Sanskrit Studies, Volume 3: Samvat 2069-70 (ce 2013-14)

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This anthology (2013-14) is the third volume of the "Sanskrit Studies", a serial publication from the Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). The first volume of the series was published in 2004-05, and the second in 2006-07. JNU is committed to bring out this serial publication, though with some interval.

This Sanskrit Studies series is set to focus on a vast range of Sanskrit language and literature, grammar and historical linguistics, sources of history and systems of philosophy, principles of poetics and details of dramaturgy, lexicography, and so on. It also aims to bring forth the vision of Vedic texts and the varieties of Vedic traditions, Buddhist canons, Pali texts, different versions of Prakrt language and the emerging field of computational linguistics, thus adopting a multi-disciplinary approach.

This volume too deliberates on varied topics of Sanskrit studies and discusses the theory of Oral Ccomposition of Veda, the Yajusha Hautra Dispute, Hermeneutics of the Upanisads, Concept of Dharma, Aesthetic Universe of Natyasastra, the Cultural Geography of Kalidasa, Sanskrit Commentary, Archaeoastronomy, Universal Premise in Early Nyaya, Sanskrit and Tamil Interrelation, among others.

The fifteen articles presented in this volume represent the richness and rigour of Sanskrit studies in contemporary times across the globe. It should interest all those who are in Sanskrit studies – researchers, teachers, students and scholars alike.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shashiprabha Kumar

Dr. Shashiprabha Kumar , Chairperson, Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, JNU, is an acclaimed Sanskrit scholar, wellversed in classical Indian philosophy. Before joining JNU, she taught at the department of philosophy, University of Delhi; department of Sanskrit at Maitreyi College, New Delhi and R. G. Post Graduate College, Meerut. More than twenty research scholars have obtained M. Phil./Ph.D. under her guidance. Dr, Shashiprabha has fourteen books to her credit and has contributed more than sixty research papers to reputed journals and edited volumes. She has participated in several International Conferences and National seminars besides lecturing in India and abroad. Recipient of Sri Ramakrishna Sanskrit Award (Word Education Foundation, Canada, 2003) for her distinguished and outstanding contribution to Sanskrit research and teaching and Shankar Puraskar (K. K. Birla Foundation, New Delhi, 1998) for her first book entitled Vaisesika Darsana mein Padartha- Nirupana, she has own many other prestigious awards and fellowships. As a founder and managing trustee of Nihsreyasa, a private trust for propagation of Indian philosophy and culture, she is trying her best towards culture, she is trying her best towards transmitting the treasure of wisdom stocked in Sanskrit sources.