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Dear Indology mailing list members,

a new IFP publication has appeared,
under the leadership of Bruno DAGENS
who was an EFEO (École Française d'Extrême-Orient) "scientific member" 
for 17 years

"http://www.efeo.fr/biographies/notices/dagens.htm"

(before becoming a "professeur" at "Paris 3" university)
[He is currently retired, due to age limits in France]

It appears as part of a new TENTATIVE collection
named after the late Jean Filliozat who was the EFEO director for 21 
years. SEE:

"http://www.efeo.fr/biographies/notices/filliozat.htm"

All that is reassuring because it shows that François Gros's 
FRANK/UNDIPLOMATIC "juvénile" diagnosis found in the pages 47-81 of the 
(green) report for the 75th anniversary of the EFEO was sound !

It is a good thing for France to be involved in Southern Indian literatures.

(François GROS himself later became an EFEO director)

SEE: "http://www.efeo.fr/biographies/notices/gros.htm"

and
SEE: 
"http://www.ifpindia.org/Deep-Rivers-Selected-Writings-on-Tamil-Literature.html"

Best wishes

-- Jean-Luc Chevillard (CNRS [UMR 7597])

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Subject: 	French Institute of Pondicherry / Publications April 2012
Date: 	Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:25:49 +0580
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   Just Published - April 2012

IFPINFO / New publication / Nouvelle publication

     JUST PUBLISHED

       Suksmagama. Volume II. Chapters 14 to 53.

*S. Sambandhasivacarya, B. Dagens, M.-L. Barazer-Billoret* and *T.
Ganesan* with the collaboration of *J.-M. Creisméas*, Steles : Jean
Filliozat Series in South Asian Culture and History no. 3, IFP, 2012.
Language: Sanskrit, with English introduction. *800 Rs (35 €).*
ISBN:978-81-8470-190-6.

This second volume of the /Suksmagama/ critical edition contains
descriptions of a variety of rites and ceremonies concerning divinities
and humans, mostly performed in the temple. Many of them are in the form
of festivals celebrated in honour of Siva and the Goddess. Others
include anointing the Linga with a continuous flow of liquids, less well
known ceremonies connected with the Goddess, special rites exclusively
performed for the sake of kings, as well as ordeals and an interesting
and unusual chapter dealing with the organisation of the temple
personnel. This volume has been prepared and published with the help of
Région Île-de-France (Programme ARCUS Île-de-France – Inde)

*Keywords: *saiva, saivasiddhanta, agama, ritual

*About the editors:*

   * *S. Sambandhasivacarya* has been working in the French Institute of
     Pondicherry since 1969 in the project of critically editing the
     Saivagama-s. Coming from a family of temple priests, well versed in
     the domain of temple rituals and with a long experience in reading
     various ancient scripts, he has rendered great help in the first
     critical editions of agama-s such as the /Matangaparamesvara,
     Sardhatrisatikalottara, Rauravottara, Ajita/ and the /Diptagama/.
   * *Bruno Dagens* (Professor emeritus, Université Paris-III Sorbonne
     nouvelle, member of UMR 7528 and associated researcher at the IFP),
     has translated /Mayamata/ and authored several studies about Indian
     tradition in South and Southeast Asia.
   * *Marie-Luce Barazer-Billoret* (Senior lecturer, Université Paris-III
     Sorbonne nouvelle, member of UMR 7528 and associated researcher at
     the IFP), is studying Southern Saivism; she has authored several
     articles and co-authored the translation of the /Rauravagama/, the
     critical edition of the /Diptagama/ and a book on Siva.
   * *T. Ganesan* has been working as a Senior Researcher in the French
     Institute of Pondicherry since 1985. Under his current research
     project “A Comprehensive History of Saivasiddhanta in Tamilnadu”, he
     has published a detailed monograph /Two Saiva Teachers of the
     sixteenth century. Nigamajnana I and his disciple Nigamajnana II/.
     The first critical edition of the ancient Saiva text,
     /Varunapaddhati/ along with the unpublished commentary of
     Nigamajnana II is one of his main research publications concerning
     the Saiva ritual system.

     VIENT DE PARAITRE

       Suksmagama. Volume II. Chapters 14 to 53.

*S. Sambandhasivacarya, B. Dagens, M.-L. Barazer-Billoret* and *T.
Ganesan* with the collaboration of *J.-M. Creisméas*, Steles : Jean
Filliozat Series in South Asian Culture and History no. 3, IFP, 2012.
Langues: sanskrit, avec une introduction en anglais. *800 Rs (35 €). *
ISBN:978-81-8470-190-6.

Ce second volume de l'édition critique du /Suksmagama/ contient la
description de divers rites et cérémonies concernant des dieux et des
humains et pour la plupart accomplis dans le temple. A côté de plusieurs
fêtes en l'honneur de Siva et de la Déesse, sont décrits l’ondoiement du
Linga avec un flot continu de liquides, des cérémonies relativement peu
connues concernant la Déesse, des rites accomplis au bénéfice du roi ou
bien encore des ordalies, cependant qu’un chapitre intéressant et peu
commun traite de l’organisation du personnel du temple. Ce volume a été
préparé et publié avec l'aide de la Région Île-de-France (Programme
ARCUS Île-de-France - Inde)

*Mots-clefs : *saiva, saivasiddhanta, agama, rites

*A propos des auteurs :*

   * *S. Sambandhasivacarya* travaille à l’Institut Français de
     Pondichéry depuis 1969, dans le projet d’édition critique des agama
     sivaïtes. Issu d’une famille de prêtres, versé dans le domaine des
     rites des temples et possédant une longue expérience dans la lecture
     de manuscrits en écritures anciennes différentes, sa contribution a
     été inestimable pour la préparation des premières éditions
     critiques d’agama tels que le /Matangaparamesvara/, le
     /Sardhatrisatikalottara/, le /Rauravottara/, l’/Ajita/ et le
     /Diptagama/.
   * *Bruno Dagens* (Professeur émérite, Université Paris-III Sorbonne
     nouvelle, membre de l’UMR 7528 et chercheur associé à l’IFP), a
     traduit le /Mayamata/ et a publié de nombreux travaux sur le Monde
     indien (Asie du Sud et du Sud-Est).
   * *Marie-Luce Barazer-Billoret* (Maître de conférences, Université
     Paris-III Sorbonne nouvelle, membre de l’UMR 7528 et chercheur
     associé à l’IFP), étudie le Sivaïsme méridional ; elle a publié
     plusieurs articles et, en collaboration, la traduction du
     /Rauravagama/, l’édition critique du /Diptagama/ et un ouvrage sur
     Siva.
   * *T. Ganesan* travaille en tant que « Chercheur Senior » à l’Institut
     Français de Pondichéry depuis 1985. Dans le cadre de son projet de
     recherche actuel « Histoire détaillée du Saivasiddhanta en pays
     tamoul », il a publié une monographie intitulée /Two Saiva Teachers
     of the sixteenth century. Nigamajnana I and his disciple Nigamajnana
     II/. L'une de ses publications principales dans le domaine des rites
     sivaïtes est la première édition critique d’un texte sanskrit ancien
     intitulé la /Varunapaddhati/, accompagné du commentaire inédit de
     Nigamajnana II.

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