It is rather common knowledge that most texts of Sanskrit traditions are uncritical editions and their compositions/manuscript-traditions are not a subject of serious research. This workshop will therefore aim to educate scholars in the different methodologies and practices of preparation of critical editions, to equip them with the latest tools and methods of philology.

In the workshop, participants will learn the general principles and methodological considerations of critical editions, the history of manuscripts and textual criticism, the specificities of textual transmission and different philological traditions, digital tools for scholarly editions, etc. In particular, participants will work on:

1. A part of the 10^th chapter of the Śivadharmottara, a seventh-century work which is transmitted in a large number of manuscripts, particularly from Nepal
2. An unpublished chapter of the Sarvajñānottaratantra, a seventh-century work whose transmission, mostly in Southern manuscripts, is so problematic that it needs to be reconstructed using a twelfth-century commentary on the work by Aghoraśiva (Sarvajñānottaravṛtti)
3. A section of the Raghuvaṃśa with the tenth-century commentary of Vallabhadeva as transmitted in manuscripts from Kashmir
4. A case of a codex unicus: Brahmaśambhu’s tenth-century ritual manual surviving in a single manuscript in Calcutta

The workshop is organized in association with Amrita Centre for Research and Development.

Venue: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Campus