Publications
Sangeetha Menon Placing well-being: The role of ecology in Āyurveda and Māvilan healing traditions https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43539-024-00133-4 Co-Authored with Pushya A. Gautama and Sukanya G. Indian Journal of History of Science. The role of ecology in shaping notions of well-being in indigenous healing traditions is often overlooked in contemporary well-being discourse. This study examines how ecological systems contribute to notions of well-being in two Indic healing traditions– Āyurveda and the Māvilan healing traditions. We focus on the ecological place (or eco-place) as a living and dynamic space within which cultures of knowledge emerge, and healing identities become constructed, fostering multiple somatic, psychological, social, and spiritual correspondences between its human and other-than-human members, and through which a variety of well-being experiences emerge. Three lenses are used for this purpose (i) a narrative ecology of healing, (ii) agentic herbs and co-creative healing, and (iii) healing of natural ecological systems. For the first, the concept of narrative ecology is examined, alongside how healing knowledge emerges in both Āyurveda and the Māvilan healing traditions from human and other-than-human understandings of the world; for the second, we examine how, despite significantly differing engagements with forest ecosystems, the notion of plant-agency can recast healing as a co-creative process in both traditions. For the third, we explore ideas regarding other-than-human illness and therapeutics in Āyurveda and the Māvilan healing traditions. |
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Sisir Roy Quantized Redshift and its Significance for Recent Observation https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/ad6db5 Co-Authored with Arindam Mal, Sarbani Palit , Christopher C. Fulton; Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 24:095014 |
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S Udayakumar Preliminary investigation of the methods of making bone tools: an experimental archaeology perspective http://eprints.nias.res.in/2802/ In: Rajatarangini Recent Research in archaeology and History (A Festschrift for Prof. K. Rajan) Vol.1. Heritage India, Thanjavur, pp. 214-217. |
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Sharada Srinivasan Wootz Damascus Steel and Evidence from South Indian Antiquity Svastik Stories: Indian Traditional Knowledge Through the Lens of Science, CSIR-NIScPR Publication, p 6-12 The legacy of Wootz steel and its influence on Damascus steel swords endure as testaments to ancient South India's metallurgical expertise. Archaeological findings and historical records substantiate the region's pivotal role in steel making. Here, the author attempted to elucidate its technological advancements as well as its historical cultural relevance |
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Sharada Srinivasan Scientific Validation of Skilled Aranmula Metal Mirror Craft Techniques http://eprints.nias.res.in/2750/ Communication and Dissemination if Traditional Knowledge, CSIR-NiScPR Publicaton, p. 30-33. |
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Sisir Roy Category Theory and the Ontology of Śūnyata https://brill.com/display/title/68384 Co-Authored with Rayudu Posina. Chapter 22, pp.450-478, in The Origin and Significance of Zero, an interdisciplinary perspective ed by :Peter Gobets and Robert Lawrence Kuhn , Value Enquiry Book Series, Brill. Notions such as śūnyata, catuskoti, and Indra’s net, which figure prominently in Buddhist philosophy, are difficult to readily accommodate within our ordinary thinking about everyday objects. Our thorough elaboration of the parallels between Buddhist philosophy and category theory can facilitate better understanding of Buddhist philosophy, and bring out the broader philosophical import of category theory beyond mathematics. |
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Malavika Kapur From Freud to Zuckerberg and back https://www.storywell.in/ecommerce%2Facademic-c140582834%2Ffrom-freud-to-zuckerberg-and-back-p607178187 Storywell Books, New Delhi. ISBN 9789395373210 |
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Srikumar M Menon God on the hill and other stories https://www.storywell.in/ecommerce/academic-c140582834/god-on-the-hill-p630090507 Storywell Books, New Delhi. ISBN 9789395373234 |