga; Pragṛhya ; Riphita
3. Nirukta (Chapters-I & 2)
4. Four-fold division of Padas-Concept of Nāma; Concept of Ākhyāta ; Meaning of Upasargas; Categories of Nipātas.
5. Purposes of the study of Nirukta
6. Principles of Etymology
7. Etymology of the following words:
Āchārya; Vīra; Hrada; Go; Samudra; Vṛtra; Āditya; Uṣas; Megha; Vāk; Udak;
Nadī; Aśva; Agni; Jātavedas; Vaiśvānara; Nighaṇtu
Nirukta (Chapter-7; Daivatakāṇḍa)
Vedic Accent- Udātta, Anudātta and Svarita
Unit - III: Darśana:-
1. General Introduction of major schools of Darśana with special reference to the
following
Pramāṇamīmānsā ; Tattvamīmānsā ; Ācāramīmānsā (Cārvāka , Jaina, Bauddha)
Nyāya, Sāṁkhya, Yoga, Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, mīmānsā
Unit - IV: Darśana Literature: Special Study:-
1. Īśvarakṛṣna : Sāṁkhyakārikā - Satkāryavāda, Puruṣasvarūpa, Prakṛtisvarūpa,
Sṛștikrama, Pratyaysarga, Kaivalya.
2. Sadānanda : Vedāntasāra - Anubandha-catuṣṭaya, Ajñāna, Adhyāropa-Apavāda,
Lingaśarīrotpatti, Pañcīkaraṇa, Vivarta, Jīvanmukti
3. Annambhaṭṭa, Tarkasaṁgraha / Keśavamiśra; Tarkabhāṣā : Padārtha; Kāraṇa;
Pramāṇa; (Pratyakṣa; Anumāna; Upamāna; Śabda), Prāmāṇyavāda, Prameya.
4. Laugākṣibhāskara ; Arthasaṁgraha.
5. Patañjali ; Yogasūtra - (Vyāsabhāṣya) : Cittabhūmi, Cittavṛttis ; Concept of Īśvara;
Yogāṅgas; Samādhi ; Kaivalya
6. Bādarāyaṇa ; Brahmasūtra 1.1 (Śānkarabhāṣya)
7. Viśvanāthapañcānana ; Nyāyasidhāntamuktāvalī (Anumāna Khaṇḍa)
8. Sarvadarśana-Saṁgraha ; Jainism ; Buddhism
Unit - V :Grammar and Linguistics:-
1. General Introduction of the following grammarians:
Pāṇini , Kātyāyana , Patañjali , Bhartṛhari , Vāmanajayāditya , Bhaṭṭojidīkṣita ,
Nāgeśabhaṭṭa , Kaiyyaṭa , Jainendra , Śākaṭāyana , Hemacandrasūri ,
Sārasvatavyākaraṇakāra.
Pāṇinīya Śikṣā.
Linguistics:
Definition of Language, Geneological and Morphological classification of
Languages, Speech Mechanism and classification of sounds: Stops, Fricatives,
Semi-Vowels and vowels (with special reference to Sanskrit sounds).
Phonetic Laws (Grimm, Grassman, Verner).
Directions of semantic change and reasons of change.
Definition of Vākya and its types
General introduction of Indo-European family of Languages
Difference between Vedic Sanskrit and Classical Sanskrit
Difference between Bhāșā and Vāk
Difference between language and dialect
Unit - VI: Specific Study of Grammar :
1. Definition : Saṁhitā, Saṁyoga Guṇa, Vṛddhi, Prātipadika, Nadī , Ghi, Upadhā, Apṛkta,
Gati, Pada, Vibhāṣā , Savarṇa, Ṭi, Pragṛhya, Sarvanāmasthāna, Bha , Sarvanāma, Niṣthā
2. Sandhi - Ac sandhi, Hal sandhi, Visarga sandhi (according to laghusiddhāntakaumudī)
3. Subanta – Ajanta - Rāma , Sarva (in all genders) , Viśvapā, Hari , Tri (in all genders) , Sakhi , Sudhī , Guru , Pitṛ , Gau , Ramā , Mati , Nadī , Dhenu , Mātṛ , Jñāna , Vāri ,
Madhu .
4. Halanta - Lih , Viśvavāh , Catur (in all genders) , Idam, Kim, Tad (in all genders), Rājan, Maghavan , Pathin , Vidvas , Asmad , Yuṣmad .
5. Samāsa - Avyayībhāva , Tatpuruṣa , Bahuvrīhi , Dvandva (according to laghusiddhāntakaumudī)
6. Taddhita - Apatyārthaka and Matvarthīya (According to Siddāntakaumudī ),
7. Tiṅanta - Bhū , Edh , Ad , Us, Hu , Div , Ṣuñ , Tud , Tan, Kṛ , Rudh , Krīñ, Cur.
8. Prayayānta - Nijant, Sannanta , Yańanta , Yańluganta , Nāmdhātu.
9. Kṛdanta - Tavya / Tavyat , Anīyar , Yat , Ṇyat , Kyap , Śatṛ , Śānac , Ktvā , Kta ,
Ktavatu , Tumun , Ṇamul .
10. Strīpratyaya - According to Laghusiddhāntakaumudī.
11. Kāraka Prakarana - According to Siddāntakaumudī .
12. Parasmaipada and Ātmanepada Vidhāna - According to Siddāntakaumudī . Mahābhāșya
(Paspaśāhnika)- Definition of Śabda, Relation between Śabda and Artha, Purposes of the
study of grammar, Definition of Vyākaraṇa, Result of the proper use of word , Method
of grammar .
