Curriculum Vitae

2020 Update

Prof. MADHAV M. DESHPANDE

Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit and Linguistics
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Current Address:
Date of Birth: March 14, 1946 656 Del Oro Ct
Place of Birth: Pune, India Campbell, CA 95008
Citizenship: USA Phone:
Home: 408-963-6203
Cell: 415-624-4358
Email: mmdesh@umich.edu

Educational History

1951-1955 Bharat Elementary School, Pune, India

1955-1962 New English School, Ramanbag, Pune, India

1962-1966 Fergusson College, Pune, India. (B.A.) Sanskrit, Pali, Philosophy.

1966-1968 University of Poona, Pune, India. (M.A.) Sanskrit, Pali.

1958-1968 Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapith, Pune. (Traditional study of Sanskrit Śāstras

& Kāvya)

1968-1972 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. (Ph.D. 1972) Oriental Studies

(Dissertation: Kauṇḍabhaṭṭa on the Philosophy of Nominal Meaning,
Critical translation of Nāmārthanirṇaya, with Introduction and exegetical
Notes.)

Academic Awards

1962 Jagannath Shankarshet Sanskrit Scholarship (for highest points in Sanskrit in the
Secondary School Certificate Examination, State of Maharashtra, India)

1962 Acharya Sanskrit Prize (SSC Examination, Maharashtra, India)

1962 Patkar Sanskrit Scholarship (SSC Examination, Maharashtra, India)

1964 Lokamanya Tilak Sanskrit Scholarship (First Year B.A., Poona University,
Pune, India)
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1965 First Prize for an essay on the Philosophy of Śaṅkara, Socratic Association,
Fergusson College, Pune, India

1966 Ganesh Anant Godbole Sanskrit Prize (Final Year B.A., Poona University,
Pune, India)

1966 Vasudeo Govind Apte Sanskrit Scholarship (Final Year B.A., Poona University,
Pune, India)

1966 Ganesh Vitthal Joshi Sanskrit Scholarship (Final Year B.A., Poona University,
Pune, India)

1966 Dhondo Vishwanath Nigudkar Sanskrit Scholarship (Final Year B.A., Poona
University, Pune, India)

1966 Principal R.D. Karmarkar Sanskrit Prize (Final Year B.A., Poona University,
Pune, India)

1966 National Merit Scholarship, Government of India

1966 Silver Medal in Inter-University Sanskrit Debate Competition held at Vikram

University, Ujjain, India

1967 Silver Medal in Inter-University Sanskrit Debate Competition held at Vikram

University, Ujjain, India

1968 4 Year Graduate Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.

1987 Honored (July 4th) at the New Jersey Convention of the Brihan Maharashtra
Mandal for the development of software for the Devanagari script for Marathi

1996-7 1995 Marathi book Saṃskr̥ta āṇi Prākr̥ta: Vyavahāra, Niyamana, āṇi
Śāstracarcā (“Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages: Usage, Control, and
Linguistic Theory”) was celebrated in Nasik, India, with Dr. V.M. Gogate
Award (Rs. 2000) for “Best Historical Writing” in Marathi. The same
book received an award (Rs. 10, 000) from the government of the State of
Maharashtra, India, in December 1997 for the best documented research
publication in Marathi, and also an award (Rs. 1500) for being the best
Marathi publication relating to linguistics from the Marathi Research
Association, Pune, India.

History of Employment

2018-Present Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics, Department of Asian

Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

2017-19 Visiting Scholar, Department of Linguistics, Stanford University,

California
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2008, Feb Astor Visiting Lecturer, Oriental Institute, Oxford University, U.K.

1985- 2018 Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics, Department of Asian Languages and
Cultures and Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor.

1993 Visiting Professor, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, India, January-

February 1993.

1982-85 Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics, Department of Linguistics,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1984 Visiting Professor of Sanskrit, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies,

Harvard University.

1977-82 Associate Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics, Department of

Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1979-81 Director, Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1973-77 Assistant Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics, Department of Linguistics,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1972-73 Visiting Assistant Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics, Department of

Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1972 Lecturer in Sanskrit, S.P. College, Pune, India.

Academic Memberships

1. All India Oriental Conference

2. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, India
3. Linguistic Society of India
4. World Sanskrit Conference
5. Linguistic Society of America
6. American Oriental Society
7. X-Member, Board of Trustees, American Institute of Indian Studies, Chicago
8. Member, Board of Directors, Language Learning, Ann Arbor
9. X-Member, Governing Council, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune,
India
10. X-Member, Advisory Board, Dharam Hinduja Indic Research Center, Columbia
University, New York.
11. Member, International Advisory Committee, Journal Histoire Epistémologie
Langage, Paris
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Grants

1974, Summer. U.S. Department of Education. Travel to India and Research Expenses.
“Exploring Unpublished Sources on Sanskrit Phonetics.”

1976, Summer. Rackham Faculty Research Grant. Travel to India and Research
Expenses. “Continuing Search for Unpublished Manuscripts on Sanskrit
Phonetics.”

1979-80. Rackham Faculty Research Grant. Travel and Research Expenses.

“Critical Edition and Translation of Śaunakīya Caturādhyāyikā.”

1981. August. Travel Grant from the Smithsonian Institution, to attend the First
International Seminar on Pāṇini, University of Poona, Pune, India.

1985. Summer. LSA Faculty Enhancement Grant. To support travel to India to

deliver Pandit Shripad Shastri Deodhar Memorial Lectures, Bhandarkar
Oriental Research Institute, Pune, India.

1990. Summer. LSA Faculty Research Grant. To support research at the

Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, India.

1991-92. Rackham Graduate School, UM. To attend the International Conference

on Bhartr̥hari, University of Poona, Pune, India.

1992-93. American Institute of Indian Studies, Senior Research Fellowship to

conduct research in India for six months during 1992-93.

1992-93. Office of the Vice-President for Research, UM, $10,000. In support of

research on Sanskrit Phonetics.

1995-96. International Institute, UM, $7000; OVPR, $1500; Rackham, $1000; and
University of Lausanne, $7500: to organize an International Conference
on "Aryan and Non-Aryan in South Asia: Evidence, Interpretation, and
Ideology".

2002. Sanskrit Knowledge Systems Project. $3000. Sanskrit Manuscripts

Digital Photography Project in Pune India, May 2002

2002. $2500 grant by the UM, Vice President for Research, toward the project:
Recitational Variations of the Shaunakiya Atharvaveda

Work with Graduate Students

Ph.D. Dissertation Committees

(Chair) 1975. James Stanton Bare. Phonetics and Pholonology in Pāṇini: The System of
Features Implicit in the Aṣṭādhyāyī. (Linguistics, UM)
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(Chair) 1976. Allen Merkrebs. The Concept of Adr̥ṣṭa in the Vaiśeṣika Philosophy.
(Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1977. John Anthony Grima, Jr. Categories of Zero Nominal Reference and
Clausal Structure in Thai. (Linguistics, UM).

(Member) 1978. Theodora Helene Bofman. The Poetics of the Ramakien. (Linguistics,
UM)

(Member) 1978. Richard Davis Saran. Conquest and Colonization: Rajputs and Vasis
in Middle Period Marwar. (History, UM)

(Chair) 1978. Peggy Ramesar Mohan. Trinidad Bhojpuri: A Morphological Study.

(Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1979. Stanley McCray. Proto-Indo-European to Romance: Aspects of Verbal

Morphosyntax. (Romance Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1980. Paul Timothy Roberge. Morphologization of Phonological Alterations:

A Theoretical Study Based on the Evidence from Germanic. (Germanic
Languages and Literatures, UM)

(Member) 1981. Robert John Bickner. A Linguistic Study of a Thai Literary Classic.
(Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1981. Thomas John Hudak. The Indigenization of Pali Meters in Thai.
(Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1981. Patcharin Peyasantiwong. A Study of Final Particles in Conversational

Thai. (Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1981. Mary Sabina Zurbuchen. The Shadow Theater of Bali: Explorations in
Language and Text. (Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1982. Anita Lee Harrison Caplan. Pilgrims and Priests as Links between a
Sacred Center and the Hindu Culture Region. (Geography, UM)

(Member) 1983. Rufa'i Omar Madaki. A Linguistic and Pragmatic Analysis of Hausa-
English Code-Switching. (Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1983. Nancy Joan Smith-Hefner. Language and Social Identity: Speaking
Javanese in Tengger. (Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1984. Peter Granda. Property Rights and Land Control in Tamil Nadu.
(History, UM).

(Chair) 1985. Nasir Mohammed Al-Jehani. Sociostylistic Stratification of Arabic in

Makkah. (Linguistics, UM)
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(Member) 1985. Lamis Yacoub Abu Nahleh. A Syntactic-Semantic Analysis of Object

Clitics and Pronouns in Ramaallah Palestinian Arabic. (Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1985). Rashid Addeweesh. A Syntactic and Semantic Study of hāl

'circumstantial' Structures in Modern Literary Arabic Prose Literature. (Near
Eastern Studies, UM)

(Member) 1985. Chandrika Rajagopal. Development of the Sri-Vaiṣṇava Tradition.

