Looking for a talented proof-reader who also knows Sanskrit

I am looking for a talented proof-reader who also knows Sanskrit. Please read the rest at my new blog.

How many Saṅkarṣa Kāṇḍas are there?

At my new blog (here), you can read about my thesis that there were more than one Saṅkarṣa Kāṇḍa: an ancient, boring and almost-forgotten one and a newer one whose author used the ancient title to gain a position within the Mīmāṃsā-Vedānta śāstra.

Epistemology of perception, or In order to be in a maṇḍala, you must know what a maṇḍala is (Kozicz 2008–9).

What experiences the practitioner when he is in an architectural setting of high symbolic value?
Please read the rest at my new blog, here.

One Year PG Diploma in Sanskrit Computational Linguistics

at the university of Hyderabad, with Amba Kularni (among others). Read the rest at my new blog, here.

Where are the Yoga philosophers?

Today I read in Philipp Maas's contribution to Periodization and Historiography of Indian Philosophy (edited by Eli Franco) an intriguing critique of Colebrook and of all the Indologists who, seemingly following him, thought that there was nothing philosophical in Yoga apart from its Sāṅkhya component and that what was typical of Yoga alone was not philosophical.
Is it really the case? Read the rest at my new blog, here.

Professor for Classical Indian Polity and Society, 500 BCE-500 CE

The Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta invites applications for the Saroj and Prem Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Polity and Society, 500 BCE-500 CE, at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. You can read the rest at my new blog, here.

What is the role of the Saṅkarṣakāṇḍa?

Why do Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedāntin authors care for a Mīmāṃsā-related text which Mīmāṃsākas ignore, and which only seems to deal with minor ritual topics? Read the rest at my new blog, here.