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Vol. 13. No.7. July - 2014 Bharatiya Vidya KARNATAKA Bhavan NewsNews HERE GOES UPANISHAD SANDESHA The countdown for Bhavan’s will be the chief guest and Sri Madhu ‘Upanishad Sandesha’ conference Pandit Dasa President of ISKCON, has begun. This six day conference will Bangalore will be the Guest of be held in the Multi-Vision auditorium Honour. During the inauguration, at ISKCON, Bangalore on its former Chief Justice of Punjab and premises located on the Chord road, Haryana High Court and former Rajajinagar. Governor of Bihar and Jarkhand, Justice Dr. M. Rama Jois will launch The conference, which will feature Upanishad Calendar. Sri N Ramanuja, over 85 scholars from all over the Chairman Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, country will be inaugurated by Justice Bangalore Kendra will preside. Ramesha Chandra Lahoti, former Chief A book containing the papers Justice of India, Supreme Court of presented at the ‘Veda Samvada’ India. Nadoja Dr. G. Venkatasubbaiah conference held last year and DVDs Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Website : www.bhavankarnataka.com Race Course Road, Bangalore - 1. www.facebook.com/bhavan.bengaluru Tel.: 2226 7303, 2226 5746. Fax : 2228 7373 e-mail : [email protected] Re.1/- C M Y K containing the entire proceedings for the event will be formally launched during the inaugural ceremony. Prof. Ramasubramanian Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Mumbai, a noted Sanskrit scholar, will deliver the key-note brings out the seminal address. He has been conferred contributions of the Kerala the Award of Maharshi School of astronomers and Badarayan Vyas Samman in mathematicians in the field of recognition of his research. Mathematical Analysis. They The award is given to young also developed new models of scholars of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, planetary motion that gave a Arabic and Persian who have correct account of the heliocentric made a breakthrough in the motion of the interior planets, interdisciplinary studies involving Mercury and Venus, for the first contribution of these languages or time in the history of Astronomy. the ancient Indian wisdom, to the Prof. Ramasubramanian has also process of synergy between completed a rigorous course modernity and tradition. on Advaita Vedanta (a fourteen Prof. Ramasubramanian is semester program) which fetched one of the authors who prepared him the coveted of "Vidvat the Explanatory Notes of the Pravara" from the Jagadguru celebrated work Ganita- Shankaracharya of Sri Sringeri yuktibhasha (Rationales in Sharada Peetham. Mathematical Astronomy) of A significant feature of this Jyeshthadeva (c. 1530) which unique conference is a live webcast of the entire proceedings of the conference, which is being undertaken by Advaita Academy, Bangalore. Advaita Academy is a School for Indian Spirituality & Philosophy set up by Creative India Academies for Art & Culture (CI). CI seeks to 2 C M Y K preserve and advance various facets of Indian Art and Culture including Spirituality & Philosophy, Visual & Performing arts, Design & Handicrafts, Cuisine, Health & Wellness and Language & Literature. Livestreaming link for the Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy event is-www.livestream.com/ Dr. Hare Krishna Satapathi, advaita_academy?t=212827 Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sankrita Sansthan, Tirupathi will The conference will have deliver the valedictory address on a Bharatanatyam dance based 4th July 2014, commencing at on Upanishads performed by 5.00 PM. Sri Sri Raghaveshwara Sri Anuradha Sridhar and Bharati Mahaswamiji of Sri Sridhar of Bangalore Jagadguru Sri Sankaracharya Dr. T S Satyavathi and her Mahasamsthanam, Gokarna and troupe will present Karnatic Ramachandrapura Matha will be classical music recital based on the chief guest and address the Upanishads. The special lecture gathering. series to be held between 6.30 and 7.30 pm will feature eminent Bhavan will be honouring personalities like noted scientist six eminent scholars who Dr. Roddam Narasimha, former have worked extensively on Director of Nehru Planetarium Upanishads during valedictory Prof. C V Vishveshwara, ceremony viz., Dr. Harekrishna Satapathi, Tirupati, Dr. H V Dr. Mumtaz Ali of Satsang Nagaraja Rao, Mysore, Foundation, noted Kannada Dr. M L Narasimha Murthy, litterateur Dr. Ham.Pa. Tirupati, Dr. Satyanarayana Nagarajaiah. Chakraborty, West Bengal, Dr. Mumtaz Ali, Bangalore and Dr. S Ranganath, Bangalore. Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy Prof. Harekrishna Satapathy is Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, 3 C M Y K Tirupati since 2006. A gold medallist in LLB from Utkal University, he is M.A (Sanskrit), Sahityacharya (Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan, New Delhi) and Ph.D (Vidyavaridhi) from Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan, New Delhi. He has an academic experience Sri Mumtaz Ali Khan of more than 29 years in P.G. and Mahamahopadhyaya- Hons. level serving in Ravenshaw Honoris Causa’ title and Aadi College, Cuttack, Shri Jagannath Shankaracharya award from Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya, Kavikula Guru Kalidasa Sanskrit Shrivihar, Puri. Prof Satapathy University, Ramtek. He has also was acting Vice-Chancellor secured the first prize at the of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit All India ‘Samasyapurthy’ Vishvavidyalaya during 2000. competition conducted recently Prof. Hare Krishna by the Delhi Sanskrit Akademy Satapathy, has been recipient for the year 2007-08 for of many awards including the composing ‘slokas’ (verses) prestigious ‘Central Sahitya with the word ‘Sadhana’. Academi Award’ for his Besides numerous research Sanskrit work ‘Bharathayanam’, papers and publications, he has ‘Sri Ramakrishna Dalmia published more than 40 books Srivani Alankarana Nyas in Sanskrit, English and Odia. Puraskar, Orissa Sahitya He has been member of several Akademi award, Ravindranath committees constituted by Tagore peace prize, Jayadeva Central Government. Puraskar, Rashtrapathi Puraskar among others. Sri M He is also recipient of Sri M, also known as Sri Madhukarnath ji is a living Yogi and disciple of Sri Maheshwarnath Babaji in Nath tradition. Sri M was born as Mumtaz Ali Khan on 6 November 1948 in a devout Muslim family in Trivandrum, Kerala. Even at a very young age, 4 C M Y K he noticed how prejudiced people belonging to one religion were about other religions. Sri M left his home at the age of nineteen to find his master in Himalayans. After getting exhausted by the endless search, he finally met Sri Maheshwarnath Babaji at Prof. S. Ranganath Vyasa Cave, beyond Badrinath. by Times of India. A documentary His desire to meet the Grand film called “The Modern Mystic: Master – Sri Guru (Mahavatar Sri M of Madnapalle” was made Babaji) was also fulfilled at by director Raja Choudhury in NeelaKanth hill with the grace of 2011. his master. Sri M came back from Himalayas and spent considerable Sri M can be called as amount of time in Ramakrishna modern day Kabir Das who is a Mission and Krishnamurti confluence of all religions but also Foundation. He started his beyond them and is a crusader teaching phase some years after for inter religious harmony. his Master passed away. Sri M is Prof. S. Ranganath married and spends his time in Prof.. S. Ranganath is a teaching and heading Satsang gold medalist in M.A. Sanskrit Foundation he has founded for from Bangalore University. tribal children in Andhra Pradesh. He secured his Ph.D for his Sri M is a yogi with profound dissertation on Contribution knowledge of Upanishads and of Vacaspati Misra to Indian deep personal insights born of first Philosophy. He has sixty two hand experience of higher levels books and hundred research of consciousness. He writes in papers to his credit. He has a Speaking Tree, a spiritual forum Vidwan Degree in Advaitha Vedanta from Sri Chamarajendra Sanskrit College. He has studied Rigveda traditionally for eight years. Prof Ranganath was awarded D.Litt., from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla in 2005 for his Post-Doctoral 5 C M Y K publications on Post Independence Sanskrit Literature. He is a Professor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit, N.M.K.R.V College for Women (Autonomous college) Bangalore and Director of R.V. Institute of Sanskrit studies. Widely decorated by 2014 at Shankar Krupa, many awards, the title Bangalore VEDABHOOSHANA was He was nominated as conferred on him by Veda subject expert to Adarsh Sanskrit Dharma Paripalana Sabha. Vidyapeetah-Madhurantakam, The title “VEDASHRI” was Tamil Nadu as a representative of conferred on him from World Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan Delhi Association of Vedic Studies, – Human Resource Development, USA Bangalore branch. Govt of India. He has been “Vidyavaridhi” title was nominated as Kannada language bestowed on him from ‘Telugu expert for multilingual Sanskrit th Vignana Vedike’ on 5 January Etymological Dictionary project 2014 at Bangalore. American by Ministry of Human Resource Biographical Institute, USA has Development, Govt of India. honoured him with the title THE MAN OF THE YEAR 1996. His Kannada translation of He was awarded ‘Vacaspati” Prof. Satya Vrat Shastri’s from Rashtriya Sanskrit Ramakirti Mahakavyam was Vidyapeetha, Tirupati in 2014 at published in Bangkok its 17th Convocation. He was (Thailand), (First Jnanapeeth awarded “Adhaytma Awardee in Sanskrit). Vidyalankara” on 30th April He delivered lectures at Oxford, Cambridge, London, Brighton, Nottingham, Berlin and Wittenberg during June-July 2011 on Indian culture. He was honourd at House of Commons – Parliament of London by Lord Billimoria. Her Royal Highness Princess 6 C M Y K Mahachakri Sirindhorn honourd him at Shilpakorn University, Bangkok,
