EFEO - Blogs - Pondicherry

Lecture by Dominic Goodall at Pondicherry University

04 DECEMBER 18

At the invitation of Professors Chandrika and Venkata Raghotham, Dominic
Goodall gave an inaugural lecture entitled “The Problems of
Understanding Cambodian ...

Publication of Keraḷiyatantrapāramparyaṃ, a book on Kerala tantra in Malaiyalam by S.A.S. Sarma

15 NOVEMBER 18

Keraḷiyatantrapāramparyaṃ, S.A.S. Sarma. Calicut: Indological Trust, 2018

Publication of Grammar of Old Tamil

07 NOVEMBER 18

A Grammar of Old Tamil for Students. Eva Wilden, Collection Indologie n˚ 137; NETamil Series n˚3, Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut ...

Vedānta philosophy as reflected in Sarvajñātman's Pramāṇalakṣaṇa

21 OCTOBER 18

Sarvajñātman is a well-known Advaita scholar, sometimes dated to the 9th century due to his assumed relation with Sureśvara, but more likely to have written some time ...

10th NETamil Workshop

12 SEPTEMBER 18

"Tracing School Formations and Scholarly Networks." The 10th international workshop of the NETamil (ERC Advanced Grant 339470) project took place from 3rd to 12th September ...

R. Sathyanarayanan at the University of Jaffna

10 SEPTEMBER 18

R. Sathyanarayanan was invited to Sri Lanka as a special guest for the "Seminar on Śaivasiddhānta Jñānapāda”, held on 9th and 10th September, on the occasion ...

Publication of the 1st volume of the Brahmayāmala

10 AUGUST 18

The Brahmayāmalatantra or Picumata. Volume I: Chapters 1–2, 39–40 & 83. Revelation, Ritual, and Material Culture in an Early Śaiva Tantra.Shaman Hatley, ...

Pattrika 49

09 AUGUST 18

Pattrika 48, the latest issue of the newsletter of the French research institutes in India, can be consulted here.

Charlotte examines C7th inscriptions in Andhra Pradesh

Visit of Charlotte Schmid

06 AUGUST 18

Charlotte Schmid is visiting the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO from 5th to 30th August to undertake missions in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh for her work on the epigraphy and ...

Visit of Jeremy Simmons

05 AUGUST 18

Jeremy Simmons, doctoral student at Columbia University, has been awarded an AIIS Junior Research Fellowship to spend 6 months from 5th August 2018 at the Pondicherry Centre of ...

From Mukula Bhaṭṭa to Maṃmaṭa (readings in Sanskrit poetics)

26 JULY 18

From 23rd July to 10th August 2018 (11am-1pm / 2-4pm), a small workshop is being held whose purpose is to produce a new critical edition of an important Sanskrit text on ...

Lecture by Professor K. Srinivasan on śleṣa and dhvani

24 JULY 18

At 4.00 pm on Tuesday, 24 July 2018, in the Library Hall of the EFEO, 19, Dumas Street, Pondicherry, Prof. K. Srinivasan (President, Kuppuswamy Sastri Research Institute), came ...

Visit of Marine Schoettel

20 JULY 18

Marine Schoettel, an MA student from the EPHE (École Pratique des Hautes Études) and EFEO scholar arrived on 20th July to spend 2 months at the Pondicherry Centre ...

Visit of Joseph Badawi-Crook

17 JULY 18

Joseph Badawi-Crook, who has just graduated from Oxford University arrived on 17th July 2018 to spend 6 months at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO to work on Sanskrit language ...

Valérie Gillet reading an inscription at Kāṭṭumalaiyaṉūr

Valérie Gillet's visit

12 JULY 18

Valérie Gillet is based in Pondicherry from July 12th to September 2nd to carry out several field missions for her project on the Pandya country inscriptions, for her ...

Visit of Akane Saitô

05 JULY 18

Akane Saitô, currently a post-doctoral researcher in Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan), has arrived at the Pondicherry EFEO Centre for a two-year stay to work on her ...

Departure of Suganya Anandakichenin

01 JULY 18

Suganya Anandakichenin, is leaving the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO to join the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, University of Hamburg after having worked here as a ...

Visit of students of the Government Ayurveda College, Trippunithura

26 JUNE 18

A group of students from the Government Ayurveda College, Trippunithura, came on the afternoon of 26th June 26 to see the Centre and to attend presentations of some ongoing ...

Visit of Jens Uwe Augspurger

21 JUNE 18

Jens Uwe Augspurger, student of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and EFEO scholar, will be in Pondicherry until the end of August to work on his ...

Visit of Kashi Gomez

10 JUNE 18

Kashi GOMEZ, doctoral student at the University of Berkeley, is in Pondicherry for several months since June 2018. She works with S.L.P. Anajaneya Sarma on her project devoted to ...

Departure of B. Thilakasundaram

01 JUNE 18

B. Thilakasivasundaram, who joined the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO in June 2014 as a system-administrator for the NETamil Project, has left to join Tata Consultancy Services ...

Recruitment of S. Saravanan Sundaramoorthy

01 JUNE 18

S. Saravanan Sundaramoorthy joins the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO as a researcher of the NETamil project to work on a manuscript of the Saraswati Mahal Library, Thanjavur. The ...

