From jhakgirish at YAHOO.COM Sun Jan 6 09:37:16 2008 From: jhakgirish at YAHOO.COM (girish jha) Date: Sun, 06 Jan 08 01:37:16 -0800 Subject: Greetings Message-ID: <161227081706.23782.5078651254209183949.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Hon'ble Indologists, Please accept my very best wishes for a happy,prosperous and spiritual new year 2008. Drumā navaiḥ puṣpaphalaiḥ samṛddhāḥ Pikā mayūrā bhramarā mṛgāśca. Gāyanti bandhutvamanoj?agītam˙ Navam˙ sakhe man˙galam astu varṣ̣am˙. With kindest regards, Yours sincerely GIRISH K. JHA DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT PATNA UNIVERSITY INDIA ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ From pf at CIX.CO.UK Mon Jan 7 20:09:00 2008 From: pf at CIX.CO.UK (Peter Flugel) Date: Mon, 07 Jan 08 20:09:00 +0000 Subject: JAINA ART & ARCHITECTURE (10th JAINA STUDIES WORKSHOP AT SOAS, 6-7.3.2008) Message-ID: <161227081708.23782.11006219518261088984.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> JAINA ART & ARCHITECTURE (10th JAINA STUDIES WORKSHOP AT SOAS, 6-7.3.2008) Thursday 6.3.2008, 18.00-19.30, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square The Annual Jain Lecture (followed by a reception) Maruti Nandan P. Tiwari (BHU) New Approach to the Study of Jaina Art and Architecture Workshop Friday 7.3.2008, SOAS, Russell Square, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre 9.00 Welcome 9.05 Robert del Bonta >???From Narrative to Icon: The Bahubali Image at Sravana Belgola 9.35 Nalini Balbir Jain Yantras: Texts and Representations 10.05 Chojnacki Eulogy and Ritual in Jaina Medieval Literature 10.35 Avadhanula V.K. Babu Jaina Stupa at Vaddamanu, Andrah Pradesh 11.05 Tea & Coffee 11.35 Peter Fl?gel Jain Sacred Places: Sammeta Sikhara 12.05 Gerd Mevissen North Bengal (Ancient Varendra): An Innovative Sub-Centre of Jaina Sculptural Art 12.35 Max Deeg Indian Influence on Mani Reconsidered: The Case of Jainism 13.05 Lunch 14.05 Alvappillai Veluppillai South Indian Jainism: The Role of Religious Polemics in TamilChristine 14.35 Christoph Emmrich The Man Who Fell from the Gopuram: Picking up Pieces in Kanchi 15.05 R. Uma Maheshwari Sites of Identity: The Village and the Community in Tamil Jaina Stories 15.35 John Henry Rice Orienting Jaina Polity: Temple Building in Vijayanagara-Period Kanara 16.05 Tea & Coffee 16.35 Olle Qvarnstr?m & Niels Hammer The Jain Cave Paintings at Ellora 17.05 Lisa Nadine Owen Demarcating Sacred Space: The Jina Images at Kalugumalai 17.35 Janice Leoshko Title tba 18.05 Prakash Shah Jain Temple Art and Ritual in the Diaspora: The Derasar at Potters Bar 18.35 Final Remarks All Welcome! Organisers: Peter Fl?gel (SOAS), Olle Qvarnstr?m (Lund University) and Nicholas Barnard (V&A) The conference is co-organised and co-sponsored by the Centre of Jaina Studies at SOAS, the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Lund (http://www.sasnet.lu.se/indrellund.html) and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London http://www.vam.ac.uk). Contact: Centre of Jaina Studies, Department for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG, Phone: 7898 4028, E-mail: js64 at soas.ac.uk http://www.soas.ac.uk/jainastudies From wedemeyer at UCHICAGO.EDU Tue Jan 8 03:51:55 2008 From: wedemeyer at UCHICAGO.EDU (Christian K. Wedemeyer) Date: Mon, 07 Jan 08 21:51:55 -0600 Subject: Position Announcement- Associate Director UC SALAC and COSAS Message-ID: <161227081711.23782.2451910437082530713.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR- UC SALAC and COSAS The University of Chicago is searching for an Associate Director to work with the University's thriving Title VI Center, the South Asia Language and Area Center (SALAC), as well as its Committee for Southern Asian Studies (COSAS). The position would suit someone with a BA/MA background in South Asian studies with at least three years of suitable administrative experience. Full details of the position and information on how to apply are available at https://jobopportunities.uchicago.edu/ [job requisition # 078263]. We will begin with interviewing candidates soon after January 31, 2008. Further details on South Asia at Chicago are available at http://southasia.uchicago.edu/about.htm. The University of Chicago is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. From huntington.2 at OSU.EDU Tue Jan 8 17:17:50 2008 From: huntington.2 at OSU.EDU (John C. Huntington) Date: Tue, 08 Jan 08 12:17:50 -0500 Subject: Sumatra manuscript text identification In-Reply-To: <4783A048.5060502@uni-bonn.de> Message-ID: <161227081718.23782.14167188150607863040.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Seems to be a bad URL All I get is a blank page John On Jan 8, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Daniel Stender wrote: > Michael Herkenhoff from the Manuscript Department of the University > Library in Bonn asked me for help finding someone who can give > information > about a recently obtained manuscript from Indonesia. Maybe there > is a scholar on the list who can identify script, language, text > etc., or > knows somebody who does. > > Here are pictures of the first and the last two pages: > http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzstzm/misc/so286.pdf > > Daniel Stender > > > -- > BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 511824725) is spam: > Spam: https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php? > c=s&i=511824725&m=a97b092f0dc4 > Not spam: https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php? > c=n&i=511824725&m=a97b092f0dc4 > Forget vote: https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php? > c=f&i=511824725&m=a97b092f0dc4 > ------------------------------------------------------ > END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > From joerg.gengnagel at URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE Tue Jan 8 13:17:51 2008 From: joerg.gengnagel at URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (Joerg Gengnagel) Date: Tue, 08 Jan 08 14:17:51 +0100 Subject: Conference in Heidelberg on "Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual" Message-ID: <161227081713.23782.14173877648298174339.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear colleagues, as a member of the organizing committee in Heidelberg I would like to inform you about the above mentioned international conference on "Ritual Dynamics and the Science of Ritual" which will be held from 29 September to 2 October 2008 in Heidelberg. So far Jan Heesterman, James Laidlaw, Alexis Sanderson, Frederick M. Smith and Frits Staal are among the participating South Asianists. Please see www.rituals-2008.com for more information. A tentative programme will be online by next week. Best wishes J?rg Gengnagel -- Priv.-Doz. Dr. J?rg Gengnagel Heidelberg University Collaborative Research Center 619 "Dynamics of Ritual" Subproject B5: Court Ritual in the Jaipur State www.ritualdynamik.uni-hd.de/ (www.rituals-2008.com) Varanasi Research Project: www.benares.uni-hd.de Cluster "Asia and Europe": http://vjc.uni-hd.de South Asia Institute Modern South Asian Studies Im Neuenheimer Feld 330 D-69120 Heidelberg phone: +49(0)6221/54-8906 fax: +49(0)6221/54-8841 From uzstzm at UNI-BONN.DE Tue Jan 8 16:09:44 2008 From: uzstzm at UNI-BONN.DE (Daniel Stender) Date: Tue, 08 Jan 08 17:09:44 +0100 Subject: Sumatra manuscript text identification Message-ID: <161227081716.23782.3469555912529851842.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Michael Herkenhoff from the Manuscript Department of the University Library in Bonn asked me for help finding someone who can give information about a recently obtained manuscript from Indonesia. Maybe there is a scholar on the list who can identify script, language, text etc., or knows somebody who does. Here are pictures of the first and the last two pages: http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzstzm/misc/so286.pdf Daniel Stender From uzstzm at UNI-BONN.DE Tue Jan 8 18:16:28 2008 From: uzstzm at UNI-BONN.DE (Daniel Stender) Date: Tue, 08 Jan 08 19:16:28 +0100 Subject: Sumatra manuscript text identification In-Reply-To: <04FEBCBC-9B5C-4E75-8306-659619BDBB71@osu.edu> Message-ID: <161227081721.23782.16438296068389709772.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> John C. Huntington wrote: > Seems to be a bad URL All I get is a blank page > > John Excuse me. Would you please try: http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzstzm/misc/so286/ instead? Daniel Stender From A.Acri at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL Tue Jan 8 18:16:34 2008 From: A.Acri at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL (Acri, A.) Date: Tue, 08 Jan 08 19:16:34 +0100 Subject: Sumatra manuscript text identification Message-ID: <161227081723.23782.5612574865476775212.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Daniel Stender, it must be a Batak ms. - cf. these samples: http://www.hawaii.edu/indolang/surat/ I would suggest to contact dr. Uli Kozok (kozok at hawaii.edu), one of the best experts in Sumatran mss. Regards, Andrea Acri http://web.mac.com/dwipantara -----Original Message----- From: Indology on behalf of Daniel Stender Sent: Tue 1/8/2008 5:09 PM To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk Subject: Sumatra manuscript text identification Michael Herkenhoff from the Manuscript Department of the University Library in Bonn asked me for help finding someone who can give information about a recently obtained manuscript from Indonesia. Maybe there is a scholar on the list who can identify script, language, text etc., or knows somebody who does. Here are pictures of the first and the last two pages: http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzstzm/misc/so286.pdf Daniel Stender From huntington.2 at OSU.EDU Wed Jan 9 01:42:07 2008 From: huntington.2 at OSU.EDU (John C. Huntington) Date: Tue, 08 Jan 08 20:42:07 -0500 Subject: Sumatra manuscript text identification In-Reply-To: <4783BDFC.1080707@uni-bonn.de> Message-ID: <161227081725.23782.17498464931590256654.