2:15 Welcoming and Opening Remarks
James L. Fitzgerald (convener)
2:30 “The Mahābhārata and the Revival of Brahmanism”
Johannes Bronkhorst, Université de Lausanne
3:45 “Transition to Philosophy or Philosophy in Transition?
Contextualizing Philosophical and Theological Doctrines in the Mahābhārata.”
Angelika Malinar, Universität Zürich
5:00 Reception
9:00 “Language Philosophy in the Mahābhārata”
Ashok Aklujkar, University of British Columbia
10:00 “The Status of karman as a ‘theory’ in the Śāntiparvan of the
Mahābhārata,” Peter Schreiner, Universität Zürich
11:30 “The Jāpakopākhyāna (MBh 12.189-93) or ‘Japa – old or
new?’” John Brockington, University of Edinburgh
2:00 “On the distribution, use and meaning of the dhātu √vṛt in the
Mokṣadharmaparvan,” Greg Bailey, Latrobe University
4:30 “Non-Sāṃkhya Constructions of the Person and
Body in the
Mahābhārata,” Fred Smith, University of Iowa
9:00 “Sāṃkhya and Yoga : Some Missing Links”
André Couture, Université Laval
10:00 “Slaying the Dragon of ‘Sāṃkhya’ in the Mahābhārata”
James Fitzgerald, Brown University
2:00 “Advaita Sāṅkhya in the Mahābhārata”
Peter Scharf, Brown University
3:00 “Mokṣa and Dharma in the Mokṣadharma”
Alf Hiltebeitel, The George Washington University