(Anthropology, University of Minnesota)

(Member) 1986. Kingkarn Thepkanjana. Serial Verb Constructions in Thai.

(Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1987. Hala Mohamed Talaat. The Verb Phrase in Egyptian Arabic.
(Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1987. Ann Kathryn Wehmeyer. Variation in a Japanese Dialect: A Study of

Verbal Morphology. (Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1987. Clair W. Huntington, Jr. Akutobhayā and Early Indian Mādhyamika.
(Buddhist Studies, UM)

(Member) 1988. Elena L. Bashir. Topics in Kalasha Syntax: An Areal and Typological
Perspective. (Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1988. Thomas Hunter. Balinese Language: Historical Background and

Contemporary State. (Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1989. Manique Gunesekera. Discourse Genres in English Newspapers of

Singapore, South India and Sri Lanka. (Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1989. Usha Lakshmanan. Accessibility to Universal Grammar in Child

Second Language Acquisition. (Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1991. Deborah A. Wong. The Empowered Teacher: Knowledge in

Performance in Contemporary Bangkok. (Music: Musicology, UM)

(Member) 1992. Bonnie Pacala Brereton. The Phra Malai Legend in Thai Buddhist
Literature. (Asian Languages and Cultures: Buddhist Studies, UM)

(Member) 1992. Gen Isoe. The Japanese Particles 'Wa' and 'Ga': A Quantitative Study
of a Text. (Linguistics, UM)

(Member) 1994. Jonathan Silk. The Origins and Early History of the Mahāratnakūṭa
Tradition of Mahāyāna Buddhism with a Study of the Ratnarāśisūtra and Related
Materials. (Buddhist Studies, UM)

(Member) 1995. G. Rangarajan. Word-Formation in Sanskrit with Special Reference to

Taddhita Formation. (Sanskrit, University of Madras, Madras, India)
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(Member) 1995. Richard Cohen. Setting the Three Jewels: The Complex Culture of
Buddhism at the Ajanta Caves. (Buddhist Studies, UM)

(Member) 1996. Gary J. Hausman. Siddhars, Alchemy and the Abyss of Tradition.
(Anthropology, UM)

(Member) 1997. Reiko Ohnuma. Dehadāna: The 'Gift of the Body' in Indian Buddhist
Narrative Literature. (Buddhist Studies, UM)

(Member) 2001. Zeff Bjerken. Tibet's Golden Ages and Dark Ages: Conflicting Images
of Tibet's Past in Buddhism and Bon Histories. (Buddhist Studies, UM)

(Member) 2004. Patrick Pranke. Treatise on the Lineage of Elders' (Vamsadipani):

Monastic Reform and the Writing of Buddhist History in Eighteenth-Century
Burma. (Buddhist Studies, UM).

(Member) 2008. David Fiordalis. The Miraculous in the Buddhist Traditions.

(Buddhist Studies, UM).

(Member) 2014. Jeremy Saul. Gods for the Modern Era: The Rise of Miracle Shrines in
Northwestern India. (South Asian Studies)

(Member) 2014. Nirinjan Khalsa. The Renaissance of Sikh Devotional Music:

Memory,Ṇdentity, Orthopraxy. (Sikh Studies)

(Member) 2014. Pandey, Anshuman. Department of History, University of Michigan.

Recasting the Brahmin in Medieval Mithila: Origins of Identity among the Maithil
Brahmins of North Bihar.

(Member) 2015. Tridha Chatterjee. Bilingualism-language-contact-and-change-The-

Case-of-Bengali-and-English-in-India. (Linguistics)

(Chair) 2016. Hyoung Ham. Buddhist Critiques of the Veda and Vedic Sacrifice
(Buddhist Studies).

(Member) 2017. Harjeet Grewal. Beyond Religious Identity: Reading the Janamsākhī
Outside of Framed-Sikhism. (Sikh Studies)

Publications

Articles in Marathi

1. “Paṇḍitarāja jagannāthāce kāvya-lakṣaṇa,” (“Jagannātha's Definition of Poetry”),

Navabhārata, Vai, Maharashtra, India, February 1966, pp. 19-30.
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2. “Alaṃkāra: ek abhyās,” (“Sanskrit Figures of Speech: A Study”), Pts. I-II.

Navabhārata, Vai, Maharashtra, India, 1965.

3. “Karṇabhārācā śokātma nāyak karṇa,” (“The Tragic Hero of Bhāsa’s Karṇabhāra”).

Navabhārata, Vai, Maharashtra, India, Year?

4. “Śaṅkarācāryāṃcyā gītābhāṣyātīl mahābhāratīya sandarbhāṃcī jāṇīv,”

(“Awareness of the Plot of the Mahābhārata in the Gītābhāṣya of Śaṅkara”),
Navabhārata, August 1966, pp. 1-8.

5. “Saṃskr̥ta kāvyācī prayojane va hetū,” (“Causal Factors and Purposes of the Sanskrit
Poetry”). In two pts. Navabhārata, Vai, Maharashtra, India,1965.

6. “Gītece bhāṣyakāra,” (“Commentators of the Gītā”), Fergusson College Magazine,

Pune, 1964-65, pp. 26-28.

7. “Adhyātma āṇi vijñāna,” (“Science and Spirituality”), in Adhyātma āṇi vijñāna, ed.
by Vilas Khole, Pune, 1984.

8. “Bhāratīya bhāṣāṃcā uttara ameriket abhyās,” (“Study of Indian Languages in

North- America.”), In Ekatā, Toronto, 1991, Vol. 52, pp. 31, 77.

Marathi Poems

1. Nirāśecyā kāḷokhāt, “In the Darkness of Despair,” Navā Kāḷ, Divali Special Volume,
Bombay, 1963, p. 80. Also see: 1983. Transl: “In the Darkness of Dis-Pair.”
Meliglossa, edited by E.N. Rando and D.J. Napoli, Edmonton, pp. 148-150.

2. Ropa lāvile marāṭhiyece, “The plant of Marathi,” Ekatā, vol. 42, p. 31, March 1989,
Toranto.

3. Mahārāṣṭra-gīta, “Song of Maharashtra,” Convention-Booklet, Brihan Maharashtra

Mandal of North America, 4th Convention, 1989, Troy, Michigan, p. 5.

4. Ādhunik Sītāyan, “Life of a Modern Sītā,” in Ekatā, Toronto, 1991, Vol. 52, p. 50.

Article in Hindi

1. Lokmānya Tilakjī - Gītā ke Bhāṣyakāra, “Lokmānya Tilak as a Commentator on the

Gītā.” Viśva-Jyoti, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, August 1965, pp. 4-7.

Articles in Sanskrit

1. Pāṇinīya-vyākaraṇa-paramparāyām upabhāṣā-tattvam, “Dialects in the Pāṇinian

Grammatical Tradition,” in R̥ṣikalpanyāsa, Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid Felicitation
Volume, Delhi, 1971, pp. 17-25.
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2. Bhārgavī brahmavidyā, “Bhr̥gu's Philosophy of Brahman,” Śāradā, Pune, 1964.

3. Upamāyāḥ śrautyārthītvam, “The Direct-Indirect Classification of the Figure of

Speech Upamā,” Śāradā, Pune, August 1964, pp. 9-16.

4. Jayatu sainikaḥ jayatu kr̥ṣakaḥ, “Victory to the Soldiers and Farmers (A slogan of Lal
Bahadur Shastri),” Amr̥talatā, Pardi, Gujarat, Vol. 3, 1966.

5. Śreṣṭha-nāgarakāḥ kālidāsīya-nāyakāḥ, “The Cultured Heroes of Kālidāsa's Dramas,”

Amr̥talatā, Pardi, Gujarat, Vol. 3, 1966.

6. Ko ’yaṃ sārthavāhaḥ? “Who is this Merchant?” (On Shakespeare’s Merchant of

Venice). Bhāratavāṇī, Pune, 9/30/1965, pp. 6-8.

7. Mā sodarasparśam prahasata, “Don't Laugh!” Sūryodaya, January, 1966, p. 7.

Creative Writing in Sanskrit

1. Two Sanskrit One-Act Plays: 1) Tadātmānaṃ Sr̥jāmy Aham, “Then I Reincarnate

Myself,” 2) Sanmāna-Karṇikam, “The Ear-Ring of Honor.” Bhāratavāṇī
Publications Series, Pune, 1967.

Sanskrit Poems

1. Aho akaruṇāḥ khalu īśvarāḥ, “Oh, How Cruel Are the Gods,” Saṃskr̥tapratibhā, Vol.
5, No. 2, Delhi, 1965, p. 105.

2. Prītiḥ, “Love,” a Sanskrit translation of “Love” by S.T. Coleridge, Śāradā, Pune,

1963, pp. 1-6.