Defence of the thesis of Jung Lan Bang on the Tantrasadbhāva

28 MAY 18

Jung Lan Bang defended her thesis magna cum laude at the University of Hamburg on 28th May 2018. Thanks to an EFEO scholarship, she was able to benefit from the Pondicherry Centre ...

Publication of a translation of the Perumāḷ Tirumoḻi of Kulacēkara Āḻvār

24 APRIL 18

This book is a complete annotated translation of a 9th-century Tamil bhakti poetic work known as the Perumāḷ Tirumoḻi, by Kulacēkara Āḻvār, as well as of its medieval ...

Publication of the 3rd volume of the Sūkṣmāgama

23 APRIL 18

Sūkṣmāgama. Volume III. Chapters 54 to 85.Critical edition: S. Sambandhaśivācārya, B. Dagens, M.-L. Barazer-Billoret and T. Ganesan with the collaboration of J.-M. ...

Publication of the Akanāṉūṟu in 3 volumes & launch of the “NETamil Series”, a series within the “Collection Indologie”

20 APRIL 18

A Critical Edition and an Annotated Translation of the Akanāṉūṟu (Part 1 - Kaḷiṟṟiyāṉainirai). அகனானூறு என்னும் ...

Publication of the 1st volume of the Vivāhādikarmapañjikā

12 APRIL 18

The Karmapañjikā is a manual for the domestic rituals of the Paippalāda tradition. Claiming to follow a Sūtra of Paiṭhīnasi, the text was composed by an otherwise ...

H. Venkataraman, doctoral student at the EFEO registered at the University of Pondicherry

02 APRIL 18

Thanks to the affiliation of the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO to the University of Pondicherry, H. Venkataraman is now registered for a doctorate simultaneously with the EFEO ...

Visit of Sam Dalrymple

27 MARCH 18

Sam Darlymple, second-year undergraduate student of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford, is staying in Pondicherry for three weeks to participate in the reading sessions ...

Reading the Old Malaiyāḷam commentary on the Arthaśāstra

18 MARCH 18

As part of the work of
preparing a volume for the NETamil project, S.A.S. Sarma and Erin McCann are reading together the medieval commentary in Old Malaiyāḷam on the ...

Visit of Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz

14 MARCH 18

Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, has passed a month at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO working with R. Sathyanarayanan on their ...

BIRDSONG

12 MARCH 18

On the occasion of the visit of the Belgian group Duo Laterna Magica, a concert entitled “Birdsong” will take place at 18:30 in the library of the EFEO, 19, rue ...

Lecture by T. Rajarethinam on the Poruḷatikāram

08 MARCH 18

As part of the Classical Tamil Winter School (CTSS) in 2018, T. Rajarethinam will give a lecture in the library of the EFEO from 16 h 30 intitled “Critical edition of the ...

Concert by T.V. Sankaranarayanan & Mahadeva

07 MARCH 18

On the occasion of the 2018 Classical Tamil Winter Seminar (CTWS), a concert by
Padma Bhushan Sangeetha Kalanidhi T.V. Sankaranarayanan and his son
Mahadevan will take ...

Lecture by K. Nachimuthu on Teyvaccilaiyār's commentary on the Tolkāppiyam

06 MARCH 18

As part of the Classical Tamil Winter School (CTSS) in 2018, K. Nachimuthu will give a lecture in the library of the EFEO from 16 h 30 intitled “Critical edition of ...

Musician gaṇas at Kalugumalai

Lecture on Music in the Paripāṭal by Arimalam Padmanabhan

05 MARCH 18

Arimalam Padmanabham will give a presentation entitled “Music in the Paripadal” at 16 h 30 in the library hall.

Lecture by Hugo David in Kalady

03 MARCH 18

On 2nd March, Hugo David went to the Sree Sankaracharya University in
Kalady (Kerala), to give a lecture (6th C.M. Neelakanthan Endowment Lecture) entitled: “Medieval ...

Victor D'Avella, Florinda De Simini, Hugo David, Joo-Young, Stefania Cavaliere & S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma

Readings of the Vyaktiviveka

02 MARCH 18

Reading sessions of Sanskrit texts are also continuing in the interstices of the CTWS, notably of the Vyaktiviveka of Mahimabhaṭṭa (eleventh century), a major theoretical ...

Lectures by M. Prabhakaran and S. Silambarasi

01 MARCH 18

As part of the CTSS in 2018, two lectures will take place in the library of the EFEO from 16 h 30. The first, by M. Prabhakaran, is entitled “Critical edition of Tolkāppiyam ...

The end of Hillary Langberg's stay

28 FEBRUARY 18

Hillary Langberg, a doctoral student in Buddhist Studies and Sanskrit at the University of Texas at Austin (Dept. of Asian Studies) has spent the last 6 months at the Pondicherry ...

Lakṣmī at Gangaikkondacholapuram

Vist of Saran Suebsantiwongse

28 FEBRUARY 18

Saran Suebsantiwongse (doctoral student at the University of Cambridge and holder of an EFEO scholarship) has spent 4 months at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO in order to work ...

