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.
The East Mebon Stele Inscription from Angkor (K. 528). A Sanskrit Eulogy of the tenth-century Khmer Sovereign Rājendravarman, Dominic Goodall, Collection Indologie 154, Pondichéry : EFEO / IFP, 334 pages.
READ MORE
- The Maison de l'Asie library will be closed to the public on Monday 31 October 2022
- The Maison de l'Asie, and therefore the library, will be closed on Tuesday 1 and Friday 11 November 2022
Read More READ MORE
The call for applications for the EFEO Field Scholarships for the first semester of 2023 has been launched. The deadline for submitting applications for the field grant allowing Master II and doctoral students to study in Asia in one of the EFEO centres is October 13 until 6:00 p.m. (Paris time) for a stay to be planned between January 1 and June 30, 2023.
The recruitment campaign for post-doctoral contracts (from 3 to 12 months) for the year 2023 has just been launched. It will close on 13 October at 6 pm (Paris time).
