Anuja P. Ajotikar

Curriculum Vitae

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Contact

  • Email: anuja@sanskritlibrary.org

Education

  • Ph.D. (2013) Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai.
    Diss.: “Issues in nominal declension in traditional Sanskrit grammars with special reference to 1st person and 2nd person pronouns,” under the guidance of Prof. Kulkarni Malhar.
  • M.Phil. (2009) Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages, University of Pune.
    Diss.: “Study of the concept of śabdabrahman in the light of tantra philosophy with special reference to Vākyapadīya, Kāṇḍa I,” under the guidance of Prof. K. V. Mande Score: O grade (outstanding).
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Lingustics (2009) Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune. Score: First-class with Distinction.
  • M.A. (2005) Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languges, University of Pune. Score: A grade (First-class.)
  • B.A. (2003) Sir Parashurambhau College, University of Pune. Score: First-class.

Other educational qualifications

  • Vyākaraṇābhijña (A traditional degree, equivalent to predigree or 12th grade. Specialization in Pāṇinian grammar) (2010) Vedaśāstrottejakasabhā, Pune.
  • Saṁkīrṇābhijña (A traditional degree, equivalent to predigree or 12th grade) (2005) Vedaśāstrottejakasabhā Pune.

Other Skills

  • Reading competence in various scripts such as Bengali, Devanāgarī, Grantha, Śāradā, Malayalam, Nandināgarī, and Tuḷu.
  • Trained in using various editors such as Classical Text Editor, LaTeX, and marking up documents in XML in accordance with TEI.

Professional appointments

  • Sanskrit Lecturer and Digital Project Head at Shan State Buddhist University, Phaya Phyu, Taunggyi, Myanmar, 140101. June 2018 – At Present.
  • Senior Research Associate at the Department of European Studies, Dvaita Philosophy Resource Centre, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal. Project Title: “Grammatical analysis and contextual tagging of Mahābhārata and Tātparyanirṇaya.” June 2017–May 2018.
  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Sanskrit Library.
    Project Title: “Cataloging, digitizing, and integrating the Houghton library’s Indic manuscript collection.” May 2015–June 2017.\\Research Associate at the Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge MA., USA. May 2015–April 2016.
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate in the project entitled, “The XML formalization of the Aṣṭādhyāyī”, with Prof. Peter Scharf, The Sanskrit Library. [Formulated Pāṇinian rules in XML http://sanskritlibrary.com/derivation.html.] August 2013–December 2015.
  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai.
    Project Title: “Developing automated text image alignment to enhance access to heritage manuscript images.” August 2013–April 2015.
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai.
    Project Title: “Bringing ancient Indian semantic and syntactic theory face to face with contemporary computational linguistics.” [Morphological and syntactical tagging of Sanskrit text: Dependency tagging of Pañcatantra (partial)] July 2012–July 2013.
  • Research Assistant at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai.
    Project Title: “Critical edition of the Kāśikāvr̥tti.” [Collation of manuscripts written in different scripts including Bengali, Devanāgarī, Grantha, Śāradā, Malayalam, Nandināgarī, Tulu etc., and producing a critical apparatus using Classical Text Editor software.] April 2011–December 2013.
  • Linguist at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai.
    Project Title: “Indian language corpora initiative,” at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai. June 2009–February 2012.
  • Manuscript Collator in the project entitled, “Critical Edition of Yājñavalkyasmr̥ti” under Prof. Patrick Olivelle, University of Texas, Austin, USA. [Collation of manuscripts written in different scripts.] 2008–2009.
  • Manuscript Cataloger in the project entitled, “National Manuscript Mission.” Cataloguing of non-catalogued manuscripts from Prājña Pāṭhaśālā, Wai, Maharashtra. Approximately 300 manuscripts catalogued. 2005.
  • Research Associate at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune.
    Project Title: “Computer-aided critical edition of Kāśikāvr̥tti.” [Manuscript collation and recording of readings in the system provided. Administrative responsibilities.] 2005–2009.

Publications

International:

Book chapter

  • “गणेश वासुदेव थगरे.” मराठी विश्वकोश अभिजात साहित्य, पाली भाषासाहित्य. Pune: Bhandarakar Oriental Institute, 30 September 2020. https://marathivishwakosh.org/author/anuja-ajotikar/.
  • “भोजनकुतुहल.” मराठी विश्वकोश अभिजात साहित्य, पाली भाषासाहित्य. Pune: Bhandarakar Oriental Institute, 30 July 2020. https://marathivishwakosh.org/author/anuja-ajotikar/.
  • “बुद्धवंस.” मराठी विश्वकोश अभिजात साहित्य, पाली भाषासाहित्य. Pune: Bhandarakar Oriental Institute, 16 June 2020. https://marathivishwakosh.org/author/anuja-ajotikar/.
  • “Derivation of the declension of yuṣmad and asmad in Cāndra Grammar.” Devadattīyam, Johannes Bronkhorst Felicitation Volume, edited by Voegeli Eltschinger, Feller Candotti, Diaconescu and Malhar Kulkarni, pp. 123-141. Bern: Peter Lang. ISSN 1661-755x (with Malhar Kulkarni and Tanuja Ajotikar) 2012.

