1887 - 1971

&

present

VedaSamvada

A unique eight day National Conference on Vedic Literature.

July 21 to 28, 2013

Bharatiya Vidya BhavanBengaluru

All are cordially invited

# 43, Race Course Road, Bengaluru 560 001 Phone: 080 - 22267303 / 22265746, Fax: 080 - 2228 7373

Email: contractus@bhavankarnataka.comInternet: www.bhavankarnataka.com

BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN

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Added attractions :• Felicitation to Scholars.• Open House Discussions.• Film Shows on Vedas.• Exhibition of Manuscripts, Books, CDs/DVDs on Vedic Literature.

Added attractions :• Felicitation to Scholars.• Open House Discussions.• Film Shows on Vedas.• Exhibition of Manuscripts, Books, CDs/DVDs on Vedic Literature.

Venue: Multi-vision Theatre, ISKCONHare Krishna Hill, Chord Road, Bengaluru - 560 010

Entry

FREE

Veda SamvadaVedas are not only the fountainhead of Indian culture but also the

most ancient and cherished heritage of the world. In them we find a synthesis of reason and devotion, freedom and responsibility, art and science, nature and culture. The highest aspects of human values are enshrined in the Vedas. Thus the Vedic literature is the cherished treasure of everybody, transcending the barriers of gender, class, race and nationality. Therefore, it is the primary duty and national pride to pursue and perpetuate this glorious tradition.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) has been working in the light of this sublime vision, its hundreds of publications dealing with Vedic literature along with the manifold programmes standing as a testimony to its commitment to the Vedic lore. In continuation of this legacy, the Bengaluru Kendra, as a part of Bhavan’s Platinum Jubilee, is presenting a meaningful weeklong interface with the Vedas so that the lay and the learned, and the young and old enthusiasts of the Vedas share their thoughts and enrich themselves.

In association with ISKCON this centre is organizing a weeklong VEDA – SAMVĀDA (July 21 to 28, 2013) at ISKCON Auditorium to enlighten younger generation to make use of the Ancient Wisdom in Vedic texts in everyday life. The focus is on aspects of Rg Veda, .Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda.

His Excellency Dr. H.R.Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka, will inaugurate this unique programme on July 21 at 11am at ISKCON Auditorium. Eminent scholars across India are expected to participate in different sessions which include Veda chanting, demonstration of Veda, rendition of Vedic texts with meaning, apart from music and dance recitals based on Vedic texts. Felicitation to Scholars, Open House Discussions, Film Shows on Vedas and Exhibition of Manuscripts, Books, CDs/DVDs on Vedic Literature will be a special attraction.

Since its inception in 1938,

Calendar of EventsJuly 2013, 21, Sunday, Session-1 Inauguration

Session - 2 Veda - An Overview

July 22, 2013, Session-3 Veda : Preservation & PropagationMonday,

Session-4 Veda and Darśana

11.00 a.m.

Vedic Prayer

Inauguration by

Lighting the Lamp His Excellency

Dr.

H.R.

Bhardwaj,

Governor of Karnataka

11.15 a.m.

Welcome

Sri.

N.

Ramanuja,

Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru

11.20 a.m. About the Veda Samvāda

Shatavadhani Dr.R. Ganesh, Director, K.M. Munshi Institute of Performing Arts, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Bengaluru

11.30 a.m. Keynote Address Prof. V. Kannan, Ex Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

11.45 a.m. Address by Guests of Honour

Sri. H.S.Upendra Kamath, Chairman and Managing Director, Vijaya Bank

Sri Madhu Pandit DasaPresident, ISKCON, Bengaluru

12.00 noon

Inaugural

Address

H.E.

Dr.

H.R.

Bhardwaj,

Governor of

Karnataka

Master of Ceremony

Sri. K.G.

Raghavan,

Honorary Secretary, BVB, Bengaluru

Veda Brahma Sri. Bennegadde Narayana Bhatta Ganapathi and associates

2.00 - 2.30p.m.

Vedārtha Saṅgraha of

Śrī Rāmānuja Sri. A.N. Narasimhan, Bengaluru

2.30 - 3.00 p.m.

Advaita Darśana and

Veda Prāmāṇya

Dr. Ganesh Ishvar Bhat, Sringeri

3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Dvaita View of Veda-s Dr. A.V. Nagasampige, Bengaluru

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Vaidika Yajña-s Sri. Keshava Avadhani, Mathoor

4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Garbhādhāna Saṁskāra Vid. Shripad M.S., Kumta 5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Vedic Recitation Magadi Karanikara Pathashala, Bengaluru 5.30 - 6.30 p.m.