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Daniel, The likn works great but i do not have a clue as to the culture or the script Sorry John On Jan 8, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Daniel Stender wrote: > John C. Huntington wrote: > >> Seems to be a bad URL All I get is a blank page >> John > > Excuse me. Would you please try: > > http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzstzm/misc/so286/ > > instead? > > Daniel Stender > > > -- > BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 511947290) is spam: > Spam: https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php? > c=s&i=511947290&m=cce833bce7c0 > Not spam: https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php? > c=n&i=511947290&m=cce833bce7c0 > Forget vote: https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php? > c=f&i=511947290&m=cce833bce7c0 > ------------------------------------------------------ > END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > From hahn.m at T-ONLINE.DE Wed Jan 9 13:29:17 2008 From: hahn.m at T-ONLINE.DE (Michael Hahn) Date: Wed, 09 Jan 08 14:29:17 +0100 Subject: Haribhatta in Nepal --- List of corrections In-Reply-To: <09A82273-CC05-4E98-BF9B-3CDEA43CD8C0@osu.edu> Message-ID: <161227081727.23782.16007272831688938745.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear colleagues, Many of you will probably have received my booklet "Haribhatta in Nepal" from the International Institute for Buddhist Studies, Tokyo. I would like to draw your attention to a list of corrections that can be downloaded as pdf file from my home page: URL: staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~hahnm Please go to Publications, then Bibliography of separately published works, then No. 16. Michael Hahn --- Prof. Dr. Michael Hahn Ritterstr. 14 D-35287 Amoeneburg Tel. +49-6422-938963 Fax: +49-6422-938967 E-mail: hahn.m at t-online.de From kauzeya at GMAIL.COM Wed Jan 9 20:36:54 2008 From: kauzeya at GMAIL.COM (Jonathan Silk) Date: Wed, 09 Jan 08 21:36:54 +0100 Subject: CPD online Message-ID: <161227081730.23782.11142719548740498500.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Friends, It is my pleasure to announce that thanks to the kindness of Dr Ole Holten Pind, the CPD is back online. The link is http://pali.hum.ku.dk/cpd Everyone working in Indian and Buddhist Studies will appreciate the generosity of this effort! With apologies for cross-posting to H-Buddhism and Indology, J SIlk -- J. Silk Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden Postbus 9515 2300 RA Leiden Netherlands From mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU Thu Jan 10 22:05:04 2008 From: mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU (mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 08 16:05:04 -0600 Subject: Bodhivisa a placename? Message-ID: <161227081734.23782.14381262725619806575.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Madhav, Is your friend not perhaps misreading O/U Di vi sha, i.e. Orissa? Matthew T. Kapstein Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies The University of Chicago Divinity School Directeur d'?tudes Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris From mmdesh at UMICH.EDU Thu Jan 10 22:57:10 2008 From: mmdesh at UMICH.EDU (Deshpande, Madhav) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 08 17:57:10 -0500 Subject: Bodhivisa a placename? Message-ID: <161227081738.23782.13794923781750522692.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Will forward your suggestion to my colleague. Madhav -----Original Message----- From: Indology on behalf of mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU Sent: Thu 1/10/2008 5:05 PM To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk Subject: Re: Bodhivisa a placename? Dear Madhav, Is your friend not perhaps misreading O/U Di vi sha, i.e. Orissa? Matthew T. Kapstein Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies The University of Chicago Divinity School Directeur d'?tudes Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris From mmdesh at UMICH.EDU Thu Jan 10 22:58:08 2008 From: mmdesh at UMICH.EDU (Deshpande, Madhav) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 08 17:58:08 -0500 Subject: Bodhivisa a placename? Message-ID: <161227081740.23782.9308182775208555812.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Will forward your question to my colleague. Thanks. Madhav -----Original Message----- From: Indology on behalf of Michael Hahn Sent: Thu 1/10/2008 5:06 PM To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk Subject: Re: Bodhivisa a placename? Dear Dr. Deshpande, Is bodhivisa actually found in the Tibetan text or is it a mere reconstruction? If so, what is the underlying Tibetan? To know that would help to answer the question. Michael Hahn --- Prof. Dr. Michael Hahn Ritterstr. 14 D-35287 Amoeneburg Tel. +49-6422-938963 Fax: +49-6422-938967 E-mail: hahn.m at t-online.de From mmdesh at UMICH.EDU Thu Jan 10 21:54:36 2008 From: mmdesh at UMICH.EDU (Madhav Deshpande) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 08 21:54:36 +0000 Subject: Bodhivisa a placename? Message-ID: <161227081732.23782.6217547446537575074.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> A colleague of mine is translating a Tibetan text into English. Evidently there is a placename Bodhivisa, a place in "southern regions". Does anyone has any suggestions about identifying this name or place? Madhav Deshpande From hahn.m at T-ONLINE.DE Thu Jan 10 22:06:36 2008 From: hahn.m at T-ONLINE.DE (Michael Hahn) Date: Thu, 10 Jan 08 23:06:36 +0100 Subject: Bodhivisa a placename? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227081736.23782.6664692878301082618.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Dr. Deshpande, Is bodhivisa actually found in the Tibetan text or is it a mere reconstruction? If so, what is the underlying Tibetan? To know that would help to answer the question. Michael Hahn --- Prof. Dr. Michael Hahn Ritterstr. 14 D-35287 Amoeneburg Tel. +49-6422-938963 Fax: +49-6422-938967 E-mail: hahn.m at t-online.de From athr at LOC.GOV Fri Jan 11 20:00:27 2008 From: athr at LOC.GOV (Allen W Thrasher) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 08 15:00:27 -0500 Subject: Lecture and tour of collections pertaining to Pakistan at the Library of Congress Message-ID: <161227081742.23782.279221152770900177.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> "A lecture and tour of collections pertaining to Pakistan at the Library of Congress" led by Nuzhat Khatoon, Reference Librarian, South Asia Team, Asian Division Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:30am-1:00pm Asian Reading Room, LJ-150, Jefferson Building 10 First Street, SE, Washington, DC 20540 (Metro stop: Capitol South on the Blue/Orange Line) A movie providing glimpses of Pakistan will be shown at the end of the tour. This program is free and open to the public. Please contact Nuzhat Khatoon, 202-707-2666 or nkha at loc.gov, or, alternatively, click on the link below then click on the signup link to let us know you are coming. http://lcasianfriends.org/event/Pakistan_Collection_Tour# ========= This mailing list, provided by the Asian Division at the Library of Congress, will keep you up to date on the library's sponsored events, as well as Asia-related events in the Washington DC Metro area. You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF ADFS-FREELIST" command to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV. From mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU Mon Jan 14 18:34:04 2008 From: mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU (mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 08 12:34:04 -0600 Subject: Bangladesh and the Mus=?iso-8859-15?Q?=E9e?= Guimet Message-ID: <161227081744.23782.16477739837856896258.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The exhibition entitled "Chef-d'oeuvre du Delta du Gange: Collections des mus?es de Bangladesh," which was scheduled to open at the Mus?e Guimet in Paris late last year, was abruptly cancelled owing to the purported theft of two statues in the holding area of the Dakka airport. This led one faction of the Bangladesh government to accuse those responsible for negotiating the exhibition with the French of having endangered the national patrimony, leading then to the cancellation. The objects were, in fact, soon recovered (causing some to suspect that their "theft" had been cooked with the sole interest of embarrassing political rivals and scuppering the exhibition), and, indeed, most materials had already arrived in Paris, when Bangladesh demanded their immediate return. The catalogue, edited by Vincent Lefevre, and bearing the same title as the exhibition, offers an excellent introduction to and survery of the archeology and antiquities of Bangladesh, and is particularly good on Buddhist sites and art (with much from the Pala period). It will no doubt be remaindered shortly, as museum catalogues generally do not sell well except in the context of the exhibitions they were meant to accompany. In this case, the wealth of the objects depicted leads one to regret very much that the show could not go on. Matthew T. Kapstein Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies The University of Chicago Divinity School Directeur d'?tudes Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris From tony_stewart at NCSU.EDU Tue Jan 15 00:02:01 2008 From: tony_stewart at NCSU.EDU (Tony K. Stewart) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 08 19:02:01 -0500 Subject: More on Bangladesh and the Mus=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E9e?= Guimet In-Reply-To: <20080114123404.AYN38946@m4500-02.uchicago.edu> Message-ID: <161227081746.23782.4399461667786565432.