UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus 2023: Download Unit-wise Syllabus PDF

Also, go through the detailed paper 1 syllabus for UGC NET Exam for better understanding. Candidates must check the whole syllabus that including Paper 1 and Paper 2 syllabus. Check the UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus in detailed below. Include each topic in the preparation which will help them get the desired rank in the exam.

UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus 2023

The UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus is discussed here for Paper 2. The exam has Paper 1 which contains 50 questions, each of which consists of two points. Hindu Studies Paper 2 has 100 questions, and each question has two marks. Candidates can check the Paper 2 syllabus for the subject below. UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus PDF Link is given below. Candidates should also go through the UGC NET Exam Pattern. 

Note: Both the papers will be continued to be conducted in a single three-hour duration (i.e. there will be no break between the papers). The mode of examination will be computer-based only (i.e. online mode only).

The NTA UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus 2023 consists of the following topics are: 

• Tattva Vimarsa
• Dharma And Karma Vimarsa
• Punarjanama-Bandhan-Moksa Vimarsa
• Pramana Siddhanta
• Vada Parampara
• Applicability of Western Methods For Understanding Indian Texts
• Ramayana
• Mahabharata
• Sanskrit Parichaya
• Other Allied Topics

Download UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus 2023 PDF

Once the application process is complete, all UGC NET candidates should begin preparations without further ado. To prepare for the exam, candidates must have a complete understanding of the UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus 2023. After analyzing the UGC NET Syllabus, candidates should be familiar with the UGC NET exam pattern. Here you can download UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus PDF from the link below.

☛ UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus 2023

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Detailed UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus 2023

Here we are sharing a detailed syllabus for Hindu Studies and the effective strategy to clear the exam. The important topics involved in the UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus are Tattva Vimarsa, Dharma and Karma Vimarsa, Vada Parampara, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Sanskrit Parichaya, etc.

Unit 1: Tattva Vimarsa

1. Understanding the term Hindu (its historicity, and its geographic and Jivana-Drsti aspects)
2. Enumeration of Astädaga Vidyäs and Upängas with their respective äcäryas
3. Padärtha/tattva/ätmä across traditions and underlying unifying themes
4. Position of the feminine in Bharata: Parallel sovereignty principles
5. Sakti and Prakrti Principles
6. Position of the feminine in Jaina-darsana, Bauddha-darsana, and Sri Guru Granth Sahibji
7. The principle of Oneness in Vedänta and interconnectedness in Jaina, Bauddha, Nyäya & Vaiéesika darsana, and Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji, and the consequential idea of all-inclusiveness.
8. Understanding distinctions between varna, jati, and caste (Brhadäraoyaka Upanisad (1.4.10-15), Bhagavadgitä (18.41-45).
9. Enumeration of rsis and saints from different social backgrounds

Unit 2: Dharma And Karma Vimarsa

1. Dharma: Definitions and meanings (Mahäbhärata, Manusmrti, Vaisesika sutra, Bhagavadgitä Sänkarabhäsya- upodghäta, definitions in Sramana traditions)
2. Distinctions between dharma and religion (Pantha, mazahab)
3. Types of dharmas: pravrttimülaka, and nivrttimülaka
4. Dharma is the organizing principle for Vaidika and Sramaoa traditions and in Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji
5. Varnäsrama dharma and choice
6. Räja-dharma, Äpaddharma, Samäja-dharma, and Swadharma
7. Karma, vikarma, and akarma (Bagavadgitä 4.16, and corresponding Sänkarabhä$ya)
8. Six karmas: Kämya, nitya, nisiddha, naimittika, präyaschitta, and upasanä
9. Niskäma (Brahma/Sarvam as the real doer) and sakäma karma
10. Karma-phala, prarabdha, and sanskara

Unit 3: Punarjanama-Bandhan-Moksa Vimarsa

1. Concept of Jiva
2. Definitions of bandhana (präkrtika, vaikrtika, däksanika from Sämkhyakärika 44 with Sämkya-tattva-kaumudi)
3. The root cause and process of bandhana: Bhagavadgitä 3.37 — 3.41, Bhagavadgitä 2.62-66, Pratitya-samutpädasiddhänta
4. The principle of punarjanma: an enabler of Dharma
5. Conceptions of moksa and nirväna
6. Multiple pathways for moksa (Yoga): abhyäsa, karma, bhakti, jiäna

Unit 4: Pramana Siddhanta

1. Definition of pramäna
2. Indian model of analysis of text: pramätä, pramäna, prameya, and pramä
3. Nature, definition, method, and limits of different types of pramäpas . Pratyaksa, Anumäna, Vpamäna, Sabda, Anuplabdhi, Arthäpatti
4. Sabda-sakti: abhidhä, laksanä, vyanjanä, and tätparya
5. Swatah-prämanya, and paratah-prämänya
6. Applications of pramäna in contemporary texts

Unit 5: Vada Parampara

1. Väda-Paramparä: The method of Sasträrtha and the concept of adhikarna
2. From doubt to determination: Sansaya to Nirnaya
3. Kathä (nature and types of kathä): Väda, jalpa, vitandä
4. Embarking on knowledge discovery: Anubandha-chatustaya (adhikäri, visaya, sambandha, prayojana)
5. Organization of knowledge: Sütra, bhäsya, värtika, vrtti, tikä, tippani and sahgraha
6. Analysing ätparya of knowledge through sravapa vidhi: Upakrama, upasamhära, abhyäsa, apürvatä, phala, arthawäda, upapatti
7. Analysing ätparyd’ of knowledge through the six-fold process (sadvidha tätparya nirpäyaka linga) sruti, litiga, väkya, prakarapa, sthäna, sämäkhyä
8. Tantrayukti: Research methodology in the context of natural sciences

