Meeting John Hawley
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde with John Straton Hawley (Author of Krishna’s Playground-Vrindavan in the 21st Century)
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Author: Dr. Shakuntala Gawde
presented a paper on Govardhan
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on Govardhan-Assimilation and Acculturation’ in National Conference on ‘Vraj to Braj’ organized by Braj Sanskriti Shodh Sansthan from 6th December 2019 to 8th December 2019. She also chaired a session in the same conference.
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Paper on Gokarnamahatmya
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Gokarnamahatmya- A Study into Narratives’ in the National conference on Yatras held on 15th November to 17th November 2019 organized by Indic Academy and Bharat Adhyayan Kendra in Benaras Hindu University. video of paper presentation- https://youtu.be/QJhSMprPjnY
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सर्प-देवता : जागतिक रुढी आणि परंपरा
सर्प अथवा नाग ही देवता म्हणून संपूर्ण भारतात त्याचे महत्त्व आहे. साधारणपणे सौम्य व उग्र असे देवतांचे स्वरूप दिसते. दैवतशास्त्रीय तत्त्वानुसार उग्र देवतेच्या कोपापासून स्वत:चे रक्षण करण्यासाठी म्हणून देवतांचे पूजन केले जाते. हाच भाव नागपूजनामागेदेखील असावा. क्लेशकारक व कल्याणकारक अशा दोन्ही छटा नाग/सर्पपूजनामागे असल्याचे दिसते समाजशास्त्रीय दृष्टीकोनातून विचार करता असे दिसून येते की नाग म्हणजे […]
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Presented a paper in the conference Life, life after death and Realization
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on Rgvedic Eschatology in comparison with Greek Thoughts in the National conference on ‘Life, life after death and Realization’ organized by Samshodhanam in association with Karnataka Sanskrit University held at Medha Dakshinamurthy Sanskrit College, Gokarna. She also received Late Shri Raghavendra Kulkarni memorial Award for best paper in women […]
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Talk in Sanskrit Sammelanam
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde talked on ‘Contribution of women in Sanskrit Literature’ in Gehe Gehe Sanskrit Sammelanam’ organized by Shri Datta Padmanabha Peetham, Tapobhumi, Kundai, Goa on 14th March 2019. Dr. Shakuntala Gawde took an overview of Women’s contribution from Vedic times to Modern Sanskrit Literature. She also emphasized the need of women’s participation in propagation […]
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Presentation in the International Conference on Philosophy of Arts and Aesthetics
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde was invited as a resource person for “Prof. Ookerjee Memorial International Conference on Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics” on Wednesday 6th March, 2019 organized by Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai. She presented on ‘Alaukikatva of Rasa with special reference to Abhianvagupta’. Rasa is fundamental theory in Indian Aesthetics which was propounded […]
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Abhinavagupta- Rasa Theory
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde gave a lecture on “Abhinavagupta-Rasa Theory” on 6th February 2019 for ‘Playpen Performing Arts Trust’. She has previously engaged two sessions on Rasa theory. This session was specifically focusing on ‘Abhinavagupta’s understanding of Rasa-sutra. Theatre artists, dancers, painters attended this session. There was discussion on the application of Abhinavagupta’s theoretical framework to […]
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Mysticism
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde conducted three sessions for the course P. G. Diploma in Mysticism at Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai. “Vedic Mysticism”, “Mysticism in Bhagavadgita” and “Mysticism in Bhakti literature” were different topics of her sessions. She discussed various facets of Vedic Mysticism like Ritual Mysticism, Nature Mysticism, Eschatological Mysticism, and Cosmological Mysticism. Mysticism […]
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Indian Aesthetics
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde conducted a session on Indian Aesthetics with special reference to Rasa theory in the workshop on “Art and Aesthetics” conducted by Heras Institute of Indian History and Culture, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai on 31st January 2019. Dr. Shakuntala Gawde explained ‘Rasasutra of Bharatamuni’ and its application to various arts of modern times. […]
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