Conference proceedings

  • “Enriching the Digital edition of the Kāśikāvr̥tti by adding variants from the Nyāsa and Padamañjarī”: Proceedings of the Computational Sanskrit and Digital Humanities section in the 17th World Sanskrit Conference 2018, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Editors: Amba Kulkarni and Gerard Huet. pp. 277–294. New Delhi: D. K. Publishers, 2018. (With Tanuja Ajotikar and Peter Scharf.)
  • “On the resolution of conflict between accentual rules and other rules of derivation in Pāṇinīan grammar.” Vyākaraṇaparipr̥cchā: Proceedings of the Vyākaraṇa section of the 16th World Sanskrit Conference, edited by George Cardona and Hideyo Ogawa, pp. 1–22. New Delhi: D. K. Publishers, 2016. ISBN 978-81-932319-5-1. (With Malhar Kulkarni and Peter Scharf.)
  • “Discussion on some important variants in the Pratyāhārasūtras in the Kāśikāvr̥tti.” Vyākaraṇaparipr̥cchā: Proceeding of the Vyākaraṇa section of the 16th World Sanskrit Conference, edited by George Cardona and Hideyo Ogawa, pp. 205–232. New Delhi: D. K. Publishers, 2016. ISBN 978-81-932319-5-1. (With Malhar Kulkarni, Tanuja Ajotikar and Eivind Kahrs.)
  • “Some issues in formalizing the Aṣṭādhyāyī.” Sanskrit and the IT world: selected papers presented at the World Sanskrit Conference, 28 June–2 July 2015, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, edited by Amba Kulkarni, pp. 33-58. New Delhi: D. K. Publishers, 2016. ISBN 978-81-932319-0-6. (With Tanuja Ajotikar and Peter Scharf.)
  • “Voice, preverb, and transitivity restrictions in Sanskrit verb use.” Sanskrit Syntax: selected papers presented at the seminar on Sanskrit syntax and discourse structures. 13–15 June 2013, Université Paris Diderot, with an updated and revised bibliography by Hans Henrich Hock, edited by Peter M. Scharf, pp. 157–201. Providence: The Sanskrit Library, 2015. ISBN 9781943135004. (With Peter M. Scharf, Pawan Goyal and Tanuja Ajotikar.)
  • “Preliminary results suggesting some distinctive features of poetic syntax.” Sanskrit Syntax: Selected papers presented at the seminar on Sanskrit syntax and discourse structures, 13-15 June 2013, Université Paris Diderot, with an updated and revised bibliography by Hans Henrich Hock, edited by Peter M. Scharf, pp. 305–324. Providence: The Sanskrit Library, 2015. ISBN 9781943135004. (With Peter M. Scharf, Pawan Goyal, and Samapada Sawardekar.)
  • “On the accent of the word parā́caḥ as stated by A. 6.2.52.” Vyākaraṇa across the ages: proceedings of the Vyākaraṇa section of the 15th World Sanskrit Conference, edited by George Cardona, pp 55–72. New Delhi: D. K. Publishers, 2013. ISBN 97812460658-2. (With Malhar Kulkarni.)
  • “Headedness and modification in Nyāya morpho-syntactic theories: towards bracket parsing model.” 4th International Sanskrit Computational Linguistic Symposium, LNAI 6564, edited by Girishnath Jha, pp. 106–123. Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer, 2010. (With Malhar Kulkarni, Tanuja Ajotikar, Dipesh Katira, Chimney Dharurkar, and Chaitali Dangarikar.)
  • “Āvaraṇāṁśavibhājanapaddhatyā padavākyayornyāyānusāriviśleṣaṇe prakāratā viśeṣyate.” Sanskrit Vidvadgranthamālā, 4th International Sanskrit Computational Linguistic Symposium, Gaṇakapāṇinīyam, edited by Shrinivasa Varakhedi and Amba Kulkarni, pp. 120–147. [in Sanskrit] Hyderabad, 2010. ISBN 97893 80171166. (With Malhar Kulkarni, Tanuja Ajotikar, Dipesh Katira, Chimney Dharurkar, and Chaitali Dangarikar.)

