Projects

Editing and Publishing the Manuscripts of Kāvyadarpaṇa of Rājacūḍāmaṇidīkṣita
Project description : Kāvyadarpaṇa of Rājacūḍāmaṇidīkṣita is a Sanskrit rhetorical text that explains in detail the concept of merits, demerits and consistency of poetry. By

Heritage matters. A geography of production and power in the field of subaltern cultural industry : the craft terracotta pottery in South India
Project description : From a case study in Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu (South India), this project aims at analyzing the craft production of terracotta pottery.

Coastal Transformations and Fisher wellbeing. Synthetized perspectives from India and Europe
Project Description : This research project examines how government policies with regard to coastal development have transformed the physical, ecological and social character of coastal
Critical edition of Sivopanishad
Objectives Śivopaniṣad, consisting of approximately 700 verses and spread out in seven chapters, deals with Siva-temple construction, some important festivals such as the Car festival,
Critical edition of the Karanagama
Objectives The KARANAGAMA, a voluminous text belonging to the Saivasiddhanta Agama corpus, is an authoritative canonical text, of which IFP possesses many manuscripts in its
Critical edition of the Amsumadagama
Objectives The Amsumadagama is one of the hitherto unedited canonical texts of the Saivasiddhanta system. Consisting of many chapters on various rites – both private