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Colleagues: Having just returned from Dhaka a few weeks ago and knowing a number of the litigants involved, I can add to what Matthew has relayed. There is a somewhat more complicated legal history here than is at first evident. As I understand it, a group of contemporary artists had heard--on what they believed to be unassailably reliable authority--that the Mus?e Guimet had returned forgeries after a major exhibition of South Asian art a few years ago. Consequently, these artists enlisted the services of Supreme Court barrister and television analyst/personality Tania Amir to file a writ petition with the courts to block the loan of all articles for the exhibition out of fear that they would be pirated. The artists were deeply upset and quite passionate about the move they made--at least judging from my limited conversations with several of the key figures and with Ms Amir. The number of artists behind this was not small. Those supporting the loan were also prominent and were quite surprised at the allegations--but at least some seemed to take them seriously as (I was informed by one proponent directly involved and who was initially quite disturbed by the argument). The (caretaker) government then reviewed the matter, the courts chose not to issue the writ, and pieces already on their way continued their journey with a certain amount of publicity for those to follow. As Matthew rightly points out, speculation abounds; but as I was leaving Dhaka, there seemed to be a growing consensus that the publicity itself may have focused unwanted attention on the location of the artifacts and the "looting" was as likely motivated by greed as by politics: these were after all, and according to all public reports, "priceless". That some may have attempted to manipulate this for political advantage is certainly within the realm of the Bangladeshi politics as elsewhere; but the more benign interpretations are certainly as plausible as the political infighting that has been suggested. Until the bungling culprits are tried, the entire episode remains shrouded. The bottom line, however, is unfortunate: the exhibition has had to be abandoned, and the precedent for all museums is ominous (I discussed the issue at some length with one curator in the Asia Collection in the British Museum last week and there is a palpable apprehension). It is also very unfortunate that the catalogue is likely not to circulate--a most important reminder for our library collection specialists. Let's hope this is resolved in such a way that other exhibits are not threatened. Tony K Stewart Professor of South Asian Religions & Literatures North Carolina State University & Director, Bangla Language Programs American Institute of Bangladesh Studies On Jan 14, 2008, at 1:34 PM, mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU wrote: > > The exhibition entitled "Chef-d'oeuvre du Delta du Gange: > Collections des mus?es de Bangladesh," which was > scheduled to open at the Mus?e Guimet in Paris late last > year, was abruptly cancelled owing to the purported > theft of two statues in the holding area of the Dakka > airport. This led one faction of the Bangladesh government > to accuse those responsible for negotiating the exhibition > with the French of having endangered the national > patrimony, leading then to the cancellation. The objects > were, in fact, soon recovered (causing some to suspect > that their "theft" had been cooked with the sole interest > of embarrassing political rivals and scuppering the > exhibition), and, indeed, most materials had already > arrived in Paris, when Bangladesh demanded their > immediate return. > > The catalogue, edited by Vincent Lefevre, and bearing the > same title as the exhibition, offers an excellent > introduction to and survery of the archeology and antiquities > of Bangladesh, and is particularly good on Buddhist > sites and art (with much from the Pala period). It will > no doubt be remaindered shortly, as museum catalogues > generally do not sell well except in the context of > the exhibitions they were meant to accompany. In this case, > the wealth of the objects depicted leads one to regret > very much that the show could not go on. > > Matthew T. Kapstein > Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies > The University of Chicago Divinity School > > Directeur d'?tudes > Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris From huntington.2 at OSU.EDU Tue Jan 15 02:22:27 2008 From: huntington.2 at OSU.EDU (John C. Huntington) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 08 21:22:27 -0500 Subject: More on Bangladesh and the Mus=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E9e?= Guimet In-Reply-To: <36EC7AF6-7673-4BA2-9D62-398A1BBCC1BB@ncsu.edu> Message-ID: <161227081749.23782.11456040299526231509.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Jan 14, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Tony K. Stewart wrote: > It is also very unfortunate that the catalogue is likely not to > circulate--a most important reminder for our library collection > specialists. > I should note that the catalogue is available on Amazon.com.fr and I have just ordered it thanks to Matt's notification. If it has been printed there is no use in not selling it. From tony_stewart at NCSU.EDU Tue Jan 15 04:40:33 2008 From: tony_stewart at NCSU.EDU (Tony K. Stewart) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 08 23:40:33 -0500 Subject: More on Bangladesh and the Mus=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E9e?= Guimet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227081752.23782.4307885972219440728.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> On Jan 14, 2008, at 9:22 PM, John C. Huntington wrote: > On Jan 14, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Tony K. Stewart wrote: >> It is also very unfortunate that the catalogue is likely not to >> circulate--a most important reminder for our library collection >> specialists. >> > > I should note that the catalogue is available on Amazon.com.fr and I > have just ordered it thanks to Matt's notification. If it has been > printed there is no use in not selling it. From mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU Tue Jan 15 15:34:48 2008 From: mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU (mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 08 09:34:48 -0600 Subject: More on Bangladesh and the Mus=?iso-8859-15?Q?=E9e?= Guimet Message-ID: <161227081754.23782.16514780243632010399.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Tony's remarks in response to my post are illuminating. The Bangladeshi perspective has been almost entirely absent from the information that I have been able to access here in Paris. A few random thoughts: While there is perhaps a certain absurdity in the notion that an institution like the Mus?e Guimet might copy borrowed works and then return the copies to the owner, keeping the originals, the plausibility of such fears surely stems in no small part from the real-life shenanigans afflicting the current art market. The recent profile, in the New Yorker magazine, of the Getty's former curator Marion True, provides a disconcerting vision of the dystopic realm of Western classical antiquities, and, as we know, the current pillage of art is even worse elsewhere. This past autumn my wife and I travelled in Sichuan, China, where we had last visited in 2004, and were appalled to learn of the pace at which sculpted Tang-period Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Taoist immortals are being decapitated, to fulfil an apparently insatiable craving, in China and elsewhere, for a pretty piece of stone for the mantlepiece. China, however, clearly recognizes the value of its antiquities in relation to cultural diplomacy, so that despite the on-going looting of artifacts, the Chinese have nevertheless seen fit to collaborate with Western institutions in order to bring some of their treasures to world attention. South Asia generally, and perhaps Bangladesh in particular, seems not yet to have worked out as clear a sense of the value of their heritage in terms of their profile in the world. Matthew T. Kapstein Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies The University of Chicago Divinity School Directeur d'?tudes Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris From tony_stewart at NCSU.EDU Tue Jan 15 18:57:30 2008 From: tony_stewart at NCSU.EDU (Tony K. Stewart) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 08 13:57:30 -0500 Subject: Bangladesh and the Mus=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E9e?= Guimet - links In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227081757.23782.17408270961456319448.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> For those with a little time on their hands and who wish to see how some of the artifact fiasco has played out, see this report posted some weeks ago (with multiple additional links) from a somewhat more unconventional news source/analysis than the local newspapers. Clearly the muddle is more than that. But enough from me on this. http://www.drishtipat.org/blog/2007/12/01/tintin-bengal/ Cheers, tony Tony K Stewart Professor of South Asian Religions & Literatures North Carolina State University & Director, Bangla Language Programs American Institute of Bangladesh Studies From huntington.2 at OSU.EDU Wed Jan 16 16:01:09 2008 From: huntington.2 at OSU.EDU (John C. Huntington) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 08 11:01:09 -0500 Subject: More on Bangladesh and the Mus=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E9e?= Guimet In-Reply-To: <20080115093448.AYO79614@m4500-02.uchicago.edu> Message-ID: <161227081759.23782.12002254623724501124.