{"id":2084,"date":"2026-07-13T12:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:29:50","slug":"dicsep-11-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?p=2084","title":{"rendered":"DICSEP 11  Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2084\" class=\"elementor elementor-2084\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-757ac044 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"757ac044\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42f6d82d\" data-id=\"42f6d82d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69f4a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69f4a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.4 - 31-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-14.28.15-686x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-14.28.15-686x1024.png 686w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-14.28.15-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-14.28.15-768x1147.png 768w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-14.28.15-1028x1536.png 1028w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-14.28.15.png 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38d7e992 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38d7e992\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.4 - 31-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>MONDAY, August 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>8\u20139 am Registration of participants (IUC lobby)<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>9\u20139.40 am Opening addresses<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Executive Secretary or a representative of the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>H.E. Arun Goel, Ambassador or a representative of the Indian Embassy in Croatia<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Representative of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Representative of the International Organizing Board of the DICSEP<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Morning Sessions<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>10 am\u201311.30 am<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>First Session: <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Renate S\u00f6hnen-Thieme<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2096\">Circumambulation of the Earth in the <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em>\u2014Conquest of the Directions or Guided Tour of T\u012brthas?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Simon Brodbeck<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2124\">The Plan to Capture Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira in the <em>Dro\u1e47aparvan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Per-Johan Norelius<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2224\">The King who Fell from the Sky: Origin and Development of the Story of Vasu Uparicara<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>11.30 am\u201312 pm Coffee break<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>12\u20131.30 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Second Session: <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arti Dhand<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2134\">New God, Old Shoes: K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a in the <em>Udyogaparvan<\/em> of the <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zuzana \u0160picov\u00e1<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2109\">Vadha as a Genre in the War Books of the <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paola Maria Rossi<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2272\">The Figure of Sarasvat\u012b in the <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em>: Between Dharmic-Brahmanical Values and Traces of Vr\u0101tya Culture<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Afternoon Sessions<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>4.30\u20136 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Third Session: <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Przemys\u0142aw Szczurek<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2303\">The Promise and Condition of \u015aalya<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yaroslav Vassilkov<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2338\">Cultural and Historical Background of the <em>Nalop\u0101khy\u0101na<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marion Rastelli<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2267\">The <em>Vai\u1e63\u1e47avadharma\u015b\u0101stra<\/em>: Its Structure, Sources, and Aims<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>6\u20137.30 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Book Presentations<br \/><strong>Mislav Je\u017ei\u0107, <\/strong><strong>Ivan Andrijani\u0107 <\/strong><strong>and Sven Sellmer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list {\"ordered\":true} --><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Form and Meaning, Comparative Context and History of Sanskrit Epics. Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Pur\u0101\u1e47as DICSEP publications, vol. 8<\/em>. Zagreb: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts \/ Delhi: Dev Publishers, 2026. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2370 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.39.50-738x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.39.50-738x1024.png 738w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.39.50-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.39.50-768x1065.png 768w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.39.50-1108x1536.png 1108w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.39.50-1200x1664.png 1200w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.39.50.png 1464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><em>The Bhagavadg\u012bt\u0101, the Sanskrit Epics and their Impact. Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit Epics and Pur\u0101\u1e47as DICSEP publications, vol. 9<\/em><span style=\"font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit;\">. Zagreb: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts \/ Delhi: Dev Publishers, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2360\" src=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.16.25-1-673x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.16.25-1-673x1024.png 673w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.16.25-1-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.16.25-1-768x1169.png 768w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.16.25-1-1009x1536.png 1009w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.16.25-1-1200x1827.png 1200w, https:\/\/dicsep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-13-at-16.16.25-1.png 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h4><strong>TUESDAY, August 4<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Morning Sessions<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>10-11.30 am<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>First Session: Digital Approaches to Sanskrit Texts<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sven Sellmer<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2277\">Formulas and Formulaic Structures in <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> Tri\u1e63\u1e6dubhs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oliver Hellwig<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2164\">Infinitive-<em>K\u0101ma<\/em> Compounds in the <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kengo Harimoto<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2159\">Chronological