From mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU  Thu Jun  5 05:09:06 2008
From: mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU (mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU)
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 08 00:09:06 -0500
Subject: Fwd: Indian Philosophy position at Seoul NationalUniversity
Message-ID: <161227082715.23782.12854900021378483825.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:20:28 -0700
>From: "Jose Cabezon" <jcabezon at religion.ucsb.edu>  
>Subject: Indian Philosophy position at Seoul NationalUniversity  
>To: "Jose Cabezon" <jcabezon at religion.ucsb.edu>
>
>Dear All,
>
>FYI
>
>Subject: Indian Philosophy position at Seoul National University
>
>Dear colleagues and friends,
>
>I am writing to ask for your help in getting the word out about a
>position that was recently created in my department. The job is a
>position on Indian Philosophy at Seoul National University in
Korea
>and the deadline for accepting applications is June 20.
>
>This is the first time ever that our philosophy department
has opened
>itself up to foreign scholars (we have two other position
openings in
>Applied Ethics and Comparative Philosophy), and we anticipate
>attracting a serious scholar and enthusiastic teacher to
build up the
>Indian Philosophy program in the department.
>
>I am attaching the advertisement below. If you know any one
who you'd
>think might be interested and/or you would recommend me to
contact,
>please let me know. If you could circulate this advertisement
to your
>friends and colleagues specializing in Indian Philosophy that
would
>also be greatly appreciated as well.
>
>Many thanks in advance.
>
>Eun-su Cho
>
>""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea. The Department of
Philosophy
>at Seoul National University invites applications for a full-time
>tenured or tenure-track position beginning in September 2008.
Rank:
>Open. AOS: Indian Philosophy. AOC: Open. Someone who
specializes in
>Indian orthodox philosophical systems and who can teach general
>undergraduate courses on Asian Philosophy will be given
priority. 4
>courses a year (2 per semester), three undergraduate and one
graduate,
>to be taught in English. Some thesis supervision. Usual
non-teaching
>duties. Ph.D required prior to appointment. Salary is
12-month based
>and commensurate with qualifications and experience. A
comprehensive
>medical insurance program is provided. On-campus Faculty
Housing is
>available at below market price. Candidates for Assistant
Professor
>should send a CV, three letters of reference, one writing
sample, and
>a statement of teaching. Candidates for Associate Professor or
>Professor should send a CV and a list of references.
Applications must
>be received by June 20, 2008. Send application (or any
inquiries) by
>regular mail or by e-mail with attached files to: Prof. Chan-Kook
>Park, Search Committee Chair, Department of Philosophy, Seoul
National
>University, Bldg. 6-408, Gwanak 599, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul,
>Korea 151-745. E-mail: ckpark at snu.ac.kr. Phone:
+82-11-234-0473. Seoul
>National University is the top-ranked research university, with
>approximately 28,000 students and 2,000 full-time faculty
members.
>Information about the department and the university can be
found at
>www.snu.ac.kr.
>
>--------------------------
>Eun-su Cho
>Visiting Professor
>Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
>
>On-leave in 2008
>Associate Professor
>Department of Philosophy
>Seoul National University
>escho at snu.ac.kr
>
>
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 jemhouben at GMAIL.COM  Wed Jun  4 22:21:11 2008
From: jemhouben at GMAIL.COM (Jan Houben)
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 08 00:21:11 +0200
Subject: Some recent publications: sanskrit studies in the 19th century,              development of indian philosophy
Message-ID: <161227082712.23782.17218047469820407896.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear list members,
Two recent publications that came to my attention:
1. Pascale Rabault-Feuerhahn:
L'archive des origines: sanskrite, philologie, anthropologie dans
l'Allemagne du XIXe si?cle.
Preface by Charles Malamoud.
Paris: Editions du Cerf (www.editionsducerf.fr), mai 2008.
2. Michel Hulin:
Comment s'est d?velopp?e la philosophie indienne? La querelle
brahmanes-bouddhistes.
Paris: Editions Panama, 2008.

JH


-- 
Prof. Dr. Jan E.M. Houben,
Directeur d Etudes
Chaire: Sources et Histoire de la Tradition Sanskrite
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, SHP
A la Sorbonne,45-47, rue des Ecoles,
75005 Paris -- France.
JEMHouben at gmail.com
www.jyotistoma.nl




From jemhouben at GMAIL.COM  Thu Jun  5 21:43:49 2008
From: jemhouben at GMAIL.COM (Jan Houben)
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 08 23:43:49 +0200
Subject: New electronic journal on Indian medicine
Message-ID: <161227082718.23782.4181946168968381332.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear list members,
Those who regularly use G.J. Meulenbeld's online Annotated Bibliography of
Indian Medicine (http://indianmedicine.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/) will have noticed
that since end December 2007 there is an Electronic Journal of Indian
Medicine (editor-in-chief: J. Meulenbeld), which can be accessed through the
same website (or go to:
http://journals.indianmedicine.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/ejim/vol1/).
I cite from the About section:

"AIMS: The *EJIM* is a multidisciplinary periodical that publishes studies
on South Asian medical systems by qualified scholars in philology, medicine,
pharmacology, botany, anthropology and sociology. Authors from India, Sri
Lanka and adjoining countries are cordially invited to contribute.
The journal will be monitored for style and scientific level by the
editor-in-chief, assisted by the other members of the board.
The editors aim at disseminating scientific work quickly in making it freely
accessible to all those interested in the field.
The issues of  the *EJIM* will be published online regularly when sufficient
suitable material is available.The articles of each volume will appear
yearly in print and on the free website. The price of the printed volumes
will be determined a the time of their appearance."

See further http://journals.indianmedicine.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/about-ejim.php.

Vol 1 Issue 1 appeared in December, two days back Vol. 1 Issue 2 has
appeared.
Vol. 1 issue 1:
"ethnomedicinal survey of Alagarkoil hills (reserved forest), Tamil Nadu,
India" by Ganesan S. et al.
"The sarasvatiinighantu - a review article" by G.J. Meulenbeld
Vol. 1 issue 2:
"Memoirs of Vaidyas: the lives and practices of traditional medical doctors
in Kelala" by Tsutomu Yamashita and Ram P. Manohar.
"Cakrapani-dasa's Abhinava-cintaamani: early modern or post-classical
Ayurveda?" by J.E.M.Houben.

JH

Prof. Dr. Jan E.M. Houben,
Directeur d Etudes
Chaire: Sources et Histoire de la Tradition Sanskrite
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, SHP
A la Sorbonne,45-47, rue des Ecoles,
75005 Paris -- France.
JEMHouben at gmail.com




From eastwestcultural at YAHOO.COM  Fri Jun  6 09:35:23 2008
From: eastwestcultural at YAHOO.COM (Dean Anderson)
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 08 15:05:23 +0530
Subject: Konrad Meissner info?
Message-ID: <161227082721.23782.848567893717989231.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Does anyone have any information about Konrad Meissner who is/was the 
author of: Malushahi and Rajula: A Ballad from *Kumaun* (*India*) as 
Sung by *Gopi Das*?

Best,

Dean Anderson




From karnati_15 at YAHOO.COM  Sat Jun  7 00:36:48 2008
From: karnati_15 at YAHOO.COM (thomas karnati)
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 08 17:36:48 -0700
Subject: Diploma in Telugu Studies
Message-ID: <161227082726.23782.10826010303335848630.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

&nbsp;
Dear all,
&nbsp;
Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India&nbsp;invites applications for a one year Diploma course in Telugu Studies. Telugu is a major Dravidian language spoken in South India. University provides scholarships for a limited number of candidates. For further details please visit the following links:
&nbsp;
1. www. teluguuniversity.ac.in/home page top links/pages/dip-noti.html
2. www.teluguuniversity.ac.in
&nbsp;
Thomas
&nbsp;


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From zydenbos at UNI-MUENCHEN.DE  Fri Jun  6 18:30:08 2008
From: zydenbos at UNI-MUENCHEN.DE (Robert Zydenbos)
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 08 20:30:08 +0200
Subject: Konrad Meissner info?
In-Reply-To: <484904DB.1070807@yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <161227082723.23782.1704374164233796259.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Am 06.06.2008, 11:35 Uhr, schrieb Dean Anderson <eastwestcultural at YAHOO.COM>:

> Does anyone have any information about Konrad Meissner who is/was the
> author of: Malushahi and Rajula: A Ballad from *Kumaun* (*India*) as
> Sung by *Gopi Das*?