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear List, While Matthew is correct in that it is an absurdity that the Musee Guimet copy pieces, in actuality, it is not an absurdity to be worried about it. Maybe two decades ago the infamous collector Norton Simon arranged to have a great image of a Nataraja taken form a temple in South India for "repairs," had a copy made and put the piece in display in his Los Angeles collection. Ultimate the piece was returned and all involved were published as thieves and smugglers in the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers, but no persecutions nor real repercussions. Simon even got most of his money back. A colleague in India has recently made the point that the traditional holders of religious art generally feel vulnerable to theft and duplicity with the result being that temples, bhandars and other traditional institutions have become increasing careful about access and dealing with persons outside their immediate region. The Norton Simon story, however, is widely known in Museum and art circles in India and, I presume, Bangladesh. I imagine that they would not make too fine a point about the real differences between a private Major museum and the French National Museum. Both, regardless of funding, are ostensibly public Museums with certain obligations to their respective constituencies. When we borrowed the objects for the Circle of Bliss from Nepal, we met with a great deal of resistance and only prevailed at the last possible second, largely due to my colleague, Dina Bangdel's family reputation and personal connections in the government. Thus, I must venture that the Bangladesh govt. probably simply decided to err on the side of safety. the great Vajrasattva Bronze on the cover of the Catalogue is one of the great treasures of the Indic world and, as an museum professional and art historian, I cannot argue for a moment that it should have been loaned to anybody. John C. Huntington From SamuelG at CARDIFF.AC.UK Thu Jan 17 05:19:23 2008 From: SamuelG at CARDIFF.AC.UK (Geoffrey Samuel) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 08 11:19:23 +0600 Subject: More on Bangladesh and the Mus=?iso-8859-15?Q?=E9e?= Guimet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227081762.23782.2313206003948573408.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Unfortunately it is not true that the stolen objects were soon recovered, at least not in an intact form. See the following article from the Daily Star (4th Jan 08), which has a photo of the head of the smashed Vishnu image: http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=17754 Geoffrey Samuel * * * Stolen Artefacts : Vishnu's torn face recovered from Aminbazar Kailash Sarkar Three more fragments of the stolen statues the 'Bust of Vishnu' and the black-coloured 'Vishnu' were recovered from Baliarpur of Aminbazar dump yard yesterday. The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered the face and a fragment of left hand of the 'Bust of Vishnu' and a piece of the basement of black 'Vishnu'. Md Aminul Huq of Rab-1 said: "We along with Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) employees have so far recovered 45 fragments of the broken statues." Swapan Kumar Biswas, acting keeper of the National Museum, who detected yesterday's recovered fragments at the Rab-1 office, told The Daily Star: "This is a major recovery of the broken 'Bust of Vishnu'". About 20 percent of the statue has so far been recovered, while the recovery of the 'Vishnu' is very insignificant, he added. According to eyewitnesses, the fragments of brown-coloured 'Bust of Vishnu' grew pale. Talking to The Daily Star, Gazi Abdul Mannan, deputy assistant director of Rab-1 who led yesterday's drive, said: "We found the fragments by digging out at least four layers of the garbage. "Other fragments were also recovered from the spot yard and all the pieces were found within 30-40 yards. The remaining pieces might be hidden there." Rab-1 sources said they also recovered two other fragments of the 'Bust of Vishnu' on Wednesday and 28 others on December 28. The two priceless artefacts were stolen on December 21 from the Zia International Airport (ZIA) while these were on way to France for an exhibition. Rab personnel have so far arrested 27 people in this connection and of them three -- former lawmaker Anwara Begum, Abbas Ali, alleged ringleader of "Abbas-Nasir" smuggling gang of ZIA, and Nasir Uddin -- were placed on a three-day remand. The rest have been sent to the prison. Sub-inspector Monu Sohel Imtiaz of Airport Police Station, also the investigation officer (IO), said: "The three-day remand ends today [Thursday] and they will be hauled before the court tomorrow [Friday]. "There have been major developments following the interrogation and we are now looking for some other persons. Our higher authority will decide whether to remand them further." Maj Md Aminul Huq of Rab-1 said: "We're hunting for Mohammad Ali, who was a sweeper of the civil aviation and was sacked for his illicit activities, and Razzak, who is involved in smuggling at ZIA." From athr at LOC.GOV Thu Jan 17 20:47:34 2008 From: athr at LOC.GOV (Allen W Thrasher) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 08 15:47:34 -0500 Subject: Indo-Caribbean Music at the Library of Congress Message-ID: <161227081764.23782.14889609761935336925.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The American Folklife Center presents -- Major League Tassa -- Indo-Caribbean drumming and dance from Queens, N.Y. FREE January 31, 2008 12 noon Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave., SE Washington, DC Capitol South Metro Stop The powerfully propulsive Tassa drumming of East Indians from the Caribbean region is performed by both Hindus and Muslims, in sacred as well as secular contexts. Major League Tassa, and accompanying dancers, from Queens, New York will present rhythms used for processions, the Diwali holiday, and weddings, along with contemporary tunes performed at clubs, sports bars and social events in the New York City area. All of the members of Major League Tassa are Trinidadian-Americans in their twenties and thirties. Its leader, Anil Raghoonanan, plays the dhol, a big, double-headed bass barrel drum made of wood covered with goatskin. Kevindra Raghoonanan performs on the jhanj, brass cymbals. Dave Seetaram, the "fulley," and Doodnath "Phantom" Lalchan, the "cutter," play the conical, clay tassa drum. The fulley keeps up a steady rhythm, while the lead cutter performs dazzling improvisations while guiding the other players through modulations of the rhythms. Dancers Amy Basdeo and Lauren Moomlal will perform traditional dancing practiced widely at religious ceremonies and weddings as well as hot, contemporary chutney dancing. For more information, please visit: www.loc.gov/folklife or call 202-707-5510. From mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU Fri Jan 18 08:47:36 2008 From: mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU (mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 08 02:47:36 -0600 Subject: Tamil Seminar---places still free... Message-ID: <161227081769.23782.2732912763997391391.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Dominic, Nothing to do with the Tamil seminar, but when are you in Paris this year? -- it would be nice to meet again. I'll be in India Jan 20 - Feb 20, but nowhere near Pondichery. best for the new year, Matthew Matthew T. Kapstein Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies The University of Chicago Divinity School Directeur d'?tudes Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris From mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU Fri Jan 18 08:48:20 2008 From: mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU (mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 08 02:48:20 -0600 Subject: Tamil Seminar---places still free... Message-ID: <161227081772.23782.16006988736067356505.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Apologies for inadvertently sending a personal note to Indology. Matthew T. Kapstein Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies The University of Chicago Divinity School Directeur d'?tudes Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris From mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU Fri Jan 18 10:13:15 2008 From: mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU (mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 08 04:13:15 -0600 Subject: More on Bangladesh and the Mus=?iso-8859-15?Q?=E9e?= Guimet Message-ID: <161227081774.23782.8933626440797543141.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> The phrase "claimed to be" in the photograph accompanying the story posted by Geoffrey Samuel is significant. Apparently, there has, as yet, been no expert confirmation that the fragments recovered by the Dakka Police are indeed the authentic remains of the statues that disappeared. In the meantime, the objects that were shipped to France seem to be stranded, as the French are reticent to risk returning them given the problems with airport security in Dakka. Matthew T. Kapstein Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies The University of Chicago Divinity School Directeur d'?tudes Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris From dominic.goodall at GMAIL.COM Fri Jan 18 03:59:25 2008 From: dominic.goodall at GMAIL.COM (Dominic Goodall) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 08 09:29:25 +0530 Subject: Tamil Seminar---places still free... Message-ID: <161227081767.23782.1483730978882229509.