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.

 

The venues: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: Maison de l’Asie, 22 avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris. Thursday: CEIAS,190-198 avenue de France - Paris 13e - 6e étage, salle 640.


Here is the program:

 

Monday 24.03:

9.30-12.30: Excerpts from the Niśvāsatattvasahitā, 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, paala 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 Amtasiddhi, 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 Gītārthasagraha, 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

Praaveśvara 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 Kriyākālaguottara, Michael SLOUBER (Western Washington)