Dr. Shakuntala Gawde was honoured as ‘Sarsasvati of modern Era’ in Navadurga Series by Leading Marathi Newspaper Tarun Bharat for her contribution to Sanskrit language and literature. Articles about her was published on 7th October 2021 taking review of her research and scholarship in Sanskrit. Article can be read on following link- click to read…
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde received Academisthan Teacher Award 2021 (Young Teacher’s Award category of Humanities) in the virtual presence of Prof D.P. Singh, Chairman, UGC and Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, MP, Rajya Sabha (patron of the event) and Prof T.V. Kattimani, Vice Chancellor, Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh (chairperson of a jury panel). She received this…
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Transformation of demon into devotee- A Case of Putanā’ in sixteenth annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology- Mythologies of Violence: War in Heaven, War on Earth organized by organized by International Association for Comparative Mythology, 21th -25th August, 2023 compmyth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IACM_Tulsk_2023_program_PRINT.pdf
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Shanakaracharya’s resistance to ritualism’ in the two day multilingual National seminar on ‘Adab and Ehtejaj’ (Literature and Resistance) organized on 7th and 8th February 2023 by Department of Urdu, University of Mumbai.
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Exploring Gokarṇa Purāṇa- a sthalapurāṇa of Gokarṇa Mahābaleśvara‘ in World Sanskrit conference 2023. This paper was presented in in the Puranans section which was chaired by McComas Taylor (Associate Professor, Reader in Sanskrit College of Asia and Pacific, Australian National University). She participated in panel discussion.
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde engaged a session on Rasasadhvani and it’s application to various arts in the one week workshop on Dhvani: putting to work organised by Mumbadevi Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde was invited as a chief guest for Sanskrit Din 2022 at Sanskrit Department of Ramanarain Ruia College. She delivered a lecture on ‘Dimensions of Sanskrit Research’. Meritorious students were felicitated and students presented drama ‘Aranyakam‘.
The Book contains the vedic Accounts and takes into consideration the Upanishads, Epic and Puranas, Jain- Buddhist narratives. It throws light light on Egyptian, Middles-eastern, Chinese-Japanese,Nordic accounts of Creation. The reader will get an overview of creation accounts with their commonalities and differences in a theotrical framework. Book got released in the hands of Prof.…
Book was released in Hirakamahotsav of Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai (Chief Guest- Prof. Srinivasa Varkhedi- Vice Chancellor, Central Sanskrit University)
The book “Narrative Analysis of Bhāgavata Purāṇa”, authored by Dr. Shakuntala Gawde, was formally inaugurated by a distinguished panel comprising Baldev Das (Vice President, ISKCON Temple), Jessica Merritt (Indiana University, Bloomington), Dr. Fr. Arun D’Souza (Director, Heras Institute of Indian Culture, St. Xavier’s College), Prof. Rajendra Shinde (Principal, St. Xavier’s College), and Dr. Sumanta Rudra…
Book entitled ‘Narrative Analysis of Bhagavata Purana’ authored by Dr. Shakuntala Gawde is now published. This book is sponsored by Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (BRC) and published by Dev Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi. Prof. Ferdinando Sardella ( Associate Professor of History of Religions, Stockholm University) has written a Foreword for the book and Dr. Gauri…
‘वेदान्त म्हणजे वेदानाम् अन्त: |’- वेदांच्या शेवटी येणारे उपनिषद् ग्रंथ यांना वेदांत असे म्ह्टले जाते. ज्ञानाची परमसीमा उपनिषद्ग्रंथात दिसून येत असल्यानेदेखील त्यांना वेदांत अशी संज्ञा आहे. उपनिषदांच्या तत्त्वज्ञानावर आधारीत सर्वच ग्रंथाना नंतर वेदांत अशी संज्ञा दिली गेली. उपनिषदांचे तत्त्वज्ञान अत्यंत सारगर्भ आणि गूढ असल्याने त्यांची अर्थनिश्चिती करण्यासाठी बादरायणाने ५५५ सूत्रे लिहिली त्याला ’ब्रह्मसूत्रे’ असे संबोधले…
•About the author: Dr. Vijay Nath is a retired Associate professor from the Department of History, Janakidevi Memorial College, University of Delhi. Two more books are on her credit based on Purāṇic literature namely- ‘Dāna: Gift system in Ancient India’ and ‘Purāṇas and Acculturation: A Historico- Anthropological Perspective’. She has contributed number of research papers…
नारद भक्तिसूत्रांमध्ये भक्तिची व्याख्या करताना ’ सा त्वस्मिन् परमप्रेमरुपा ।’ असे तिचे लक्षण सांगीतले आहे. ’भक्ति’ या शब्दाचा साधा सरळ अर्थ ’सेवा करणे’ (भज्-सेवायाम्). व्यापक अर्थाने पाहता भक्तिया संकल्पनेमध्ये प्रेम, सेवा, समर्पण, पूजा, अर्चना अशा अनेक अर्थ समाविष्ट होताना दिसतात. तरीदेखील भक्ति ही खऱ्या अर्थाने ’प्रेम’ या संकल्पनेवर आधारलेली आहे. भक्ति म्हणजे प्रेम का? तर…