He was lecturer of Hindi (and, occasionally, modern Indian languages) in our Institute of Indology in Munich, and retired about eight years ago.

RZ


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Universit?t M?nchen
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From karnati_15 at YAHOO.COM  Sat Jun  7 04:52:55 2008
From: karnati_15 at YAHOO.COM (thomas karnati)
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 08 21:52:55 -0700
Subject: [CLLT] Diploma in Telugu Studies
In-Reply-To: <BDF0736CC3EA834D80E8D49E9000542150AA75@ARTSMAIL1.ARTSNET.AUCKLAND.AC.NZ>
Message-ID: <161227082732.23782.7944297548395299383.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Michael

At present we are not planning that. Main aim of this course is to attract foreign scholars to do research on Telugu language.

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From eastwestcultural at YAHOO.COM  Sat Jun  7 03:21:38 2008
From: eastwestcultural at YAHOO.COM (Dean Anderson)
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 08 08:51:38 +0530
Subject: Konrad Meissner info?
In-Reply-To: <op.ucca0cdny0e1lc@robert-zydenbos-computer.local>
Message-ID: <161227082729.23782.7441441759598441738.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Thanks! Do you know if he has an email address? I tried Google with no luck.

Some of the people in Kumaon are asking about him.

Best,

Dean

Robert Zydenbos wrote:
> Am 06.06.2008, 11:35 Uhr, schrieb Dean Anderson <eastwestcultural at YAHOO.COM>:
>
>   
>> Does anyone have any information about Konrad Meissner who is/was the
>> author of: Malushahi and Rajula: A Ballad from *Kumaun* (*India*) as
>> Sung by *Gopi Das*?
>>     
>
> He was lecturer of Hindi (and, occasionally, modern Indian languages) in our Institute of Indology in Munich, and retired about eight years ago.
>
> RZ
>
>
>   




From gthomgt at COMCAST.NET  Tue Jun 10 01:15:40 2008
From: gthomgt at COMCAST.NET (George Thompson)
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 08 21:15:40 -0400
Subject: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
In-Reply-To: <3471.24.225.241.156.1207590583.squirrel@webmail.rci.rutgers.edu>
Message-ID: <161227082735.23782.9133284374833046314.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear List,

Even though the Spring semester is only a month behind us, and Summer is 
still not quite yet upon us [at least officially] here in the USA, many 
of us are already being asked to submit book orders for next Fall's 
classes. I'd like to call the List's attention to my new translation of 
the Gita, to be published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, a distinguished 
literary publisher, this summer [ apparently in August]. It will be 
published in an inexpensive paperback edition aimed at students in 
courses that many of us teach. I have translated it with our students 
very much in mind. I have used my translation with my own students for 
the past year and a half and I think that it has been more effective 
than any of the previous translations that I have used.

The galleys of this edition have been circulated among Sanskritists, 
Indologists, Historians of Religion, Classicists, poets, and Comparative 
Literature specialists. The feedback from them has been very encouraging.

Let me call your attention to the June 12, 2008 issue of the New York 
Review of Books. In that issue, on page 4, facing the Contents page, is 
a full page advertisement from Farrar Straus & Giroux celebrating their 
forthcoming summer reading list. It culminates with a photo of my book's 
cover [with a lovely image of Krishna that the art historian Anna 
Dallapiccola generously recommended to us], and this blurb from 
Stephanie Jamison:

"George Thompson brings his fine-tuned sense of poetic language and his 
deep knowledge of the Indian -- especially Vedic -- religious tradition 
to this fresh and vigorous new translation of a foundational text."

On the back cover of the book will be this comment from Victor Mair 
[whose popular translation of the Tao Te Ching makes very interesting 
connections between the Gita (and yoga) and Taoist thought]:

?With this elegant, new rendering of The Bhagavad Gita, George Thompson 
has achieved the seemingly impossible: his translation is accurate, yet 
readable; written in crisp, straightforward prose, but filled with 
poetic brilliance; accompanied by a learned introduction and valuable 
commentary, both of which are informed by profound Indological 
scholarship that illuminates rather than intimidates. In short, this is 
a gem that will be appreciated by anyone who wishes to familiarize 
himself or herself with one of the world's greatest religious and 
philosophical classics.?

- Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, 
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of 
Pennsylvania

I have just learned that the right to publish this translation in India 
has been proposed by the publisher Macmillan India, although the date 
for publication in India is still to be determined.

Anyone who is interested in looking at a sample of this translation, or 
its introduction, in order to determine its usefulness in the classroom 
should feel free to contact me. I can send pdf files of any sections of 
the text that may interest you.

This message has been sent to a handful of email lists. I apologize to 
anyone who may receive it more than once. I trust that this book notice 
does not offend any list ethics regarding book notices. If it does 
offend, then please accept my apologies and delete it.

George Thompson




From dbhattacharya2004 at YAHOO.CO.IN  Tue Jun 10 04:29:30 2008
From: dbhattacharya2004 at YAHOO.CO.IN (Dipak Bhattacharya)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 08 05:29:30 +0100
Subject: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
In-Reply-To: <484DD5BC.9000309@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <161227082738.23782.16267485257439403008.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Noted the information on your transl. of the Bhagavadgiita. Thanks! Didn't  we meet Leiden in 2002?Wish you the best.Sincerely
  D.Bhattacharya

George Thompson <gthomgt at COMCAST.NET> wrote:
  Dear List,

Even though the Spring semester is only a month behind us, and Summer is 
still not quite yet upon us [at least officially] here in the USA, many 
of us are already being asked to submit book orders for next Fall's 
classes. I'd like to call the List's attention to my new translation of 
the Gita, to be published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, a distinguished 
literary publisher, this summer [ apparently in August]. It will be 
published in an inexpensive paperback edition aimed at students in 
courses that many of us teach. I have translated it with our students 
very much in mind. I have used my translation with my own students for 
the past year and a half and I think that it has been more effective 
than any of the previous translations that I have used.

The galleys of this edition have been circulated among Sanskritists, 
Indologists, Historians of Religion, Classicists, poets, and Comparative 
Literature specialists. The feedback from them has been very encouraging.

Let me call your attention to the June 12, 2008 issue of the New York 
Review of Books. In that issue, on page 4, facing the Contents page, is 
a full page advertisement from Farrar Straus & Giroux celebrating their 
forthcoming summer reading list. It culminates with a photo of my book's 
cover [with a lovely image of Krishna that the art historian Anna 
Dallapiccola generously recommended to us], and this blurb from 
Stephanie Jamison:

"George Thompson brings his fine-tuned sense of poetic language and his 
deep knowledge of the Indian -- especially Vedic -- religious tradition 
to this fresh and vigorous new translation of a foundational text."

On the back cover of the book will be this comment from Victor Mair 
[whose popular translation of the Tao Te Ching makes very interesting 
connections between the Gita (and yoga) and Taoist thought]:

?With this elegant, new rendering of The Bhagavad Gita, George Thompson 
has achieved the seemingly impossible: his translation is accurate, yet 
readable; written in crisp, straightforward prose, but filled with 
poetic brilliance; accompanied by a learned introduction and valuable 
commentary, both of which are informed by profound Indological 
scholarship that illuminates rather than intimidates. In short, this is 
a gem that will be appreciated by anyone who wishes to familiarize 
himself or herself with one of the world's greatest religious and 
philosophical classics.?

- Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, 
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of 
Pennsylvania

I have just learned that the right to publish this translation in India 
has been proposed by the publisher Macmillan India, although the date 
for publication in India is still to be determined.

Anyone who is interested in looking at a sample of this translation, or 
its introduction, in order to determine its usefulness in the classroom 
should feel free to contact me. I can send pdf files of any sections of 
the text that may interest you.

This message has been sent to a handful of email lists. I apologize to 
anyone who may receive it more than once. I trust that this book notice 
does not offend any list ethics regarding book notices. If it does 
offend, then please accept my apologies and delete it.

George Thompson


       
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From jrasik at COLMEX.MX  Tue Jun 10 13:40:53 2008
From: jrasik at COLMEX.MX (Rasik Vihari Joshi Tripathi)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 08 08:40:53 -0500
Subject: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
Message-ID: <161227082747.23782.14600734036466353302.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear George, Hearty congtatulations for your new tranbslation of
Bhagavad Gita,
I am currently preparing Spanish translation o the Bhagavad Gite. Could
you kindly send me the 11th chapter of your translation. Thank you in
advance,
With regards,
Rasik Vihari Joshi
jrasik at colmex.mx


-----Mensaje original-----
De: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] En nombre de George
Thompson
Enviado el: Lunes, 09 de Junio de 2008 08:16 p.m.
Para: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Asunto: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita


Dear List,

Even though the Spring semester is only a month behind us, and Summer is

still not quite yet upon us [at least officially] here in the USA, many 
of us are already being asked to submit book orders for next Fall's 
classes. I'd like to call the List's attention to my new translation of 
the Gita, to be published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, a distinguished 
literary publisher, this summer [ apparently in August]. It will be 
published in an inexpensive paperback edition aimed at students in 
courses that many of us teach. I have translated it with our students 
very much in mind. I have used my translation with my own students for 
the past year and a half and I think that it has been more effective 
than any of the previous translations that I have used.

The galleys of this edition have been circulated among Sanskritists, 
Indologists, Historians of Religion, Classicists, poets, and Comparative

Literature specialists. The feedback from them has been very
encouraging.

Let me call your attention to the June 12, 2008 issue of the New York 
Review of Books. In that issue, on page 4, facing the Contents page, is 
a full page advertisement from Farrar Straus & Giroux celebrating their 
forthcoming summer reading list. It culminates with a photo of my book's

cover [with a lovely image of Krishna that the art historian Anna 
Dallapiccola generously recommended to us], and this blurb from 
Stephanie Jamison:

"George Thompson brings his fine-tuned sense of poetic language and his 
deep knowledge of the Indian -- especially Vedic -- religious tradition 
to this fresh and vigorous new translation of a foundational text."

On the back cover of the book will be this comment from Victor Mair 
[whose popular translation of the Tao Te Ching makes very interesting 
connections between the Gita (and yoga) and Taoist thought]:

"With this elegant, new rendering of The Bhagavad Gita, George Thompson 
has achieved the seemingly impossible: his translation is accurate, yet 
readable; written in crisp, straightforward prose, but filled with 
poetic brilliance; accompanied by a learned introduction and valuable 
commentary, both of which are informed by profound Indological 
scholarship that illuminates rather than intimidates. In short, this is 
a gem that will be appreciated by anyone who wishes to familiarize 
himself or herself with one of the world's greatest religious and 
philosophical classics."

- Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, 
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of 
Pennsylvania

I have just learned that the right to publish this translation in India 
has been proposed by the publisher Macmillan India, although the date 
for publication in India is still to be determined.

Anyone who is interested in looking at a sample of this translation, or 
its introduction, in order to determine its usefulness in the classroom 
should feel free to contact me. I can send pdf files of any sections of 
the text that may interest you.

This message has been sent to a handful of email lists. I apologize to 
anyone who may receive it more than once. I trust that this book notice 
does not offend any list ethics regarding book notices. If it does 
offend, then please accept my apologies and delete it.

George Thompson




From gthomgt at COMCAST.NET  Tue Jun 10 14:39:57 2008
From: gthomgt at COMCAST.NET (George Thompson)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 08 10:39:57 -0400
Subject: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
In-Reply-To: <975883.1374.qm@web8610.mail.in.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <161227082750.23782.12127146174155900601.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Yes. We stayed at the same hotel, and I remember several enjoyable 
conversations that we had. My wife and I walked to the banquet together 
with you. Pleasant memories of Leiden!

Beest wishes,.

George

Dipak Bhattacharya wrote:

>Noted the information on your transl. of the Bhagavadgiita. Thanks! Didn't  we meet Leiden in 2002?Wish you the best.Sincerely
>  D.Bhattacharya
>
>George Thompson <gthomgt at COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>  Dear List,
>
>Even though the Spring semester is only a month behind us, and Summer is 
>still not quite yet upon us [at least officially] here in the USA, many 
>of us are already being asked to submit book orders for next Fall's 
>classes. I'd like to call the List's attention to my new translation of 
>the Gita, to be published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, a distinguished 
>literary publisher, this summer [ apparently in August]. It will be 
>published in an inexpensive paperback edition aimed at students in 
>courses that many of us teach. I have translated it with our students 
>very much in mind. I have used my translation with my own students for 
>the past year and a half and I think that it has been more effective 
>than any of the previous translations that I have used.
>
>The galleys of this edition have been circulated among Sanskritists, 
>Indologists, Historians of Religion, Classicists, poets, and Comparative 
>Literature specialists. The feedback from them has been very encouraging.
>
>Let me call your attention to the June 12, 2008 issue of the New York 
>Review of Books. In that issue, on page 4, facing the Contents page, is 
>a full page advertisement from Farrar Straus & Giroux celebrating their 
>forthcoming summer reading list. It culminates with a photo of my book's 
>cover [with a lovely image of Krishna that the art historian Anna 
>Dallapiccola generously recommended to us], and this blurb from 
>Stephanie Jamison:
>
>"George Thompson brings his fine-tuned sense of poetic language and his 
>deep knowledge of the Indian -- especially Vedic -- religious tradition 
>to this fresh and vigorous new translation of a foundational text."
>
>On the back cover of the book will be this comment from Victor Mair 
>[whose popular translation of the Tao Te Ching makes very interesting 
>connections between the Gita (and yoga) and Taoist thought]:
>
>?With this elegant, new rendering of The Bhagavad Gita, George Thompson 
>has achieved the seemingly impossible: his translation is accurate, yet 
>readable; written in crisp, straightforward prose, but filled with 
>poetic brilliance; accompanied by a learned introduction and valuable 
>commentary, both of which are informed by profound Indological 
>scholarship that illuminates rather than intimidates. In short, this is 
>a gem that will be appreciated by anyone who wishes to familiarize 
>himself or herself with one of the world's greatest religious and 
>philosophical classics.?
>
>- Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, 
>Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of 
>Pennsylvania
>
>I have just learned that the right to publish this translation in India 
>has been proposed by the publisher Macmillan India, although the date 
>for publication in India is still to be determined.
>
>Anyone who is interested in looking at a sample of this translation, or 
>its introduction, in order to determine its usefulness in the classroom 
>should feel free to contact me. I can send pdf files of any sections of 
>the text that may interest you.
>
>This message has been sent to a handful of email lists. I apologize to 
>anyone who may receive it more than once. I trust that this book notice 
>does not offend any list ethics regarding book notices. If it does 
>offend, then please accept my apologies and delete it.
>
>George Thompson
>
>
>       
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From gthomgt at COMCAST.NET  Tue Jun 10 14:59:55 2008
From: gthomgt at COMCAST.NET (George Thompson)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 08 10:59:55 -0400
Subject: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
In-Reply-To: <484E923D.5070605@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <161227082752.23782.14143448830484620033.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear List,

I now see that a few emails were sent to the list and not to me 
privately.  I'll be more attentive in replying.  If you are interested 
in a sample, please send me a note offlist.

