Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Sanskrit , University of Mumbai
Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Shanakaracharya’s resistance to ritualism’ in the two day multilingual National seminar on ‘Adab and Ehtejaj’ (Literature and Resistance) organized on 7th and 8th February 2023 by Department of Urdu, University of Mumbai.
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Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Exploring Gokarṇa Purāṇa- a sthalapurāṇa of Gokarṇa Mahābaleśvara‘ in World Sanskrit conference 2023. This paper was presented in in the Puranans section which was chaired by McComas Taylor (Associate Professor, Reader in Sanskrit College of Asia and Pacific, Australian National University). She participated in panel discussion.
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Dr. Shakuntala Gawde was invited as a chief guest for Sanskrit Din 2022 at Sanskrit Department of Ramanarain Ruia College. She delivered a lecture on ‘Dimensions of Sanskrit Research’. Meritorious students were felicitated and students presented drama ‘Aranyakam‘.
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Dr. Shakuntala Gawde delivered a lecture on Kathopanishad on 24th January, 2023 in the 34th Gyanayajna organized by K. J. Somaiya Trust and Somaiya Sanskriti Vihar
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Dr. Shakuntala Gawde engaged lecture on Puranic Mythology- Exploring New Dimensions in Yuvaspanda– an initiative by Public Relations Cell, Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Nagpur on 26th February, 2022. Explaining definitions, classifications, and features of Puran, Dr. Gawde said that the main source of Puranas is the maukhik tradition. Supernatural elements, divine beings, and miracles are […]
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Dr. Shakuntala Gawde was honoured as ‘Sarsasvati of modern Era’ in Navadurga Series by Leading Marathi Newspaper Tarun Bharat for her contribution to Sanskrit language and literature. Articles about her was published on 7th October 2021 taking review of her research and scholarship in Sanskrit. Article can be read on following link- click to read […]
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Dr. Shakuntala Gawde received Academisthan Teacher Award 2021 (Young Teacher’s Award category of Humanities) in the virtual presence of Prof D.P. Singh, Chairman, UGC and Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, MP, Rajya Sabha (patron of the event) and Prof T.V. Kattimani, Vice Chancellor, Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh (chairperson of a jury panel). She received this […]
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Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented on the philosophical contribution of Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji’s Philosophy in the National webinar organized on the occasion of Centenary Birth Anniversary of Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji by Renaissance Universal (RU). She propounded that Ānandamurti was a seer of modern India who had the vision of holistic development of human being. Therefore, his […]
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Dr. Shakuntala Gawde has contributed to the book Sanskrit, People’s Linguistic Survey of India, volume 36 edited by Ganesh N. Devy and Avadhesh K. Singh. She has authored four articles namely ‘Sanskrit: A brief overview’, ‘Origin of the Sanskrit Language’, ‘Sanskrit teaching Institutions in India’ and ‘Sanskrit Teaching Institutions outside India’. These articles are published […]
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Dr. Shakuntala Gawde explains Bharat’s Rasa siddhanta in this video. Natyashastra is an ancient text in Sanskrit composed by Bharat Muni around 2nd century BCE. Bharat for the very first time used the term Rasa in the sense of Aesthetic pleasure. Natyashastra is the source book for drama, dance, music and acting. Bharat gives formula […]
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