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The Fifth Gujarati Poetry Festival

THE GUJARAT REGION CULTURE PROGRAM/ CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF HINDU TRADITIONS (CHITRA) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA  PROUDLY PRESENTS THE FIFTH SUVARNA D. SHAH GUJARATI POETRY FESTIVAL Program 11:00am         Dr. Dinesh O. Shah, USA 11:15 am        Ramesh Patel (“Premormi”), India 11:30 am        Dr. Snehlata Pandya,  USA 11:45 am        Dr. Pravin Sedani, USA 12:00 noon  […]

A Comparative Study in Christian and Hindu Theo-poetics

Dr. Francis X. Clooney, Parkman Professor of Divinity, Professor of Comparative Theology, Harvard Divinity School will present on, “A Comparative Study in Christian and Hindu Theo-poetics” at the Christian Study Center 112 NW 16th St. Gainesville, FL 32603 on Thursday February 16th between 10:40am-11:30am. This event is co-sponsored by The Christian Study Center and The […]

A Comparative Study in Christian and Hindu Theo-poetics

Dr. Francis X. Clooney, Parkman Professor of Divinity, Professor of Comparative Theology, Harvard Divinity School will present on, “A Comparative Study in Christian and Hindu Theo-poetics” at the Christian Study Center 112 NW 16th St. Gainesville, FL 32603 on Thursday February 16th between 10:40am-11:30am. This event is co-sponsored by The Christian Study Center and The […]

Pedagogical Strategies in Jīva Gosvāmin’s Sanskrit Grammar, Harināmāmṛta Vyākaraṇa

This presentation will seek to question common assumptions about the socio-linguistics of religion in South Asia, which correlate Sanskrit with brāhmaṇical elit Harināmāmṛta, Jīva Gosvāmin’s (1523-1608) Sanskrit grammar, composed so as to make Sanskrit as accessible as possible. Rebecca Manring recently asked, “Does Kṛṣṇa Really Need His Own Grammar?”, answering that Jīva’s grammar is “cumbersome” even in comparison with Pāṇini’s, and suggests that this was […]

Pedagogical Strategies in Jīva Gosvāmin’s Sanskrit Grammar, Harināmāmṛta Vyākaraṇa

This presentation will seek to question common assumptions about the socio-linguistics of religion in South Asia, which correlate Sanskrit with brāhmaṇical elit Harināmāmṛta, Jīva Gosvāmin’s (1523-1608) Sanskrit grammar, composed so as to make Sanskrit as accessible as possible. Rebecca Manring recently asked, “Does Kṛṣṇa Really Need His Own Grammar?”, answering that Jīva’s grammar is “cumbersome” even in comparison with Pāṇini’s, and suggests that this was […]