National:

Book chapter

  • “Ganesh Vasudev Tagare.” Contribution of Maharashtra to Sanskrit Language and Literature, edited by Dr. B. K. Dalai. pp. 686–695. Pune: Centre of Advanced Studies in Sanskrit, Savitribai Phule Pune University, 2015. ISBN 978-81-931-468-8-0.
  • “Derivation of the declension of yuṣmad and asmad in Kātantra Grammar.” Alaukika Jñānayogī Dr. Gaṇeśa Tryaṁbaka Deśapāṇḍe Smr̥tigraṁtha, edited by Dr. Manjushree Dehspande and P. Deshapande, pp. 143–157. Nagpur: G. T. Deshpande Smr̥tigraṁtha Samitī, Vidyavihara, Ranapratapnagar, 2010. (With Malhar Kulkarni and Tanuja Ajotikar.)

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  • “Derivation of the declension of yuṣmad and asmad in Saṁkṣiptasāra grammar.” Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute XCV (2014 [2018]): 121–135. (With Malhar Kulkarni.)
  • “Derivation of the declension of yuṣmad and asmad in Sarasvatikaṇṭhābharaṇa grammar.” Dhīmahī: a journal of Chinmay International Foundation Shodha Sansthan VI (2015): 64–74. ISSN 0976-3066. (With Malhar Kulkarni.)
  • “परा॑चः स्वरविषयक विचार.” अवलोकन वर्ष 5.1 (गुढीपाडवा, चैत्र शके 1933 [2012]): 247–258. [Marathi.] (With Malhar Kulkarni.)
  • “Derivation of declension of yuṣmad and asmad in Haima grammar” Sanskrit Vimarsh: a journal of Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan 6 (2010): 68–79. New Delhi. (With Malhar Kulkarni and Tanuja Ajotikar.)
  • “Derivation of the declension of yuṣmad and asmad in Śākaṭāyana grammar.” Journal of Sanskrit Academy 20 (2010): 97–109. (With Malhar Kulkarni and Tanuja Ajotikar.)
  • “Derivation of the declension of yuṣmad and asmad in Jainendra grammar.” Journal of the Oriental Institute, Baroda 60.1–2 (2010): 41–54 (With Malhar Kulkarni and Tanuja Ajotikar.)

Papers presented

International:

  • “Samantacakkhu sugato bhuripañño māraji. (Abhidhānapadipikā 1.2).” Paper presented in the 4th International Conference on Pali Language at Shan State Buddhist University, Taunggyi, Myanmar. November 21–22 2020.
  • “Constructing the textual history of the Kāśikāvr̥tti from the Nyāsa and Padamañjarī.” 14th International conference on History of Language Sciences, ICHoLS XIV, 28 August 2017–1 September 2017, Sobonne University Paris. (With Tanuja Ajotikar.)
  • “Colophons in Sanskrit manuscripts: a study of the Sanskrit Library manuscript catalogue of manuscripts at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown University.” 13th International Conference on Natural Language Processing at the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, India. 18 December 2016. (With Tanuja Ajotikar and Peter Scharf.)
  • “Criteria for determining the extent of substituends and replacements for you and us: the case of asmabhyam and yuṣmabhyam.” American Oriental Society Meeting, Boston, Mass., USA., 18 March 2016–21 March 2016.
  • “Computational implementation of Aṣṭādhyāyī.” International Conference on South Asian Languages Analysis, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, 6 February 2014–8 February 2014. (Group Presentation.)
  • “Complementary application of traditional systems of शाब्दबोध. Seminar on Sanskrit syntax and discourse structures, Universite Paris Diderot, Paris, France, 14 June 2013.” (Group Presentation.)

National:

  • “Saṁhitāyām: a śāstrārtha.” Invited presentation in Sanskrit at the International Conference Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit Vidyapitha, Nagpur, October 2007.
  • “Sudhyupāsyaḥ: a śāstrārtha.” Invited presentaion in Sanskrit at the समीरसमयसंवर्धिनी विद्वत्सभा, Raghavendraswami Matha, Mantralayam, March 2007.
  • “Pratyaye kiṁ vavraśca: a śāstrārtha.” Presentaion in Sanskrit at the All India Oriental Conference, Jammu, October 2006.

