[INDOLOGY] May 18, 2026: Final online session of History of Science in South Asia

[Dagmar Wujastyk]

Dear colleagues,

Please join us for the final session of the online group History of Science
in South Asia <https://www.chstm.org/group/history-science-early-south-asia>,
which will take place on May 18, 2026, at 10:30 EST.

The session will comprise snapshot presentations from several scholars,
working on different aspects of the history of science in premodern India:

*“Stopping Menstruation in Jainism"*
Ruth Westoby (Oxford Center for Hindu Studies)

*"Are plants conscious? Vegetal 'being' in the **Caraka Saṃhitā**”*
Pushya A. Gautam (National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India)

*TBD*
Gayathri Iyer

*“Ancient Indian Healing Systems: Insights from Jivaka’s Practice"*
Siddharth R. Dawane (Amity University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India)

"*Lotus or Waterlily? **Puṣkarasrajā** and the Taxonomic Ambiguity of
Aquatic Flora of the Vedic Aśvins and Continuity in Indian **Materia
Medica"*
Natālija Burišina (Independent Researcher working at "Eruditio" Center for
Lifelong Learning)

*"Dreaming in the Deccan: A Persian Medical Text Written in
Fourteenth-Century Warangal?”*
Shireen Hamza (Monash University, Australia)

Please remember, you need to be registered with both CHSTM and the group
and logged in to be able to access the zoom link.

Hope to see you there!

Dagmar and Lisa
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