3 Madhuśālā, “House of Wine,” (translation of a Hindi poem of the same name by

Harivamsh Rai Bachchan), Saṃskr̥tapratibhā, Delhi, Vol. 8, pp. 80-95, and Vol.
9, pp. 73-82, 1968-69.

4. He svatantrate, “O Goddess of Independence,” Śāradā, Pune, 1965.

5. Syāt kathaṃ viprayogaḥ, “How could there be any separation?” Viśvasaṃskr̥tam,

Hoshiarpur, Vol. 3, 1966.

6. Pr̥thivyāḥ premagītam, “A Love Song of the Earth,” (translation of a Marathi poem

Pr̥thvīce premagīta by Kusumāgraj), Fergusson College Magazine, Pune, 1963.

7. Kā sā? “Who is She?” (translation of a Marathi poem Tī Koṇ by Kusumāgraj),

Fergusson College Magazine, Pune, 1963.

8. Bhāva-sandhyā, “Twilight of Emotions,” Fergusson College Magazine, 1964. Also in

Saṃvid, Bombay, Vol. 2, Pt. 3, 1966, pp. 17-22.
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9. Kalyāṇa-mitra-caraṇau śaraṇam prapadye, “In Praise of the Buddha,” Bhāratavāṇī,

Pune, November 1966.

10. Hiraṇyapāṇir vidathe rātu śarma, “May the Golden-Handed God Bestow Blessings
Upon Us,” a poem in Vedic Sanskrit, Bhāratavāṇī, Pune, 1968.

11. Pippalatale and Cātakānyokti, Bhāratavāṇī, Pune, April 1965, p. 5.

12. Puṇyapattanikam, a comic poem on Pune, published in Prachi Prajna, September

2016.

13. Sītā-Rāvaṇa-Saṃvāda-Pañcāśikā, Samskrita-Pratibha April-June 2017, Vol 63, pp.

11-19.

14. A Naiyāyika and A Poet on Existence of Kalidasa, June 21, 2019

https://www.indictoday.com/quick-reads/a-naiyayika-and-a-poet-on-existence-of-
kalidasa/

Research Publications in English

[A = article, B = book, R = review, ED = editor]

[B]--------------. 1972a. Kauṇḍabhaṭṭa on the Philosophy of Nominal Meaning,

Nāmarthanirṇaya. Text with translation, Notes, and Introduction. Doctoral
Dissertation. Oriental Studies. University of Pennsylvania. Available from
University Microfilms, Ann Arbor. A revised edition published from Holland in
1992.

[A]--------------. 1972b. “Pāṇinian Procedure of Taparakaraṇa: A Historical

Investigation.” Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung, Band 86, Heft 2,
pp. 207-54.

[A]--------------. 1972c. “On the Notion of Similarity in Indian Poetics.” Journal of

Indian Philosophy, Vol. 2, pp. 21-52.

[A]--------------. 1974. “A Note on Kāka-peyā Nadī “A Crow-Drinkable River.” Journal

of the Oriental Institute, Baroda, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, pp. 155-163.

[B]--------------. 1975a. Critical Studies in Indian Grammarians, I: The Theory of

Homogeneity (Sāvarṇya). The Michigan Series in South and Southeast Asian
Languages and Linguistics, No. 2. Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan.

[A]--------------. 1975b. “The Scope of Homogeneous Representation in Pāṇini.” Annals

of Oriental Research, Silver Jubilee Volume, pp. 271-291. Madras: University
of Madras.
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[A]--------------. 1975c. “Phonetics of V in Pāṇini.” Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental

Research Institute, Vol. LVI, pp. 45-65.

[A]--------------. 1975d. “Phonetics of Short A in Sanskrit.” Indo-Iranian Journal, Vol.

17, pp. 195-209.

[A]--------------. 1975e. “A Note on tr̥ca.” Indo-Iranian Journal, Vol. 17, pp. 249-250.

[A]--------------. 1976a. “New Material on the Kautsa-Vyākaraṇa.” Journal of the

Oriental Institute, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, pp. 131-144.

[A]--------------. 1976b. “On the R̥k-Prātiśākhya 13.5-6.” Indian Linguistics, Vol. 37,
pp. 171-181.

[R]--------------. 1977. Review of S.D. Joshi and J.A.F. Roodbergen, Patañjali's

Vyākaraṇa-Mahābhāṣya, Karmadhārayāhnika, in Orientalistiche Literaturzeitung,
Vol. 72, pp. 618-622.

[A]--------------. 1977-78. “Some Aspects of Pre-Historic Indo-Aryan.” Annals of the

Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Diamond Jubilee Volume, pp. 121-128.
Pune.

[A]--------------. 1978a. “Sentence-Cognition in Nyāya Epistemology.” Indo-Iranian

Journal, Vol. 20, pp. 195-216.

[A]--------------. 1978b. “Pāṇinian Grammarians on Dialectal Variation in Sanskrit.”

Brahmavidyā: Adyar Library Bulletin, pp. 61-114.

[B, ED]-----------. (and P.E. Hook) eds. 1979. Aryan and Non-Aryan in India. Michigan
Papers on South and Southeast Asia, 14. 1978-79. Ann Arbor: University of
Michigan.

[A]--------------. 1979a. “Genesis of R̥gvedic Retroflexion: A Historical and Socio-

linguistic Investigation.” In Aryan and Non-Aryan in India, edited by Madhav M.
Deshpande and Peter E. Hook, Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia,
14, 1978-9, pp. 235-315. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.

[B]--------------. 1979b. Sociolinguistic Attitudes in India: An Historical Reconstruction.

Linguistica Extranea, Studia 5. Ann Arbor: Karoma Publishers, Inc.

[A]--------------. 1979c. “History, Change and Permanence: A Classical Indian

Perspective.” In Contributions to South Asian Studies, I: History, Religion and
Politics. Edited by Gopal Krishna. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-
28.

[A]--------------. 1979d. “Candragomin's Syntactic Rules: Some Misconceptions.”

Indian Linguistics, Vol. 40, pp. 133-145.
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[R]--------------. 1980a. “Recent Studies in Patañjali's Vyākaraṇa-Mahābhāṣya.”

Orientalistiches Literaturzeitung, Vol. LXXV, No. 4, pp. 309-321.

[B]--------------. 1980b. Evolution of Syntactic Theory in Sanskrit Grammar: Syntax of

the Sanskrit Infinitive -tumUN. Linguistica Extranea, Studia 10. Ann Arbor:
Karoma Publishers, Inc.

[A]--------------. 1980-81. “Announcing a Critical Edition of the Śaunakīyā

Caturādhyāyikā.” The Adyar Library Bulletin, Vols. 44-45, pp. 241-252.

[A]--------------. 1981a. “Sanskrit Gerund Constructions: Syntactic Disputations.” Indo-

Iranian Journal, Vol. 23, pp. 167-185.

[A]--------------. 1981b. “Pāṇini and Pāṇinīyas on Dialectal Variation in Sanskrit.”

Kuppuswami Shastri Research Institute, Silver Jubilee Volume, Madras, pp. 49-
73.

[A]--------------. 1981c. “Pāṇini and the Vedic Evidence: A Peep into the “Past.””
Vaidika Saṃśodhana Maṇḍaḷa, Golden Jubilee Volume, pp. 52-65. Pune.

[A]--------------. 1981d. “Revisiting Pa:Nini 7.3.73.” Indian Linguistics, Vol. 42, Nos.
1-4, pp. 58-64.

[A]--------------. 1982. “Linguistic Presuppositions of Pāṇini 8.3.26-27.” In

Proceedings of the International Seminar on Pāṇini, pp. 23-42. Pune: Centre of
Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of Poona.

[A]--------------. 1982b. “Rājaśekhara on Ethnic and Linguistic Geography of India.” In

Dr. D.N. Shastri Felicitation Volume: Indological Studies, pp. 312-327.
Ghaziabad.

[A]--------------. 1983a. “Pāṇini as a Frontier Grammarian.” Papers from the 19th

Regional Meeting, CLS, pp. 110-116. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society.

[R]--------------. 1983b. Review of D.D. Mahulkar's The Prātiśākhya Tradition and

Modern Linguistics. Language, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 932-933.

[R]--------------. 1983c. Review of M.M. Patkar's History of Sanskrit Lexicography.

Language, Vol. 59, No. 4, p. 933.

[A]--------------. 1983d. “Nation and Region, A Sociolinguistic Perspective on

Maharashtra.” National Unity: The South Asian Experience, pp. 111-134. Edited
by Milton Israel. Delhi: Promilla and Co.

[A]--------------. 1983e. Foreword to Gīrvāṇa-Bhāratī by Professor Mahesh Mehta,

Ahmedabad, India.

