Dear Members,
If you happen to be in or near Paris the
next week, may I draw your attention to the following workshop, whose title is "History of Shaivism: Readings in Inscriptions and Early Manuscripts". Everybody is
welcome and participation is free.
Here is the program:
Monday 24.03:
9.30-12.30: Excerpts from the Niśvāsatattvasaṃhitā, Dominic GOODALL (EFEO)
14.30-17.30: Śaiva passages in Pallava Inscriptions, Emmanuel FRANCIS (CNRS)
Tuesday 25.03:
9.30-12.30: The Origins of the Skull and Skull-staff: Excerpts from Brahmayāmala, paṭala 83, Shaman HATLEY (Concordia, Montreal)
14.30-17.30: Śaiva Inscriptions from Cambodia, Dominic GOODALL (EFEO)
Wednesday 26.03:
9.30-12.30: LECTURES: • On the Amṛtasiddhi, James MALLINSON (SOAS); • Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava Inscriptions
of the Licchavis, Kengo HARIMOTO (Hamburg); • Inscribing Merit, Obtaining
Might: Recovering Early Strategies for Establishing and Solidifying Śaiva Practices in Licchavi Nepal,
Nina MIRNIG (Cambridge); • Announcement of the Preparation of a New Critical
Edition: Abhinavagupta’s Gītārthasaṃgraha, Lyne BANSAT-BOUDON (EPHE) and Judit TÖRZSÖK (UMR 7528/Lille
III)
14.30-17.30: Visit to the Musée Guimet led by Charlotte SCHMID (EFEO) and Dominic
GOODALL (EFEO)
Thursday 27.03:
9.30-12.30: Śiva As the Supreme God and the Sacred Place of Śrīparvata (Reading Chapter 70 of the Skandapurāṇa), Judit TÖRZSÖK (UMR 7528/Lille III). Synopsis by Peter BISSCHOP (Leiden)
14.30-17.30: A Bilingual
(Sanskrit-Kannada) Śaiva
Inscription from the
Praṇaveśvara Temple in Tāḷagunda (1158 AD), Florinda DE SIMINI
(L’Orientale, Naples)
Friday 28.03:
9.30-12.30: The
Birth of Skanda (Reading Chapter 72 of the
Skandapurāṇa) Yuko YOKOCHI (Kyoto). Synopsis by Peter BISSCHOP (Leiden)
14.30-17.30: On the Classification and
Treatment of Fever in the Kriyākālaguṇottara, Michael SLOUBER (Western Washington)