Cristina Pecchia
Cristina Pecchia is a philologist working primarily with texts in Sanskrit. She specializes in the Buddhist epistemological tradition, the cultural and intellectual history of Ayurveda, and theoretical aspects of the philological method applied to Sanskrit texts.
Currently, she is the principal investigator of the FWF (Austrian Science Funds) project ‘Ayurveda and Philology: Gangadhar Ray Kaviraj and His Legacy’ and the recipient of a Translation Grant from The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies. She has led two FWF projects on the Four Truths in Indian Buddhist epistemology (2013-16 and 2018-22). Prior to this she participated in three FWF projects on Ayurveda and philosophy. Her research has been also supported by the Jan Gonda Foundation, Leiden University, and the Italian Ministry for Education and Research. She teaches courses on Indian Buddhist philosophy and aspects of South Asian intellectual history at the University of Vienna.
Address: ISTB (Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies)
University of Vienna
Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna
AUSTRIA (Europe)
Currently, she is the principal investigator of the FWF (Austrian Science Funds) project ‘Ayurveda and Philology: Gangadhar Ray Kaviraj and His Legacy’ and the recipient of a Translation Grant from The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies. She has led two FWF projects on the Four Truths in Indian Buddhist epistemology (2013-16 and 2018-22). Prior to this she participated in three FWF projects on Ayurveda and philosophy. Her research has been also supported by the Jan Gonda Foundation, Leiden University, and the Italian Ministry for Education and Research. She teaches courses on Indian Buddhist philosophy and aspects of South Asian intellectual history at the University of Vienna.
Address: ISTB (Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies)
University of Vienna
Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna
AUSTRIA (Europe)
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skills. These skills are not seen in isolation from ethical values, which are sometimes specific to Ayurveda and motivated by its primary aims of maintaining and restoring health. The paternalistic model that characterizes the relationship between the ayurvedic doctor and the patient seems to be, in fact, quite nuanced, especially in consideration of a doctor’s caring attitude to address patients as agents of their own health.
here, taking into consideration a contaminated manuscript tradition in
which copies were produced by using more than one exemplar. The treatment
of these types of witnesses will be elucidated by discussing the
“transmission-specific utility” of their textual evidence. An analysis of
some manuscripts that represent the categories discussed will then be
presented. The manuscripts analyzed are witnesses for the eighth chapter
of the Vimānasthāna, the third section of the Carakasaṃhitā, for
which a critical edition is under preparation
skills. These skills are not seen in isolation from ethical values, which are sometimes specific to Ayurveda and motivated by its primary aims of maintaining and restoring health. The paternalistic model that characterizes the relationship between the ayurvedic doctor and the patient seems to be, in fact, quite nuanced, especially in consideration of a doctor’s caring attitude to address patients as agents of their own health.
here, taking into consideration a contaminated manuscript tradition in
which copies were produced by using more than one exemplar. The treatment
of these types of witnesses will be elucidated by discussing the
“transmission-specific utility” of their textual evidence. An analysis of
some manuscripts that represent the categories discussed will then be
presented. The manuscripts analyzed are witnesses for the eighth chapter
of the Vimānasthāna, the third section of the Carakasaṃhitā, for
which a critical edition is under preparation
~ / https://www.zukunftsphilologie.de/home.html
26th European Conference on South Asian Studies
Vienna, Austria 26 – 29 July 2021
The panel "On the transmission of the Sanskritic culture in the colonial period: Philology and print in South Asia" aims to explore the transmission of texts of the Sanskritic culture in colonial South Asia by looking, in particular, at the publishers’ entrepreneurship and the philological activity (namely editorial and interpretative practices) concerning Sanskrit texts.
Convenor: Cristina Pecchia
Long Abstract
Sanskrit literature preserved in manuscript (and oral) form was first printed in South Asia during the colonial period, when print technology was massively adopted in South Asia. The reproduction of Sanskrit works in print was the result of printer-publishers’ entrepreneurship and of an intense philological activity, based on editorial and interpretative practices. The contours of both dimensions, namely publishing production and philology, are still quite nebulous. Valuable information can be gathered through an investigation of printed books, catalogues, library registers etc., and a comparison between the texts or textual corpora in manuscripts and printed books. The papers of the panel “On the transmission of the Sanskritic culture in the colonial period: Philology and print in South Asia” will look at interpretative and editorial practices applied to Sanskrit texts, and explore publishing projects of printer-publishers. Furthermore, they will reflect on the impact and consequences that philological practices and publishers’ entrepreneurship exerted on the transmission and diffusion of Sanskrit literature and, through it, of indigenous knowledge systems such as (but not limited to) philosophy, Yoga, or Ayurveda. Crossing disciplinary boundaries is a necessity as well as a challenge in this kind of investigation, since we need to explore how the Sanskritic culture extends into the colonial period. Also, we need to consider aspects of the social and cultural history of manuscripts and printed books, and their complex interplay in 19th and 20th century South Asia.
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ikga/events/event-detail/lecture-series-method-and-region
To celebrate its 30th anniversary the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA) is hosting a series of lectures on the topic ‘Method and Region’. Contributing scholars will reflect on the relationship between method, comprising the entire apparatus that enables us to conduct scholarly studies, including non-European theories and concepts, and region, standing for what is contextually specific, such as language, history or thought. The aim of the initiative is to foster intellectual exchange and promote cross-fertilization on a topic relevant to the fields represented at the IKGA—Buddhist Studies, Indology, Japanology, Sinology, and Tibetan Studies – as well as to neighbouring disciplines.