Unit 6: Applicability of Western Methods For Understanding Indian Texts

1. Western restrictions on free inquiry
2. Western descriptions of Bharat and traditional literary theories
3. Hindus and Bharat as understood through the Marxist perspective, and The Critical Theory
   1. The intention of the author versus that of the reader
   2. History, the purpose of The Critical Theory, and stereotyping of images and conceptions
4. Hegemony (Gramsci)
5. Structuralism and portrayal of Bharat
6. Orientalism — theorizing Bharat in the Western experience
7. Use of psycho-analytical approaches in the Bharatiya context
8. Descriptions of Bharat through lenses of post-modernism and deconstruction
9. Neutral inquiry and New-Historicism and portrayal of Bharat

Unit 7: Ramayana

1. Types of Rämäyanas — Traditional texts with divine origins/(Valmiki Ramayana) reverential texts, texts deviating from the core story
2. The popularity and relevance of traditional Rämäyana.
3. Rämäyana is one of the two sourcebooks (Upajivya) for much of Indian literature, and arts (folk, classical, and contemporary arts)
4. Maryädä Purusottama Räma
5. Relationships between humans, and social reconstruction (e.g. Nisädarja, jatäyu, etc.), and between humans and nature
6. Strri-vimarsa: Anasüyä, Ahilyä, KaikeyT, Kauéalya, MandodarT, Sitä, Swayamprabhä, Tärä, Trijatä, Urmilä, Sabari
7. Räma-Räjya
8. The role of risk in a society
9. Data on Geography, flora, and fauna in India

Unit 8: Mahabharata

1. The period of Mahäbhärata: Textual and traditional sources, as well as modern data
2. The core story of Mahäbhärata.
3. Dharma and samsära: 10 stories about 10 Laksanas of dharma: dhrti (Gangävataran), ksamä (Vasistha and Viswämitra), dama (Yayäti and Puru), asteya (Yudhishthira- Yaksa samväda), Sauca (the tale of golden mongoose), indriyanigraha (dharma vyädha’s upadesa, dhih (Savitri), vidyä (tale of man-tiger-snake-elephant from Stri Parva), satyam (Hariécandra/Satyakäma), akrodha (the story of Pariksita and his insult to Risi Samika)
4. Mahäbhärata is one of the two sourcebooks (Upjivya) for much of Indian literature, and arts (folk, classical, and contemporary arts)
5. Viduraniti and Bhagavadgita
6. Räjdharma, and rajanrti : Säntiparva
7. Geography of Bhärata-varsa
8. Stri-vimarsa in Mahäbhärata: Draupadi, Gändhäri, Hidimbä, Jämbavati, Kunti, Mädri, Rukmani, Satyabhämä, Satyavati, Sikhandi, Sulocanä, Ulüpi, Uttarä

Unit 9: Sanskrit Parichaya Unit 10: Other Allied Topics 

1. Challenges in translations and understanding distinctions between original and translation: dharma, sampradăya, atmă, darśana, lśwara, bhagawăna, prabhu, mana, buddhi, pramanika, śișya, devată, smrti, mandira, adhyatma, prema, asura, daitya, răkșasa, śarîra, padărtha, dravya, rôștra, varpa, jăti, śôstra, śănti, rși, muni, guru, kală, śôstrîya-sangîta, pandita, măya, strî, mahilă, nărî, nyăya, indriya, mokșa, nirvăpa, prăna
2. Important mandiras, śaktipîtha, mațha, jyotirlińga, dhămas
3. Sant-parampară: Brief knowledge of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sankara Deb, Thiruvallavur, Basavanna, Namdev, Kabira, Ravidasa, Narsi Mehta, Guru Nanak, Tukaram, Tulsidas, Surdas, Mirabai, Andal, Jhulelal, Gyaneshwar, Vidyapati, Narayan Guru
4. Nățya: ten types, tattvas: rasa, abhinaya, kathăvastu, pătra
5. Kăvya: Type (gadya, padya, champă), chandas (anuștupa, upajăti, indravajră, upendravajră, vasanta-tilakă, śikharipî, mandôkrăntă, ăryă, găthă, dohă, chaupăî, sorațhâ)
6. Some kavis: Bhasa, Kalidas, Ashvaghoș, Somdev Suri, Hala, Kalhan, Chandabaradai
7. Some kings and dynasties: Maurya, Lalitaditya, Chakradhwaj SinghĂhola, Harihar and Bukka, Bappa Rawal, Harshawardhan, Bhoj, Dahir-sen, Marthanda Verma, Rana Pratap, Shivaji
8. Concept of lśwara in – Jaintia, Adi, Galo, Tagin, Apatani, Idu Mishmi, Miju Mishmi, Digaru Mishmi tribes of N. E. India 

How to prepare UGC NET Hindu Studies Syllabus?

Here are a few UGC NET Hindu Studies Preparation Tips for the Hindu Studies Syllabus and getting good marks in the exam. These tips are suggested by the industry experts who are helping students in preparation. 

• Don’t work hard, work smart.
• Read each concept carefully. Never be nervous while preparing for the exam.
• Try to compensate for the weakness. Practice each problem from the UGC NET Previous Year Question Paper.
• Don’t prioritize one topic. All units must be given the same priority.
• The goal of JRF must be greater than 120 points. On average, there are 10 questions for each block of the final exam.
• The highlighted topics are very important from the point of view of the exam.
• Get information about current international business events. Try to cover the entire program on time and come back with practice last month. Focus on mock tests to improve your time management skills.
• Daily Review of All Topics in That Topic Fundamentals.
• Check Your Progress with Mock Exams.
• Study hard and stay healthy.

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