[R]--------------. 1984a. Review of Paul Kiparsky's Pāṇini as a Variationist. Language,

Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 161-164.
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[A]--------------. 1984b. “Introducing the Milindapañha-Aṭṭhakathā of Thaton Mingun

Zetawun Sayadaw.” In Amr̥tadhārā: Professor R.N. Dandekar Felicitation
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edited by Chikafumi Watanabe et al. New Delhi: D. K. Printworld (P) Ltd.

[A]----------. 2012. “Vedas and Their Śākhās: Contested Relationships,” pp. 341-362. In
Devadattīyam: Johannes Bronkhorst Felicitation Volume, edited by François
Voegeli et al. Bern: Peter Lang.

[A]----------. 2012. “Contextualizing the Eternal Language: Features of Priestly

Sanskrit,” pp. 401-436. In Ideology and Status of Sanskrit: Contributions to the
History of the Sanskrit Language, edited by Jan E.M. Houben. Delhi: Motilal
Banarsidass.

[B, ED]----------. 2012. Indian Grammars, Philology and History: Papers of the 12th
World Sanskrit Conference [Helsinki], Vol. 4, edited by George Cardona and
Madhav M. Deshpande. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

[A]----------. 2012. “Underived Nominals as a Derivationally Productive Category in

Pāṇini,” pp. 101-109. In Indian Grammars, Philology and History: Papers of the
12th World Sanskrit Conference [Helsinki], Vol. 4, edited by George Cardona and
Madhav M. Deshpande. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.
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[A]----------. 2013. “Reviewing Hinduism: Religion, Violence and Non-Violence,” pp.

378-393. In Classical and Contemporary Issues in Indian Studies: Essays in
Honour of Trichur S. Rukmani, edited by P. Pratap Kumar and Jonathan Duquette.
Delhi: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd.

[A]----------. 2013. “Sanskrit Traditions during the Rule of the Peshwas: Role,
Maintenance, and Transition,” pp. 68-80. In Grammatica et Verba: Glamor and
Verve: Studies in South Asian, historical, and Indo-European linguistics in honor
of Hans Henrich Hock on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, edited by
Shu-Fen Chen and Benjamin Slade. Ann Arbor, New York: Beech Stave Press.

[B]----------. 2014. Saṃskṛtasubodhinī: A Sanskrit Primer. Michigan Papers on South

and Southeast Asian Studies, No. 47. 6th Revised Edition. Ann Arbor: Center for
South Asian Studies, University of Michigan.

[A]----------. 2014. “The Yājuṣa Hautra Dispute in Early Modern Maharashtra,” pp. 13-
26. In Sanskrit Studies, Volume 3, edited by Shashiprabha Kumar. New Delhi:
Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

[A]----------. 2014. “Disagreement without disrespect: transitions in a lineage from

Bhaṭṭoji to Nāgeśa,” pp. 32-49. In South Asian History and Culture, Volume 6,
Number 1, January 2015.

[A]----------. 2014. Kai. Dīkṣit Gurujī: Ek Avismaraṇīya Vyaktimattva [Marathi: “Late

Dīkṣit Gurujī: An Unforgettable Personality,” pp. 6-7. In Kai. Nā. Ha. Dīkṣit
Janmaśatabdi Mahotsav Smṛtigandh, edited by Saroja Bhate. Pune: M. M.
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[Radio Interview] Deshpande-BBC-interview-on-grammarian-Pāṇini-w-Sunil-Khilnani-

rec-on-5-25-2014, will air on BBC sometime in 2015.

[A]----------. 2015. "Disagreement without Disrespect: Transitions in a lineage from

Bhattoji to Nagesa", [South Asian History and Culture, Vol 6, No 1, Jan 2015],
DOI: 10.1080/19472498.2014.969009

[A]----------. 2015. "Pune: An Emerging Center of Education in Early Modern

Maharashtra", [International Journal of Hindu Studies], DOI: 10.1007/s11407-
015-9172-3

[A]----------. 2016. “Appayya Dīkṣita and the Lineage of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita. In Journal of
Indian Philosophy, published online: July 10, 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s10781-014-9254-
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[A]----------. 2016. “The Predicament of the Maitrāyaṇīya Community in Maharashtra:

Migration, Acculturation, and Identity-Crisis,” in On Meaning and Mantras:
Essays in Honor of Frits Staal, edited by George Thompson and Richard K.
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Payne. Institute of Buddhist Studies and BDK America, Inc., Moraga, California
2016, pp. 145-161.

[A]----------. 2016. “Vedicizing a post-Vedic text: the case of the Gaṇeśa Atharvaśīrṣa,”
in Vedic Śākhās: Past, Present, and Future, Proceedings of the Fifth International
Vedic Workshop, edited by Jan E. M. Houben, Julieta Rotaru and Michael Witzel,
pp. 777-790. Harvard Oriental Series, Opera Minora 9. Cambridge: Department
of South Asian Studies, Harvard University.

[A]----------. 2018. “Re-Viewing the Tradition. Language, Grammar and History,” in

L’Espace du Sens: Approaches de la Philologie Indienne / The Space of Meaning:
Approaches to Indian Philology, edited by Silvia D’Intino & Sheldon Pollock, pp.
127-136. Publications de L’Institut de Civilisation Indienne. Paris: Collège de
France.

[A]----------. 2019. “Scope of Early Sanskrit Usage: A Wider Approach.” Proceedings of

the 17th World Sanskrit Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 9-13, 2018:
Section 3: Linguistics. Edited by Madhav Deshpande and Jan Houben, 2019.

Presentations

1966 “References to the Plot of the Mahābhārata in

Aligarh, the Gītābhāṣya of Śaṅkara,” presented at the
India meeting of the All India Oriental Conference.

1973, April “Historicity of Vākyāparisamāpti in Pāṇini,”

Washington, presented at the meeting of the American
D.C. Oriental Society.

1974, March “A Note on tÁc†,” presented at the meeting of

Santa Barbara the American Oriental Society.

1974, May “The Scope of Homogeneous Representation in

Pune, India Pāṇini,” Lecture at the Centre of Advanced
Study in Sanskrit, University of Poona.

1974, June “Pāṇinian Grammarians on Dialectal Variation

Pune, India in Sanskrit,” Lecture at the Linguistics Club, Deccan College,
Pune, India

1975, April “A Note on the Śaunakīyā Caturādhyāyikā

Columbus (1.33),” presented at the meeting of the
American Oriental Society.

1976, March “Types of Voicing in Sanskrit Phonetics,”

Philadelphia presented at the meeting of the American
Oriental Society.
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1976, June “Retroflexion in the Ur-R̥gveda?”

Pune, India Lecture at the Centre of Advanced Study in
Sanskrit, University of Poona.

1976, December “Genesis of R̥gvedic Retroflexion,” presented

Ann Arbor at the conference on Aryan and Non-Aryan in
India, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1977, April “Prajñātatarā Vāk in the Ancient North-

Ithaca Western India,” presented at the meeting of
the American Oriental Society.

1977, April “Pāṇini's Conception of Tense,” presented at

Ann Arbor the Symposium on Time, Tense and Aspect,
Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan.

1978, March “Nation and Region: A Socio-Linguistic

Toronto Perspective on Maharashtra,” presented at a
conference on National Unity: The South
Asian Experience, University of Toronto.

1978, April “Rājaśekhara on Ethnic and Linguistic

Toronto Geography of India,” presented at the
meeting of the American Oriental Society.

1978, May “Ethnic and Linguistic Geography of India,”

Urbana presented at the First International
Conference on South Asian Languages and
Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana.

1979, April “Past Tense Rules in Pāṇini,” presented at

St. Louis the meeting of the American Oriental Society.

1979, October “The Alleged Buddhist Sources of Kālidāsa's

Ujjain, India Vikramorvaśīyam,” presented at the Seminar
on Kālidāsa, Vikrama University, Ujjain, India

1979, December “Syntax of the Sanskrit Infinitives,”

New Delhi Lecture at the Department of Linguistics,
Delhi University, Delhi, India.

1979, December “History, Change and Permanence: A

Ahmedabad, Classical Indian Perspective,”
India Lecture at the Department of Sanskrit,
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.

1980, January “Past Tense Rules in Pāṇini,” Lecture

Pune, India at the Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit,
University of Poona, Pune.
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1980, January “Sanskrit Grammarians on Diglossia,”

Hyderabad, presented at the Second International
India Conference on South Asian Languages and
Linguistics, Osmania University.

1980, April “A New Critical Edition of the Śaunakīyā

San Francisco Caturādhyāyikā,” presented at the meeting
of the American Oriental Society.

1981, March “Revisiting Pāṇini 7.3.73,” presented at the

Boston meeting of the American Oriental Society.

1981, August “Linguistic Presuppositions of Pāṇini

Pune, India 8.3.26-27,” presented at the First
International Seminar on Panini, University
of Poona, Pune.

