Indological Workshop
Interplay Between the Traditions of Jyotiḥśāstra and the Purāṇas
The workshop investigates the interplay between two intellectual traditions of ancient and medieval India, Jyotiḥśāstra (the astral sciences) and the Purāṇas (religious texts of encyclopedic nature).
Programme
May 20: Individual presentations (27.1.47)
09:30 - 10:00 Tea and coffee
10:00 - 10:15 Welcome
10:15 - 10:45 David Buchta, Brown University
Grammatical Concerns among Purāṇa Commentators in
Cosmological Passages
10:50 - 11:20 Gudrun Bühnemann, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Ancient Geography: A Model of the Universe in Kathmandu’s Royal Palace
11:25 - 11:55 Jambugahapitiye Dhammaloka, University of Canterbury
Śrīpati’s Critique of Cosmography in the Purāṇas and Some
Other Philosophies
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 13:30 Marko Geslani, University of South Carolina
The Ritualization of Jyotiḥśāstra in Purāṇic Rājadharma
13:35 - 14:05 Toke Lindegaard Knudsen, University of Copenhagen
Three Purāṇic Vākyas in the Siddhāntasundara
14:10 - 14:40 Bill Mak, Kyoto University
Jyotiṣa Materials in the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa
14:45 - 15:15 Tea and coffee
15:15 - 15:45 Krishnamurthi Ramasubramanian, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Nīlakaṇṭha’s Understanding of the Purāṇic View
15:50 - 16:20 Kenneth Zysk, University of Copenhagen
Chapters in the Garuḍapurāṇa Derived from the Bṛhatsaṃhitā
16:30 - 17:00 Group Discussion
May 21: Readings of Sanskrit texts (27.1.47)
09:45 - 10:00 Tea and coffee
10:00 - 12:30 Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5.16 with the Commentary of Vaṃśīdhara
Led by David Buchta
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:30 Selections from Śrīpati's Siddhāntaśekhara
Led by Jambugahapitiye Dhammaloka
18:30- Dinner for invited participants
May 22: Readings of Sanskrit texts (27.0.49)
09:45 - 10:00 Tea and coffee
10:00 - 12:30 Varāhamihira's Bṛhatsaṃhitā 47 (Puṣyasnāna)
Led by Marko Geslani
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:30 Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa 166-167
Led by Bill Mak
Please direct questions to the organizer Toke Lindegaard Knudsen.
This workshop has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 701709 and from the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.
