We warmly invite you to the 41st Annual Sanskrit Traditions Symposium hosted in collaboration with the High Commission of India, London.
Date: 30 May 2025
Venue: The Garden Room, Trinity College, Oxford.
Programme
11.00 – 11.30
Welcome
11.15 – 12.00
Sanskrit and the Digambara Jaina bhaṭṭāraka traditions
Dr Tillo Detige
Respondent: Prof. James Mallinson
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12.00 – 2.00
Lunch break
2.00 – 2.45
Ritualising Passion: The Tantrification of Rāgānugā Bhakti
Dr Lucian Wong
Respondent: Dr Lubomír Ondračka
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2.45 – 3.00
Coffee break
3.00 – 3.45
‘The Blood-Soaked Grace of the Goddess’: Contestations of Power in and around the Devīmāhātmya
Dr Mikel Burley
Respondent: Dr Bjarne Wernicke-Olesen
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3.45 – 4.00
Coffee break
4.00 – 4.45
An Examination of the Soteriological Role of Yoginīs in Śākta Tantric Śaivism
Gonzalo Fernandez
Respondent: Dr Ruth Westoby
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The event is free to attend, and all are welcome.
Please note that this will be an in-person event.