Guest Lecture - 2What Veda Means to Me

Dr. R.L. Kashyap, Director, SAKS I, HBengaluru

6.30 - 7.30 p.m. Screening of Documentary ‘Veda Nāda’of Avadhoota Datta Peetha, Mysore

A day in Gurukula

-

Om Shanti Dhama, Mekedatu

Direction : Dr. Jayanthi Manohar and Sri B.S. Manohar, Bengaluru

Presented by - Sri Satyavrata

9.00 - 9.30 a.m

Vedic

Recitation

Veda Vijnana Gurukula, Channenahalli

9.30 - 10.00 a.m Utility of Veda-s for Today’s Life

Prof. Krishnamurthy Sastri,

Kanchi Kamakoti Matham, Chennai

10.00 - 11.00 am Contribution of Vedic Tradition to the Development of the Science of Language

Prof. V.N. Jha, Ex-Director, CASS, Pune

11.00 -11.30 a.m. Vikṛ ti-pāṭha Vid. Ghanapāṭhī Krishna Bhat, Haridwar 12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Sāmaveda Paricaya Dr. Murali Krishna Shrauti, Chennai 12.30 -

1.00 p.m.

Sāmaveda

Teaching

&

Kannada Translation

Sri. Kadaba L. Ramaswamy,

Bengaluru

Time

Subject

Speaker

2.00 - 2.30 p.m.

Concept

of

Religious

Tolerance in

the Veda-s

Prof. Nabanarayan

Bandyopadhyay,

Director, School of Vedic Studies,

Rabindra Bharathi University, Kolkata

2.30 - 3.30 p.m. Veda Vaibhava and Vedāṅga-s Prof. V. Kannan, Ex Pro-VC, Univ. of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Environmental Focus of the Veda-s

Prof. S. Kannan, Chennai

4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Veda-s for All Sri. Sudhakara Sharma,Vedadhyayi, Bengaluru 5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Krama Pāṭha Tradition in

Kanchipuram Prof. P.V Satakopa Tatacharya, Associate Professor, SSSU, Thrissur

5.30 -

6.00 p.m.

Rev. Prof. J.Chellappa Packiaraj, Visiting Faculty,

Dept. of Religion & Culture, United Theological College, Bangalore

6.00 - 6.30 p.m.

Vedic Recitation

6.30 - 7.30 p.m. Vaidika Bhajana Sri. Sudhakara Sharma,Vedadhyayi, Bengaluru

Guest Lecture -1What Veda Means to Me

Vedic Scholars

July 23, 2013, Tuesday, Session - 5 Vedāṅga -s

Session - 6 Veda and Saṁskāra

July 24, 2013, Wednesday, Session-7 Veda : Rite and Recitation

Session-8 Veda : Interpretation

9.00 - 11.00 a.m

Chanting

of

Ṛg Veda, Yajur Veda and

Sāma Veda.

Demonstration of

Mudrā-s

Vedic Scholars

from

Kerala

• Sri. Parameswaran Namboothiri

• Sri. VK.M. asudevan Namboothiri

• Sri. Subramanian Namboothiri

• Sri. Sailesh Deshpande Namboothiri • Dr. C.M. Neelakandhan

11.00 - 11.30 a.m Vedāṅga Vyākaraṇa Sri. Ghanapathi Vamshi Krishna, Mysore

11.30 - 12.00 noon Vedāṅga Kalpa Sri. Ashwatthanarayana Avadhani Mathoor

12.00 - 12.30 p.m Ethics and Values in the Veda-s

Prof. V.Vasudevan, SSSU, Tiruvananthapuram

12.30 - 1.00

p.m.

Veda-s through the Creative Eyes of Poets

Dr. R. Shankar, Research Scholar, NIAS, Bengaluru

2.00 - 2.30

p.m.

Vedic

Symbolism

Prof.

K.S.

Kannan, Director,

Karnataka BengaluruSamskrit University,

2.30 - 3.00

p.m.

Symbolism of

Yajña and Devatā -

Vision of Sri Aurobindo

Dr. Jayanthi

Manohar,

Bengaluru

3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Veda- Bhāṣya of Sāyaṇa Prof. S.T. Nagaraj, Somapura

3.30 - 4. 00 p.m. Veda-Bhāṣya of Dayānanda Sri. V.V. Venkatesh, Bengaluru

4.00 - 4. 30 p.m. Traditional Interpretation of Veda-s

Dr. Sudip Haldar

5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Vedic Recitation : Sāmagāna Sri. Kadaba L. Ramaswamy 5.30 - 6.00 p.m. The Bird and the Word -

Vedic Legends of Garuḍa and Gāyatrī

Sri. Naresh Keerthi, Research Scholar, NIAS, Bengaluru

6.00

- 6 .45

p.m.

