This philological study analyses a difficult passage in Bana’s Harsacarita. The author reproduces the Sanskrit text, surveys previous translations and identifies ambiguities arising from rare words…
Asoke Chatterjee’s essay investigates Vakreśvara, a tirtha (pilgrimage centre) located in Birbhum district of West Bengal, which became an important centre of Śaivism in the medieval period. The…
Asoke Chatterjee introduces for the first time a short Dharma‑text titled Sadācāra‑smṛti, traditionally attributed to Ānandatīrtha Madhva, the founder of the Dvaita school. The text, preserved in an…
Asoke Chatterjee investigates the contradictory traditions regarding Śāntā, the wife of the sage Ṛśyaśṛṅga and a prominent character in the Rāmāyaṇa. In the South Indian recension of the epic, the…