Thank you,
George Thompson




From eastwestcultural at YAHOO.COM  Tue Jun 10 05:46:06 2008
From: eastwestcultural at YAHOO.COM (Dean Anderson)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 08 11:16:06 +0530
Subject: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
In-Reply-To: <484DD5BC.9000309@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <161227082744.23782.17390679587080976.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Thanks for the heads-up on the Gita translation! I'll be sure and check 
out a copy when it comes to India.

You may have noticed this weekend Steve Farmer posted a critique on the 
new Science magazine article about the Harappans. I'll respond to some 
of his points later in the week.

Now that SCS is moribund is there anyplace else to discuss these kinds 
of issues? I miss your incisive comments.

By the way, I hope to meet up with Fred Smith in 1-2 weeks.

Best,

Dean Anderson

Dr. Dean Anderson
Director, South and Central Asia
East West Cultural Institute




From will.sweetman at OTAGO.AC.NZ  Tue Jun 10 05:37:03 2008
From: will.sweetman at OTAGO.AC.NZ (Will Sweetman)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 08 17:37:03 +1200
Subject: Tamil Vikramacarita
Message-ID: <161227082741.23782.1179024770414210157.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

In a 1997 JAOS article Kamil Zvelebil mentions that he is preparing a  
translation of the Tamil version of the Vikramacarita, the  
Muppattirantu patumai katai or 'Tales of the thirty two statues'. Does  
anyone know if this has been published yet? My searches of various  
library catalogues have turned up nothing.

Thanks,

Will




Dr Will Sweetman
Senior Lecturer in Asian Religions
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin
New Zealand
+64 3 479 8793

will.sweetman at otago.ac.nz
http://www.otago.ac.nz/religiousstudies/staff/sweetman.php




From theodor at RESEARCH.HAIFA.AC.IL  Tue Jun 10 14:58:21 2008
From: theodor at RESEARCH.HAIFA.AC.IL (Ithamar Theodor)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 08 17:58:21 +0300
Subject: A New Translation of the Bhagavad gita
Message-ID: <161227082755.23782.238023906959243307.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear George,

 I, too, would be happy to see a sample chapter of your translation and
commentary. Perhaps you could send me chapter 2?

 Very best,
                    Ithamar

---------------------------------
Dr. Ithamar Theodor
Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall and Divinity Faculty
University of Cambridge
E-mail     it236 at cam.ac.uk
Mail address: Clare Hall, Cambridge CB3 9AL, U.K.
Home page: http://east-asia.haifa.ac.il/staff/itheodor.htm






----- Original Message -----
From: "George Thompson" <gthomgt at COMCAST.NET>
To: <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 4:15 AM
Subject: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita


Dear List,

Even though the Spring semester is only a month behind us, and Summer is
still not quite yet upon us [at least officially] here in the USA, many
of us are already being asked to submit book orders for next Fall's
classes. I'd like to call the List's attention to my new translation of
the Gita, to be published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, a distinguished
literary publisher, this summer [ apparently in August]. It will be
published in an inexpensive paperback edition aimed at students in
courses that many of us teach. I have translated it with our students
very much in mind. I have used my translation with my own students for
the past year and a half and I think that it has been more effective
than any of the previous translations that I have used.

The galleys of this edition have been circulated among Sanskritists,
Indologists, Historians of Religion, Classicists, poets, and Comparative
Literature specialists. The feedback from them has been very encouraging.

Let me call your attention to the June 12, 2008 issue of the New York
Review of Books. In that issue, on page 4, facing the Contents page, is
a full page advertisement from Farrar Straus & Giroux celebrating their
forthcoming summer reading list. It culminates with a photo of my book's
cover [with a lovely image of Krishna that the art historian Anna
Dallapiccola generously recommended to us], and this blurb from
Stephanie Jamison:

"George Thompson brings his fine-tuned sense of poetic language and his
deep knowledge of the Indian -- especially Vedic -- religious tradition
to this fresh and vigorous new translation of a foundational text."

On the back cover of the book will be this comment from Victor Mair
[whose popular translation of the Tao Te Ching makes very interesting
connections between the Gita (and yoga) and Taoist thought]:

?With this elegant, new rendering of The Bhagavad Gita, George Thompson
has achieved the seemingly impossible: his translation is accurate, yet
readable; written in crisp, straightforward prose, but filled with
poetic brilliance; accompanied by a learned introduction and valuable
commentary, both of which are informed by profound Indological
scholarship that illuminates rather than intimidates. In short, this is
a gem that will be appreciated by anyone who wishes to familiarize
himself or herself with one of the world's greatest religious and
philosophical classics.?

- Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature,
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of
Pennsylvania

I have just learned that the right to publish this translation in India
has been proposed by the publisher Macmillan India, although the date
for publication in India is still to be determined.

Anyone who is interested in looking at a sample of this translation, or
its introduction, in order to determine its usefulness in the classroom
should feel free to contact me. I can send pdf files of any sections of
the text that may interest you.

This message has been sent to a handful of email lists. I apologize to
anyone who may receive it more than once. I trust that this book notice
does not offend any list ethics regarding book notices. If it does
offend, then please accept my apologies and delete it.

George Thompson



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From r.mahoney at ICONZ.CO.NZ  Fri Jun 13 04:47:46 2008
From: r.mahoney at ICONZ.CO.NZ (Richard MAHONEY)
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 08 16:47:46 +1200
Subject: New Release of DICT and HTML Monier-Williams - User Survey
Message-ID: <161227082757.23782.11820504827761638831.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Colleagues,

I have received a number of queries about the possibility of updated
versions of the HTML and Dictionary Server Protocol (DICT)
Monier-Williams. Many seem to continue to find these versions useful,
often finding them easy to change and adapt to suit their own needs:

 Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: DICT and HTML versions
 http://indica-et-buddhica.org/sections/repositorium-preview/materials/dictionaries/monier-williams-sanskrit-english-dict-html

 Lexica: Query Interface for Sanskrit, Tibetan and English word lists and dictionary
 http://lexica.indica-et-buddhica.org/dict/lexica

Unfortunately both versions are somewhat unsatisfactory. In many ways
they have always been provisional, a bit of a stop gap until something
better was possible.

I have had it in mind for a while to put together and release updated
versions, granted that there was sufficient interest amongst those who
use them. (As a conservative estimate they have received somewhere over
2,500 downloads.)

It was a pleasure then, to receive the go ahead from Thomas Malten to
produce a new release, based on the most recent version of the Cologne
source file:

 Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Downloads
 http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/download.html

The current source is a marked improvement on the file on which the
original HTML and DICT versions were based:

 Marking Monier: Current state of digitized Monier-Williams Dictionary
 Jim Funderburk, Honesdale, Pennsylvania & Thomas Malten, University of
Cologne
 http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/talkMay2008/markingMonier.html

While working on the new versions it would be helpful to receive
comments from users of the original versions. I am especially
interested in how these versions are used, and how well they help you
to do your work. To this end I have set up a brief user survey:

 DICT and HTML Monier-Williams User Survey

http://indica-et-buddhica.org/sections/repositorium-preview/materials/dictionaries/mw-survey-form

I would be grateful if some of you could take the time -- five to ten
minutes -- to complete this form.


Best regards,

 Richard Mahoney



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From spootland at HOTMAIL.COM  Sun Jun 15 19:04:34 2008
From: spootland at HOTMAIL.COM (DiSimone Charles)
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 08 12:04:34 -0700
Subject: Buddhism in Farsi?
In-Reply-To: <a06110401c47b121062e6@[80.225.182.249]>
Message-ID: <161227082764.23782.5186279054574001427.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Valerie,
 
Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (Society for the the Promotion of Buddhism) provides introductory literature in multiple languages www.bdkamerica.org.  I do not know if Farsi is one of these languages however.
 