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Tamil Seminar---places still free... My colleague Eva Wilden has asked me to forward this announcement to the list : Classical Tamil Winter Seminar in 2008 Organised by the Pondicherry Centre of the ?cole fran?aise d?Extr?me- Orient from 11th February to 7th of March 2008 The Pondicherry ?Classical Tamil Winter Seminar? is back on schedule and will take place for the 6th time in February 2008. This time, as in 2005, there will be two levels, for beginners and advanced students. The text we propose to read for the first week is a little known Akam anthology in VeNpaa metre, the AintiNai Aimpatu, one of the PatinenkiizkkaNakku, the 18 minor classics. As the title indicates, it comprises only 50 verses, so we will easily be able to read the whole text. Like many works of its kind, it has not been edited often, commentaries are late and meagre and translations do not exist at all. Morphology, syntax and vocabulary are somewhere between those of the early classical and the bhakti stages of the language, and the author takes a certain amount of liberty with the older thematic conventions. Since we are fortunate in having access to a number of manuscripts, we will try to improve on the transmitted text and therefore also have some discussion on what improving an old Tamil text might mean. The second week will be dedicated to the 5th and v7th decades of the PatiRRuppattu, the small Cankam anthology dealing with the deeds of the Ceera dynasty. In the following two weeks, we shall return to more familiar territory to examine selected episodes from a text every student of Tamil ought to be acquainted with, the Kampa RaamaayaNam. The work is a 12th-century late-comer in the annals of poetry and has been ignored by the commentators of grammar and poetics, but it is one of the most popular classics of today. Detailed program on the EFEO website under: http://www.efeo.fr/ ctws_2008/index.htm Please contact : wilden.eva at gmail.com (putting administration at efeo- pondicherry.org in copy). Dr. Dominic Goodall Head, Pondicherry Centre, Ecole fran?aise d'Extr?me-Orient ("French School of Asian Studies"), P.O. Box 151, 16 & 19, Dumas Street, Pondicherry 605001, INDIA +91 413 2334539 / +91 413 2225689 / +91 413 2332504 Fax +91 413 2330886 (dominicgoodall at efeo-pondicherry.org) From kauzeya at GMAIL.COM Sat Jan 19 16:52:52 2008 From: kauzeya at GMAIL.COM (Jonathan Silk) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 08 17:52:52 +0100 Subject: Afghanistan show in Amsterdam Message-ID: <161227081777.23782.11456848136281092308.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Probably this is already well known to those who have an interest, but in case it did not appear on your radar, and you have a chance to visit Amsterdam before 20.4.08, the spectacular show "Hidden Afghanistan" is well worth a visit. This was apparently at Paris in the Guimet, subject of so much recent talk, until April of last year. And based on the sponsor list, I'm guessing it either was or will be in Spain as well. Here's a description from the web site of the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam which is hosting the show: Four archaeological sites play a key role. The oldest, Tepe Fullol, dates from the Bactrian Bronze Age (around 2000 BC). In the exhibition it is followed by a larger section dealing with Ai Khanum, a city that was founded by Greeks in the wake of Alexander the Great's campaign of conquest and that bears witness to Hellenism on the edge of the steppes (4th to 2nd centuries BC). The famous gold treasure of Tillya-tepe is renowned: jewellery and other art objects from six graves from the 1st century AD which were excavated in 1979 by a Soviet-Afghan team led by the Russian archaeologist Sarianidi. They form a splendid mix of the art of the steppes, Graeco-Roman iconography, Indian objects and Chinese mirrors. Finally, in Begram, also from the 1st century AD, in 1937 and 1939 two sealed chambers were revealed containing elaborate Indian furniture in ivory, glass, vases and plaster emblemata of Hellenist origin. There is also a superb catalogue, available in your choice of languages (one seems to be in Pashtun, although all I can really say is that it seems to be in Arabic [Persian?] script...) Probably some colleague in Paris can provide more info. But anyway, especially in light of the recent fiasco with the Bangladeshi show, this in contrast must be seen as an amazing success. See it if you can! J Silk -- J. Silk Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden Postbus 9515 2300 RA Leiden Netherlands From kauzeya at GMAIL.COM Sat Jan 19 17:06:09 2008 From: kauzeya at GMAIL.COM (Jonathan Silk) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 08 18:06:09 +0100 Subject: small correction Message-ID: <161227081779.23782.17526447233895582585.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> the show was apparently previously in Turin, which is in, uh, Italy.... (should have started to read the catalogue first, it seems) there is a review of the Italian show at: http://eja.e-a-a.org/2007/08/13/exhibition-review-afghanistan-i-tesori-ritrovati/ (it is written in English) -- J. Silk Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden Postbus 9515 2300 RA Leiden Netherlands From r.mahoney at ICONZ.CO.NZ Sat Jan 19 20:23:45 2008 From: r.mahoney at ICONZ.CO.NZ (Richard MAHONEY) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 08 09:23:45 +1300 Subject: RESOURCE> Indica et Buddhica - Tabulae : Online ToC for Indology & Buddhology Message-ID: <161227081782.23782.15899745374411227895.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> [Apologies for cross posting] Dear Readers, I would like to mention Indica et Buddhica - Tabulae. This site directs one to online materials associated with periodicals often consulted by Indologists and Buddhologists. >From the site blurb: ``Tabulae increases the availability and usefulness of online journals containing Indological and Buddhological material. Through links and digital feeds it makes this material easier to find, access and use. Tabulae aims to refer to all relevant online periodicals, to be a resource for researchers who want to make use of the vast amount of constantly arising digital material. At present, Tabulae directs researchers to the Tables of Contents for more than 130 periodicals. This includes the Indo-Iranian Journal, Asian Philosophy, the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Numen, T?oung Pao, and The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Tabulae links to the digital version of articles and to the electronic version of previous issues. Researchers will find bibliographic data for all periodicals.'' The top page for Tabulae can be found here: http://tabulae.indica-et-buddhica.org For a list of journals referenced please see the `Site Map' at: http://tabulae.indica-et-buddhica.org/plan.php3 And if you read or publish a periodical that does not yet appear on the site, please feel free to suggest it giving `Journal Title' and `URL'. Best regards, Richard Mahoney -- Richard MAHONEY | internet: http://indica-et-buddhica.org/ Littledene | telephone/telefax (man.): +64 3 312 1699 Bay Road | cellular: +64 27 482 9986 OXFORD, NZ | email: r.mahoney at indica-et-buddhica.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Indica et Buddhica: Materials for Indology and Buddhology Scholia: http://scholia.indica-et-buddhica.org/ Lexica: http://lexica.indica-et-buddhica.org/dict/lexica From witzel at FAS.HARVARD.EDU Mon Jan 21 13:17:53 2008 From: witzel at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Michael Witzel) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 08 08:17:53 -0500 Subject: None In-Reply-To: <000d01c85c0f$805a8560$fdded054@Winston> Message-ID: <161227081788.23782.13301465260586506759.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Chariots drawn by antelopes are as old as the Rgveda, and typical for the chariots of the storm gods, the Marut. See for example RV I 85.4. In the new RV translation of Witzel, Goto et al. (Verlag d. Weltreligionen, 2007): 4. Die guten K?mpfer, die mit den Speeren hell funkeln, (fahren), w?hrend sie sogar unbewegliche Dinge mit K?rperkraft fortbewegen, wenn ihr, Maruts, die gedankenschnellen Antilopen an eure Streitwagen geschirrt habt, (ihr) die Stiere als (eure) Truppe habt. Can supply more exx. if needed. Cheers, MW On Jan 21, 2008, at 4:25 AM, Lars Martin Fosse wrote: > Dear members of the list, > > on behalf of a colleague who does not have access to Indology, I > would like > post this query: > > ****************** > > Dear Members of the List, > > I am looking for a reference from early Indian culture, about a > mythological figure who drives a chariot drawn by antelopes. It > probably figures in the Mahabharata. Can you help me find this > reference and possibly notify me about additional literature written > on this subject? > > I would be most obliged. > > Thank you all in advance, > > Sarolta Tat?r > > ********************* > > If you answer directly to her, pls use the email address: > > tatar.sarolta at gmail.com > > Best regards, > > Lars Martin Fosse > > > From: > Dr.art. Lars Martin Fosse > Haugerudvn. 76, Leil. 114, > 0674 Oslo - Norway > Phone: +47 22 32 12 19 Fax: +47 850 21 250 > Mobile phone: +47 90 91 91 45 > E-mail: lmfosse at getmail.no > http://www.linguistfinder.com/translators.asp?id=2164 Michael Witzel > Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University > 1 Bow Street , 3rd floor, Cambridge MA 02138 > 1-617-495 3295 Fax: 496 8571 > direct line: 496 2990 > > > > changed to: > > From lmfosse at GETMAIL.NO Mon Jan 21 09:25:02 2008 From: lmfosse at GETMAIL.NO (Lars Martin Fosse) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 08 10:25:02 +0100 Subject: None Message-ID: <161227081785.23782.2745045430025410896.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear members of the list, on behalf of a colleague who does not have access to Indology, I would like post this query: ****************** Dear Members of the List, I am looking for a reference from early Indian culture, about a mythological figure who drives a chariot drawn by antelopes. It probably figures in the Mahabharata. Can you help me find this reference and possibly notify me about additional literature written on this subject? I would be most obliged. Thank you all in advance, Sarolta Tat?r ********************* If you answer directly to her, pls use the email address: tatar.sarolta at gmail.com Best regards, Lars Martin Fosse From: Dr.art. Lars Martin Fosse Haugerudvn. 