Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences, Asian and African Literature

Biography:

Dr Natalia Lidova is one of the leading Russian scholars within the field of Sanskrit literature and Hindu culture. She has worked as a Visiting Professor at Delhi University, J.N.U., Benaras Sanskrit University, Poona University and Calcutta University.

Selected publications:

• Yajna and puja. A comparison of the ritual archetypes. – Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay, vol.74, 2000, p.127-138;
• The Vedic Sources of Hindu Creation Myth. – prakrti.The Integral Vision. General Editor K.Vatsyayan. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, 1995;
• Drama and Ritual of Early Hinduism. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1994 (Second edition, 1996);
• Amrtamanthana.Vedic Ritual and Epic Myth. – IX World Sanskrit Conference. Abstracts, Melbourne, 1993;
• Ritual Sources of Sanskrit Drama. – Indian Traditions through the Ages. New Delhi, 1990;
• Rangadevatapujana in the Natyasastra and the Agamic Rituals. – VIII World Sanskrit Conference. Abstracts, Vienna, 1990.