Hi, I have been directed to this group by my friend Mr Manish Modi of the Hindi Granth Karyalay. I have been studying the memoirs and journals of European...
Avinashji, namonamaH Great to hear from you! Nice of you to give the Marathi commentary on the said verse. Please could you also give its English rendering? ...
MANISH MODI
gommateshvara@...
Apr 2, 2007 2:32 pm
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You might find further references in Julia Leslie's essay "Suttee og Sati: Victim or Victor?", in her: Roles and Rituals for Hindu Women (Julia Leslie, ed.),...
... early days of the East India Company. My research has been confined to the Private Papers contained in the India Office records of the East India Company. ...
Posted to Gujarat Studies Group, CONSALD, and Indology, and Y-Indology. Does anyone know anything about what happened to the stock of Dinkar Trivedi of the New...
Allen W Thrasher
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Apr 3, 2007 7:56 pm
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I was asked whether there was a standard Hindi rendering of "Asian Studies". I, of course, can invent a plausible phrase or do a phonetic rendering, but I...
This is in response to the request by Manish Modi for an English rendering of the Marathi commentary by Mr. Shrotriya. The transliteration of the message was...
Dear all, I am pleased to inform you that a new International PhD programme in Buddhist Studies is now opened at Mahidol University, Thailand. For more...
Here are some excerpts from Pietro Della Valle, including his account of his conversation with a woman planning to become a sati: ...
Frances Pritchett
fp7@...
Apr 4, 2007 1:16 pm
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Headline From SAMACHAR.COM SC closes chapter on Shivaji book Rakesh Bhatnagar Monday, April 09, 2007 02:59 IST NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has quashed...
Apologies for duplicate mailings. Announcement. The First International Symposium on Sanskrit Computational Linguistics will take place in the Paris area on ...
Thank you very much. This seems to be exactly what I am looking for. Rohini ... early days of the East India Company. My research has been confined to the...
Thank you. I shall look at this. Regards, Rohini Mikael Aktor <aktor@...> wrote: You might find further references in Julia Leslie's essay "Suttee og...
I am delighted to announce that the South Asian Studies Department at the Rutgers University, New Jersey will be offering Intensive Sanskrit. The summer long...
Dear Prof Raman, Most of my lecture is improvised according to the audience, except for the central notions about the growth of the major symbols from Vedic to...
... http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/dellavall e/index.html Many other ancient, medieval and modern references to the practice of...
What about ASIAII ADHYAYAN for Asian Studies. The problem is that one does not often come across this term in Indian Universities. Even the term Indology is...
MANISH MODI
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Apr 11, 2007 8:38 pm
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Thank you so very much for this! 'Giacamma'...what could be the woman's name? I can't think. The account is fascinating - though I do find it a little...
Dear friends, We, the Department of Kayachikitsa Govt. Ayurveda College, Tripunithura 682301 Ernakulam District Kerala India is organising a 'national seminar...
Dear readers, An ex-student of mine, now working in the section for quality control in the faculty of medicine, asked me where one can best order books on ...
Dear List Members, I have changed my email Id as s_bahulkar@... for the communication with Indology@yahoogroups.com Shrikant Bahulkar ... Looking for...
Dear Rohini, the historians of Alexander the Great (326 BCE) already wrote about sati. I think you might find some answers to your questions in 1) Enrica...
Enrica Garzilli
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Apr 11, 2007 8:44 pm
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Dear Rohini, He certainly seems to have had local guides and translators among his traveling party. As for whether he's embroidering, who can say? It's a great...
Frances Pritchett
fp7@...
Apr 12, 2007 1:15 pm
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I have already suggsted a rendering "E;siyaaii Adhyayan" in a personal communication with the sender. Shrikant Bahulkar MANISH MODI <gommateshvara@...>...
Dear Enrica, Thank you. This is most interesting. I will look up your articles. What I find even more interesting than the accounts of sati, are the...
... That's most likely the same as Jakamma (also spelt as Jakkamma, Jakkama), a Telugu feminine name as well as the name of a female deity. The goddess-names...
Learned friends, Jay Jinendra Whereas the name Giacamma (allowing for spelling errors) does seem feasible in Andhra Pradesh, it is very likely that the account...
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