Cambridge IGCSE Sanskrit 0499 — 2021 May/June Paper 1 · Variant 0

This document has 8 pages. Any blank pages are indicated. DC (RW) 200045/1 © UCLES 2021 [Turn over * 9 6 3 7 0 7 2 2 1 2 * Cambridge IGCSE™ SANSKRIT 0499/01 Paper 1 Language May/June 2021 1 hour 30 minutes You must answer on the answer booklet/paper. You will need: Answer booklet/paper INSTRUCTIONS ● Answer all questions. ● If you have been given an answer booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the answer booklet. ● Use a black or dark blue pen. ● Write your name, centre number and candidate number on all the work you hand in. ● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid. ● In Sanskrit passages, underlined words are glossed. ● At the end of the examination, fasten all your work together. Do not use staples, paper clips or glue. INFORMATION ● The total mark for this paper is 90. ● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

2 0499/01/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 Answer ALL questions. 1 Read the following Sanskrit passage. Do not write out a translation. Answer all the questions. Your answers should be in English, with Sanskrit names in transliteration. A fish is rescued by Manu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (Traditional Story) kṣudra (mfn) small sthāpayati places mahattara (mfn) larger nivedita (mfn) informed gṛhītvā having taken pūra (m) flood ghaṭa (m) jar kuru make! palvala (n) pool

3 0499/01/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 [Turn over (a) Where was Manu standing? (line 1) [2] (b) What reason does the fish give to Manu for needing to be rescued? (lines 2 and 3) [3] (c) Translate ‘jale matsyaḥ sukhena ajīvat’. (lines 4 and 5) [5] (d) Why did the fish find the pool too small? (line 7) [3] (e) Translate ‘mām nadyām kṣipa’. (line 8) [4] (f) How does the fish describe himself? (lines 9 and 10) [3] (g) Write out in sandhi lines 10 and 11 ‘pūraḥ … iti’. [10] [Total: 30 marks]

4 0499/01/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 2 Read the following Sanskrit passages. Answer all the questions. Your answers should be in English, with Sanskrit names in transliteration. Some crows are killed by an owl. śākhā (f) branch ulūka (m) owl guhā (f) cave (a) List the missing words (i)–(x) to complete the English translation of the passage above: In a certain (i) … , there is a town (ii) … Mahilāropya. (iii) … that town is a (iv) … . There, on a certain branch, lives the (v) … of the (vi) … with his (vii) … . (viii) … in a cave of a (ix) … lives the (x) … of the owls. [10] (b) Translate into English the following sentences which continue the story above: (i) [5] (ii) [5] ulūka (m) owl amātya (m) minister

5 0499/01/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 [Turn over (c) Translate into English the following sentences which continue the story above: (i) [5] (ii) [5] tamas (n) darkness śakya (mfn) possible divā by day (adapted from the Pañcatantra of Viṣṇuśarman) [Total: 30 marks] 3 Translate the following sentences into Sanskrit using devanāgarī script. Sandhi should not be used. One mark will be given for the correct word order in each sentence. (a) The wise prince protected the kingdom. [5] (b) The lady will go with friends. [5] (c) Become brave soldiers, brothers! [5] [Total: 15 marks]

6 0499/01/M/J/21 © UCLES 2021 4 Read the following Sanskrit passage. Do not write out a translation. Answer all the questions. Your answers should be in English, with Sanskrit names in transliteration. A frog is tricked into climbing onto a hungry snake. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (adapted from the Hitopadeśa of Nārāyaṇa) maṇḍūka (m) frog vāhana (n) vehicle anvicchati searches after kathayati tells brāhmaṇa (m) priest pṛṣṭha (n) back daṣṭa (mfn) bitten ārohati climbs onto (a) Where did the frog meet the snake? (line 1) [1] (b) What question does the frog ask the snake? (line 2) [4] (c) Translate ‘putraṃ mṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā śokād bhūmim apatat’. (lines 3 and 4) [7] (d) (i) Translate the compound ‘maṇḍūkanṛpam’. (line 5) [1] (ii) What type of compound is this? [1] (e) What happened to the frog who climbed onto the snake? (line 7) [1] [Total: 15 marks]

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