Publications (Monographs)
The Weight of Words: Polemics and Power in Early Modern South Asia (working title)
The Weight of Words: Polemics and Power in Early Modern South Asia (working title)
Publications (Refereed journal articles)
“An Army of Advaita: Śrīharṣa on the Indefeasibility of Scripture," co-authored with Nilanjan Das. (In Progress)
“The Poetics of Interreligious Love: Sketches from Mughal Banaras." (In Progress)
“Vijayīndra’s Hermeneutics of Hierarchy: Taptamudrā and the Question of Śūdra Liberation.” New Explorations in South Asian Research. (Under Review)
“Branding and the Order of Texts and Bodies in Medieval South India.” Journal of Hindu Studies. (Under Review)
“Desecrating the Divine: Vyāsa’s Body, from Sanskrit Polemics to Colonial Case Law.” New Explorations in South Asian Research 1, no. 1 (2023). (Forthcoming)
“Oral Commentaries and Scholarly Debates in Sanskrit Philosophy,” co-authored with Ajay Rao and Elisa Freschi. Medieval Globe 8, no. 2 (2022). (Forthcoming)
“Before the Reign of Realism: Madhva's Vedānta, 1317-1600.” Journal of South Asian Intellectual History 5, no. 2 (2022), 1-5.
“Critique and Catharsis: Jaina-Vaiṣṇava Polemics in Coastal Karnataka.” Journal of South Asian Intellectual History 5, no. 2 (2022), 94-103.
“Pluralizing the Non-Dual: Multilingual Approaches to Advaita Vedānta, 1585-1891.” Journal of Indian Philosophy, 48, no. 1 (2020), 1-7.
“The Language of Legitimacy & Decline: Grammar and the Recovery of Vedānta in Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita’s Tattvakaustubha.” Journal of Indian Philosophy, 48, no. 1 (online 2019, print 2020), 23-47.
“From Adam to ʿĀdil Shāh: Rethinking Religious Encounter in the Tārīkh-i Firishteh,” Journal of South Asian Intellectual History, 1, no. 2 (2018), 155-182.
Publications (Refereed book chapters)
“Courtly Debate in History and Memory.” In The Age of Vedānta, edited by Lawrence McCrea and Ajay K. Rao, expected 2024. (Forthcoming)
“Courtly Debate in History and Memory.” In The Age of Vedānta, edited by Lawrence McCrea and Ajay K. Rao, expected 2024. (Forthcoming)
Publications (Public writing)
“Blasphemy and the Branded Brahman," for the collaborative project Global Blasphemer, convened by J. Barton Scott (Toronto).
“Blasphemy and the Branded Brahman," for the collaborative project Global Blasphemer, convened by J. Barton Scott (Toronto).
Invited Lectures
“Courtly Debate and its Discontents.” Age of Vedānta Research Group. University of Chicago. October 2022.
“The Ocean at River’s Edge: Reading the Vedas in Eighteenth Century Pandharpur.” Department of Asian Studies. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. August, 2022.
“Polemics and Power in Early Modern South Asia.” Department of Religious Studies. Stanford University. April, 2022.
“The Limits of Exegesis in Early Modern South Asia.” Practices of Commentary Collaborative Research Group. University of Toronto. January, 2021.
“‘Veda-Viplāvanam,’ or How to Break the Rules in Early Modern Vedānta.” Stanford University. November, 2019.
“Khaṇḍana, Bhañjana, Dhikkāra: Doctrine, Dispute, and the Question of Religious Controversy in early-modern India.” Institut Français de Pondichéry. November, 2018.
“Courtly Debate and its Discontents.” Age of Vedānta Research Group. University of Chicago. October 2022.
“The Ocean at River’s Edge: Reading the Vedas in Eighteenth Century Pandharpur.” Department of Asian Studies. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. August, 2022.
“Polemics and Power in Early Modern South Asia.” Department of Religious Studies. Stanford University. April, 2022.
“The Limits of Exegesis in Early Modern South Asia.” Practices of Commentary Collaborative Research Group. University of Toronto. January, 2021.