76, Leil. 114, 0674 Oslo - Norway Phone: +47 22 32 12 19 Fax: +47 850 21 250 Mobile phone: +47 90 91 91 45 E-mail: lmfosse at getmail.no http://www.linguistfinder.com/translators.asp?id=2164 From rsalomon at U.WASHINGTON.EDU Mon Jan 21 22:51:26 2008 From: rsalomon at U.WASHINGTON.EDU (Richard Salomon) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 08 14:51:26 -0800 Subject: Afghanistan show in Amsterdam > USA Message-ID: <161227081791.23782.7809021248999719182.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I believe this show is going to be in the US (Washington DC and San Francisco) some time later this year or next year. I saw it in Paris, and it is indeed spectacular. RS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Silk" To: Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:52 AM Subject: Afghanistan show in Amsterdam > Probably this is already well known to those who have an interest, but in > case it did not appear on your radar, and you have a chance to visit > Amsterdam before 20.4.08, the spectacular show "Hidden Afghanistan" is > well > worth a visit. > > This was apparently at Paris in the Guimet, subject of so much recent > talk, > until April of last year. And based on the sponsor list, I'm guessing it > either was or will be in Spain as well. > > Here's a description from the web site of the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam > which > is hosting the show: > > Four archaeological sites play a key role. The oldest, Tepe Fullol, dates > from the Bactrian Bronze Age (around 2000 BC). In the exhibition it is > followed by a larger section dealing with Ai Khanum, a city that was > founded > by Greeks in the wake of Alexander the Great's campaign of conquest and > that > bears witness to Hellenism on the edge of the steppes (4th to 2nd > centuries > BC). The famous gold treasure of Tillya-tepe is renowned: jewellery and > other art objects from six graves from the 1st century AD which were > excavated in 1979 by a Soviet-Afghan team led by the Russian archaeologist > Sarianidi. They form a splendid mix of the art of the steppes, > Graeco-Roman > iconography, Indian objects and Chinese mirrors. Finally, in Begram, also > from the 1st century AD, in 1937 and 1939 two sealed chambers were > revealed > containing elaborate Indian furniture in ivory, glass, vases and plaster > emblemata of Hellenist origin. > > There is also a superb catalogue, available in your choice of languages > (one > seems to be in Pashtun, although all I can really say is that it seems to > be > in Arabic [Persian?] script...) > > Probably some colleague in Paris can provide more info. But anyway, > especially in light of the recent fiasco with the Bangladeshi show, this > in > contrast must be seen as an amazing success. See it if you can! > > J Silk > -- > J. Silk > Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden > Postbus 9515 > 2300 RA Leiden > Netherlands > From jmdelire at ULB.AC.BE Tue Jan 22 10:47:09 2008 From: jmdelire at ULB.AC.BE (Jean-Michel Delire) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 08 11:47:09 +0100 Subject: Sanskrit and indology in Brussels Message-ID: <161227081796.23782.410748254389591977.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Friends of the Indology list, > It has now been confirmed that two (and a half) courses devoted to Sanskrit and Indian civilization will disappear at the Universit? de Bruxelles. Two annual 24h-courses entitled "Sanskrit" will shrink to a 24h-course "Sanskrit et Vieux Perse", and one biennial 24h-course entitled "Civilisation indienne" will simply be suppressed. The last Sanskrit teacher, Francine Mawet who is now retiring, is essentially a comparatist and, hence, might not been known to you since she did not participate to any World Sanskrit Conference or any large meeting devoted to Sanskrit researches. But, though she didn't contribute to Sanskrit studies, she has been the successor in Brussels of some famous Sanskrit specialists, like Ludo Rocher (1959-1966), or Jean Naudou (1967-1976). Suzanne Rocher made also her researches in Brussels before leaving Belgium for Pensylvania University, and Janine Schotmans, a pupil of Ludo Rocher, was the curator of the Indian section at the Mus?e Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire. Since 1992, Claudine Bautze-Picron (C.N.R.S., UMR 7528, Paris), a student of Jean Naudou, has been teaching an annual 24h-course on Indian History of Art. It is also during F.Mawet's professorship, but mostly under the supervision of Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat, that I wrote my thesis on the Baudhaayana "Sulbasuutra and its commentaries (with a new edition and translation). Some of you must know me, as I participate in several WSC (in 1997, 2000 and 2003) and did sojourn in India for more than one and a half year, in order to collect the manuscripts I needed for my edition. That is why, as a mathematician trained in Sanskrit wanting to develop research about the fascinating and very promising field of Indian mathematics, astronomy and science in general, I am kindly requesting you to write a letter (with a copy for me) asking the Recteur (vice-chancellor) of the Universit? Libre de Bruxelles not to ratify this drastic reduction of the already small Sanskrit related activities in his University. > > Address : > M. Philippe Vincke > Recteur de l'Universit? Libre de Bruxelles > 50, avenue F.D.Roosevelt > 1050 Bruxelles > BELGIUM > Email (but a letter would be more efficient) : pvincke at ulb.ac.be Best regards, Jean Michel Delire Doctor in Philosophy and Letters Master in Mathematics Secretary of the Alta?r Centre for History of Science (University of Brussels) From mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU Tue Jan 22 01:22:00 2008 From: mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU (McComas Taylor) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 08 12:22:00 +1100 Subject: None In-Reply-To: <000d01c85c0f$805a8560$fdded054@Winston> Message-ID: <161227081794.23782.17051663634613397243.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Were they blind antelopes? Sorry - no idea Lars Martin Fosse wrote: > Dear members of the list, > > on behalf of a colleague who does not have access to Indology, I would like > post this query: > > ****************** > > Dear Members of the List, > > I am looking for a reference from early Indian culture, about a > mythological figure who drives a chariot drawn by antelopes. It > probably figures in the Mahabharata. Can you help me find this > reference and possibly notify me about additional literature written > on this subject? > > I would be most obliged. > > Thank you all in advance, > > Sarolta Tat?r > > ********************* > > If you answer directly to her, pls use the email address: > > tatar.sarolta at gmail.com > > Best regards, > > Lars Martin Fosse > > > From: > Dr.art. Lars Martin Fosse > Haugerudvn. 76, Leil. 114, > 0674 Oslo - Norway > Phone: +47 22 32 12 19 Fax: +47 850 21 250 > Mobile phone: +47 90 91 91 45 > E-mail: lmfosse at getmail.no > http://www.linguistfinder.com/translators.asp?id=2164 > -- =============================== Dr McComas Taylor Head, South Asia Centre Faculty of Asian Studies The Australian National University ACTON ACT 0200 Tel: +61 2 6125 3179 Fax: +61 2 6125 8326 Email: mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au URL: http://asianstudies.anu.edu.au/wiki/index.php/Dr_McComas_Taylor Location: Room E4.26 Baldessin Precinct Building From Arlo.Griffiths at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL Tue Jan 22 15:44:20 2008 From: Arlo.Griffiths at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL (Arlo Griffiths) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 08 16:44:20 +0100 Subject: book announcement Message-ID: <161227081799.23782.13483368223827742721.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Roland Hardenberg K?nig ohne Reich. Rituale des K?nigstums in Orissa. Berlin 2008. Verlag Hans Schiler. ISBN 978-3-89930-204-2. Blurb from the publisher's website: Zwar hat der ?K?nig von Puri? jede politische Autorit?t ?ber Land und Menschen verloren, doch nimmt er weiterhin an Festen teil, in denen das ideale K?nigtum geschaffen und repr?sentiert wird. Im Mittelpunkt dieses Buches stehen ?dichte? Ritualbeschreibungen, die schon bald historischen Wert besitzen, denn es ist abzusehen, dass die Palastkultur in der hier beschriebenen Form nicht fortgef?hrt wird. Durch die Verarmung des Herrscherhauses haben die Feierlichkeiten an Pracht verloren und durch den Verlust der politischen Autorit?t ging das Interesse der ?ffentlichkeit an ihnen stark zur?ck. Doch auch das reduzierte Ritual spiegelt noch jene Beziehungen wider, die die Institution des Hindu-K?nigtums ausmachen. Ein wichtiges Dokument f?r Ethnologen und Indologen, die sich mit der Analyse von religi?sen Kontexten befassen; und ein Beitrag, das umfassende Wissen der k?niglichen Brahmanen sowie ihre Weisheit zu bewahren. Roland Hardenberg ist habilitierter Ethnologe mit lang-j?hrigen Forschungserfahrungen in Indien und Kyrgyzstan. Arlo Griffiths Instituut Kern, Universiteit Leiden Postbus 9515 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands phone: +31-(0)71-5272622 fax: +31-(0)71-5272956 email: From elizabeth.demichelis at ORIEL.OX.AC.UK Tue Jan 22 20:26:37 2008 From: elizabeth.demichelis at ORIEL.OX.AC.UK (Elizabeth De Michelis) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 08 20:26:37 +0000 Subject: if anyone might have access to the Cambridge MSS... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227081805.23782.15768261562235841557.