Sanatan Gyan ज्ञान
Unit: The Gita as text
Topics
- Two chapters read whole, in translation
- Karma, phala and duty traced through the read text
- One verse in two published translations, compared
- Primary text vs interpretation vs curriculum note — labelled
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Summarise the two chapters from the text itself
- Trace one concept across the read chapters with citations
- Compare two translations of one verse and account for the difference
- Label PS/interpretation/note correctly in a worked example
Activities · Assessment
Close reading · Translation comparison · Labelling drills
Assessed by: Source-based questions + comparison essay
Sources
PSBhagavad Gita, two chapters in published translation
ASGita scholarship and translation studies
GONCF Secondary guidance; KTPI textual precedent
SSEBChapter selection; the three-label discipline
Further units this grade
A second text begins: Ramayana as literature
Sanskrit & Bharatiya Bhasha भाषा
Unit: Textual Sanskrit
Topics
- Grammar serving the studied passage
- Reading a studied prose passage and a verse set
- Translating six lines with apparatus
- The dictionary and the gloss used properly
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Read the studied passages aloud with comprehension
- Translate the six lines defensibly
- Parse the grammar the passage actually needs
Activities · Assessment
Apparatus-supported reading · Translation workshop
Assessed by: Unseen-adjacent translation exercise
Sources
PSThe studied passages, sources named
ASSanskrit philology pedagogy
GOCBSE Sanskrit (secondary) alignment
SSEBGrammar-follows-text sequencing
Further units this grade
Metre heard and scanned
Darshana & Viveka दर्शन
Unit: Nyaya and Vaisheshika at work
Topics
- The pramanas now studied properly with cases
- Inference's structure: the five-membered form met
- Vaisheshika's categories as a way of sorting the world
- A fallacy hunted in public argument
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Apply the pramana frame to real cases
- Build one five-membered inference correctly
- Sort examples with Vaisheshika's categories
- Expose one fallacy in a public text, fairly
Activities · Assessment
Case analysis · Inference workshop · Fallacy audit
Assessed by: Structured argument paper
Sources
PSNyaya and Vaisheshika frameworks (introduced from the tradition)
ASIndian-logic scholarship
GOKTPI philosophical-systems precedent
SSEBThe cases-first method
Further units this grade
Debate against the clock
Dharma & Ethics धर्म
Unit: Dharma and law
Topics
- Dharma, custom and state law — three circles mapped
- Cases where they align and cases where they strain
- The judge and the pandit: who decides what
- Writing a reasoned position
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Map the three circles with examples
- Analyse one strain-case with sources
- Write a position defended from more than one side
Activities · Assessment
Circle mapping · Case files · Position papers
Assessed by: Case analysis + position paper
Sources
PSDharmashastra tradition named; modern law as civics
ASLegal-history scholarship
GONCF civics alignment
SSEBThe three-circles frame
Further units this grade
Rights and duties, paired
Sanskriti & Civilisation संस्कृति
Unit: History from primary sources
Topics
- An inscription, a coin, a traveller's account — read in translation
- What each source can and cannot prove
- One claim built from two independent sources
- The city study upgraded to sources
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Read the three source types with their limits
- Build one properly-supported claim
- Write source-critical notes on the city study
Activities · Assessment
Source lab · Claim building · City study II
Assessed by: Source-based paper
Sources
PSNamed inscriptions/coins/accounts in translation
ASHistorical-method scholarship
GONCF social-science alignment; KTPI precedent
SSEBThe two-source rule
Further units this grade
Sacred geography mapped from texts
Bharatiya Knowledge Systems IKS
Unit: Indian astronomical traditions
Topics
- Vedanga Jyotisha named and placed; the calendar's machinery
- Aryabhata's astronomy: what the text actually computes
- Instruments: gnomon and the observatory idea
- Astronomy and astrology told apart, historically
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Explain the calendar's astronomical machinery
- State two computations from the Aryabhatiya, dated
- Use a gnomon measurement in practice
- Write the astronomy/astrology distinction historically
Activities · Assessment
Gnomon fieldwork · Text-about study · Panchang mechanics
Assessed by: Fieldwork + essay
Sources
PSVedanga Jyotisha and Aryabhatiya, named and dated (studied about)
ASHistory-of-astronomy scholarship
GOKTPI astronomy precedent
SSEBThe told-apart rule — Jyotisha studied as astronomy at this stage
Further units this grade
The Kerala school ahead
Yoga & Swasthya स्वास्थ्य
Unit: Patanjali studied
Topics
- Yoga Sutra selections read in translation
- The practice continued and journalled
- Modern claims about yoga — read critically
- Teaching one asana safely to juniors
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Discuss the read sutra selections accurately
- Maintain and analyse their own practice journal
- Assess one modern claim against its evidence
- Teach one asana with correct, safe instruction
Activities · Assessment
Reading circle · Practice + journal · Claim assessment · Peer teaching
Assessed by: Practical + critical essay; never medical claims
Sources
PSYoga Sutra selections in translation
ASYoga-studies scholarship
GOCBSE Yoga subject precedent
SSEBPractice-plus-criticism pairing
Further units this grade
Anatomy of the practice, soberly
Kala & Kaushal कला
Unit: Heritage arts studio
Topics
- One heritage art studied and practised for the year
- Its history, masters and regional forms researched
- A public piece produced to standard
- Documentation to archive quality
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Sustain the year's studio practice
- Present researched history of the form
- Deliver the public piece
- Archive the work properly
Activities · Assessment
Studio year · Research file · Public showing
Assessed by: Studio portfolio + research file
Sources
PSThe living form and its named masters
ASArt-history scholarship
GONCF arts guidance; KTPI arts precedent
SSEBStudio-plus-research pairing
Further units this grade
Kaushal elective beside the studio