Good luck!
Charles DiSimone
Berkeley, USA> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:39:58 +0100> From: vjroebuck at MACUNLIMITED.NET> Subject: Buddhism in Farsi?> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk> > This is a request I received from someone who is putting together an > inter-faith slot on a Muslim radio station: does anyone know of any > introductory materials on Buddhism in Farsi?> > Valerie J Roebuck> Manchester, UK> > Apologies for cross-posting.
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From vjroebuck at MACUNLIMITED.NET  Sun Jun 15 18:39:58 2008
From: vjroebuck at MACUNLIMITED.NET (Valerie J Roebuck)
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 08 19:39:58 +0100
Subject: Buddhism in Farsi?
Message-ID: <161227082759.23782.16310835722467780300.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

This is a request I received from someone who is putting together an 
inter-faith slot on a Muslim radio station: does anyone know of any 
introductory materials on Buddhism in Farsi?

Valerie J Roebuck
Manchester, UK

Apologies for cross-posting.




From donovevs at LIBERO.IT  Sun Jun 15 18:55:08 2008
From: donovevs at LIBERO.IT (Svevo D'Onofrio)
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 08 20:55:08 +0200
Subject: Buddhism in Farsi?
Message-ID: <161227082761.23782.6648968129994908170.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear V. Roebuck,

volume 1 of Daryush Shayegan's "Adyan va maktabha-ye falsafi-e Hend" [Religions and Philosophical Schools of India], Tehran: Moassese-ye entesharat-e Amir Kabir, 1346/1976-77, contains two introductory chapters on Buddhism: pp. 120-182, and 343-430.

Regards,
Svevo D'Onofrio
University of Bologna (Italy)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valerie J Roebuck" <vjroebuck at MACUNLIMITED.NET>
To: <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:39 PM
Subject: Buddhism in Farsi?


> This is a request I received from someone who is putting together an 
> inter-faith slot on a Muslim radio station: does anyone know of any 
> introductory materials on Buddhism in Farsi?
> 
> Valerie J Roebuck
> Manchester, UK
> 
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>




From tmahadevan at HOWARD.EDU  Tue Jun 17 00:41:18 2008
From: tmahadevan at HOWARD.EDU (Mahadevan, Thennilapuram)
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 08 20:41:18 -0400
Subject: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
In-Reply-To: <975883.1374.qm@web8610.mail.in.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <161227082767.23782.5508855301030524956.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Congratulations, George.
TP

________________________________________
From: Indology [INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dipak Bhattacharya [dbhattacharya2004 at YAHOO.CO.IN]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:29 AM
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: Re: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita

Noted the information on your transl. of the Bhagavadgiita. Thanks! Didn't  we meet Leiden in 2002?Wish you the best.Sincerely
  D.Bhattacharya

George Thompson <gthomgt at COMCAST.NET> wrote:
  Dear List,

Even though the Spring semester is only a month behind us, and Summer is
still not quite yet upon us [at least officially] here in the USA, many
of us are already being asked to submit book orders for next Fall's
classes. I'd like to call the List's attention to my new translation of
the Gita, to be published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, a distinguished
literary publisher, this summer [ apparently in August]. It will be
published in an inexpensive paperback edition aimed at students in
courses that many of us teach. I have translated it with our students
very much in mind. I have used my translation with my own students for
the past year and a half and I think that it has been more effective
than any of the previous translations that I have used.

The galleys of this edition have been circulated among Sanskritists,
Indologists, Historians of Religion, Classicists, poets, and Comparative
Literature specialists. The feedback from them has been very encouraging.

Let me call your attention to the June 12, 2008 issue of the New York
Review of Books. In that issue, on page 4, facing the Contents page, is
a full page advertisement from Farrar Straus & Giroux celebrating their
forthcoming summer reading list. It culminates with a photo of my book's
cover [with a lovely image of Krishna that the art historian Anna
Dallapiccola generously recommended to us], and this blurb from
Stephanie Jamison:

"George Thompson brings his fine-tuned sense of poetic language and his
deep knowledge of the Indian -- especially Vedic -- religious tradition
to this fresh and vigorous new translation of a foundational text."

On the back cover of the book will be this comment from Victor Mair
[whose popular translation of the Tao Te Ching makes very interesting
connections between the Gita (and yoga) and Taoist thought]:

?With this elegant, new rendering of The Bhagavad Gita, George Thompson
has achieved the seemingly impossible: his translation is accurate, yet
readable; written in crisp, straightforward prose, but filled with
poetic brilliance; accompanied by a learned introduction and valuable
commentary, both of which are informed by profound Indological
scholarship that illuminates rather than intimidates. In short, this is
a gem that will be appreciated by anyone who wishes to familiarize
himself or herself with one of the world's greatest religious and
philosophical classics.?

- Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature,
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of
Pennsylvania

I have just learned that the right to publish this translation in India
has been proposed by the publisher Macmillan India, although the date
for publication in India is still to be determined.

Anyone who is interested in looking at a sample of this translation, or
its introduction, in order to determine its usefulness in the classroom
should feel free to contact me. I can send pdf files of any sections of
the text that may interest you.

This message has been sent to a handful of email lists. I apologize to
anyone who may receive it more than once. I trust that this book notice
does not offend any list ethics regarding book notices. If it does
offend, then please accept my apologies and delete it.

George Thompson



---------------------------------
 Explore your hobbies and interests. Click here to begin.




From fritsstaal at BERKELEY.EDU  Tue Jun 17 05:13:14 2008
From: fritsstaal at BERKELEY.EDU (FRITS STAAL)
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 08 22:13:14 -0700
Subject: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
In-Reply-To: <3F1D433A9F0362458046CF05D2B02A36067165629B@WPDC-EXMB02.howardu.net>
Message-ID: <161227082769.23782.275010876641698531.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Thanks TP - have written to George also and already referred to his
translation in the Oxford paper. sasn fr fr
> Congratulations, George.
> TP
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Indology [INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dipak Bhattacharya
> [dbhattacharya2004 at YAHOO.CO.IN]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:29 AM
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: A New Translation of the Bhagavad Gita
>
> Noted the information on your transl. of the Bhagavadgiita. Thanks! Didn't
>  we meet Leiden in 2002?Wish you the best.Sincerely
>   D.Bhattacharya
>
> George Thompson <gthomgt at COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>   Dear List,
>
> Even though the Spring semester is only a month behind us, and Summer is
> still not quite yet upon us [at least officially] here in the USA, many
> of us are already being asked to submit book orders for next Fall's
> classes. I'd like to call the List's attention to my new translation of
> the Gita, to be published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, a distinguished
> literary publisher, this summer [ apparently in August]. It will be
> published in an inexpensive paperback edition aimed at students in
> courses that many of us teach. I have translated it with our students
> very much in mind. I have used my translation with my own students for
> the past year and a half and I think that it has been more effective
> than any of the previous translations that I have used.
>
> The galleys of this edition have been circulated among Sanskritists,
> Indologists, Historians of Religion, Classicists, poets, and Comparative
> Literature specialists. The feedback from them has been very encouraging.
>
> Let me call your attention to the June 12, 2008 issue of the New York
> Review of Books. In that issue, on page 4, facing the Contents page, is
> a full page advertisement from Farrar Straus & Giroux celebrating their
> forthcoming summer reading list. It culminates with a photo of my book's
> cover [with a lovely image of Krishna that the art historian Anna
> Dallapiccola generously recommended to us], and this blurb from
> Stephanie Jamison:
>
> "George Thompson brings his fine-tuned sense of poetic language and his
> deep knowledge of the Indian -- especially Vedic -- religious tradition
> to this fresh and vigorous new translation of a foundational text."
>
> On the back cover of the book will be this comment from Victor Mair
> [whose popular translation of the Tao Te Ching makes very interesting
> connections between the Gita (and yoga) and Taoist thought]:
>
> ?With this elegant, new rendering of The Bhagavad Gita, George Thompson
> has achieved the seemingly impossible: his translation is accurate, yet
> readable; written in crisp, straightforward prose, but filled with
> poetic brilliance; accompanied by a learned introduction and valuable
> commentary, both of which are informed by profound Indological
> scholarship that illuminates rather than intimidates. In short, this is
> a gem that will be appreciated by anyone who wishes to familiarize
> himself or herself with one of the world's greatest religious and
> philosophical classics.?
>
> - Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature,
> Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of
> Pennsylvania
>
> I have just learned that the right to publish this translation in India
> has been proposed by the publisher Macmillan India, although the date
> for publication in India is still to be determined.
>
> Anyone who is interested in looking at a sample of this translation, or
> its introduction, in order to determine its usefulness in the classroom
> should feel free to contact me. I can send pdf files of any sections of
> the text that may interest you.
>
> This message has been sent to a handful of email lists. I apologize to
> anyone who may receive it more than once. I trust that this book notice
> does not offend any list ethics regarding book notices. If it does
> offend, then please accept my apologies and delete it.
>
> George Thompson
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
>  Explore your hobbies and interests. Click here to begin.
>