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> You could try asking Craig Jamieson, keeper of Sanskrit mss at Cambridge University Library rcj10 at cam.ac.uk He may well be able to help you both ways (electronic and originals). Best regards Elizabeth Dr Elizabeth De Michelis Oriel College, Oriel Square, Oxford, UK OX1 4EW On 22 Jan 2008, at 20:18, Jonathan Silk wrote: > Some years ago Cambridge University published (through UMI/ProQuest) a > microfilm edition of their collection of Skt MSS. Unfortunately, as > far as I > can tell there is no access to it here in Leiden. I wonder if some > member of > this list might have access to these films (or to the originals !), > and be > able to check a reading for me. If so, please email me! > > thank you so much, jonathan > > -- > J. Silk > Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden > Postbus 9515 > 2300 RA Leiden > Netherlands From ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK Wed Jan 23 02:54:11 2008 From: ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK (Dominik Wujastyk) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 08 20:54:11 -0600 Subject: if anyone might have access to the Cambridge MSS... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227081807.23782.14670090106481707639.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> This is very interesting! I live in Cambridge, regularly use the library, and I see Craig from time to time. Didn't know anything about the microfilm edition! Dominik -- Prof. Dominik Wujastyk Visiting Associate Professor (Spring Semester '08) Department of Asian Studies University of Texas at Austin http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/asianstudies/ On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Jonathan Silk wrote: > Some years ago Cambridge University published (through UMI/ProQuest) a > microfilm edition of their collection of Skt MSS. Unfortunately, as far as I > can tell there is no access to it here in Leiden. I wonder if some member of > this list might have access to these films (or to the originals !), and be > able to check a reading for me. If so, please email me! > > thank you so much, jonathan > > -- > J. Silk > Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden > Postbus 9515 > 2300 RA Leiden > Netherlands > From kauzeya at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 22 20:18:12 2008 From: kauzeya at GMAIL.COM (Jonathan Silk) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 08 21:18:12 +0100 Subject: if anyone might have access to the Cambridge MSS... Message-ID: <161227081802.23782.15153604690355971014.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Some years ago Cambridge University published (through UMI/ProQuest) a microfilm edition of their collection of Skt MSS. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell there is no access to it here in Leiden. I wonder if some member of this list might have access to these films (or to the originals !), and be able to check a reading for me. If so, please email me! thank you so much, jonathan -- J. Silk Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden Postbus 9515 2300 RA Leiden Netherlands From kauzeya at GMAIL.COM Wed Jan 23 08:27:29 2008 From: kauzeya at GMAIL.COM (Jonathan Silk) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 08 09:27:29 +0100 Subject: if anyone might have access to the Cambridge MSS... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227081809.23782.2579129945928590045.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> For the microfilm publication of the Cambridge MSS, see http://www.il.proquest.com/products_umi/descriptions/buddhist-sanskrit.shtml Pressing on the "click here" will get you a pdf one page information sheet (without prices...). Others are approaching the issue of making their materials available in other ways. Within a few days I hope to post an announcement about the wonderful initiative taken by Tokyo University in this regard--stay tuned. Jonathan On Jan 23, 2008 3:54 AM, Dominik Wujastyk wrote: > This is very interesting! I live in Cambridge, regularly use the library, > and I see Craig from time to time. Didn't know anything about the > microfilm edition! > > Dominik > > -- > Prof. Dominik Wujastyk > Visiting Associate Professor (Spring Semester '08) > Department of Asian Studies > University of Texas at Austin > http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/asianstudies/ > > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Jonathan Silk wrote: > > > Some years ago Cambridge University published (through UMI/ProQuest) a > > microfilm edition of their collection of Skt MSS. Unfortunately, as far > as I > > can tell there is no access to it here in Leiden. I wonder if some > member of > > this list might have access to these films (or to the originals !), and > be > > able to check a reading for me. If so, please email me! > > > > thank you so much, jonathan > > > > -- > > J. Silk > > Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden > > Postbus 9515 > > 2300 RA Leiden > > Netherlands > > > -- J. Silk Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden Postbus 9515 2300 RA Leiden Netherlands From r.mahoney at ICONZ.CO.NZ Wed Jan 23 08:58:56 2008 From: r.mahoney at ICONZ.CO.NZ (Richard MAHONEY) Date: Wed, 23 Jan 08 21:58:56 +1300 Subject: if anyone might have access to the Cambridge MSS... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <161227081812.23782.6796122943003573371.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Jonathan, On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 21:27, Jonathan Silk wrote: > For the microfilm publication of the Cambridge MSS, see > > http://www.il.proquest.com/products_umi/descriptions/buddhist-sanskrit.shtml > > Pressing on the "click here" will get you a pdf one page information sheet > (without prices...). > > Others are approaching the issue of making their materials available in > other ways. Within a few days I hope to post an announcement about the > wonderful initiative taken by Tokyo University in this regard--stay tuned. > > Jonathan If you know exactly what you're after -- e.g. Wright Collection, Add. 1478 for the "Sik.saasamuccaya -- then you should be able to send a request directly to: mss at lib.cam.ac.uk (may have changed, please check) They should be able to give you a quote for making a duplicate from their masters. The advantage of this is that if you ever receive an older, poor quality film then chances are you may very well be able to have it refilmed. Kind regards, Richard -- Richard MAHONEY | internet: http://indica-et-buddhica.org/ Littledene | telephone/telefax (man.): +64 3 312 1699 Bay Road | cellular: +64 27 482 9986 OXFORD, NZ | email: r.mahoney at indica-et-buddhica.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Indica et Buddhica: Materials for Indology and Buddhology Scholia: http://scholia.indica-et-buddhica.org/ Lexica: http://lexica.indica-et-buddhica.org/dict/lexica From arlo.griffiths at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL Thu Jan 24 08:55:11 2008 From: arlo.griffiths at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL (Arlo Griffiths) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 08 09:55:11 +0100 Subject: inscriptions with figures of sun and moon Message-ID: <161227081815.23782.434125869455027078.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear colleagues, If by any chance any one of you happens to have in his or her photographic collections any pictures of one of the following ;Silaahaara inscriptions, that are of sufficient quality to illustrate a publication, and that could be made available to me, I would be very grateful indeed: - Vihar stone inscription of Anantad?va of ?aka 1003 (Mirashi 1977: 113?115, pl. XLV) - Cintra stone inscription of Apar?ditya I of ?. 1059 (Mirashi 1977: 127?130, pl. LV) - Chanje stone inscription of Apar?ditya I of ?. 1060 (Mirashi 1977: 130?132, pl. LVII) - Bassein stone inscription of Mallik?rjuna of ?. 1083 (Mirashi 1977: 153?156) - Lonad stone inscription of Apar?ditya II of ?. 1106 (Mirashi 1977: 156?158, pl. LXVIII) - Bassein Stone inscription of Anantad?va II of ?. 1120 (Mirashi 1977: 163?165, pl. LXXI) - Miraj copper-plate inscription of M?rasi?ha of ?. 980 (Mirashi 1977: 200-206, plate XC) - Talale copper-plate inscription of Ga??ar?ditya of ?. 1032 (Mirashi 1977: 207?214, pl. XCII) The references are to Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi (1977) Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum vol. VI. Inscriptions of the ?il?h?ras. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. It is particularly the figures of sun and moon on these inscriptions that interest me. These figures seems to appear commonly on Satii- or Hero-Stones (see e.g. ). Images of non-;Silaahaara inscriptions that do not clearly belong to the categories of Satii/Hero-stones, but that do display the same motif, would also be of interest to me. Thanks in advance for any tips that you might be able to give or photos that you may be able to provide! Arlo Griffiths Instituut Kern, Universiteit Leiden Postbus 9515 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands phone: +31-(0)71-5272622 fax: +31-(0)71-5272956 email: From zysk at HUM.KU.DK Fri Jan 25 13:22:07 2008 From: zysk at HUM.KU.DK (Kenneth Zysk) Date: Fri, 25 Jan 08 14:22:07 +0100 Subject: Address requsted Message-ID: <161227081817.23782.10474657724647590920.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> I should greatly appreciate it if anyone could provide me with the current mailing address and email address of Mr. Michel Delahoutre, who from my last record in 1993 lived in Levallois, France. Thank you in advance. Yours sincerely, Kenneth Zysk Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies University of Copenhagen Asian Studies Section Leifsgade 33,5 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark Ph: +45 3532 8832 Email: zysk at hum.ku.dk Fax: +45 3532 8835 From colasg at EHESS.FR Fri Jan 25 15:24:08 2008 From: colasg at EHESS.FR (G. Colas) Date: Fri, 25 Jan 08 16:24:08 +0100 Subject: Address requsted In-Reply-To: <001801c85f55$49bbc340$0200000a@KGZysk> Message-ID: <161227081819.23782.6255426391186959127.