Guest

Lecture - 3

What Veda Means to MeJustice

M.N.

Venkatachalaiah,

Former Chief Justice of India

6.45 - 7.30 p.m

Nāṭya Veda -

Lecture

DemonstrationSmt. Padmaja Suresh,

Bengaluru

9.30 - 10.00 a.m

Dharmaśāstra

- A Vedic Upāṅga

Vid. Guruprasada,

Mysore

10.00 - 10.30 a.m. Nirukta in KṛṣṇaYajurVeda Vid. N.S. Suresh, Mysore

10.30 - 11.00 a.m Ārṣeya Method of Learning Veda-s

Dr. P. Ramanujan, Associate Director (IHLC), C-DAC, Bengaluru

11.00 - 11.30 a.m Vedāṅga Śikṣā Vid. Ghanapāṭhī Krishna Bhat, Haridwar 11.30 - 12.00 noon Vedāṅga Jyautiṣa Dr. S. Balachandra Rao, Hon. Director,

Gandhi Centre, BVB, Bengaluru

12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Vedic Grammatical Tradition Prof. Korada Subrahmanyam, CALTS, University Hyderabad of

12.30 - 1.00

p.m.

Origin

of

Stars

&

Planets in

the Vedic Perspective Dr.

Shyam Dev Mishra,

Asst. Prof. MSP, New Delhi RSKS,

9.00 - 9.30 a.m

Vedic

Recitation

Vid.

Ghanapāṭhī Krishna Bhat and

Smt. Shalini Krishna Bhat, Haridwar

2.00 - 2.30 p.m.

Double Accent of Some Vedic Words

Prof. Vinaya Kshirasagar, Deccan College, Pune

2.30 - 3.00 p.m. Vaidika Ṣoḍaśa Saṁskāra -s Sri. S.N. Vijayaraghavachar, Bengaluru

3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Agnihotra Paricaya Vid. Venkatesha Avadhani, Mattoor

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. AtharvaVedic Omens and Portents

Ms. Ishita Chakraborty, RBU, Kolkata

4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Śrutisūktimālā and Śikhariṇīmālā

Dr T. Ganesan, FIP, Pondicherry

5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Vedic Recitation Maitreyi Gurukula, Moorkaje, Vitla, Puttur 5.30

- 6.00

p.m.

Contribution of Samsthana to Vedic & Sanskrit Learning

Prof. Radhavallabha TripathiVice-Chancellor, Rastreeya Samskrita Samsthana, New Delhi

6.30 p.m.

Screening

of

Documentary

‘Oral Tradition of Veda-s’Direction

: Sri. R. Bharathadri,

Supported by Ministry of Culture, Govt.of India.

6.00

- 6 .30

p.m.

Guest

Lecture - 3

What Veda Means to MeProf. Girish B. Jani, Additional Director,

Bhavan’s Mungalal Goenka Inst. of PG Studies & Research, Mumbai

July 25, 2013 Thursday, Session-9 Veda and Literature

Session-10 Veda : A Kaleidoscopic View

July 26, 2013, Friday, Session-11 Veda and Other Disciplines - 1

Session-12 Veda and Other Disciplines - 2

9.00 - 9.30 a.m

Vedic

Recitation

9.30 - 10.00 a.m

Kṛṣṇa Yajur Veda Bhāṣya

Sri Dayanathan, Tirupati

10.00 - 10.30 am Vedāṅga Nirukta Prof. R. Devanathan,Vice-chancellor, Jaipur JRRSU,

10.30 - 11.00 a.m Veda-Prāmāṇyam Prof. K.E. Devanathan, Tirupati

11.00 - 11.30 a.m Veda and Yoga Dr. Ramachandra Bhat Kotemane, Bengaluru

11.30 - 12.00 noon Veda and Mathematics Prof. N. Kannan, SASTRA University, Thanjavur

12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Vedic Cosmology Dr. Y.S. Gayathri, Bengaluru 12.30

- 1.00 p.m.

Vedic Botany

and

Ecology

Dr.

S.

Sundararajan,

Bengaluru

01.00

- 1.30

p.m.

Navigational

Science

in

the

Veda-sDr.

M.K.

Sridhar,

Bengaluru

Vedic Scholars

2.00 - 2.30

p.m.

