This felicitation volume, in memory of Dr. Mukunda Madhava Sharma, a renowned Sanskrit scholar, attempts to study the different branches of Indology. It analyses the analogical reasoning drawn in Indian philosophy, Sanskrit poetics, history and epigraphy.
Making a detailed study of the works of Dr. Mukunda, it seeks to discuss his life and achievements, his role in popularizing Sanskrit among the masses, the status of women in Vedic literature, socio-ethnic problems reflected in ancient texts, Vedic references in the works of Banabhatta, ideals of humanism in Upanishads, ethnobotany and its social impact, Indian law of inheritance, ecological balance and the rare vocabulary in the Ramayana. The legal aspects in the writings of Kalidasa, a traditional approach to Abhijnanasakuntala, concept of guru in ancient scriptures and the religious beliefs of snake-cult also make part of the book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shrutidhara Chakravarty
Shrutidhara Chakravarty did her B.A. (honours in Sanskrit) in 1979 from Cotton College, Guwahati, securing high first class. She did M.A. in the year 1983 from the Department of Sanskrit, Gauhati University, Guwahati, and stood first class first. She did her Ph.D. from the same university in the year 1992. In 1985 she joined as Lecturer in the Department of Sanskrit, Rangia College, Rangia. In 1988 she joined the Department of Sanskrit, Gauhati University, as a Lecturer. Since 1996 she is serving the said Department at the capacity of a Reader. Apart from teaching in the M.A. and M.Phil. level and supervising Ph.D. programmes, she has authored several research papers, which have been published in various national and international journals. She has attended the International Conference on Sanskrit and related Studies, held at Krakow, Poland in the year 1993 and the 13th World Sanskrit Conference at Edinburgh, U.K. in 2006. She did a certificate course on German language from the Institute of German Language, Guwahati in 1994. She attended the 28th Study Session on Human Rights at Strasbourg, France, in 1997. She simultaneously completed at Strasbourg, France, an intensive training course for University teaching and research in Human Rights, in 1997. In the same year she completed an Internship Programme of the Centre for Human Rights at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland, with scholarship from the European Union.
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