1982, March “Pāṇini and the Northwestern Dialect,”

Austin, Texas presented at the meeting of the American
Oriental Society.

1982, May “Seed and Field: A Biological Metaphor in

Ann Arbor Ancient India,” presented at the Michigan
Conference on South and Southeast Asia,
University of Michigan.

1983, March “Some Linguistic Observations on the

Baltimore Gīrvāṇavāṅmañjarī of Dhuṇḍirājakavi,”
presented at the meeting of the American Oriental Society.

1983, April “Pāṇini as a Frontier Grammarian,” Lecture

Ann Arbor at the Linguistics Colloquium, Department of
Linguistics, University of Michigan.

1983, April “Pāṇini as a Frontier Grammarian,” presented

Chicago at the meeting of the Chicago Linguistic
Society.

1983, May “Pāṇini as a Frontier Grammarian,” presented

Urbana at the Fifth South Asian Languages Analysis
Roundtable, University of Illinois.

1983, May “Pāṇinian Syntax of Gerund Constructions:

Urbana An Alternative View,” presented at the Fifth
South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable,
University of Illinois.
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1983, May “Language Change and the Theology of Eternal

Ann Arbor Sanskrit,” Lecture at the Michigan Historical Linguistics Circle,
University of Michigan.

1983, September “Hinduism,” Lecture at a Seminar on

Detroit World's Great Religions, The Village Club,
Birmingham, Michigan.

1983, October “Vedas in Ancient India: From Speech Acts

Ann Arbor to Magical Sounds,” Lecture in the Comparative
Religions Seminar, University of Michigan.

1983, November “Hinduism,” Lecture at Religious

Detroit Founders' Day Conference, Wayne State
University.

1984, February “Sanskrit Poetry Reading,” Elliot House,

Cambridge, MA Harvard University.

1984, March “Sounds of Poetic Sanskrit,” Lecture at the

Cambridge, MA Harvard Sanskrit Club.

1984, April “Historical Change and the Theology of

Cambridge, MA Eternal Sanskrit,” Lecture at the Sanskrit
Department, Harvard University.

1984, April “Semantics of Kārakas in Pāṇini: An

Cambridge, MA Exploration of Philosophical and Linguistic
Issues,” Lecture at the Linguistics
Department, Harvard University.

1984, April “Patterns of Assimilation in Ancient India,”

Cambridge, MA Lecture at the Center for the Study of World
Religions, Harvard University.

1984, March “Pāṇini, Yāska and Patañjali: Differing

Seattle Perspectives in Cultural Geography,”
presented at the meeting of the American
Oriental Society.

1984, May “Indianization of the Aryan: On

Austin, Texas Interpreting Cultural and Philosophical
Sources,” presented at the sixth South Asia
Languages Analysis Roundtable Conference.
1984, October “Ellipsis and Syntactic Overlapping in
Ann Arbor Pāṇini,” Lecture in the Linguistics
Colloquium, University of Michigan.
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1984, October “Pāṇini 7.2.15 (yasya vibhāṣā): A Reconsi-

Philadelphia deration,” presented at the Sixth World
Sanskrit Conference, University of
Pennsylvania.

1985, April “Vernacular Sanskrit: Evidence from the

Ann Arbor Sanskrit Grammarians,” presented at the
meeting of the American Oriental Society.

1985, May “Historical Change and the Theology of

Seattle Eternal Sanskrit,” Lecture at the Asian
Linguistics Club, University of Washington.

1985, May “Historical Change and the Theology of

Vancouver Eternal Sanskrit,” Lecture at the Department
of Asian Studies, University of British
Columbia.

1985, May “Sanskrit and Prakrit: Some Sociolinguistic

Ann Arbor Issues,” presented at the Seventh South Asia
Languages Analysis Roundtable Conference.

1985, June “Ellipsis and Syntactic Overlapping:

Pune, India Current Ṇssues in Pāṇinian Syntactic
Theory,” Three Lectures, Pandit Shripad
Shastri Deodhar Memorial Lectures,
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute.

1) “Ellipsis and Syntactic Overlapping in Pāṇini:

A Review of Current Ideas,”
2) “Natural Ellipsis and Prescribed Word-Deletion in
Sanskrit Grammar,” and
3) “From Pāṇini to his Successors:
Theoretical and Historical Change.”

1985, June “Computers and Sanskrit,” Lecture at the

Pune, India Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit,
University of Poona.

1985, June “Ethnic Integration in Ancient India,”

Madras, India Lecture at the Kuppuswami Shastri Sanskrit
Research Institute, Madras.

1985, June “Pāṇini and His Successors: Historical and

Annamalainagar, Theoretical Change,” Lecture at the Centre
India of Advanced Study in Linguistics, Annamalai
University.
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1985, October “Pāṇini and His Successors: Historical and

Ann Arbor Theoretical Change,” Lecture at the
Linguistics Colloquium, University of
Michigan.

1985, October “19th Century Depiction of Ramayana from

Ann Arbor Maharashtra,” Lecture at the Center for
South and Southeast Asian Studies,
University of Michigan.

1985, October “Logos and Liturgy in Vedic Religion,”

Ann Arbor Lecture in the Comparative Religions
Seminar, University of Michigan.

1985, November “Changing Notions of Sentence in Sanskrit

Ann Arbor Grammar,” Lecture in the Asian Linguistics
Club, University of Michigan.

1985, November “In Defense of Vedic Religion: Strategies of

Ottawa Sanskrit Grammarians,” presented at the
Conference on Hindu Syncretism, Carleton
University, Ottawa, Canada.

1986, January “Comments on Agricultural Terminology in

New Orleans Maharashtra⁄, presented at a Conference on
Agricultural Terminology in South Asia, organized by
the Social Science Research Council, New York.

1986, April “From Uttarapadalopa to Madhyamapadalopa,” at the

New Haven meeting of the American Oriental Society.

1986, June “Changing Conceptions of Sentence in the Early

Urbana Pāṇinian Tradition,” at the 8th Conference on South
Asian Language Analysis, University of Illinois.

1986, December “Pāṇini and the Computers: Some Considerations,”

Bangalore presented at the Conference on Knowledge
India Representation in Artificial Intelligence and
Indian Philosophical Traditions.

1987, August “Sanskrit and Prakrit: Some Socio-linguistic

Poona Issues,” presented at the Centre of Advanced
India Study in Sanskrit, University of Poona.

1987, August “The Linguistic World of Patañjali,” presented

Poona at the Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit,
India University of Poona.
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1987, May “Pāṇinian Reflections on Vedic Infinitives: On

Ithaca the Meaning of -tumUN in Pāṇini,” presented at
New York the South Asian Language Analysis Roundtable.

1987, August “The Language of the Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī,”

Poona presented at the Centre of Advanced Study in
India Sanskrit, University of Poona.

1987, August “Prototypes in Pāṇinian Syntax,” presented at

Poona the Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit,
India University of Poona.

1987, August “Pāṇini and the Computer,” presented at Veda-

Poona, India Vijñāna-Maṇḍaḷa, Poona.

1987, August “The Situational Context of the Bhagavadgītā,”

Poona presented at the Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapith,
India Poona.

1987, August “Pāṇinian Reflections on Vedic Infinitives II:

Leiden On Infinitives with -tosUN and -KasUN,”
Holland presented at the World Sanskrit Conference.

1987, November “Prototypes in Pāṇinian Syntax,” presented at

Ann Arbor the Linguistics Colloquium, Program in
Linguistics, University of Michigan.

1988, March “Prototypes in Pāṇinian Syntax,” presented at

Chicago the meeting of the American Oriental Society.

1988, August “Ellipsis in Pāṇini: A Justifiable Gap?”

Seattle presented at the South Asian Languages
Analysis Roundtable.

1988, November “Some Features of the Sampradāna Kāraka in

Madison, WI Pāṇini,” presented at the Conference on
Dative of Experiencer, University of
Wisconsin.

1989, March “Ditransitive Passive in Pāṇini,” presented at

New Orleans the meeting of the American Oriental Society.

1989, May “On Distinctive Features in Sanskrit

Ann Arbor Phonetics,” presented at the International
Symposium on Phonetic Sciences, University of
Michigan, in honor of Professor J.C. Catford.
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1989, June “Ditransitive Passive in Patañjali,” presented

Madison, WṆ at the South Asian Languages Analysis
Roundtable, University of Wisconsin.

1989, October “Vedic Literature as Oral Literature,”

Ann Arbor presented in the Indian Literature Lecture
series at the Center for South and Southeast
Asian Studies, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor.

1990, January “Linguistic & Sociolinguistic Features of

Ann Arbor Priestly Sanskrit,” presented at the
Linguistics Colloquium, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1990, March “Features of Priestly Sanskrit,” presented at

Atlanta the Atlanta meeting of the American Oriental
Society.

