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Thanks for these, Jahnavi.<br class="">
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<div class="">On Sep 27, 2019, at 8:43 AM, Jahnavi Bidnur <<a href="mailto:jahnavibidnur@gmail.com" class="">jahnavibidnur@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="">I have a few suggestions for this Mahabharata Seminar. I am sharing these</div>
<div class="">here,</div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">Inter–textual Aspects of Epics, Purāṇas and Smṛtis with special focus on Dharma</span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">(Vy</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">sa
traditionally being recognised as an author of Mbh. and Pur</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">āṇ</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">as this will
be a significant exercise to compare the materials (episodes) from Pur</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">āṇ</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">as
and MBH. It is equally true for Sm</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ṛ</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">tis. These are identified as Dharmagranthas.
Comparison of these three genres will produce significant insights to understand the inter–textual aspects.)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">Contribution of Epics to critical theory of classical poetry “k</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">vya”</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">Mah</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">bh</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">rata
as an Upaj</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ī</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">vya text (this is kind of retelling of the text)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">Retellings of the Mbh and R</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">m
in Sanskrit</span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">(Bh</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">sa’s
Sanskrit dramas are based on the Mah</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">bh</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">rata
and R</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">m</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">ya</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ṇ</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">a,
mainly on Mbh. K</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ṣ</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">emendra, Bhavabh</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ū</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">ti,
K</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">lid</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">sa
etc are a few others who contribute in this. This theme also can be converted into a small project in which separate volumes can be published like “Argument and Design” for Up</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">khy</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">nas.
With some interesting title like Mah</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">bh</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">rata
from Vy</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">sa to Bh</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">sa.
There are some individual works published on this line. But I think it is worth to have a volume of Sanskrit retellings of R</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">m.
and Mbh.)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">Regional Languages of India –– Retellings of the RAM and MBH</span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">(Retellings of the RAM and MBH could be a theme for individual conference)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">Representation of regional Bhakti movements based on Epics and Pur</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">āṇ</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">as</span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">(Bh</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">gavata
Sa</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ṃ</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">prad</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">ya,
V</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">rakar</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ī</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">
Sa</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ṃ</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">prad</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:GentiumAlt" class="">ā</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">ya
from Maharashtra)</span></p>
<div class="">Regards,</div>
<div class="">Jahnavi</div>
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<div class=""><b style="color:rgb(0,0,153)" class="">Dr.Jahnavi C. Bidnur</b></div>
<div class=""><font color="#000099" class=""><b class="">Chair-Pt. Kavishwar Shastri,</b></font></div>
<div class=""><font color="#000099" class=""><b class="">Dept. of Sanskrit & Lexicography <br class="">
</b></font><b class="">Deccan College Post Graduate & Research Institute PUNE.</b></div>
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