Vedic

Commerce

Dr.

G.N.

Bhat,

Mangalore

2.30 - 3.00

p.m.

Vedic

Economics

Dr.

N.S. Viswanath,

Dean, MPBIM, Bengaluru

3.00 - 3.30

p.m.

Veda

and

Āyurveda

Research

Prof.

M.A.Lakshmitatachar, Bengaluru

3.30 - 4.00

p.m.

Concept of Public Health in Atharva Veda

Dr. JSRA Prasad, Dept. of Sanskrit, Univ.of Hyderabad

4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Jātakarma in Modern Context

Dr. Srikant K.Y. and Dr. JSRA Prasad, Dept. of Sanskrit, Univ.of Hyderabad

5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Vedic Recitation Prof. M.N. Chandrasekhar, Bengaluru

5.30 - 6 .30 p.m. Guest Lecture - 4 What Veda Means to Me

Justice Dr. M. Rama Jois, MP, Former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana, Former Governor of Bihar & Jharkhand

6.30 - 7.00 p.m.

Accenting System of Veda-s and its Significance

Sri T.M. Narendran, Mysore

7.00 - 7.30 p.m.

Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan - An Introduction

Prof. Roop Kishore Shastri, Secretary, MSRVVP, Ujjain

10.00 - 10.30 am Veda Saṁrakṣaṇam Prof. Mani Dravid, Madras Sanskrit Chennai College,

10.30 - 11.00 a.m Śukla YajurVeda Paricaya Shri Vijayaraghava Sastrigal, Ex-Madras Sanskrit College, Chennai

11.00 -11.30 a.m. Nālāyira Divya Prabandham

Sri. H.R. Sridhar and Dr. P. Ramanujan, Bengaluru

11.30 - 12.00 noon Vacana Sāhitya Dr. Sriram Bhat, Bengaluru 12.00

- 12.30

p.m.

Dāsara

Padagaḷu

Kum.

Shwetha

Nandini,

Vitla, Puttur

12.30 - 1.00 p.m. DVG’s Mankutimmana Kagga Sri. Bhrugu Devaratha, Bengaluru

9.00 - 9.30 a.m

Vedic Recitation

Veda Gurukula Mahavidyalaya,

Om Shanti Dhama, Mekedatu

9.30 - 10.00 a.m

Vedāṅga

Chandas

Prof. Sadasiva Murti Rani, Associate Professor, RSVP, Tirupati

2.00 - 2.30

p.m.

Veda-s

and

Bhāgavata

Prof.

Bhaskarnath

Bhattacharyya,

Associate Professor, RBU, Kolkata

2.30 - 3.00

p.m.

Soma in Sāma Veda

Dr. V. Venkataraman Bhat, K.V., Hassan

3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Crime and Punishment : The Vedic Background

Dr. Shanta ShaivaliniJain College, Bengaluru

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Astronomical Concepts in Vedic Practices

Dr. R. Narayana IyengarJain University, Bengaluru

4.00 - 4.30 p.m. Comparison of Veda Bhāṣya-s Dr. Sowrirajan, Srirangam 5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Vedic Recitation Vid. Manjunatha Shrauti, Mysore 5.30 - 6.00 p.m Vedārtha- Nirṇāyaka-

Brahma-Sūtrāṇi

Vid. Vijayasimha, Bengaluru

6.00 - 6.30

p.m.

Veda as I see it

Padma Shri Dr. Satyavrat Shastri Jananpith Awardee, Scholar, Academician & Poet, New Delhi

6.30 - 7.30

p.m.

Screening

of

Documentary

‘Hosa Beḷaku’Sri. Sudhakara Sharma, Vedadhyayi

Bengaluru

July 27, 2013, Saturday, Session-13 Vedic Institutions

2.00 p.m. : Session-14 Veda : Art & Ontology

Session-16 Veda : Manuscripts / Institutions

9.00 - 9.30 a.m

Vedic

Recitation

Vidyaranya Vidyapeetha Trust

9.30 - 10.00 a.m

A Schema for the Vedic Corpus

Prof. Narasinga Rao, PESIT, Bengaluru

10.00 - 10.30 am

Vedic Manuscripts:

Electronic Descriptive Catalogue

Dr. M.A. Alwar, Mysore

10.30 - 11.00 a.m Launching Veda-s Online

Prof. S.R. Rangarajan, Microsoft Research, Bengaluru

11.00 - 12.00 noon Publications of Vedic Literature

Arya Samaj, VV Puram, Veda Bhashya Prakashana, Jyothi Publications, SAKSHI Maitree Sampratishthana

12.00 - 12.30

p.m.