1990, May 24 “Rule-Ordering versus Speaker's Intention in

Pune, India Pāṇinian Syntax,” presented at the Department
of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages, University
of Poona, Pune, India.

1990, May 25 “The Real Object in Double-Object

Pune, India Constructions in Sanskrit,” presented at the
Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages,
University of Poona, Pune, India.

1990, May 26 “From ‘Target’ to ‘Agent’: A Study of

Pune, India Sanskrit Dative,” presented at the Department
of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages, University
of Poona, Pune, India.

1990, July 4 “Sanskrit & Prakrit: Sociolinguistic

Pune, India Relations,” presented at the Tilak Maharashtra
University, Pune, India.

1990, July 5 “Sanskrit Language, Its Grammarians, and the

Pune, India Cultural Geography of Ancient India,”
presented at the Tilak Maharashtra University,
Pune, India.

1990, July 15 “Issues in the Oral Transmission of the Veda,”

Madras, India presented at the Kuppuswami Sastri Research
Institute and the Sanskrit Academy, Madras,
India.
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1990, July 16 “On the Origins of Pāṇinian Syntax,” at the

Madras, India Department of Sanskrit, University of Madras,
Madras, India.

1990, July 16 “The Changing Conception of the Veda,”

Madras, India presented at the Kuppuswami Sastri Research
Institute, Madras, India.

1990, July 17 “Syntax and Semantics in Pāṇini,” presented at

Hyderabad, India the Centre for Applied Linguistics and
Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad, India.

1990, July 18 “Morphology in the Ancient Indian Tradition,”

Hyderabad, India presented at the Centre for Applied
Linguistics and Translation Studies,
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.

1990, July 23 “Current Issues in Pāṇinian Syntax,”

Delhi, India presented at the Department of Linguistics,
University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

1990, July 30 “Veda and Pāṇini: A Modern Approach,”

Pune, India presented at Vaidika Saṃśodhana Maṇḍaḷa, Pune,
India.

1990, August 6 “Survival of Sanskrit in India,” Chief guest

Pune, India for the Festival of Sanskrit, organized by 12
institutions in Pune, at the School of
Education, Pune, India.

1990, August 9 “Ethnic Integration and Cultural Biology in

Pune, India Ancient India,” presented at the Centre of
Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of
Poona, Pune, India.

1990, August 12 “Computerization of Sanskrit Studies,”

Thane, India presented at the Institute for Oriental
Studies, Thane, Bombay, India.

1990, August “Linguistic Justification for Verb-Root

Vienna, Austria Suppletion in Sanskrit,” presented at the 8th
World Sanskrit Conference, University of
Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

1990, December “Brahmanism versus Buddhism, Languages in

Ann Arbor Conflict,” presented at the Linguistics
Colloquium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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1991, March “The Changing Grammar of Salvation,”

Berkeley presented at the annual meeting of the
American Oriental Society, University of
California, Berkeley.

1991, April “History, Change, and Permanence: The

Ann Arbor Classical Indian Perspective,” presented at
the Faculty Research Seminar, Center for South
and Southeast Asian Studies, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1991, May “Sociolinguistic Parameters of Pāṇini's

Urbana, ṆL Sanskrit,” presented at the South Asian
Languages Analysis Roundtable, University of
Illinois, Urbana, IL.

1991, October “Vedic Aryans, non-Vedic Aryans and

Toronto non-Aryans: Judging the linguistic evidence
of the Veda,” presented at the Conference on
Archaeological and Linguistic Approaches to
Ethnicity in Ancient South Asia, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

1992, January “The Changing Conception of Śiṣṭa from

Pune, India Patañjali to Bhartr̥hari,” presented at the
International Conference on Bhartr̥hari,
Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages,
University of Poona, Pune, India

1992, March “The Kṣatriya Core of the Bhagavadgītā,”

Cambridge, MA presented at the meeting of the American
Oriental Society.

1993, Jan-Feb “Sanskrit and Prakrit: Language, History, and

Pune, India Grammar,” a series of eight lectures delivered
at Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, India.

1) “Language, Grammar, and History,”

2) “Veda and Pāṇini: A Modern Point of View,”
3) “Socio-linguistic Parameters of Pāṇini’s Language,”
4) “The Linguistic World of Patañjali,”
5) “Changing Conceptions of the Veda and Linguistic History,”
6) “The Aryan-Non- Aryan Convergence and the Language of the
Veda,”
7) “Sanskrit in Performance: The Language of the Gīrvāṇa-
Vāṅmañjarī and the Language in Priestly Performance,”
8) “Linguistic History and the Theology of Eternal Sanskrit.”
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1993, Feb 24-27 “The Tradition of Sanskrit Phonetics,” Prof.

Pune, India P.D. Gune Memorial Lectures, Department of
Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages, University of
Poona, Pune, India. The four lecture were:

1) “Sanskrit Phonetic Traditions: General

Observations,”
2) “Phonetics versus Phonology in the Sanskrit Grammatical
Tradition,”
3) “Pāṇinian Impact on the Tradition of the
Śaunakīyā Caturādhyāyikā,” and
4) “The Śaunakīyā Caturādhyāyikā, the Atharva
Prātiśākhya, and the Changing Tradition of the
Śaunakīya Atharvaveda.”

1993, Feb 20 “Sanskrit and Prakrit: Linguistic and Socio-

Pune, India linguistic Relations.” Prof. K. P. Kulkarni
Memorial Lecture, at Maharashtra Sahitya
Parishad (=Maharashtra Literary Association),
Pune, India.

1993, April 20 “Notes on the Deterioration of the Tradition

Chapel Hill, NC of Sanskrit Phonetics,” at the 203rd meeting
of the American Oriental Society.

1993, July “The AV Prātiśākhyas and the ŚAV Text-Transmission.”

New York At the First International Conference on the Veda, sponsored by
the International Foundation for Vedic Studies, Rahway, NJ.

1993, November “Hinduism”

Ann Arbor, MI at the First Presbyterian Church.

1994, March “Grammars and Grammar-Switching in Vedic Recitational

Madison, WI. Variations.” Presented at the meeting of the American
Oriental Society.

1994, March “Morphological Analysis in Ancient India” for the Linguistics

Ann Arbor, MI Group, University of Michigan.

1994, April “Sanskrit Poetry and Poetics” for Society for the Promotion of
Ann Arbor, MI Indian Culture and Music among the Youth, University of
Michigan.

1994, May 1 “The Cultural, Political and Literary History of Maharashtra,”

Detroit, MI Maharashtra Mandal of Detroit.

1994 November “Pāṇini’s Syntactic Theory.” Lecture delivered at the Department

Lausanne of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Lausanne University,
Switzerland Lausanne, Switzerland.
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1994 November “Localizing the Eternal Language: Features of Priestly Sanskrit.”

Leiden, NL at an International Seminar on Sanskrit, Leiden University, Leiden,
Netherlands.

1994 November “Building Blocks or Useful Fictions: Changing View of

Leiden, NL Morphology in Ancient Indian Thought.” Lecture delivered at the
Kern Institute of Indology, Leiden University, Leiden,
Netherlands.

1995 January “Evolution of the Notion of Authority in Sanskrit Grammar.” at

Paris, France an International Conference on Indian Grammatical Traditions,
University of Paris, Paris.

1995 February “Pāṇini and the Veda: Complex Relationships.” Lecture delivered
New York at the Columbia University, New York

1995 March “Hinduism.” A lecture at the Ecumenical Campus, Ann Arbor.

Ann Arbor, MI

1995 April “The Changing Conception of India.” Lecture for the Indian-
Ann Arbor, MI American Students' Association, University of Michigan.

1995 June Dr. Prabha Joshi Memorial Lectures, Bhandarkar Oriental

Pune, India Research Institute, Pune, India.
Lecture 1: “Changing Views of Language-Components in Ancient
Indian Thought: From Veda to Nirukta,”
Lecture 2: “From Pāṇini to Nāgeśa.”

January 1996 “Vedic Origins of the Sanskrit Grammatical Tradition” at an

Paris, France International Conference in honor of Louis Renou,
College de France, University of Paris, Paris.

February 1996 “Change and Continuity in the Vedic Oral Traditions" at the South
Austin, Texas Asia Seminar, University of Texas, Austin.

April 1996 “Śaṅkarācārya as a philosopher and interpreter.” Lansing Hindu

Lansing, MI Temple

October 1996 “What to do with the Anāryas? Dharmic Discourses of Inclusion

Ann Arbor, MI and Exclusion.” Michigan-Lausanne International Seminar on
Aryans and Non-Aryans in South Asia: Evidence, Interpretation,
and Ideology, Ann Arbor.