“‘Veda-Viplāvanam,’ or How to Break the Rules in Early Modern Vedānta.” Stanford University. November, 2019.
“Khaṇḍana, Bhañjana, Dhikkāra: Doctrine, Dispute, and the Question of Religious Controversy in early-modern India.” Institut Français de Pondichéry. November, 2018.
Selected Conference Presentations
"The Grammar of Devotion: Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya's Viṭṭhalaṛṅmantrasārabhāṣya." 232nd Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, March 2022, Boston, Massachusetts.
“Branding the Sensuous Body: Taptamudrā and Material Practice in Early Modern South Asia." Workshop on Vaiṣṇava Material Culture, University of Toronto, December 2021, Toronto, ON. (Online).
"Vedānta Commentaries: Between Continuity and Contemporary Practice," with Ajay Rao and Elisa Freschi. Practices of Commentary. Institute for Advanced Study. October, 2021, Princeton, New Jersey. (Online).
"The Hermeneutics of Exclusion: Ritual Branding and Scholastic Practice in Sixteenth Century Vedānta." 26th European Conference on South Asian Studies, July 2021, Vienna, Austria. (Online).
“Paean for a Critique of Heretics: Polemic and Community in Vādirāja’s Pāṣaṇḍakhaṇḍanastotra." Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November, 2019, San Diego, California.
Critique & Catharsis in Western Kanara: The Anti-Jain Writings of Vādirāja Tīrtha.” 48th Annual Conference on South Asia, October, 2019, Madison, Wisconsin.
“Community & Critique, or the ‘Art of Verbal Abuse’ in early-modern South Asia.” 2nd Annual Graduate Workshop on Reading, Writing, and Teaching South Asian Religions, University of Toronto (Mississauga), October, 2019, Mississauga, ON.
“Mādhava the Many: Disambiguating Mādhava, Vidyāraṇya, and Bhāratītīrtha.” Age of Vedānta Research Intensive, July, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia.
“Delinquency & Dereliction in the Śāstras: Linguistic Authority in Early Modern Vedānta Polemic.” 17th World Sanskrit Conference, July, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia.
“God's Outcastes? Situating Arguments Against the Vaiṣṇava Initiation Practice of Ritual Branding.” 46th Annual Conference on South Asia, October, 2017, Madison, Wisconsin.
“Circumscribing Vaidikatva: Eligibility and the Language of Exclusion in Early Modern Religious Polemic.” 4th Biennial Graduate Conference on South Asian Religions, October, 2017, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
“Censure in Circulation: Tracing the Movement of Polemic Literature in early-modern India.” Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, & Publishing (SHARP), University of Victoria, July, 2017, Victoria, British Columbia.
“Economies of Speech: Patronage and Polemic in Early Modern India.” Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (CSSR)/Société Canadienne pour l’étude de la religion Annual Meeting, Congress of the Social Sciences & Humanities, May, 2017, Toronto, Ontario.
“The Body of God: Controversy and Consensus in an Advaita Theory of Language.” 3rd Biennial Conference on South Asian Religions, September 2015, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
"The Grammar of Devotion: Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya's Viṭṭhalaṛṅmantrasārabhāṣya." 232nd Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, March 2022, Boston, Massachusetts.
“Branding the Sensuous Body: Taptamudrā and Material Practice in Early Modern South Asia." Workshop on Vaiṣṇava Material Culture, University of Toronto, December 2021, Toronto, ON. (Online).
"Vedānta Commentaries: Between Continuity and Contemporary Practice," with Ajay Rao and Elisa Freschi. Practices of Commentary. Institute for Advanced Study. October, 2021, Princeton, New Jersey. (Online).
"The Hermeneutics of Exclusion: Ritual Branding and Scholastic Practice in Sixteenth Century Vedānta." 26th European Conference on South Asian Studies, July 2021, Vienna, Austria. (Online).
“Paean for a Critique of Heretics: Polemic and Community in Vādirāja’s Pāṣaṇḍakhaṇḍanastotra." Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November, 2019, San Diego, California.
Critique & Catharsis in Western Kanara: The Anti-Jain Writings of Vādirāja Tīrtha.” 48th Annual Conference on South Asia, October, 2019, Madison, Wisconsin.
