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A Lovely Journey to Hell: Kenji’s Experience of Editing the 7th Chapter of the Śivadharmottara with R. Sathyanarayana

Post published:14/12/2020
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Cambridge Manuscript Add. 1645, 57r. available at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-01645/1 Since April 2020, R. Sathyanarayana (EFEO, Pondicherry) and Kenji Takahashi (University of Naples “L’Orientale”) have been working together to edit the 7th chapter of the Śivadharmottara describing the journey to hell after death and the cruel torments that sinners suffer therein. Our…

Time for collation and emendation!

Post published:30/11/2020
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The spring and most of the autumn of 2020 was spent in confined spaces by most of us. This made us realize that our philological work is sometimes similar to the labour of mediaeval monks working in scriptoria. Monk working in a scriptorium, engraving after a 15th-century manuscript. (Source: https://www.britannica.com/art/scriptorium)…

The flyer of the worshop

Being a Humanist in the Digital Age

Post published:06/06/2020
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This blog-post is about the seminar on Digital Humanities held at the University "L'Orientale" between March and June 2020 by Giulia Buriola and Csaba Kiss.

Csaba’s Field Trip in Kathmandu

Post published:17/05/2020
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Csaba's Field Trip in Kathmandu From 9 Feb to 21 Feb 2020, Csaba Kiss was carrying out research in Kathmandu, Nepal. His plan was to obtain digital copies of manuscripts of the Nityāhnikatilaka, a post-10th-century ritual manual of the Śaiva tantric tradition of the goddess Kubjikā and her…

Alessandro’s field trip to India: Sanskrit manuscripts from Kerala and Karnataka

Post published:05/03/2020
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This blog-post is about Alessandro's field trip to Kerala and Karnataka (Feb-Mar 2020)

Wall painting of Śiva and Umā on the Bull at the entrance of the Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam

Mahābhārata Conference in Kalady

Post published:28/02/2020
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At the entrance of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, with the Śivadharma bag. From February 12 to 15, Dominic Goodall and Kenji Takahashi attended the Three-Day International Conference on Mahabharata in Literature and Tradition, held at Sree Sankaracadharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala. Dominic Goodall delivered an inaugural lecture titled…

Florinda’s work at the Chennai archives

Post published:18/02/2020
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From February 11th till February 16th, Florinda, along with Śivadharma Project friends Giulia Buriola and Kristen de Joseph, carried out research at two of the most important manuscript archives in Chennai: the Research Centre of the Adyar research library, and the Government Oriental Manuscript Library. The Adyar Library and Research…