January 1997 “Kārakas: Direct and Indirect Relationships.” World Sanskrit

Bangalore, India. Conference (read in absence)

March 1997 “Who Inspired Pāṇini? Reconstructing the Hindu and Buddhist
Berkeley, CA Counter-Claims.” Department of South Asian Studies, University
of California, Berkeley.
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March 1997 “The Distinctive Contribution of the Bhagavad-Gītā in the History

Kalamazoo, MI of the Hindu Tradition.” Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, Michigan

May 1997 “Viewing Sanskrit in its Sociolinguistic Context.” Chicago

Chicago, IL Linguistic Society, University of Chicago, Chicago.

April 1998 “Ahiṃsā and Inclusiveness in Jainism,” University of Windsor,

Windsor, Canada Windsor, Canada

August 1998 "What to do with the Anāryas? Discourses of Inclusion and

Pune, India Exclusion." Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

September 20, 1998. "Sorting out the 'Aryans' and 'Dravidians'."

Dallas, Texas Southern Methodist University

March 1999 "Fluidity of the Grammatical Conceptions in Ancient India.",

Baltimore, MD American Oriental Society

July 1999 "Pandit and Professor: Transformations in the 19th Century

Heidelberg, Maharashtra." At the Colloquium: "The Pandit: The Future of
Germany Traditional Sanskrit Scholarship", University of Heidelberg.

October 1999 "Pañca Gauḍa and Pañca Drāviḍa: Contested Borders of a

Halle, Germany Traditional Classification". At the Wissenschaftliche Tagung:
"Arier und Draviden", at the University of Halle, Germany

October-Nov 1999 "Vedas and Their Śākhās: Contested Relationships", at the 2nd
Kyoto, Japan International Seminar on Vedic Studies, Kyoto University.

December 1999 "Politics of History: Purāṇic Narratives on Brahmin Settlements

Pune, India in Maharashtra." Dr. Prabha Joshi Memorial Lecture, at the
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

December 1999 "Language and Society in India". All Languages Association, S.P.
Pune, India College, Pune.

December 1999 Keynote Address at the Seminar on Paleography and

Pune, India Manuscriptology, University of Pune, sponsored by the Indira
Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.

December 1999 Read the Sanskrit poem Pr̥thivyāḥ Premagītam at a Sanskrit Poety
Pune, India Reading, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune

January 2000 "Politics of History: Purāṇic Narratives on Brahmin Settlements in

Austin, Texas Maharashtra." Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas.
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March 2000 "Mīmāṃsā and the Linguistic Usage of the Mlecchas as an Aid to
Ann Arbor, MI Vedic Interpretation". At the seminar on "India and Its Wider
World", Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

March 2001 "Sanskrit Traditions during the Rule of the Peshwas.",

Chicago, IL Association for Asian Studies

March 2001 "Beginnings of Sanskrit Lexicography"

Ann Arbor, MI Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

May 2001 "Interpreting the Mahābhārata". Valedictory address at the

Montreal, Canada International Conference on Mahābhārata, at Concordia University

June 2001 "The Mahābhārata and the Bhagavadgītā: Epics of Ancient India"
Troy, Michigan Troy Public Library, Troy, Michigan

March 2002 "Ārṣa versus Anārṣa in Pāṇini and the Related Literature."
Stanford, CA International Workshop on Pāṇini, Department of Linguistics,
Stanford University.

March 2002 "Sanskrit and the Vernaculars." Keynote Address,

Stanford, CA International Workshop on Pāṇini, Department of Linguistics,
Stanford University,

March 2002 "Reviewing Aspects of Hinduism: Religion, Violence and

East Lansing, MI Responsibility." Michigan State University.

April 2002 "Sociolinguistic Context of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages."

Lexington, KY Program in Linguistics, University of Kentucky

April 2002 "Sanskrit Traditions in the 17th Century Maharashtra," Workshop

Washington, D.C. on Sanskrit Knowledge Systems,

March 2002 "Ārṣa versus Anārṣa in Pāṇini and the Related Literature."
Stanford, CA Workshop on Pāṇini, Stanford University.

May 2002 "Recitational Varieties of the Atharvaveda." International Vedic

Leiden, Netherlands Workshop

May 2002 "Derived and Underived Nominals in Sanskrit Grammar," South

Iowa Asia Linguistic Analysis Round Table, Iowa University,

November 2002 "Aryan Origins Debate in the 19th Century Maharashtra." South
Madison, Wisconsin Asia Conference.

April 2003 "Between the Empires: Transformation of Grammatical

Austin, Texas Perspectives." Conference at the University of Texas
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July 2003 "Derived and Underived Nominals in Sanskrit Grammar." World

Helsinki, Finland Sanskrit Conference

August 2003 "Varieties of Vernacular Sanskrit." University of Heidelberg,

Heidelberg, Germany

December 2003 "Revisiting the Śiṣṭa of Bhartr̥hari," presented at the International

Delhi, India Seminar on Bhartr̥hari

June 2004 "Sanskrit Nirṇayapatra Documents", presented at the Sanskrit

Paris, France Knowledge Systems Group Meeting

October 2004 Guest Lecture on Sanskrit Studies, in a course organized by

Ann Arbor, MI Barbara Metcalf, CSAS
.
February 2005 "Transformations in Linguistics," invited guest lecture, Centre for
Annamalai, India the Advanced Study in Linguistics, Annamalai University

February 2005 "Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita's Perceptions of Intellectual History: Narrative of

Pondichery, India Fall and Recovery of the Grammatical Tradition," presented in
a conference organized by the French Institute of Pondichery.

March 2005 "Bhaṭṭoji's Perception of the Grammatical Tradition," invited

Pune, India guest lecture, Center for the Advanced Study in Sanskrit,
University of Pune

March 2005 "Sources of Validation in Sanskrit Grammar: Rules of Grammar

Pune, India or Usage of Language", invited guest lecture in honor of Late
Pandit Vamanshastri Bhagavat, Bhandarkar Oriental Research
Institute

May 2005 "Arctic Home in the Vedas: Religion, Politics and the Colonial
Los Angeles, CA Context", presented at a conference on Political Hinduism, at
UCLA.

May 2005 Lecture on "Sanskrit Language", University of Rochester, NY

Rochester, NY

February 2006 "Interpreting the Aśokan Epithet Devānampiya," presented at a

Austin, Texas seminar organized by Patrick Olivelle at the University of Texas

July 2006 "Predicament of the Maitrāyaṇī community in Maharashtra:

Edinburgh, UK Migration, Acculturation and Identity Crises," presented at
the meeting of the World Sanskrit Conference

October 2006 Guest lecture on "Indian theories of Aryan Origins" in a course

Ann Arbor organized by Barbara Metcalf, CSAS
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January 2007 "Theoretical Dimensions of the Sanskrit Syntax in Pāṇini's

Pune, India Grammar," two lectures at the Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit
Languages, University of Pune, India

March 2007 "The expression Beloved of the Gods in the Inscriptions of

Pune, India Aśoka," at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute.

March 2007 "Language and Religion in reference to the Hindu Tradition," a

Ann Arbor, MI guest lecture in a course taught by Professor Steven Dworkin.

May 23-27, 2007 "The Yājuṣa-Hautra Dispute in Early Modern Maharashtra,"

Austin, Texas presented at the Fourth International Vedic Workshop: The
Vedas in Culture and History. Austin: University of Texas.

October 5-6, 2007. "Will the Winner please stand up: Conflicting Narratives of a 17th
Ann Arbor Century Philosophical Debate from Karnataka," presented at a
conference: Conceptualizing South Asia's Past at Michigan,
Conference in honor of Professor Thomas Trautmann.

November 2007 Guest lecture on "Bhakti in Maharashtra," in Prof. Srilata Raman's

Ann Arbor course on the Bhakti Traditions in Hinduism, Fall 2007.

March 12, 2008 Guest lecture on "Language in Hinduism", in Prof. Steve

Ann Arbor, MI Dworkin's course on Language and Religion.

February 29, 2008 "Sanskrit Grammarians in Vedantic Disputes: Bhaṭṭoji, Raṅgoji

Oxford, UK and their Opponents," presented at a conference on Grammarians
and Philosophers of Language in Early Modern Banaras, Balliol
College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK,

February 25, 2008 "Aryans and/or Non-Aryans: History and Identity in Colonial
Oxford, UK Maharashtra," delivered as Astor Visiting Lecturer at the Faculty
of Oriental Studies, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.

December 18 & 19, "Vedic Recitations as Early Linguistic Analysis," and "Vedic
2008, Pune, India Context of Pāṇini's Grammar." Ashtekar Lectures, delivered at the
Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages, University of Pune,
Pune, India.

January 3, 2009 "Sanskrit Grammarians in Vedantic Disputes," delivered as

Pune, India Professor R.N. Dandekar Memorial Lecture at the Bhandarkar
Oriental Research Institute, Pune, India, on January 3, 2009.

March 14, 2009 "Appayya Dīkṣita and the Lineage of Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita: History of
Albuquerque, NM Interactions", presented at the annual meeting of the American
Oriental Society, at Albuquerque, NM.

