Dear list,

We are pleased to announce that Amrita Darshanam — International Centre for Spiritual Studies — in association  with Indian Council for Philosophical Research (ICPR) is organizing a 7-day textual workshop on Madhusūdana Sarasvatī’s Siddhāntabindu between 10-16 November 2018 in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore. 

Siddhāntabindu or Siddhāntatattvabindu is Madhusūdana Sarasvatī’s commentary on Śri Śankarācārya’s Daśaślokī, also known as the Cidānandastavarāja or Cidānandadaśaślokī or Nirvāṇadaśaka. The text presents all the basic principles of advaita in the prima facie views and their refutations, and is a reliable and comprehensive digest of advaita vedānta. 

The workshop will be conducted be renowned scholars: 

(a)   Prof. Kutumba Sastry,

Former Vice Chancellor, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan,

President, IASS

(b)   Prof. V.N. Jha

Former Director, Centre of Advanced Studies in Sanskrit, Pune

Founder Chairperson, Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

(c)     Prof. K. Ramasubramanian

Professor, Indian Science and Technology in Sanskrit, Department of Humanitites and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay.

(d)   Prof. Ramachandra G Bhat

Vice Chancellor, S-VYASA,

(e)    Prof. K. Srinivasan

Former Principal, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai.

The workshop is open to all interested. 

Registration is free but compulsory. 

To register, visit: https://www.amrita.edu/event/seven-day-textual-workshop-madhus-dana-sarasvat-s-siddh-ntabindu

Kindly refer to the attached brochure for further information. 

Apologies for cross-posting.

Best,

Manjushree Hegde,

Assistant Professor,

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore.