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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Dr. . Shakuntala Gawde was invited as a Resource person for Research Methodology workshop organized by Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai on 23rd January 2019 to 25th January 2019. She engaged a session on Textual Analysis in Philosophical Research. She explained the importance of studying texts for research in Philosophy. After taking an overview…
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde engaged a guest lecture on the topic ‘Eschatology’ in Department of Philosophy, University of Mumbai on 19th July 2019. Nearly 200 students attended the lecture. Beginning with the definition of eschatology, She explained the Early Vedic ideas about eschatology. She focussed on Upanisahdic ideas about soul, paths of the dead, transmigration and…
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Shukraniti- A Study from Leadership Perspective’ held at Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kalady under the section ‘Administration and Political Science.’ This paper was presented under the chairmanship of veteran scholar Prof. C. Rajendran. Three Day International Conference on ‘Science and Technology in Sanskrit’ was organized by Sahitya…
Research Article on ‘Shrivaishnava’ was contributed by Dr. Shakuntala Gawde to Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. This enclyclopedia is a live encyclopedia where author can update the article whenever needed. Article on Shrivaishnava (read here) Cite this entry as: Gawde S. (2018) Śrīvaiṣṇava. In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna…
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented on ‘Model of Good Research’ in Two Days National Symposium on Tradition for Innovation towards better future’ organized by Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University and Research for Resurgence Foundation, Nagpur on 22nd and 23rd June 2018. 120 researchers across the country participated in this symposium. Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented criterion of good…