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Kenneth, Mr Michel Delahoutre's current mailing address is : 2, rue de Lorraine 92300 Levallois-Perret He does not have an email address. Best, G?rard Colas Le 25 janv. 08 ? 14:22, Kenneth Zysk a ?crit : > I should greatly appreciate it if anyone could provide me with the > current mailing address and email address of Mr. Michel Delahoutre, > who from my last record in 1993 lived in Levallois, France. > Thank you in advance. > > Yours sincerely, > > Kenneth Zysk > Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies > University of Copenhagen > Asian Studies Section > Leifsgade 33,5 > DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark > Ph: +45 3532 8832 Email: zysk at hum.ku.dk > Fax: +45 3532 8835 > From kauzeya at GMAIL.COM Sun Jan 27 12:19:44 2008 From: kauzeya at GMAIL.COM (Jonathan Silk) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 08 13:19:44 +0100 Subject: email address of Isabelle Onians Message-ID: <161227081822.23782.14315614288661291188.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Could someone be good enough to write to me *off list* with a current email address for Isabelle Onians? Many thanks, Jonathan -- J. Silk Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden Postbus 9515 2300 RA Leiden Netherlands From kauzeya at GMAIL.COM Sun Jan 27 13:26:42 2008 From: kauzeya at GMAIL.COM (Jonathan Silk) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 08 14:26:42 +0100 Subject: thanks colleagues Message-ID: <161227081825.23782.15013856947494532457.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> thank you colleagues--I think I have the email address I need now for Isabelle--appreciations! JAS -- J. Silk Instituut Kern / Universiteit Leiden Postbus 9515 2300 RA Leiden Netherlands From j_e_m_houben at YAHOO.COM Mon Jan 28 23:02:05 2008 From: j_e_m_houben at YAHOO.COM (Jan E.M. Houben) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 08 15:02:05 -0800 Subject: Bhattoji and Nagoji: Workshop on Vaiyakaranas in Banaras in the 16th-18th Cts - 29 February 2008 Message-ID: <161227081830.23782.13163132752263108751.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Bhattoji and Nagoji There will be a workshop in Oxford on the 29th February, 2008, to discuss the Vaiyakaranas who were active in Banaras in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Participants will include Madhav Deshpande, James Benson, Jan Houben, MariaPiera Candotti, Pascale Haag, and Christopher Minkowski. Full information about the workshop is available at this URL: http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/sa/bhattoji.shtml Bhattoji and Nagoji Grammarians and Philosophers of Language in Early Modern Banaras 2 p.m. until 6 p.m., 29 February, 2008 The Russell Room, Balliol College, Oxford At this workshop we seek to explore the social and intellectual history of grammarians in early modern Banaras. Why was grammar and language philosophy so important at this time? Why were philosophers so interested in fixing the understanding of meaning? What was the intellectual profile of grammarians and the range of their output, beyond strictly disciplinary grammatical works? What was the nature of their engagement and contribution to the notoriously disputatious intellectual scene in Banaras in those days? What were their links to social and political settings in Maharashtra? What was their engagement with contemporary social and scientific or technological issues? What was their teaching career like, and what became of their disciples, children and schools of thought? What explains the unexpected and unusual durability of the collective memory of Bhattoji and Nagoji as distinctive individuals, even today? --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. From jean-luc.chevillard at UNIV-PARIS-DIDEROT.FR Mon Jan 28 16:34:58 2008 From: jean-luc.chevillard at UNIV-PARIS-DIDEROT.FR (Jean-Luc Chevillard) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 08 17:34:58 +0100 Subject: Fwd: French Institute of Pondicherry / Publications January 2008 Message-ID: <161227081828.23782.14370658879882734309.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io> Dear Indology list members, Three new books have recently been published by the French Institute of Pondicherry -- Jean-Luc Chevillard (Paris) ******************************** Streams of language : Dialects in Tamil. Edited by Kannan M., Hors s?rie n? 6, IFP, 2008, xxii, 335 p. Language: Tamil, English, French. * 500 Rs (18 ?) * This volume is the outcome, independent, extended and enlarged, of an international conference, "Dialects in Tamil" held on August 23-25th 2006 at the French Institute of Pondicherry. Dialects in Tamil emerge from a configuration of the following elements shared by people: caste, region, landscape and the material culture which sustains them... This book is arranged in sections with the idea that rays of light from different fields will fall on the single subject before us. The order in which the sections are arranged indicates how the problematic of dialects in Tamil has been addressed in different contexts (by international scholars to linguists to Tamil creative writers). This arrangement also underlines the holistic, multidisciplinary approach undertaken in this volume. Tamil papers contain English abstracts and vice versa, so that both Tamil and English readers can benefit from the volume. * Keywords: * dialects, Tamil, literature, linguistics About the author Kannan M. (b.1968) is a researcher in Contemporary Tamil at the Department of Indology, French Institute of Pondicherry. ************************************* Sabdabodhamimamsa. An inquiry into Indian theories of verbal cognition. Part III Subantapadarthavicaratmakah. Nominal stems and their significance. N.S. Ramanuja Tatacharya with the collaboration of F. Grimal and S. Lakshminarasimham, Samskrtavarsasmrtigranthamala no 8 ; Collection Indologie no 100.3, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan / IFP, 2007, xi, 51, 456 p. Language: Sanskrit. *250 Rs * (Distributed by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi) This volume, third in the series under the project An Inquiry into Indian Theories of Verbal Cognition, is devoted to an analytical and critical study of nominal stems viz. underived, ending in the krt, taddhita and feminine suffixes, compound words, and indeclinables, according to the schools of Nyaya, Vykarana, Purvamimamsa, Advaita, Visistadvaita and Dvaita. Among the topics dealt with in this volume are: the nature of the relationship between a word and its sense, and its subdivisions (abhidha, laksana, gaunivrtti); the significance of a word, whether denoting a universal (jati), or an individual (vyakti), or the specific configuration of an object (akrti), or the blend of all three; the different forms of primary signification through which a word conveys the conventional sense (rudhi), etymological sense (yoga), the sense which is both conventional and etymological (yoga-rudhi), and also the conventional and the etymological senses that are different from each other (yaugika- rudhi). * Keywords: *Indian philosophy, sastra-s, verbal cognition About the author Professor Ramanuja Tatacharya is one of the senior authorities in the fields of Nyaya, Vyakarana, Purvamimamsa and Uttaramimamsa. Since retiring as Vice-Chancellor of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha of Tirupati, he has been associated with the French Institute of Pondicherry as Honorary Professor. His profound scholarship has earned him many awards, including the Certificate of Honour for Proficiency in Sanskrit conferred upon him by His Excellency the President of India. He was awarded the title of Darsanakalanidhi by the Madras Sanskrit College during its Centenary Celebrations. ******************************************** Companion volume to the Cenavaraiyam on Tamil morphology and syntax. Le commentaire de Cenavaraiyar sur le Collatikaram du Tolkappiyam vol. 2 : English introduction, glossaire analytique, appendices. Jean-Luc Chevillard. Collection Indologie n? 84.2, IFP / EFEO, 2008, 526 p. Language: English, French. * 900 Rs ( 32 ?) * This companion volume to a French translation of the Cenavaraiyam, also intended as a help to the reading of similar texts, is part of an endeavour to document the development of the Tamil scholarly tradition. The central part of the book is an analytic glossary of all technical words and phrases used by Cenavaraiyar while commenting on the Collatikaram, a task which required him both to describe the Tamil language and at the same time to explain what the author of the Tolkappiyam had revealed about it. The original approach chosen by Jean-Luc Chevillard, a historian of linguistics, devotes as much attention to metagrammatical items as to grammatical ones. The focus is not on finding truths about language, but on examining for itself that ancient and interesting human rational activity: the building of grammars. * Keywords: *Tamil, Tolkappiyam, Cenavaraiyar, metagrammatical About the author Jean-Luc Chevillard (b. 1956), currently works at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, UMR 7597, Universit? Paris-Diderot) and is the editor of Histoire Epistemologie Langage. A former member of the French School of Asian Studies (EFEO), he has been associated with research at the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) since 1989. ********************************************* For your orders/enquiries, please contact: Pour toute commande ou demande d'information, veuillez contacter: Library French Institute of Pondicherry 11, St. Louis Street, P.B. 33, Pondicherry-605 001, INDIA Phone: (91)-413-2334168. Fax:(91)-413-2339534 E-mail:library at ifpindia.org