Stratification in the Epics and Pur\u0101\u1e47as: Evidence from Stylometric Seriation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>11.30 am\u201312 pm <strong>Coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>12\u201313.30 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Second Session: <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenji Takahashi<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2308\">The Theory of Dream and Sleep in the <em>V\u0101r\u1e63\u1e47ey\u0101dhy\u0101tma<\/em> (<em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> 12,203\u2013210)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ivan Andrijani\u0107<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2114\">Tracing Early Ved\u0101nta in the <em>Mok\u1e63adharmaparvan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Georgi Krastev<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2189\">Divine Vision (<em>divyacak\u1e63us<\/em>), Oracular Hearing (<em>upa\u015bruti<\/em>) and the Power of Yoga and Splendour: Evidence of Archaic Ritual Elements within two Stories from the <em>Udyoga<\/em>&#8211; (13\u201315) and the <em>Anu\u015b\u0101sanaparvan<\/em> (41,1\u201335)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Afternoon Sessions<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>4\u20136.30 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2375\">Regional Conference on International Dialogue on Indian Civilization\u2014INDIC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Round table discussion on promoting Indian civilization through the translation and scholarly study of the Sanskrit epics and Pur\u0101\u1e47as.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Opening address: Representative of Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Participants: <strong>Joanna Jurewicz, Przemys\u0142aw Szczurek, Sven Sellmer, Yaroslav Vassilkov, Mislav Je\u017ei\u0107, Simon Brodbeck, Ivan Andrijani\u0107, Ivana Deli\u0107, Monika Nowakowska, Anna Trynkowska<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>6.30\u20137.30 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Supplementary Presentations: <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata <\/em>Translation Studies<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monika Nowakowska<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2229\">Chance, Fate, Destiny, Risk, and Luck in the <em>Dro\u1e47aparvan<\/em> 7,77\u2013173\u2014Final Observations after the Completion of the Polish Translation of the Part<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Trynkowska<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2328\">Synonyms and Double Meanings. Selected Aspects of the Poetic Style of the Book of Kar\u1e47a of the <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata <\/em>and Remarks on Appropriate Translation Strategies.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h4><strong>WEDNESDAY, August 5<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Morning Sessions<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>9\u201310.30 am<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>First Session: Pur\u0101\u1e47as<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sanne Dokter-Mersch<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2139\">Extreme Borrowing: the <em>Bhavi\u1e63yapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> and the <em>Vi\u1e63\u1e47udharma<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ami Matsukura<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2209\">The Teaching of Transmigration in the <em>M\u0101rka\u1e47\u1e0deyapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>: With Special Focus on its Narrative Structure and Parallel Passages<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prasad P. Joshi<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2169\">The <em>Dev\u012bm\u0101h\u0101tmya<\/em> in the <em>M\u0101rka\u1e47\u1e0deya Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>: Some Observations of Grammar and Style<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>10.30\u201311 am Coffee break<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>11 am\u20131 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Second Session: Pur\u0101\u1e47as, Myth and Ritual<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hideki Teshima<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2318\">The Historical Context of the R\u0101j\u0101bhi\u1e63eka Rite as Prescribed in the Pur\u0101\u1e47as<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leonid Kulikov<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2194\">Kum\u0101ra: Vedic (and Non-Indo-European?)\u00a0 Roots of a Pur\u0101\u1e47ic Legend<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luca Piscopo<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2257\">Pur\u0101\u1e47as Beyond Boundaries, or: The Misery of Being Born According to the <em>M\u0101rka\u1e47\u1e0deyapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> and the <em>\u015aivadharmottara<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mislav Je\u017ei\u0107<br \/><\/strong>The Myth of Churning the Ocean<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>1\u20132 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Third Session: Pur\u0101\u1e47as and Beyond<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mai Oki<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2231\">The Descriptions of Vi\u015bvar\u016bpa Vi\u1e63\u1e47u in Pur\u0101\u1e47as, \u015ailpa\u015b\u0101stras, and P\u0101\u00f1car\u0101tra Texts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jef Pierce<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2252\">Wilderness as <em>Chora<\/em>: The Liberating Environmental Ethos of the <em>Dev\u012bpur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Afternoon Sessions<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>4\u20135.30 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Fourth Session: <em>Bhagavadg\u012bt\u0101<\/em> and <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em> Philosophy<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joanna Jurewicz<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2184\">Chapter 11 of the <em>Bhagavadg\u012bt\u0101<\/em> as a Structure of the Experience of <em>bhakti<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Philippe Swennen<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2298\">A New Message in an Old Setting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nataliya Yanchevskaya<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2348\">Dharma and Time: Freedom and Destiny in the <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>5.30\u20137pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Fifth Session: <em>R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Priyamvada Nambrath<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2214\">Ascetic Abundance and the Procedural Imagination: Re-Reading Bharadv\u0101ja\u2019s Feast in the <em>Ayodhy\u0101k\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chikamitsu Taniguchi<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2313\">Tryambakar\u0101ya Makhi\u2019s Hermeneutics of the <em>R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em>, With Special Reference to R\u0101ma\u2019s Marriage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chandra Bhushan Jha<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2179\">The <em>V\u0101lm\u012bki R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em> as a Living Text: Its Reception in Modern Sanskrit Creative