Frits Staal

http://philosophy.berkeley.edu/staal




From mango3 at WANADOO.FR  Wed Jun 18 07:25:51 2008
From: mango3 at WANADOO.FR (Angot Michel)
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 08 09:25:51 +0200
Subject: None
Message-ID: <161227082771.23782.16150435757791754356.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to inform everybody of two new publications in French.
One is the study (with the edition, translation and explanation) of  
the Taittiriya-Upanishad with the Commentary of Shankara (2 vols  
Coll?ge de France, Paris 2007)
The other is a edition, translation, large introduction and indexes  
of the Yoga-Bh?shya (with extracts of Yoga-Varttika of Vijn?na- 
Bhiksu), Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1. Vol, 770 pages, 2007.

The second book is the first of a new collection of Indian classical  
texts (Sanskrit, Pali, etc.) published by Les Belles Lettres Paris by  
which all the classical texts (Greek and Latin) are published.


One question : The Tantr?loka has been translated into italian by R.  
Gnoli. Does somebody know an other translation or a study into  
English, German, of the chapter XIII of the Tantr?loka?

Chers coll?gues
Permettez-moi de faire conna?tre au monde anglophone la publication  
de deux classiques : Taittiriya-Upanishad et le Commentaire de  
Shankara, 2 vol. Coll?ge de France, Paris, n?s 75a et 75b.
D'autre part, le Yoga-Sutra et le Yoga-Bhashya ont ?t? publi?s aux  
Belles Lettres, la maison d'?dition bien connue pour ses publications  
des textes latins et grecs. Je suis le directeur de cette nouvelle  
collection d'indianisme nomm?e INDIKA; les ann?es suivantes, le Ny?ya- 
Bh?shya, la Caraka-Samhita seront publi?s. Et je signale ? tous les  
indianistes francophones qu'ils pourront trouver ?ventuellement une  
maison d'?dition pour leurs textes en fran?ais. Le standard d'?dition  
est le suivant:
- pr?sentation et introduction (philogique, historique, religieuse,  
philosophique selon le cas)
- texte en translitt?ration
- traduction
- notes explicatives.

C'est le sch?ma de base et ? l'usage nous verrons comment l'am?nager  
selon les besoins
Je souhaite que les chercheurs indianistes du monde entier  
collaborent ? cette collection, notamment parce que les ?tudes  
indianistes ont tout ? gagner au maintien de plusieurs langues d'?tudes.

Michel Angot
membre du CEIAS, enseignant ? l'EHESS Paris
Tel : 01 64 60 77 84
mango3 at wanadoo.fr

16 Grande Rue 77114
Gouaix France




From Gerard.Huet at INRIA.FR  Wed Jun 18 15:41:55 2008
From: Gerard.Huet at INRIA.FR (=?utf-8?Q?G=C3=A9rard_Huet?=)
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 08 17:41:55 +0200
Subject: Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Symposium Announcement
Message-ID: <161227082773.23782.10345370570722615757.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

The 3rd International Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Symposium  
will take place in Hyderabad next January.
Please find the call for communications at http://sanskrit.inria.fr/Symposium/Symposium3.html
Apologies for multiple postings
GH




From mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU  Thu Jun 19 03:55:12 2008
From: mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU (McComas Taylor)
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 08 13:55:12 +1000
Subject: University of Queensland
Message-ID: <161227082776.23782.1228039095600433468.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Colleagues will be concerned to learn of instability in Buddhist and 
Religious Studies at the University of Queensland, Brisbane.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23825938-3102,00.html

McC

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From glhart at BERKELEY.EDU  Sun Jun 22 16:52:14 2008
From: glhart at BERKELEY.EDU (George Hart)
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 08 09:52:14 -0700
Subject: Prithvi Sukta
In-Reply-To: <894685.84369.qm@web8611.mail.in.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <161227082783.23782.8116837579354409780.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

One of the most intriguing poems written to the Earth is Purananuru  
365 from the great Tamil Sangam anthology of that name.  In it, the  
poet MaarkaNTeeyanaar addresses the Earth Goddess who, like a  
courtesan (parattai, devadasi) has many lovers (kings) and is a  
nityasumangali, never inauspicious even after they die.  The poem  
probably dates to the first 3 centuries CE.  It may also hint at  
suttee, which was practiced (though not commonly) by the Tamils of  
that age.  This is from the translation made by Hank Heifetz and  
myself.  Kaanci is a tuRai (conventional category, also a raaga,  
called paN in Tamil) of works about the evanescence of things.  I'd be  
interested to know if anyone has encountered this idea (earth=whore  
because she outlives her consorts) elsewhere.  The meaning of niittam  
(here translated as "ocean") is problematic -- the modern commentator,  
Duraisamy Pillai, says this refers to ether, the fifth element.   
George Hart

Her face is like the sky marked with the immense confusion
of a storm and her eyes are like the two huge moving spheres,
as the Earth Goddess weeps, she who is so virtuous, crying out,
?I do not pass away as former kings have done, their power
so immense they found no new enemies, as they rolled their chariot  
wheels
that are beautiful, of gold, with sapphire spokes and hubs of diamond
over the ocean so difficult to cross, where even the shifting
wind does not go!  No, I remain here like a whore,
while many who praise me wish that I may long endure!?
The Kaanci odes of grief and mourning
have even reached that far those say who know these things!

On Jun 22, 2008, at 5:50 AM, Dipak Bhattacharya wrote:

> Atharvaveda (;Saunakiiya)12.1.1 without accent marks
> satya.m brhad .rtam ugra.m diik.saa    tapo yaj;na.h p.rthivii.m  
> dhaarayanti/
> saa no bhuutasya bhavyasya patny     uru.m loka.m p.rthivii na.h  
> k.r.notu//
> DBhattacharya
>
> --- On Sun, 22/6/08, Harsha Dehejia <harshadehejia at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> From: Harsha Dehejia <harshadehejia at HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Prithvi Sukta
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Date: Sunday, 22 June, 2008, 5:40 PM
>
> Friends:
>
> I have to do a lecture next week and am looking for a line or two  
> from the
> Prithvi Sukta where the earth is being eulogised.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Please send it to me in Romanised Sanskrit.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Harsha V. Dehejia
> Ottawa, ON., Canada.
>
>
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From harshadehejia at HOTMAIL.COM  Sun Jun 22 12:10:48 2008
From: harshadehejia at HOTMAIL.COM (Harsha Dehejia)
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 08 12:10:48 +0000
Subject: Prithvi Sukta
Message-ID: <161227082778.23782.5254266565969767238.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Friends:
 
I have to do a lecture next week and am looking for a line or two from the Prithvi Sukta where the earth is being eulogised.
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Please send it to me in Romanised Sanskrit.
 