Koṟṟavai, with lion and gazelle, at Punjai

Lecture by G. Vijayavenugopal on the Kaliṅkattu Paraṇi

27 FEBRUARY 18

As part of the Classical Tamil Winter School (CTWS) of 2018, G. Vijayavenugopal will give a lecture at 16 h 30 in the library in 19, Dumas Street, about “Tradition and ...

CTWS 2018 Merumantarappurāṇam

26 FEBRUARY 18

During the second half of the CTWS, Krishnaswamy Nachimuthu is conducting reading sessions of a Jain poem, the Merumantarappurāṇam, in the afternoons.

S. Sangamithra delivers her lecture

Lectures by S. Sangamithra and G. Vinotha

22 FEBRUARY 18

As part of the CTSS in 2018, two lectures will take place in the library of the EFEO from 16 h 30. The first, by S. Sangamithra, is entitled “Variations in the Text and the ...

Lecture of Victor D'Avella

20 FEBRUARY 18

As part of the CTWS 2018, Victor D’Avella will give a lecture at 16 h
30 in the library at 19, rue Dumas, entitled «Creating the
Perfect Language: Sanskrit ...

Visit of Alexis Avdeef

16 FEBRUARY 18

Alexis AVDEEF, from the University of Poitiers, visited the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO in February 2018 for a period of two months to continue his research as part of his ...

Dr. Indra Manuel expounding the Paripāṭal

Classical Tamil Winter Seminar 2018

15 FEBRUARY 18

In 2018 the CTSS (Classical Tamil Summer Seminar) returns to the old winter schedule (becoming once again a CTWS) and takes place in the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO for 4 weeks ...

N. Saranya lecturing

Lectures by N. Saranya and N. Siva

15 FEBRUARY 18

As part of the CTSS in 2018, two lectures will take place in the library of the EFEO from 16 h 30. The first, by N. Saranya, is entitled “A Study of the Names of the Poets in ...

CTWS 2018

14 FEBRUARY 18

Jean-Luc Chevillard (CNRS, NETamil project) teaches the beginners at the CTWS.

CTWS 2018

13 FEBRUARY 18

As part of the CTWS, there are also classes in academic English, particularly for the benefit of the students from Tiruvarur Central University.

Louise Roche presents her research to students of the Trivandrum Sanskrit College

Visit from the Trivandrum Sanskrit College

12 FEBRUARY 18

As part of the Kerala government-sponsored "Walk with a Scholar" project, about 40 students and teachers from the Trivandrum Government College spent the afternoon of 12th ...

Banteay Samre, southern "library", eastern face

Lecture by Louise Roche and Chloé Chollet

09 FEBRUARY 18

A lecture will take place at the Centre on 9th February at 4pm, on the occasion of the visit of Louise Roche, doctoral student (EPHE /EFEO) and EFEO scholar, and by Chloé ...

Pattrika 48

08 FEBRUARY 18

Pattrika 48, the latest issue of the newsletter of the French research institutes in India, can be consulted here.

Detail of a Kashmirian manuscript in Śāradā script that transmits the Raghupañcikā

Visit of Csaba Dezső

07 FEBRUARY 18

Csaba Dezső (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and collaborator in the European project “Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the ...

Vedic Chanting

03 FEBRUARY 18

As part of the “Pondicherry Heritage Festival”, students of the Vedāśrama-gurukulam of Pondicherry came to give a public demonstration of Vedic chanting in the ...

Doctoral Viva of Peter Pasedach

02 FEBRUARY 18

Peter Pasedach defended his thesis summa cum laude at the University of Hamburg on 2nd February 2018. Thanks to EFEO scholarships, he was able to benefit from the Pondicherry ...

Open Day

27 JANUARY 18

As part of the annual Pondicherry Heritage Festival, the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO held an Open Day on Saturday 27th January.

A significant moment for S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma

25 JANUARY 18

After many years of contribution to the intellectual life of the Centre, Mr. S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma addressed staff and friends at tea in 16, rue Dumas, on the occasion of his ...

Concert by Kumari Maitreyi Sarma

21 JANUARY 18

Two concerts of South Indian Classical Music were held during the “Haṭha Yoga Project” workshop, organised to coincide with the École Nomade, a theatre ...

Detail of a leaf of a twelfth- or thirteenth-century Nepalese manuscript that transmits the Piṅgalāmata

The end of Jason Schwartz's stay

19 JANUARY 18

B. Jason Schwartz, a doctoral student at the University of California Santa Barbara, spent a year in India, most of which was based at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO, thanks to a ...

Concert by Sri Ramakrishnan Murthy

18 JANUARY 18

Two concerts of South Indian Classical Music were held during the “Haṭha Yoga Project” workshop, organised to coincide with the École Nomade, a theatre ...

The Haṭha Yoga workshop inaugurated the New Reading Room, a space within the old building but that was previously occupied by washrooms and a storage mezzanine

Haṭha Yoga

15 JANUARY 18

From 15th to 25th January 2018, a reading workshop of the ERC-funded “Haṭha Yoga Project” was held in the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO. Several editions ...