SI – 2: Videos Swadeshi Indology Conference - 2 (IGNCA, New Delhi) Inaugural Session Monographs TM Narendran – A Pariksa of Pollock’s Three Dimensional Philology Manjushree Hegde – Politics of Sanskrit Studies Best papers (Themes) K. Gopinath – A Computational Theory of Rasa Megh K & Manogna S – Purvapaksa of Pollock’s Chronology NIlesh Oak – Critique of & Rebuttal to Pollock’s Dating for epics (Chronology) Shrinivas Tilak – Mimamsa critique of Pollock’s History Theory Sudarshan Therani – The Science of Meaning (Philology) Subhodeep Mukhopadhayay – Gaṇita Śāstra & Western Mathematics Sowmya K – Are Sanskrit Grammar & Royal Power Related (Miscellaneous) Manjushree H – Examination of Pollock’s “Project SKSEC” (Miscellaneous) Plenary Sessions Dr. R Nagaswamy – Session 1 Dr. Meenakshi Jain – Session 2 Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao – Session 3 Theme: Rasa Sharda Narayanan – Rejoinder to Rasa Reader: An Insider View Charu Uppal – Natyasastra to Bollywood: Rasa, an eternal experience Karthik S Joshi – Pollock’s views on Rasa: A Critique Sreejit Datta – Pollock’s “From Rasa Seen to Rasa Heard”: A critique Dr. R Ganesh – Rasa one step below Brahman Dr. R Nagaswamy – Rasa Theory Naresh Cuntoor – Change and growth of Rasa Theory Ashay Naik – Pollock’s Desacralisation of the Indian Rasa Tradition Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao – Remarks from Chair – Session 1 on Rasa Prof. K. Gopinath – Remarks from Chair – Session 2 on Rasa Theme: Sastra Madhu & Sudarshan Therani – Sastra of Science & Science of Sastras Dr. Aravinda Rao – Remarks from Chair – Session on Sastra Theme: Desacralization Sudarshan Therani – The Science of the Sacred Megh K and Manogna S – Sheldon Pollock & Desacralization of Sanskrit Dr. Sonal Mansingh – Impressions of Swadeshi Indology Conference 2 Theme: Chronology Arvind Prasad – Examining Pollock’s “Sanskrit Cosmopolis” Theme: Miscellaneous Jayaraman Mahadevan – Pollock’s “Death of Sanskrit” – An Analysis Satyanarayana Dasa – Sanskrit is not dead Animesh Aaryan – Pollock’s ‘Irresponsible’ vs Valimiki’s ‘Plausible’ Ramayana Murali KV – Pollock’s Hypothesis on “Othering” is unscientific Dr. Shashi Tiwari – Remarks from Chair – Session 1 on Misc. Topics Theme: Philology Ishani Dutta – Pollock’s Philology: Mixing Ramayana and Political Imagination Dr. Korada Subrahmanyam – Remarks from chair – Session on Philology Theme: Mimamsa Alok Mishra – The divine nature of the Vedas Prof. K S Kannan – Mimamsa and Ahistoricism T N Sudarshan – The Science & Nescience of Mimamsa Ananth Sethuraman – Mimamsa and the Problem of History in Traditional India Sharda Narayanan – Brahmanism, Buddhism and Mimamsa Dr. Koenraad Elst – Remarks from Chair – Mimamsa & some Misc topics Theme: Buddhism Dr. Rajath V – Hinduism and Buddhism: Convergent or Divergent Dr. Koenraad Elst – The Buddha Versus Sheldon Pollock Sunil M V – Upanishads and Buddha’s Teachings Dr. R Nagaswamy – Conflict between Buddhism and Hinduism Ravi Joshi – Commonalities in Hindu & Buddhist Meta Framework Dr Nagaswamy – Remarks from Chair – Session on Chronology & Buddhism Dr. Amarjiva Lochan – Remarks from Chair – Session on Buddhism Closing Session Share this:Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)