Many thanks.
 
Harsha V. Dehejia
Ottawa, ON., Canada.
 
 




From dbhattacharya2004 at YAHOO.CO.IN  Sun Jun 22 12:50:44 2008
From: dbhattacharya2004 at YAHOO.CO.IN (Dipak Bhattacharya)
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 08 18:20:44 +0530
Subject: Prithvi Sukta
In-Reply-To: <BAY143-W91E2F965679B3515CE3D9A0A70@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <161227082780.23782.6426320085005648739.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Atharvaveda (;Saunakiiya)12.1.1 without accent marks
satya.m brhad .rtam ugra.m diik.saa??? tapo yaj;na.h p.rthivii.m dhaarayanti/
saa no bhuutasya bhavyasya patny???? uru.m loka.m p.rthivii na.h k.r.notu//
DBhattacharya

--- On Sun, 22/6/08, Harsha Dehejia <harshadehejia at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Harsha Dehejia <harshadehejia at HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Prithvi Sukta
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Date: Sunday, 22 June, 2008, 5:40 PM

Friends:
 
I have to do a lecture next week and am looking for a line or two from the
Prithvi Sukta where the earth is being eulogised.
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Please send it to me in Romanised Sanskrit.
 
Many thanks.
 
Harsha V. Dehejia
Ottawa, ON., Canada.


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From axel.michaels at YAHOO.DE  Wed Jun 25 16:42:10 2008
From: axel.michaels at YAHOO.DE (Axel Michaels)
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 08 16:42:10 +0000
Subject: new publication
Message-ID: <161227082787.23782.5743525722747883476.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

The following publication (on the phonology and grammar of Burushaski) of the late Prof. Herman Berger, my predecessor at the South Asia Institute in Heidelberg, is now available:

Hermann Berger 
Beitr?ge zur historischen Laut- 
und Formenlehre des Burushaski 
Die historische Laut- und Formenlehre des Burushaski war 
eigentlich als Vorarbeit zum Nachweis seiner genealogi- 
schen Verwandtschaft mit dem Baskischen gedacht. Aber 
im Laufe der Jahre, in denen der Autor damit besch?ftigt 
war, durch eigene Feldarbeit eine umfassendere und zuver- 
l?ssigere Kenntnis des Burushaski zu erm?glichen, kam er 
immer mehr zur Einsicht, dass eine Beziehung zum Baski- 
schen und anderen nicht-indoarischen Restsprachen zwar 
denkbar, aber bei dem heutigen Entwicklungsstadium dieser 
Sprachen nicht mehr zu beweisen ist. Gleichwohl hielt er es 
f?r sinnvoll, die Ergebnisse seiner Arbeit zu ver?ffentlichen, 
denn sie dienen nicht nur der Korrektur der bisher erschie- 
nenen historischen Arbeiten, sondern erkl?ren, wenn sie 
auch nicht in die graue Vorzeit zur?ckreichen, doch in vielen 
F?llen, wie die unerh?rte Kompliziertheit der Grammatik zu- 
standegekommen ist. Als methodisches Vorbild dienten ihm 
die Arbeiten von Louis Michelena. Er hat die hier angewand- 
ten Methoden im Baskischen erprobt, das sich in seiner Iso- 
lierung und im Hinblick auf die ?berlieferung in einer sehr 
?hnlichen Lage wie das Burushaski be? ndet. 
Neuindische Studien 15 
2008. Ca. 200 Seiten, br 
ISBN 978-3-447-05674-8 
Ca. ? 38,? (D) / sFr 66,? 

Axel Michaels

Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels (Speaker of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 619 "Dynamics of Ritual"; Co-Director of the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe"), University of Heidelberg, South Asia Institute, Im Neuenheimer Feld 330, D-69120 Heidelberg, Tel. +49-6221-548917 / Fax +49-6221-546338, 

http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/abt/IND/index.html, http://www.ritualdynamik.uni-hd.de, http://vjc.uni-hd.de, Axel.Michaels at urz.uni-heidelberg.de




From dxs163 at CASE.EDU  Fri Jun 27 17:17:26 2008
From: dxs163 at CASE.EDU (Deepak Sarma)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 08 13:17:26 -0400
Subject: translations of Prasastapada Bhashya with Commentary Nyayakandali              of Sridhara
Message-ID: <161227082789.23782.5978060698196529031.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Greetings All:
	How does Vindhyesvari?prasada Dvivedin's translation of Prasastapada  
Bhashya with Commentary Nyayakandali of Sridhara compare to  
Ganganatha Jha's? I have the latter but not the former.

thanks in advance for your thoughts on this,

Deepak

Dr. Deepak Sarma

Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Asian Studies Faculty


Mailing Address:
Department of Religious Studies
111 Mather House
11201 Euclid Avenue
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106-7112

office: 216-368-4790
fax: 216-368-4681
deepak.sarma at case.edu




From dxs163 at CASE.EDU  Fri Jun 27 17:20:38 2008
From: dxs163 at CASE.EDU (Deepak Sarma)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 08 13:20:38 -0400
Subject: translations of Prasastapada Bhashya with Commentary              Nyayakandali of Sridhara
In-Reply-To: <D06282AF-D20B-4210-99B0-7D2CE9CBE399@case.edu>
Message-ID: <161227082791.23782.17322661208315489767.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Or is Vindhyesvari?prasada Dvivedin's just the Sanskrit?


Dr. Deepak Sarma

Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Asian Studies Faculty


Mailing Address:
Department of Religious Studies
111 Mather House
11201 Euclid Avenue
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106-7112

office: 216-368-4790
fax: 216-368-4681
deepak.sarma at case.edu



On Jun 27, 2008, at 1:17 PM, Deepak Sarma wrote:

> Greetings All:
> 	How does Vindhyesvari?prasada Dvivedin's translation of  
> Prasastapada Bhashya with Commentary Nyayakandali of Sridhara  
> compare to Ganganatha Jha's? I have the latter but not the former.
>
> thanks in advance for your thoughts on this,
>
> Deepak
>
> Dr. Deepak Sarma
>
> Associate Professor of Religious Studies
> Associate Professor of Philosophy
> Asian Studies Faculty
>
>
> Mailing Address:
> Department of Religious Studies
> 111 Mather House
> 11201 Euclid Avenue
> Case Western Reserve University
> Cleveland, OH 44106-7112
>
> office: 216-368-4790
> fax: 216-368-4681
> deepak.sarma at case.edu
>
>
>




From franco at RZ.UNI-LEIPZIG.DE  Sat Jun 28 10:27:05 2008
From: franco at RZ.UNI-LEIPZIG.DE (Prof. Dr. Eli Franco)
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 08 12:27:05 +0200
Subject: AW: translations of Prasastapada Bhashya with Commentary              Nyayakandali of Sridhara
In-Reply-To: <C6E8F13C-0499-428C-95FB-91F712B6FC08@case.edu>
Message-ID: <161227082794.23782.2534841552915329831.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I am quite sure that this is the case. Dvivedin only edited the text.
EF

-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] Im Auftrag von Deepak Sarma
Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Juni 2008 19:21
An: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Betreff: Re: translations of Prasastapada Bhashya with Commentary
Nyayakandali of Sridhara

Or is Vindhyesvari?prasada Dvivedin's just the Sanskrit?