September 1-5, 2009 "Dispute Over Kāyasthas: Gāgābhaṭṭa and his Opponents,"
Kyoto, Japan presented at the 14th World Sanskrit Conference, Kyoto, Japan.
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October 2, 2009 "Mahatma Gandhi: Religion and Non-Violence," keynote address,

Canton, Michigan Gandhi Jayanti Festival, Canton, Michigan.

August 31, 2010 "Vedas and their Śākhās: Contested Relationships."

Austin, Texas Lecture, Dept of Asian Studies, University of Texas

September 22, 2010 "From Orality to Writing: Transmission and Interpretation of

Bucharest, Romania Pāṇini's Aṣṭādyāyī", Conference on Veda-Vedāṅga and Avesta
from Orality to Writing.

Dec. 16-17, 2010 Chair and Discussant for Professor James Clackson's (Cambridge,
Pune, India UK) Lectures on, "Indo-European Language Family in Time and
Space" and "Indo-European Morphology and Syntax", at the
Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages, University of Pune.

Dec. 21, 2010 "From Orality to Writing: Transmission and Interpretation of

Pune, India Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī", Dr. K. V. Lele Memorial Lecture,
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute.

April 28, 2010 "Violence, Non-Violence and God: Changing Understanding of

Urbana, Illinois the Bhagavadgītā", University of Illinois, Urbana

April 28, 2010 "Indian Linguistics and Pāṇini", Braj and Yamuna Kachru
Urbana, Illinois Distinguished Lecture in the Linguistics Science, University of
Illinois, Urbana

September 2011 "Vedicizing a Post-Vedic Text: The Case of the Gaṇeśa-

Bucharest, Romania Atharvaśīrṣa-Upaniṣad," presented at the 5th International Vedic
Workshop, Sept 2011, Bucharest, Romania.

September 2012 “Changing Face of the Śaunakīya Atharvaveda” presented at

Bucharest, Romania International Vedic Workshop, Bucharest, Romania.

December 2012 “Nīlakaṇṭha Shastri Thatte: A Sanskrit Grammarian in

Pune, India Dharmaśāstric Disputes,” presented at the Bhandarkar Oriental
Research Institute, Pune, India.

May 19, 2013 “Origin and Development of Sanskrit and its current relevance,”
Newark, NJ Ananda Bhaskar Foundation Lecture, Marathi Vishva Hall, NJ.

May 31, 2013 “From Bhaṭṭoji to Nāgeśa: Transformations within the Lineage,”
Oxford, UK May 31, 2013. At a conference on “Discipline, Sect, Lineage and
Community: Scholar Intellectuals in India, c. 1500-1800,” St.
Antony’s College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.

June 4, 2013 “Past and Future of Sanskrit Studies,” The School of Oriental and
London, UK African Studies, University of London, London, UK.
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June 14, 2013 “Sanskrit Language: A Historical and Linguistic Approach,” at the
Pune, India Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, organized by the Pāṇini
Foundation.

June 19, 2013 “The Vedic Context of Pāṇini’s Grammar,” at Deccan College
Pune, India

June 22, 2013 “Language Teaching in the USA and the Status of Marathi among
Pune, India Indian Immigrants,” organized by Marathi Language Association,
Fergusson College, Pune.

June 25, 2013 “Modern Approaches to the Study of Sanskrit,” at the Center for
Mumbai, India Indian Language Technology, Indian Institute of Technology,
Mumbai

June 21, 2014 Marathi Bhasha Abhyas Parishad [Marathi Language Study
Pune, India Association], Pune, on “Marathi as a re-Sanskritized Prakrit
Language.”

June 24, 2014 Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, on “Guru-Śiṣya Relations in

Pune, India the Bhaṭṭoji Lineage: Respect, Disagreements, and Disownment.”

June 27, 2014 Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, Professor K. V.

Pune, India Abhyankar Memorial Lecture, on “Ritual Disputes between
Yajurvedins and Ṛgvedins in the 19th Century Maharashtra.”

June 28, 2014 Deccan College, Pune, on “Mīmāṃsā on the Linguistic Usage of
Pune, India the Mlecchas as an aid to Vedic Interpretation.”

October 14, 2014 French Institute, Pondichery, India, Conference on Sanskrit

Pondichery, India Grammarians in the Seventeenth Century A.D., paper presented on
“Between the Gurus - Bhaṭṭoji's Transition from Śeṣakṛṣṇa to
Appayya Dīkṣita.”

March 6, 2015 Department of History, University of Pune, Shri Narasimha

Pune, India Chintaman Kelkar Memorial Lectures, two lectures on “Ideas of
Aryan Migration and Responses from the 19th Century
Maharashtra.”

March 9, 2015 Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, Professor P. V.

Pune, India Bapat Memorial Lecture, on “The Evolution of the Notion of
Prāmāṇya in the Pāṇinian Tradition.”

March 11, 2015 Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, Conference Keynote

Pune, India Address, on “The Study of the Veda Śākhās as Social
Communities.”
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March 13, 2015 Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Pune,
Pune, India on “Milindapañha-Aṭṭhakathā of Burmese Thaton Mingun
Sayadaw alias U Nārada Mahāthera.”

December 5-7, 2016 “Re-viewing the Tradition: Language, Grammar and History,”
Paris, France Conference: Enjeux de la philology indienne / Issues in Indian
Philology, Collège de France.

January 20, 2018 “Sanskrit Studies in the USA,” at Anandashrama and Pāṇini
Pune, India Pratishthan, inaugural speech at the opening of a session in
memory of Late Vaman Shastri Bhagavat

January 24, 2018 “Reviewing the Sanskrit Grammatical Tradition,” Keynote address
Pune, India at the International Seminar in memory of Late Vaman Shastri
Bhagavat, held at the Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapith

January 30, 2018 “Vedic Origins of Grammatical Thought in Ancient India,”

Pune, India Devadhar Memorial Lecture at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research
Institute.

February 1, 2018 “The Spectrum of Vernacular Sanskrit,” at the Deccan College,

Pune, India Department of Linguistics.

February 2, 2018 “Aryan Origins: Conceptions from the 19th Century Maharashtra,”
Pune, India at the Deccan College, Department of Linguistics.

February 7, 2018 “The Changing Face of the Śaunakīya Atharvaveda: Orality,

Kolkata, India Manuscripts and Diversity,” at the School of Vedic Studies,
Rabindra Bharati University.

February 7, 2018 “Conducting Research in Sanskrit, and Sanskrit Studies in USA,”

Kolkata, India at theDepartment of Sanskrit Studies, Ramakrishna Mission
Vivekananda University, Belur Math.

May 29, 2018 “Incorporation of Religious Motives in the Tradition of Sanskrit

Cambridge, UK Grammar,” Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University,
Cambridge, UK.

May 30, 2018 Reading Sanskrit Poem Sītā-Rāvaṇa-Saṃvāda-Pañcāśikā, Sanskrit

London, UK Reading Room, School of Oriental and African Studies, University
of London, London, UK

May 31, 2018 “Awareness of the Context of the Mahābhārata in the Gītābhāṣya
Oxford, UK of Śaṅkara,” Distinguished Ford Lecture, Oxford Centre for Hindu
Studies, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.

May 31, 2018 “Reviewing the Spectrum of Vernacular Sanskrit,” School of

London, UK Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, UK.
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October 16, 2018 “The How and Why of Sanskrit Poetry: Musings through Sanskrit
Stanford, CA Poetics,” Comparative Literature Program, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA

October 26, 2018 “The Significance of the Mahābhārata Narrative in the Gītābhāṣya
Berkeley, CA of Śaṅkara,” Department of South Asian Studies, University of
California, Berkeley, CA

November 29, 2018 “My Introduction to Sanskrit Poetry,” at Leiden University.

Leiden, Netherlands

November 30, 2018 26th Gonda Lecture: “From Pāṇini to Patañjali and beyond:
Amsterdam, Netherlands Development of religious motifs in Sanskrit grammar.”

May 19, 2019 Chief Guest, Vārṣika Utsava, Annual Day, Samskrita Bharati,
San Ramon, CA Tri-Valley Kendram

June 4, 2019 Presentation of Krishna Verses at the Kavigoṣṭhī in the Shrikrishna

Udipi, Karnataka Temple, Udipi, Karnataka, India

April 25, 2020 Inaugural Speech and Poetry Reading, Kavi Sangama, Kavi
Ramtek, Nagpur, Kulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, India
Maharashtra

May 15, 2020 Arjunālā Gītā kitī Umagalī? [Arjuna’s comprehension of the
Bhagavadgītā], FaceBook Live Lecture, arranged by Samvidya
Samskritic Adhyayan Samstha [Samvidya Institute of Cultural
Studies], Pune, India.
[https://www.facebook.com/sicspune/videos/638192016732928/]