Dear Indology list members, 

The Sanskrit Reading Room has had a successful start (there are a few synopses of sessions on the blog: sanskritreadingroom.wordpress.com). We have five more sessions planned with Prof. Diwakar Acharya, Dr. James Hegarty, Dr. Péter Szántó, Dr. Theodore Proferes and Dr. Camillo Formigatti in the summer term.

Here's the summer term schedule:

Wednesday 26 April, 3-5pm

Dr Camillo Formigatti (Clay Sanskrit Librarian, Oxford Bodleian)

Kālidāsa’s Raghuvaṃśa (with Raghuvaṃśa manuscript viewings)

The Weston Library, part of the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Wednesday 10 May, 2:45-4:45pm

Dr Péter Szántó (University of Oxford)

Gurupañcāsikā

The Old Library, All Souls College, University of Oxford

Wednesday 17 May, 2:45-4:45pm

Professor Diwakar Acharya (University of Oxford)

Puruṣārthasamuccāya

The Old Library, All Souls College, University of Oxford

Wednesday 7 June, 3-5pm

Dr James Hegarty (Cardiff Unversity)

Vidura and the Mahābhārata in Full:

The ‘Dynamic Translation’ of the Critical Edition of a Sanskrit Text

MEET 116, first floor (outside staff room), SOAS, Russell Sq.

Wednesday 14 June, 3-5pm

Dr Theodore Proferes (SOAS)

Maṇḍana Miśra and the prapañca-vilaya-vāda

S118, Senate House first floor, SOAS, Russell Sq.


Please email Avni Chag (Avni_Chag@soas.ac.uk) or Karen O'Brien Kop (Karen_O'Brien-Kop@soas.ac.uk) for booking and other enquiries.