Dear Colleagues and Scholars,
The Sanskrit Library, in collaboration with Ganganath Jha Campus, The Central Sanskrit University, Prayagraj, would like to announce a special lecture series on “Future directions in Pāṇinian research” from 24th April–8th May 2023. Experts in various fields related to the Indian grammatical tradition will speak in the lecture series to benefit young students and scholars in determining fruitful topics for their research.

  • Prof. Shrinivas Varakhedi: Vice Chancellor of Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi. Chief Guest
  • Lalitkumar Tripathi: Prof. Ganganath Jha Campus, Central University, Prayagraj (Key-note address)
  • Peter M. Scharf: Prof. The Sanskrit Library, USA
    • "Reorienting oriental research in the transition to the digital medium (सांगणिकमाध्यमे प्राच्यविद्यायाः पुनःप्राचीकरणम्)"
    • "Implications of consciousness-based Pāṇinian grammar for major issues in prakriyā (प्रक्रियायां चेतनाधारितपाणिनीयव्याकरणद्योत्याः प्रधानविषयाः)"
  • Amba Kulkarni: Prof. Central University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
    • "Use of Pāṇinian grammar for the computational analysis of modern Indian Languages (आधुनिकभारतीयभाषाणां सङ्गणकीयविश्लेषणाय पाणिनीयव्याकरणस्य प्रयोगः)"
  • Mahesh Deokar: Prof. Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
    • "Recent studies in the Cāndra grammatical system (चान्द्रव्याकरणे सद्यस्काध्ययनम्)"
  • Prasad Joshi: Prof. Deccan College, Pune
    • "The description of the Vedic Language in the Aṣṭādhyāyī (अष्टाध्याय्यां वैदिकभाषायाः विवरणम्)"
  • Sharon Ben-Dor: Independent Scholar
    • "Discovering traces of lost vṛttis on Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī (अष्टाध्याय्याः लुप्तवृत्तिग्रन्थानां प्रकटनम्)"
  • Aleix Ruiz-Falqués: Head of dept. of Pali, Shan-state Buddhist University, Myanmar and Khyentse Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 
    • "Cliffs by the Ocean of Exception: On the so called mahā-suttas of the Kaccāyana Pali Vyākaraṇa and why they matter (पालिव्याकरणगतमहासूत्राणां माहात्म्यं प्रयोजनं च)"
  • Anuja Ajotikar: Asst. Prof. Shan-state Buddhist University, Myanmar and Hamburg University, Germany
    • "Studies in Pāṇini and Post Pāṇinian grammatical traditions (पाणिनीया तथा च पाणिनीयेतरव्याकरणपरम्पराविषयकम् अध्ययनम्)"
  • Tanuja Ajotikar: Asst. Prof. The Sanskrit Library, USA and Maharshi Vedic University, The Netherlands
    • "The need for deep analytical reading and critical editing of grammatical texts (व्याकरणप्रमाणग्रन्थानां विश्लेषणे चिकित्सकावृत्तीनां आवश्यकता)"
  • Chinmay Dharurkar: Asst. Prof. IIT Kanpur
    • "Comparing Pāṇini and Modern Linguistic theories: Insights and Instances."

Please visit our Website at the following link for further information about the lecture series as well as for registration: 
Please share the news and the link with anyone and everyone you think might be interested.

Yours sincerely,
Peter
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Peter M. Scharf, President
The Sanskrit Library
scharf@sanskritlibrary.org
https://sanskritlibrary.org
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Peter Scharf
scharfpm7@gmail.com