Unit – I: History of the Prakrit Language: Origin and Development
- Elements of the Prakrit language in Vedic literature
- Earliest source of Prakrit
- Development of the Prakrit language:
Primary Prakrit –
- Inscriptional Prakrit, Niya Prakrit, Prakrit Dhammapada
- General introduction to the language of the Aṅga Canonical texts
- General introduction to the language of the texts – Kasāyapāhuḍa, Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama and the texts of Kundakunda
Secondary Prakrit –
- Language of the Upāṅga canonical texts and Mūlasūtras : Aupapātika, Rājapraśnīya, Daśavaikālika, Uttarādhyayana
- General introduction to the language of the Mūlācāra, Bhagavatī Ārādhanā and Tiloyapaṇṇatti
- General introduction to the language of Gāthāsaptasatī, Paümacariyaṃ and Vasudevahiṇḍī
Tertiary Prakrit:
- Commentary literature of the Canons : general introduction to the language of the Dhavalā and Jayadhavalā, sukhabodhā, commentary of Śīlāṅka on Sūtrakṛtāṅga
- General introduction to the Setubandha, Gaüḍavaho, Līlāvaikahā and Prakrit texts of Haribhadrasūri, Kuvalayamālākahā
- Origin of the Apabhraṃśa language: Study of the works of Joindu, Svayambhū and Puṣpadanta & the Apabhraṃśa verses cited by Hemacandra in his Prakrit grammar.
4. Contribution of Prakrit to the development of modern Indian languages: Hindi and other regional languages
Unit – II: Origin and characteristic features of different Prakrits
- Mahārāṣṭrī
- Śaurasenī
- Ardhamāgadhī
- Māgadhī
- Paiśācī
- Apabhraṃśa
Unit – III: Prakrit Canons and Commentry literature
- History of Ardhamāgadhī and Śaurasenī canonical literature
- History of commentary literature of the Prakrit canons
- General introduction to the Samaṇasuttaṃ
Unit – IV: History of Prakrit Kāvya literature
- Mahākāvya
- Khanḍakāvya
- Caritakāvya
- Kathākāvya
- Campūkāvya
- Muktakakāvya
Unit – V: Prakrit in the ancient dramatic literature and Saṭṭaka literature
- Prakrits in the dramas of Aśvaghoṣa and Bhāsa
- Prakrits in the Mṛcchakaṭika, Mudrārākṣasa and in the dramas of Kālidāsa
- Characteristic features of the Saṭṭaka literature
Unit – VI: Prakrit Inscriptional literature
- Study of the 14 Rock-edicts of the Girnar version of Emperor Aśoka
- Study of the Hāthīgumphā Inscription of Emperor Khāravela
- Study of the Ghaṭiyāla Inscription of Kakkuka
Unit – VII: Prakrit Scientific literature
- Rhetorics
- Kośa
- Some important Prakrit texts on Astrology and Mathematics
- Prakrit grammarians and grammatical treatises
- Metrics
- Features with examples of some of the metres in Prakrit and Apabhraṃśa
- Prakrit Metres – gahā, patthā, viulā, uggāhā, gāhū, siṃhiṇī, gāhiṇī, khaṃdhaa
- Apabhraṃśa Metres – duvai, kaḍavaa, ghattā, pajjhaḍiā, helā, caüpāiyā
Unit – VIII: Prakrit Grammar and Prakrit Philology
- Prakrit Grammar – General rules of the Noun, Adjective, Pronoun,Verb, Indeclinables, Case, Case-endings, Sandhi and Samāsa
- Prakrit Philology – Phonetic Changes – vowels and consonants, ya-śruti, anusvāra, anunāsika, visarga; Phonetic behaviors – Assimilation, Dissimilation, Anaptyxix, Metathesis, Elision, Āgama and etc.
Unit – IX: Study of the Original Prakrit Texts
- Ācārāṅga (First śrutaskandha : Chapter I – satthapariṇṇā; Chapter II- logavijaya)
- Uttarādhyayana (Chapter I – Viṇayasuyaṃ, Chapter IX – namipavajjā)
- Daśavaikālika (Chapters – I, II, III and IV)
- Pravacanasāra of Kundakunda (Chapter I – jñādhikāra)
- Sammaisuttaṃ of Siddhasena (Full text)
- Dravyasaṃgraha of Nemicandra (Full text)
- Bhagavatī Ārādhanā of Śivārya (verses 1 – 72)
- Vasunandī-śrāvakācāra (verses 1 – 50 and the verses based on seven types of addictions 60 – 87 and 101 – 111)
Unit – X: Study of the Original Prakrit Kāvya literature
- Mṛcchakaṭika of Śūdraka – only Prakrit portions (Chapters 1,2 and 6)
- Setubandha of Pravarasena – Chapter I
- Vajjālaggaṃ of Jayavallabha – First eight vajjās : soyāra, gāhā, kavva, sajjaṇa, dujjaṇa, mitta, neha, nīivajjā
- Gāhāsattasaī of Hāla – First śataka : verses 1 – 50
- Samarāiccakahā – Chapter I
- Kuvalayamālākahā Uddyotansūri – paragraphs 1-12
- Karpūramañjarī of Rājaśekhara (Full)
- Paümacariu of Svayambhū – Chapters 21 and 22
- Nāyakumāracariu of Puṣpadanta – Chapter I
- General introduction to the modern Prakrit literature
- Rayaṇavālakahā
- Bhāvaṇāsāro
- Virāgasetu
- Titthayara-bhāvaṇā