Objective This project entitled ‘‘Sanskrit Śaiva Intellectuals in the Empire: Innovations, Textual Practices and Religious Interactions in the Late Vijayanagara period’’ examines the transformative role of Sanskrit Śaiva intellectuals in reshaping the religious landscape of South India during the late Vijayanagara period, i.e. from the mid-fifteenth century to the end of the sixteenth century. It is intended to be the first in-depth study of the intellectual history of two influential Śaiva schools of philosophical theology―Śivādvaita Vedānta and Vīraśaivism―on the basis of a rigorous philological and contextual analysis of selected Sanskrit and vernacular textual sources as well as epigraphic material. The evidence will be discussed in terms of the schools’ major doctrinal and philosophical positions, textual practices, as well as mutual influences and interactions with other religious groups. The aims of this project are: 1) to assess the impact of Sanskrit Śaiva intellectuals on the broader intellectual and religious world of the late Vijayanagara period, and their relation to the Vijayanagara royal court; and 2) to shed new light on the complex relationships between the various religious groups active during the last decades of the empire, in a context of increasing sectarian debates and dramatic socio-cultural transformations. The project will be carried out at the University of Oxford, one of the most renowned centres in Europe for the study of late medieval and early modern Sanskrit intellectual history. Fields of science humanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophy Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Topic(s) MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-IF-2015 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF Coordinator THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Net EU contribution € 195 454,80 Address WELLINGTON SQUARE UNIVERSITY OFFICES OX1 2JD Oxford United Kingdom See on map Region South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 195 454,80