Papers presented in Marathi:

  • सन्नन्त धातुंच्या स्वराविषयी. Presented in the section entitled, Grammar and Lingustics, 10th Brihnamaharashtra Prachyavidya Parishad, Fergusson College, Pune, Maharashtra, December 2013.
  • काशिकेतील प्रत्याहारसूत्रंवरील पाठभेदांविषयी चर्चा. Presented in the section entitled, Grammar and Lingustics, 10th Brihnamaharashtra Prachyavidya Parishad, Fergusson College, Pune, Maharashtra. December 2013.
  • यत्रलोपस्वर नैमित्तिक क अनैमित्तिक. Presented in the section entitled, Grammar and Lingustics, 9th Brihanmaharashtra Prachyavidya Parishad, M. J. College, Jalgoan, Maharashtra. November 2011.
  • परा॑चः स्वरविषयक विचार. Presented in the section entitled, Grammar and Lingustics, 8th Brihanmaharashtra Prachyavidya Parishad, Gogate College Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. December 2009.

Invited Lectures

  • “Research in today’s context,” Post-graduate departmental guest lecture organized by Prof. Ujwal Kumar, Dept. of Buddhist Studies, Calcutta University, India, 26 December 2019.
  • “Syntax of tumun.” Internal lecture series of Mahābhārata project at Dvaita Philosophy Resource Centre, Manipal Academy of Higher education, Manipal. December 2017.

Workshops attended as a subject expert

  • Invited to evaluate grammar answer sheets and daily assignments of the pre-doctoral training program at Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan, Ganganath Jha Campus, Allahabad. 7 June 2018–3 July 2018.
  • Workshop on XML training, XML tagging for text and contextual tagging for Mahābhārata at the Centre of Daita Philosophy, Department of European Studies, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 15 May 2018–20 May 2018.
  • Workshop on generation of Sanskrit verbal forms (dhātupārāyaṇa), Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan, Ganganath Jha Campus, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh as a resource person in pre-doctoral training program. 1 January 2018–7 January 2018. (With Dr. Tanuja Ajotikar.)
  • Invited to academic staff training program, Shan State Buddhist University (SSBU), Taunggyi, Shan State, Myanmar for teaching and curriculum design of Sanskrit course. 10 December 2017–21 December 2017.
  • A workshop on digital humanities and Sanskrit, Rashtriya Sanskrit Samsthan Ganganath Jha campus, Allahabad. (Trained Doctoral students in XML tagging of Sanskrit texts in accordance with TEI guidelines as a part of pre-doctoral training program at the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan.) 1 May 2017–14 May 2017. (With Prof. Peter Scharf and Dr. Tanuja Ajotikar.)
  • International workshop and conference on computational linguistics in the Department of European studies, Dvaita Philosophy Research Centre, Manipal University, Manipal, Udupi, as a resource person for training of XML tagging of Sanskrit texts. 2 January 2017–5 January 2017. (With Peter Scharf and Tanuja Ajotikar.)
  • Invited for four-week workshop on Basics of Sanskrit grammar, Dhammakay Foundation, Pathumthani, Bangkok, Thailand. November 2016.

Examiner and supervisor for research projects (M.A. and M.Phil.)

  • Evaluated individual research project submitted by Ven. Nandobhasa entitled, “Study on Saddasāratthajālinī,” as an internal examiner at Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar, March 25. 2019.
  • Evaluated individual research project submitted by Saw Yee Moon entitled, “Application of Buddhist teachings in maximizing efficiency of women empowerment in South East Asia,” as an internal examiner at Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar, March 25. 2019.
  • Evaluated M.Phil. research project submitted by Sayalay Daw Pannatheri, entitled, “An analytical approach to grief management as reflected in Buddhist psychology,” as an internal examiner at Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar, November 06. 2019.
  • Supervisor for M.A. dissertation at Shan State Buddhist University entitled, “An exploration through past life regression theory of whether karma leads to rebirth,” by Shubha Yeri. (Submitted March 2020.)
  • Supervisor for M.A. dissertation at Shan State Buddhist University, entitled, “A conceptual study of inference with special reference to Dharmakīrti,” by Ven. Vicittasāra, Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar.
  • Supervisor of an M.Phil. project entitled, “Abhidhānapadipikāṭīkā: analytical study with English translation,” by Jai Paranjape.

Workshops attended as a participant

  • Workshop on historical linguistics organized by CALTS, University of Hyderabad, 10–28 February 2014.
  • Workshop on Sanskrit syntax at the Université Paris Diderot, Paris. 18–24 June 2013.
  • Workshop on Sanskrit Kāraka analyzer organized by CASS, University of Pune in collaboration with Dept. of Sanskrit Studies, University of Hyderabad, 3–8 December 2010.
  • National Workshop on POS (part of speech) Tagging of Indian Languages, organized by the Dept. of Gujarati Language, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad September 10–13 September 2010.
  • Workshop on Sanskrit computational linguistics organized by the Dept. of Sanskrit Studies, University of Hyderabad, 19–24 December 2009.