Vyasa of Veda - Where & When?

Sri. D.K. Hari and Smt. Hema Hari,

Bharath Gyan, Chennai

12.30 - 1.00 p.m. On-line Teaching of Veda-s Dr. P. Ramanujan, C-DAC, Bengaluru

2.00 - 2.30

p.m.

Veda

and

Art

Prof.

K.S.

Kannan,

Director, Karnataka

Samskrit University, Bengaluru 2.30

- 3.00

p.m.

Veda

and Purāṇa

Dr. Sheeba, Deputy Director,

Chinmaya International Foundation, Kochi

3.00 - 3. 30 p.m. Myths and their variations in Maitrāyaṇī Saṁhitā

Dr. Nirmala Kulkarni, Pune

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Sacrifice and Kingship Dr. Madhavi Narsalay, Mumbai

4.00 - 4.45 p.m. Guest Lecture - 5 What Veda Means to Me

Prof. Yejazuddin, Noted Scholar, Bengaluru

5.15 - 5.45 p.m. Vedic Recitation Kanchi Kamakoti Sanskrit Pathashala, Bengaluru

5.45 - 6.15 p.m. Vedic Ontology Dr. Kavi Mahesh, Director, KAnOE, PESIT, Bengaluru

6.15 - 7.00 p.m.

Guest Lecture - 6 What Veda

Means to Me

Dr. Chiranjeev Singh, IAS(Retd.)

7.00 - 7.30 p.m. Jñāna Sattra Sri. Sudhakara Sharma, Vedadhyayi, Bengaluru

Former Ambassador of India to UNESCO

p.12.30 - 1.00 m.

Veda and Music Vidushi Dr.V.B. Arathi, Bengaluru

11.00 - 11.30 a.m. Vaidika Samshodhana Mandala Smt. Bhagyashree Bhagavat, Pune 11.30 - 12.00 noon Vishweswarananda Vedic and

Indological Research Institute

Prof. B.B. Choubey, Hoshiarpur

12.00 - 12.30 p.m. Overview of Vedic Institutions across the Country

Dr. P. Ramanujan, C-DAC, Bengaluru

9.00 - 9.30 a.m

Vedic

Recitation

Jyothi Pathashala, Bengaluru

9.30 - 10.00 a.m

Description of Birds in Maitrāyaṇī Saṁhitā

Sri. Saee Bandiwadekar, Pune

10.00 - 10.30 am Force, Friction and Heat with regard to Marut-s and Agni in ṚgVeda

Dr. Soma Basu, School of Vedic Studies

Rabindra Bharathi University, Kolkata

10.30 - 11.00 a.m Mekhalā - Its Vedic Background Vid. Narasimha Badagu, Mysore

July 28, 2013, Sunday, Session-15 Veda & Technology

2.00 - 2.30

p.m. Vedic Manuscripts in MPL Sastry

Indological Library, Bengaluru

Sri. Gagan Mandayam

2.30 - 3.00 p.m

Śrauta Manuscripts in Kerala

Dr. N.V. Ramachandran, Palghat

3.00 - 3.30

p.m.

Vedic Methodology for Logic

Sri. R. Narayanan, Cognizant Technologies, Bengaluru

3.30 - 5.00 p.m

Atmāśrama

Vid. Rachuri Raghavendra Achar

Vedavyasa Trust Sri. G.S. Raju, Bengaluru

JET and JIVA Sri. Krishna Ramanuja Dasa I-SERVE Prof. K.V. Krishna Murthy, Hyderabad VVGM Vidyalaya, Madipadu Sri. M.H. Avadhani, Chennai

Parashara Gurukula, Belagola Sri Lakshminarayanan 5.00 - 5.30 p.m. Vedic Recitation Veda Matha Veda Samskrita Gurukula 5.30

- 7.00

p.m.

Valedictory Programme and Honouring the Vedic Scholars

Chief Guest & Honouring ofVedic Scholars

Valedictory Address

Prof. Mallepuram G. Venkatesh,

Vice Chancellor, Karnataka Samskrit University, Bengaluru

H.H. Swami Harshanandaji MaharajPresident, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Bengaluru.

Vedabrahma Dr. R.L.KashyapVedabrahma Sri Ashwatthanarayana AvadhaniVedabrahma Dr. P. Ramanujan

Vedabrahma Sri Dhali Lakshminarasimha BhattaVedabrahma Sri Sheshanna ShrautiVedabrahma Sri N.S.Janardanacharya

Vedic Scholars being honoured

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