Archaeology of Bhakti
Bhāgavatamāhātmya, undated edition (Gaṇapatakṛṣṇājī Mudrālaya, Bombay)
ahaṃ bhaktir iti khyātā (...)
utpannā drāviḍe sāhaṃ vrddhiṃ karṇāṭake gatā
kvacit kvacin mahārāṣṭre gurjare jīrṇatāṃ gatā (...)
vrndāvanaṃ punaḥ prāpya navīneva surūpiṇī
jātāhāṃ yuvatī samyak preṣṭharūpā tu sāṃpratam
Bhāgavatamāhātmya I.44-49 (partim)
" [I am called Bhakti (...)]
I was born in Dravida,
grew mature in Karnataka,
Went here and there in Maharashtra,
then in Gujarat became old and worn (...)
But on reaching Brindavan I was renewed,
I became lovely once again,
So that now I go about as I ought:
a young woman of superb appearance."
Translation by John Stratton Hawley ("Seeing the Bhakti Movement," In Archaeology and Text: The Temple in South Asia, ed. by Himanshu Prabha Ray, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 234).
The Archaeology of Bhakti
August 3rd - 14th 2015
The third workshop in the series The Archaeology of Bhakti, coorganised by Valérie Gillet (EFEO, Pondicherry), Charlotte Schmid (EFEO, Paris) and E. Francis (CEIAS, EHESS & CNRS, Paris) will take place at the centre of the EFEO in Pondicherry from the 3rd to 14th August 2015.
This year's theme is "The Bhakti of Minor Dynasties". The call for contributions is available at the following link.
Friday 23 June 2023 at 10.30 a.m., in the Grand Salon of the Maison de l'Asie
Maria Chauveau, EFEO post-doctoral fellow, is organizing a study day on Les relations humains/non-humains à la mesure de l'expansion des pratiques agricoles productivistes en Inde et en Asie de Sud-Est [Human/non-human relations in the context of the expansion of productivist agricultural practices in India and Southeast Asia].
From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Grand Salon of the Maison de l'Asie.
As part of the "Kyoto lectures", Antonio Manieri (University of Naples "L’Orientale") gives a lecture on "“Everyday Uncertainties”: Sharing and Learning Terminologies in Eighth-century Japan".
At 6pm (Japan time), online on the Zoom platform: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82464622137
Friday, June 16 2023, at 3:45 p.m.
To follow the event online
As part of the Siem Reap Lectures, Sébastien Clouet (doctoral student at Sorbonne University) gives a lecture on the topic "Aux sources de l'or d'Angkor: orpaillage et orpailleurs dans le Cambodge ancien" [At the sources of Angkor gold: gold panning and gold panners in ancient Cambodia].
At 6 p.m., at the EFEO Centre in Siem Reap. The presentation will be in French with a Khmer translation. The lecture is free and open to all.