Writing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h4><strong>THURSDAY, August 6<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Excursion<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h4><strong>FRIDAY, AUGUST 7<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Morning Sessions<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>10\u201311.30 am<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>First Session: Rivers and Forests<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prachi Pathak<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2247\">Eco-Aesthetics of the Epic: Rivers and Woodlands in the Pilgrimage of the <em>\u0100nandar\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bhagyashree Bavare<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2119\">Ga\u1e45g\u0101 as a River and the Goddess: Exploring her Dimensions Through Selected <em>stotra<\/em>s<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dwaita Hazra Goswami<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2149\">Forest Gods and Goddesses Across Classical Texts and Vernacular Territories: A Comparative Study of Ara\u1e47y\u0101n\u012b, Ara\u1e47ya \u1e62a\u1e63\u1e6dh\u012b, and Bengal\u2019s Regional Forest Deity Cultures<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>11.30 am\u201312 pm Coffee Break<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>12\u201313.30 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Second Session: Pur\u0101\u1e47as<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christophe Vielle<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2343\">The Vernacularisation of the Pur\u0101\u1e47a-Itih\u0101sa Tradition: The <em>Ki\u1e37ipp\u0101\u1e6d\u1e6d\u016ds<\/em> of Kerala<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenneth Valpey<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2333\">The Rhetoric of Reversals: Bharata\u2019s Forest Wisdom in the <em>Bh\u0101gavata-Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rumyana Toleva<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2323\">Samyama on the K\u016brman\u0101\u1e0d\u012b in Pata\u00f1jali\u2019s <em>Yoga-S\u016btra<\/em> in the Context of the Teachings of the <em>K\u016brma-Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Afternoon Sessions<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>4\u20135.30 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Third session: Ritual, Text, and Sacred Space<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Natalia Lidova<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2204\">The \u201c<em>Brahmay\u0101ga<\/em>\u201d Ritual (<em>Atharvaveda-Pari\u015bi\u1e63\u1e6da<\/em> 19b) and\/as a New Sacrificial Paradigm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vishnupriya Srinivasan<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2288\">Candraka\u1e47\u1e6dha Vi\u1e63\u1e47u between Manuscripts, Print, and Mythic Recomposition: A Case Study from the <em>K\u0101m\u0101k\u1e63\u012bvil\u0101sa<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shailesh Shinde<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2282\">Spatial Design and Sacred Geometry: Tracing V\u0101stu Traditions Within the <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>5.30\u20137.30 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Fourth Session: Sacred Geography and Devotional Traditions<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Valerie Stoker<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2293\">The Multivalent Concept of T\u012brtha in M\u0101dhva Ved\u0101nta<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dominik Haas<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2154\">Devotional Bead Strings and their Wearers in the Sanskrit Epics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ute H\u00fcsken<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2174\">Vegavat\u012b in Kanchipuram\u2019s Sthalam\u0101h\u0101tmyas: Text, Landscape, and Living Tradition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Danielle Feller and <\/strong><strong>Sudha Berry<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2144\">Cock and Bull Stories. The Origins of Garu\u1e0da and Nandi as V\u0101hanas in the Sanskrit Epics<\/a><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h4><strong>SATURDAY, August 8<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Morning Sessions<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>9\u201310.30 am<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>First Session: Pur\u0101\u1e47ic Narratives and Their Interpretations<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Madhavi Narsalay<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2219\">Inter- and Intratextuality in the Account of Destruction of Dak\u1e63a\u2019s Yaj\u00f1a<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anuja Purandare and <\/strong><strong>Madhavi Narsalay\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2262\">Who is Ga\u1e47e\u015ba: A Creator of Obstacles or a Spiritual Form? (Study of the <em>Mudgalapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> and <em>Ga\u1e47e\u015bapur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Renuka Panchal and <\/strong><strong>Madhavi Narsalay<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2237\">Flora and Fauna in the Lunar Vrata Cycle of the <em>Agnipur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>: A Philological and Comparative Study<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>10.30\u201311 am Coffee break<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>11 am\u201312.30 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Second Session: Nature, Landscape, and Sacred Space<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tameesham Pandya and <\/strong><strong>Madhavi Narsalay\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2242\">Prak\u1e5bti as the Living Biosphere: A Deep Ecological and Ecofeminist Analysis of the <em>Dev\u012bm\u0101h\u0101tmya<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chinmayi Deodhar and <\/strong><strong>Madhavi Narsalay<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2129\">Naimi\u1e63\u0101ra\u1e47ya: A Backdrop for Narrations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gauri Kulkarni and <\/strong><strong>Madhavi Narsalay<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/?page_id=2199\">The Sentient Forest as a Unique Persona in the <em>V\u0101lm\u012bki R\u0101m\u0101ya\u1e47a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>12.30 pm<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>DICSEP participants convention: proposals and arrangements for the assessment procedure and publication of proceedings and for the next DICSEP conference<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>5\u20136 pm Guided tour through Dubrovnik for the interested participants<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>8 pm Get-together and dinner<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONDAY, August 3 8\u20139 am Registration of participants (IUC lobby) 9\u20139.40 am Opening addresses Executive Secretary or a representative of the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik H.E. Arun Goel, Ambassador or a representative of the Indian Embassy in Croatia Representative of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Representative of the International Organizing Board of the DICSEP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2084"}],"version-history":[{"count":185,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/revisions\/2392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}