13. Vākyapadīyam (Brahmakāṇḍa) - Nature of Sphoṭa, Nature of Śabda-Brahma, Powers
of Śabda-Brahma, Relation between Sphoṭa and Dhvani , Relation between Śabda and
Artha, Types of Dhvani, Levels of Language.
Unit - VII: Sanskrit Literature, Poetics and Prosody :
(a) General Introduction of following
1. Bhāsa, Aśvaghośa , kālidāsa, Śūdraka, Viśākhadatta, Bhāravi, Māgha, Harṣa,
Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Daṇḍin, Bhavabhūti, Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa, Bhilhaṇa, Shrῑharṣa, Ambikādatta
vyāsa, Panditā Kṣamārao, V. Raghavan, Shri Dhar Bhaskar Varnekar
2. Schools of Sanskrit Poetics – Rasa, Alaṅkāra, Rīti, Dhwani, Vakrokti, Aucitya
3. Western Poetics – Aristotle, Longinus, Croche
Unit - VIII : Specific study of the following
1. Poetry: Buddhacaritam (First Canto), Raghuvaṁśam (First Canto), Kirātārjunīyam (First Canto), Śiśupālavadham (First Canto), Naiṣadhīyacaritam (First Canto)
2. Drama: Svapnavāsavadattām, Abhijñānaśākuntalam, Mṛcchakaṭikam, Uttararāmacaritam, Mudrārākṣasam, Uttararāmacaritam, Ratnāvalī
3. Prose: Daśakumāracaritam ( viii Ucchvāsa), Harṣacaritam ( V Ucchvāsa), Kādambarī (Śukanāsopadeśa)
4. Campū Kāvya - Nala Campū (I Ucchvāsa)
5. Sāhityadarpaṇaḥ: Definition of Kāvya, Refutation of other definitions of Kāvya, Śabdaśakti -
Saṅketagraha; Abhidhā; Lakṣanā; Vyanjanā, Kāvyabheda (Chapter Fourth),
Śravyakāvya (prose poetry and mix)
6. Kāvyaprakaśa:-
Kāvyalakṣhṇa, Kāvyaprayojana, Kāvyahetu, Kāvyabheda, Śabdaśakti,
Abhihitānvayavāda, Anvitābhidhānvayavāda, concept of Rasa, discussion of
Rasasūtra, Rasadoṣa, Kāvyaguṇa, Vyanjanāvriti (Fifth Chapter)
7. AlaṁkārasVakrokti; Anuprāsa, Yamaka, Śleṣa, Upamā, Rūpaka, Utprekṣā, Samāsokti,
Apahnuti, Nidarśanā, Arthāntaranyāsa, Dṛṣṭānta, Vibhāvanā, Viśeṣokti,
Svabhāvokti, Virodhābhāsa, Saṅkara, Sansṛṣṭi
8. Dhvanyāloka (I Udyota)
9. Vakroktijīvitam (I Unmeṣa)
10. Bharata – Nāṭyaśāstram (First and Sixth Chapter)
11. Daśarūpakam (First and Third Prakāśa)
12. ChandaĀryā, Anuṣṭup, Indravajrā, Upendravajrā, Vasantatilakā, Upajāti, Vaṁśastha,
Drutavilambita, Śālinī, Mālinī, Śikharṇī, Mandākrāntā, Hariṇī, Śārdūlavikrῑḍita,
Sragdharā
Unit - IX :Purāṇetihāsa, Dharmaśāstra and Epigraphy :-
(a) General introduction of the followings:
1. RāmāyaṇaSubject matter, age, society in the Rāmāyaṇa, Rāmāyaṇa as a source of later Sanskrit works and literal value of the Rāmāyaṇa, legends in the Rāmāyaṇa
2. Mahābhārata – Subject matter, age, society in the Mahābhārata, Mahābhārata as a source of later
Sanskrit works and literal value of the Mahābhārata, legends in the Mahābhārata
3. Purāṇa –
Definition of Purāṇa, maha Purāṇa and Upa Purāṇas, Purāṇic cosmology and Purāṇic legends
4. General introduction of main Smṛitis.
5. General introduction Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra
6. Paleography –History of the decipherment of Brāhmī script, Theories of the origin of Brāhmī Script
7. Inscriptions - General introduction
Unit - X: Specific study of the following
1. Kauṭilīya arthaśātra (First – Vinayadikarika)
2. Manusmṛti (I, II and VII Adhyāyas)
3. Yājñavalkyasmṛti (Vyavahārādhyaya only)
4. Paleography and Inscriptions –
5. Brahmi Script of Mauryan and Gupta periods
6. Inscription of Ashoka – Major Rock Edicts Major Pillar Edicts
7. Post – Mauryan inscriptions – Sāranātha Buddhist Image Inscription of Kaniṣka’s regal – year, 3, Girnār Rock Inscription of Rudradāman, Hāthīgumphā inscription of Khāravela
8. Gupta and Post-Gupta inscriptions – Allahabad Pillar Inscriptions of Samudragupta, Mandasor Pillar Inscription of Yasodharman, Banāskherā Copper Plate Inscription of Harṣa,
Aihole Stone Inscription of Pulakeśīn II
KSET Sanskrit Exam Pattern 2026
| Paper | Subject | Question | Marks | Duration |
| Paper - 2 | Sanskrit | 100 | 200 | 120 Minutes |
| Total | 100 | 200 |
KSET Exam Date 2026 : 11th October 2026
Starting Date of Application Form : 10th August 2026
Last Date of Application Form : 05th September 2026
Starting Date of Application Form : 10th August 2026
Last Date of Application Form : 05th September 2026
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