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    In presenting this dissertation/thesis as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for an advanced degree from Emory University, I agree that the Library of the University shall make it available for inspection and circulation in accordance with its regulations governing materials of this type. I agree that permission to copy from, or to publish, this thesis/dissertation may be granted by the professor under whose direction it was written when such copying or publication is solely for scholarly purposes and does not involve potential financial gain. In the absence of the professor, the dean of the Graduate School may grant permission. It is understood that any copying from, or publication of, this thesis/dissertation which involves potential financial gain will not be allowed without written permission. Student’s signature __________________ Andrea D. Green Moral and Faith Development in Fundamentalist Communities: Lessons Learned in Five New Religious Movements By Andrea D. Green Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Division of Religion ___________________________ John Snarey, Ed.D. Adviser ___________________________ Mary Elizabeth Moore, Ph.D. Committee Member ___________________________ Theodore Brelsford, Ph.D. Committee Member Accepted: ___________________________ Lisa A. Tedesco, Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School ___________________________ Date Moral and Faith Development in Fundamentalist Communities: Lessons Learned in Five New Religious Movements By Andrea D. Green B.S., Centre College M.Div., Duke University Th.M., Duke University Adviser: John Snarey, Ed.D. An Abstract of A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Emory University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Division of Religion 2008 Abstract “Faith and Moral Development in Fundamentalist Religious Communities: Lessons Learned from Five New Religious Movements” is, first, a work of practical theology.
  • Asian and African Civilizations: Course Description, Topical Outline, and Sample Unit. INSTITUTION Columbia Univ., New York, NY

    Asian and African Civilizations: Course Description, Topical Outline, and Sample Unit. INSTITUTION Columbia Univ., New York, NY

    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 423 174 SO 028 555 AUTHOR Beaton, Richard A. TITLE Asian and African Civilizations: Course Description, Topical Outline, and Sample Unit. INSTITUTION Columbia Univ., New York, NY. Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Center for Independent School Education. PUB DATE 1995-00-00 NOTE 294p.; Photographs and illustrations may not reproduce well. AVAILABLE FROM Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Center for Independent School Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 125, New York, NY, 10027. PUB TYPE Dissertations/Theses Practicum Papers (043) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *African Studies; *Asian Studies; Course Content; *Course Descriptions; Ethnic Groups; Foreign Countries; *Indians; Non Western Civilization; Secondary Education; Social Studies; World History IDENTIFIERS Africa; Asia; India ABSTRACT This paper provides a skeleton of a one-year course in Asian and African civilizations intended for upper school students. The curricular package consists of four parts. The first part deals with the basic shape and content of the course as envisioned. The remaining three parts develop a specific unit on classical India with a series of teacher notes, a set of student readings that can be used according to individual needs, and a prose narrative of content with suggestions for extension and inclusion. (EH) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be z:Lad *s from the original document.
  • Boldly Strong, the Battle for Sanskrit Is an Effective War Cry

    Boldly Strong, the Battle for Sanskrit Is an Effective War Cry

    Enter Dhṛṣṭadyumna,* Pāṇḍava‑s awaited Boldly strong, The Battle for Sanskrit is an effective war cry Nityānanda Miśra† May 6, 2016 Abstract Despite its neglect by scholars in the Western academic world, Rajiv Malhotra’s recent bestselling1 and impactive2 book The Battle for Sanskrit (TBFS)3 succeeds in its objective and will resonate with its target readers: traditional Sanskrit scholars in India as well as English-speaking right-leaning Hindus across the world.4 Malhotra raises hard questions and presents grim facts in lucid vocabulary and a style which is a combination of academic, critical, trenchant, and motivational. He summarizes debatable and objectionable views and theories of Sheldon Pollock and what he calls ‘American Orientalism’;5 offers counter-views and alternate theories; and exhorts traditional Sanskrit scholars to critique Pollock’s works, views, and theories more substantially. In this article, I present a detailed review of the book and highlight what in my opinion are the strengths and weaknesses of the book. Although I have a favourable opinion of Malhotra’s book, I hope the contents of the article will prove useful, for the purpose of discussions and debates around the issues raised in the book, to even readers who are neutral or opposed to Malhotra’s views. In addition to an appendix on proofreading errors in TBFS, the article includes two more appendixes—one critiquing Pollock’s claim of an instance of semantic inversion and another analyzing contents of a recent statement that Pollock signed. Keywords: The Battle for Sanskrit, Rajiv Malhotra, Sheldon Pollock, Sanskrit, Indian studies. Note: Unless otherwise stated, all cited page numbers refer to Rajiv Malhotra (2016).