“Community & Critique, or the ‘Art of Verbal Abuse’ in early-modern South Asia.” 2nd Annual Graduate Workshop on Reading, Writing, and Teaching South Asian Religions, University of Toronto (Mississauga), October, 2019, Mississauga, ON.
“Mādhava the Many: Disambiguating Mādhava, Vidyāraṇya, and Bhāratītīrtha.” Age of Vedānta Research Intensive, July, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia.
“Delinquency & Dereliction in the Śāstras: Linguistic Authority in Early Modern Vedānta Polemic.” 17th World Sanskrit Conference, July, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia.
“God's Outcastes? Situating Arguments Against the Vaiṣṇava Initiation Practice of Ritual Branding.” 46th Annual Conference on South Asia, October, 2017, Madison, Wisconsin.
“Circumscribing Vaidikatva: Eligibility and the Language of Exclusion in Early Modern Religious Polemic.” 4th Biennial Graduate Conference on South Asian Religions, October, 2017, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
“Censure in Circulation: Tracing the Movement of Polemic Literature in early-modern India.” Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, & Publishing (SHARP), University of Victoria, July, 2017, Victoria, British Columbia.
“Economies of Speech: Patronage and Polemic in Early Modern India.” Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (CSSR)/Société Canadienne pour l’étude de la religion Annual Meeting, Congress of the Social Sciences & Humanities, May, 2017, Toronto, Ontario.
“The Body of God: Controversy and Consensus in an Advaita Theory of Language.” 3rd Biennial Conference on South Asian Religions, September 2015, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
Conferences (panels organized)
“New Approaches to Sanskrit Language Analysis,” w/ P. Cummins. 230th Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society. March, 2020, Boston, Massachusetts. (postponed due to COVID-19)
“Rethinking Hinduism: A Roundtable Discussion on ‘Hindu Pluralism’ (UC Press, 2017) & ‘Polemics and Patronage in the City of Victory’ (UC Press 2016),” w/ P. Cummins. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November, 2019, San Diego, California.
“Mādhva Vedānta in Context: Charisma, Critique, and the Legitimation of a Religious Movement.” 48th Annual Conference on South Asia, October, 2019, Madison, Wisconsin.
“Vedānta’s Polyglot Lives: Vedānta in the Vernacular, 1650-1900,” w/ P. Singh. 17th World Sanskrit Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
“Sites of Contention: Doctrine, Dispute, & the Development of Religious Discourse in South Asia,” w/ M. Akepiyapornchai. 46th Annual Conference on South Asia, October, 2017, Madison, Wisconsin.
“New Approaches to Sanskrit Language Analysis,” w/ P. Cummins. 230th Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society. March, 2020, Boston, Massachusetts. (postponed due to COVID-19)
“Rethinking Hinduism: A Roundtable Discussion on ‘Hindu Pluralism’ (UC Press, 2017) & ‘Polemics and Patronage in the City of Victory’ (UC Press 2016),” w/ P. Cummins. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November, 2019, San Diego, California.
“Mādhva Vedānta in Context: Charisma, Critique, and the Legitimation of a Religious Movement.” 48th Annual Conference on South Asia, October, 2019, Madison, Wisconsin.
“Vedānta’s Polyglot Lives: Vedānta in the Vernacular, 1650-1900,” w/ P. Singh. 17th World Sanskrit Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
“Sites of Contention: Doctrine, Dispute, & the Development of Religious Discourse in South Asia,” w/ M. Akepiyapornchai. 46th Annual Conference on South Asia, October, 2017, Madison, Wisconsin.
Project Development
Project Manager, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Vedānta Manuscripts Project for the Prosopographical Database for Indic Texts (PANDiT) in collaboration with Yigal Bronner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2016-2020).
Project Manager, “Age of Vedānta” Partnership Development Grant. Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (2016-2019).
Project Manager, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Vedānta Manuscripts Project for the Prosopographical Database for Indic Texts (PANDiT) in collaboration with Yigal Bronner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2016-2020).
Project Manager, “Age of Vedānta” Partnership Development Grant. Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (2016-2019).
