{"id":387,"date":"2016-03-01T07:26:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T07:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/?p=387"},"modified":"2016-03-01T07:27:23","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T07:27:23","slug":"national-seminar-on-transmission-of-stories-versions-and-variations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"National Seminar on \u2018Transmission of stories-versions and variations&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai organizes National seminar on <b>&#8216;Transmission of stories : Versions and Variations<\/b> on <b>2nd <\/b>and <b>3rd March 2016<\/b>. Dr. Kala Acharya will be the chief guest of the Inaugural function. Dr. Nirmala Kulkarni will present key-note address for the seminar.<\/div>\n<div>All are cordially invited for the seminar.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Venue<\/b>: Seminar hall,<\/div>\n<div>Ramkrishna Bajaj Sanskrit Bhavan,<\/div>\n<div>Vidyanagari, Santacruz (East), Mumbai.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>RSVP: Smt. Medha Deshpande Palsodkar- 7709203408<\/b><\/div>\n<p><strong>Concept Note: Transmission of Stories: Versions and Variations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stories dominate oral traditions of every culture in the world. This fact is ascribable to the basic urge of humans to recount experiences and transmit thoughts. Narrations in the form of stories cross boundaries of space and time because of the unique element of generating interest. In Sanskrit, stories are referred to as <em>Kath\u0101 <\/em>or <em>\u0101khy\u0101yika <\/em>which, with passage of time became technical forms of specialized poetry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stories are of Vedic antiquity. The significance of the <em>mantra <\/em>portion of Vedas embedded in the <em>Sa\u1e41hit\u0101s <\/em>is explained by the <em>Br\u0101hma\u1e47as <\/em>through <em>arthav\u0101da<\/em>. <em>Upani\u1e63ads <\/em>elaborate philosophical principles lucidly through stories. <em>Pur\u0101\u1e47as <\/em>are a repertoire of stories consisting of formats like <em>S\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6dikath\u0101, pralayakath\u0101<\/em>, <em>avat\u0101rakath\u0101<\/em>, <em>vratakath\u0101<\/em>, and stories for narrating <em>sthalam\u0101h\u0101tmya <\/em>etc. The well known epics <em>R\u0101maya\u1e47a <\/em>and <em>Mah\u0101bh\u0101rata <\/em>are considered as itih\u0101sa \u2013 historical narrations with Sanskrit <em>mah\u0101k\u0101vyas<\/em>, dramas and short poetries being based on stories within these epics. These stories are observed in society in varying formats till date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Depending upon the context and content, stories have been classified into parables, fables, folk-tales, myths, legends, anecdotes etc. Since ancient times stories have been told and retold centring around different motifs and purposes being transmitted through different mediums including but not restricted to paintings, sculptures, dance, music, acting and writing. Political events, cultural shifts, religious turmoil, their impact on the human psyche and such other factors through the ages shaped stories into different versions and variations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This seminar aims to explore common patterns in narrations across cultures, nations, their impact on human psychology, investigation into complexity of narrations, the impact of time and situations resulting into versions and variations in narratives and much more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Schedule of the seminar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Please check the schedule here\" rel=\"\">_______________________________________ (1)<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sanskritbhavan.mu.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Schedule_of_march_seminar_2016-1.docx\" rel=\"\">Schedule_of_march_seminar_2016-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai organizes National seminar on &#8216;Transmission of stories : Versions and Variations on 2nd and 3rd March 2016. Dr. Kala Acharya will be the chief guest of the Inaugural function. Dr. Nirmala Kulkarni will present key-note address for the seminar. All are cordially invited for the seminar. 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