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Publication of the foundation inscripiton of the Eastern Mebon Temple

01 NOVEMBER 22

The East Mebon Stele Inscription from Angkor (K. 528). A Sanskrit Eulogy of the tenth-century Khmer Sovereign RājendravarmanDominic GoodallThe epigraphy of the ancient ...

Edition by Ramhari Timalsina of the Sumatipañjikā

31 OCTOBER 22

The history of Sanskrit grammar has largely been dominated by the work of Pāṇini and his followers, while the history and contributions of other Sanskrit grammatical schools ...

Studies in Memory of Pandit N.R. Bhatt

28 OCTOBER 22

This collection of essays honours the memory of the late Pandit N.R. Bhatt, who contributed to pioneering research into the history of Śaivism in the French institutions of ...

Publication of the Tolkāppiyam with HIndi Translation by K. Nachimuthu

01 SEPTEMBER 22

Workshop in Honour of Professor K. Nachimuthu

29 AUGUST 22

A two-day hybrid workshop was held in honour of Professor K. Nachimuthu in the Library on 29th and 30th August, organised by Indra Manuel. Presentations on a wide variety of topics ...

Lecture on Divination by Joseph Badawi-Crook

26 AUGUST 22

Joseph Badawi-Crook (Doctoral student, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa) gave a lecture entitled “What can Greek and Sanskrit sources tell us about divination before ...

Lecture by Justin Henry on the Rāmāyaṇa in Sri Lanka

08 AUGUST 22

Justin Henry (Lecturer in Religious Studies, Georgia College & State University and AIIS Fellow) gave a talk entitled “The Kingdom of Ravana: The Ramayana in Sri ...

Publication by G. Vijayavenugopal of the inscriptions at the site of Piranmalai

29 JULY 22

The scenic hill known today as Piranmalai, which lies in Pandya country between Madurai and Pudukottai, is the site of a sizeable corpus of pre-modern inscriptions. Although the ...

Retirement of Franklin Taagore

01 JUNE 22

Franklin Taagore, who has been working as a clerk at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO since 1972, retired on 1 June 2022, after a service of 50 years.

Publication of the 4th volume of the Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntabhūṣaṇa

22 MAY 22

The Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntabhūṣaṇa, also known as the Vaiyākaraṇabhūṣaṇa, is a commentary on the great 17th-century grammarian Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita's ...

Lecture on “Practice and Text in the South Indian Martial Art Kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘: confluence, contradiction, evolution”

22 APRIL 22

Lucy May Constantini (Doctoral Student, The Open University, UK) & G. Sathyanarayanan Nair (Gurukkaḷ of CVN Kalari Sangham at East Fort in Thiruvananthapuram) will give ...

Concert of French Baroque music by the “Pondicherry Flute Ensemble”

09 APRIL 22

In the framework of the « French Rendez-Vous » festival, the Pondicherry Flute
Ensemble gave a concert of French baroque music : Boismortier, ...

Publication of the Earliest Texts of Haṭha Yoga

28 FEBRUARY 22

This book introduces, edits, and translates the two earliest texts of the haṭhayoga tradition, the Amṛtasiddhi and the *Amṛtasiddhimūla (which survives only in ...

A book-release function was held in Koonampatti Ātīnam

Publication of part of the Vidyāpāda of the Kāmikāgama by R. Sathyanarayanan in collaboration with M.N. Kalyanasundara Sivachariyar

01 FEBRUARY 22

R. Sathyanarayanan, Śivaśrī M.N. Kalyanasundara Sivachariyar, Kāmikāgama
Jñānapāda (Part I), Vedagama Academy, Tiruccirappalli, 2022, 90 p.The book was ...

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