The Treasures of Sanskrit | Jim Mallinson and Oscar Pujol in conversation with Swati Chopra

The Treasures of Sanskrit | Jim Mallinson and Oscar Pujol in conversation with Swati Chopra | Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Series Jaipur Literature Festival 2024 Oscar Pujol received his doctorate in Sanskrit from Banaras Hindu University and has had a life-long engagement with India. James Mallinson is the Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford and an authority on medieval Hatha Yoga practices. In conversation with Swati Chopra, they discuss their fascination with and commitment to the Sanskrit language and the treasures of wisdom and knowledge that it contains. James (Jim) Mallinson is the Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford. The primary focus of his research is the history of yoga, on which he has published extensively, including the anthology Roots of Yoga. Jim has spent many years living with sadhus in India, and at the 2013 Kumbh Mela, was made a Mahant of the Ramanandi Sampradaya. Oscar Pujol has published several books and translations from Sanskrit, among them The Wisdom of the Forest: Translations from the Upaniṣads; Hymn to the Earth from the Atharvaveda; The Bhagavadgītā; The Yogasūtra of Patañjali; Rasa: Aesthetic Pleasure in Indian Aesthetic; and two monographs - one on Śaṃkara and another on Patañjali. He has also published the Sanskrit-Catalan Dictionary and the Sanskrit-Spanish Dictionary. He played a key role in establishing Casa Asia (Barcelona) as the Director of Educational Programmes, introducing the teaching of Asian languages, promoting the creation of Asian degrees at Spanish Universities, and fostering Indo-Spanish relations. In 2007, he founded the Instituto Cervantes of New Delhi. He has also directed the Instituto Cervantes of Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, and Fez. Currently, he serves again as the Director of the Instituto Cervantes of New Delhi. Swati Chopra has worked for more than two decades in journalism, media and publishing. She is at present Associate Publisher, Nonfiction, at HarperCollins India. Prior to publishing, she worked as a journalist and has written five books, including Dharamsala Diaries and Women Awakened. Follow us on – Website - Facebook - YouTube - Instagram - Twitter - Buy Books From Amazon - #GalaxyTabsxJaipurLitFest #JaipurLiteratureFestival2024 #sanskrit #JaipurLitFest #LiteratureFestival