Dr. Deepak Sarma

Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Asian Studies Faculty


Mailing Address:
Department of Religious Studies
111 Mather House
11201 Euclid Avenue
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106-7112

office: 216-368-4790
fax: 216-368-4681
deepak.sarma at case.edu



On Jun 27, 2008, at 1:17 PM, Deepak Sarma wrote:

> Greetings All:
> 	How does Vindhyesvari?prasada Dvivedin's translation of  
> Prasastapada Bhashya with Commentary Nyayakandali of Sridhara  
> compare to Ganganatha Jha's? I have the latter but not the former.
>
> thanks in advance for your thoughts on this,
>
> Deepak
>
> Dr. Deepak Sarma
>
> Associate Professor of Religious Studies
> Associate Professor of Philosophy
> Asian Studies Faculty
>
>
> Mailing Address:
> Department of Religious Studies
> 111 Mather House
> 11201 Euclid Avenue
> Case Western Reserve University
> Cleveland, OH 44106-7112
>
> office: 216-368-4790
> fax: 216-368-4681
> deepak.sarma at case.edu
>
>
>




From dbhattacharya2004 at YAHOO.CO.IN  Sat Jun 28 11:06:59 2008
From: dbhattacharya2004 at YAHOO.CO.IN (Dipak Bhattacharya)
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 08 16:36:59 +0530
Subject: AW:Prasastapaada
In-Reply-To: <000601c8d909$82e555e0$5025128b@uni9b34de09f1e>
Message-ID: <161227082796.23782.12095433395163784524.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

28 06 08
Dr.Eli Franco is correct. Vindhyeshvariprasad was a great discoverer of manuscripts, also collector and editor. I do not know of exegetical works by him. There is also a correction to be made in the question. For, although we use the term for Prasastapaada's ?book on the Vaiseshika, there is no Prasastapaadabhaashya. The name of the book is Padaarthadharmasamgraha? 
DBhattacharya

--- On Sat, 28/6/08, Prof. Dr. Eli Franco <franco at RZ.UNI-LEIPZIG.DE> wrote:

From: Prof. Dr. Eli Franco <franco at RZ.UNI-LEIPZIG.DE>
Subject: AW: translations of Prasastapada Bhashya with Commentary Nyayakandali of Sridhara
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Date: Saturday, 28 June, 2008, 3:57 PM

I am quite sure that this is the case. Dvivedin only edited the text.
EF

-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] Im Auftrag von Deepak Sarma
Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Juni 2008 19:21
An: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Betreff: Re: translations of Prasastapada Bhashya with Commentary
Nyayakandali of Sridhara

Or is Vindhyesvari?prasada Dvivedin's just the Sanskrit?


Dr. Deepak Sarma

Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Asian Studies Faculty


Mailing Address:
Department of Religious Studies
111 Mather House
11201 Euclid Avenue
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106-7112

office: 216-368-4790
fax: 216-368-4681
deepak.sarma at case.edu



On Jun 27, 2008, at 1:17 PM, Deepak Sarma wrote:

> Greetings All:
> 	How does Vindhyesvari?prasada Dvivedin's translation of  
> Prasastapada Bhashya with Commentary Nyayakandali of Sridhara  
> compare to Ganganatha Jha's? I have the latter but not the former.
>
> thanks in advance for your thoughts on this,
>
> Deepak
>
> Dr. Deepak Sarma
>
> Associate Professor of Religious Studies
> Associate Professor of Philosophy
> Asian Studies Faculty
>
>
> Mailing Address:
> Department of Religious Studies
> 111 Mather House
> 11201 Euclid Avenue
> Case Western Reserve University
> Cleveland, OH 44106-7112
>
> office: 216-368-4790
> fax: 216-368-4681
> deepak.sarma at case.edu
>
>
>


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From mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU  Sun Jun 29 09:13:48 2008
From: mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU (mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU)
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 08 04:13:48 -0500
Subject: A  Breakthrough ( Indus Symbols and Soccer)
Message-ID: <161227082801.23782.141198540668385951.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear colleagues,

I cannot but agree with Prof. Slaje's assessment of
the importance of these discoveries. Do I see
a Padmabhusana award in the making?



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 slaje at T-ONLINE.DE  Sun Jun 29 07:31:00 2008
From: slaje at T-ONLINE.DE (Walter Slaje)
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 08 07:31:00 +0000
Subject: A  Breakthrough ( Indus Symbols and Soccer)
Message-ID: <161227082799.23782.17587701812693458869.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

The link below was brought to my notice just in time before Germany and Spain get to the Euro 2008 final in Vienna tonight. Not only are we presented here with the persuasive way in which modern-day scholars may put their case, e.g. an exemplary decipherment of Indus symbols to their core, but also - and most importantly - an extremely lucid presentation of the Indus culture as the centre of the soccer universe and of a subsequent, gradual cultural transfer of the game from India to the West. In light of the evidence, "Aryan invasion" theories must be considered refuted once and for all:

http://www.vidushaka.de/Vidusaka-EM.pdf

WS

--------------------------------------- 
Prof. Dr. Walter Slaje
Hermann-Loens-Str. 1
D-99425 Weimar (Germany)
Tel/Fax: +49-(0)3643 501391
-----------------------------------------
Seminar f?r Indologie
Institut f?r Altertumswissenschaften
Martin-Luther-Universit?t Halle-Wittenberg
Emil-Abderhalden-Str. 9
D-06108 Halle (Germany)
Tel: +49-(0)345-55-23650
Fax: +49-(0)345-55-27139
mailto:walter.slaje at indologie.uni-halle.de
www.indologie.uni-halle.de
-----------------------------------------
Ego ex animi mei sententia spondeo ac polliceor
me studia humanitatis impigro labore culturum et provecturum
non sordidi lucri causa nec ad vanam captandam gloriam,
sed quo magis veritas propagetur et lux eius, qua salus
humani generis continetur, clarius effulgeat.
Vindobonae, die XXI. mensis Novembris MCMLXXXIII.




From alberto.pelissero at UNITO.IT  Mon Jun 30 12:09:46 2008
From: alberto.pelissero at UNITO.IT (Alberto Pelissero)
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 08 14:09:46 +0200
Subject: query about holika
Message-ID: <161227082803.23782.10314403787975651348.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

dear members,
a query from a student of mine:
does anyone know of some serious studies about the festival of holika?
Thank You,
Alberto Pelissero
Associate Professor
dept. of Oriental studies
Univ. of Torino




From witzel at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Mon Jun 30 23:22:48 2008
From: witzel at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Michael Witzel)
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 08 19:22:48 -0400
Subject: [Fwd: Re: INDUS]
Message-ID: <161227082805.23782.16911020478768036192.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear All,


below please find the reaction by Frits Staal (fritsstaal at berkeley.edu) 
to the recent article on the Indus Civilization by A. Lawler in Science 
Magazine. He has asked me to post his letter to the editor of Science 
Mag.  as he cannot send it on to the list from his buon' retiro in Thailand.

Cheers, M.W.

---------------

SIR

The article "Indus Collapse: The End or the Beginning of an
Asian Culture" (6 June 2008) raises important issues that need careful
analysis before conclusions are drawn. The first sentence mentions
correctly that the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia collapsed in the
22nd century BCE. But it fails to point out that the Mesopotamian
civilizations left records on thousands of clay tablets with cuneiform
writing, many of them edited, translated and studied in depth.

That contrasts with the Indus civilization which is mute. The letter
refers to scenes that are "imprinted upon seals." It does not say that
these seals, which exhibit pictures and sequences of signs, remain
undeciphered. The average length of the 2,905 sequences listed in
Mahadevan's concordance is 4.6, too short for any language. Similar
sequences from the Near East link families, clans, etc. to celestial or
mythological figures. It is consistent with what is found on the seals but
no proof.

The letter mentions Pirak but it is not a part of the Indus Civilization
and left no inscriptions. The letter points out rightly that there is no
evidence for an "Aryan invasion," but does not say that around 1500 BCE a
few speakers of Indo-European trickled across the high passes that
separate Central Asia from the South Asian subcontinent. Their oral
traditions have been preserved. These are the Vedas, their language and
culture are known and it is they that moved (not "drove people") to the
east.

It is admirable that SCIENCE covers topics like the Indus Valley
civilization but they should be presented by scientists who are familiar
with the facts and know how to interpret them.
								  	Frits Staal


&#8195;

Frits Staal
http://philosophy.berkeley.edu/staal

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