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ANNOUNCEMENT: Senji (Gingee) Fort, recently designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, represents a significant milestone in recognizing South India’s heritage. To commemorate this, the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) highlights its publication Senji: A Fortified City in the Tamil Country by Dr. Jean Deloche. This authoritative study remains a vital resource for researchers and history enthusiasts.
The French Institute of Pondicherry publishes scientific books, articles, maps and CDs in the fields of Indology, Ecology and Social Sciences.
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Charmes védiques. Édition, traduction et commentaire du livre 3 de la Paippalādasaṁhitā de l’Atharvaveda avec un essai critique sur la « magie » dans l’Atharvaveda et sur l’usage rituel de ses hymnes
| Author | par Carmen Sylvia Spiers |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 621 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚165 |
| Language | French, Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-258-3 (IFP); 978-2-85539-299-8 (EFEO) |
| Price | 1500.00 INR (48.00 EUR) |
Words from Jawadhu Hills. Eastern Ghats, South India.
| Author | Aarti Kawlra, Delphine Thivet et al. |
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| Publisher | International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden & Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 126 p. |
| Series | Humanities across Borders Workbook Series n˚4 ; Science & Society Series n˚5 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 300.00 INR (13.00 EUR) |
Paṇḍitarājaśataka. An Anthology of Poems Ascribed to Paṇḍitarāja Jagannātha
| Author | New Edition and First English translation with Critical Introduction by Timothy C. Cahill & Nirajan Kafle |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | 310 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚163 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-256-9 (IFP); 978 2 85539 297 4 (EFEO) |
| Price | 1000.00 INR (32.00 EUR) |
Fishing Villages Undergoing Urban Coastal Changes, Pondicherry
| Author | Nicolas Bautès, Lucie Serizier et al. |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2024 |
| Series | Science & Society Series n˚4 |
| Language | English |
Nakaramayamātalāl Māṟum Mīṉava Kirāmaṅkaḷ Putuvaiyiṉ Vaittikkuppam, Cōlainakar, Kurucukkuppam Ūrkaḷai Muṉvaittu [Fishing Villages Undergoing Urban Coastal Changes. Tamil version]
| Author | Nicolas Bautès, Lucie Serizier et al.; Compiled in Tamil by Nithya Kuppusami et al. |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2024 |
| Series | Science & Society Series n˚4 |
| Language | Tamil |
The Dattātreyayogaśāstra
| Author | James Mallinson |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | xiv, 200 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚162 / Haṭha Yoga Series n° 5 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-255-2 (IFP); 978-2-85539-296-7 (EFEO) |
| Price | 650.00 INR (22.00 EUR) |
The Tamil Veda And Tangled Tales: A New Approach To Śrīvaiṣṇava History
| Author | Katherine Young |
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| Publisher | Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | xxxvii, 424 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 160 ; NETamil Series n˚ 10 |
| Language | English, Tamil |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-253-8 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-294-3 (EFEO) |
| Price | 1400.00 INR (44.00 EUR) |
Naṭarājapaddhati of Rāmanāthaśiva. A First Critical Edition of the Earliest Śaivapaddhati composed in the Tamil Country. Vol. 1 Nityavidhi
| Author | by T. Ganesan, S.A.S. Sarma |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | xix, 176 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚159 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English, Tamil |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-252-1 (IFP); 978-2-85539-293-6 (EFEO) |
| Price | 550.00 INR (20.00 EUR) |
Āsanas of the Yogacintāmaṇi: The Largest Premodern Compilation on Postural Practice
| Author | by Jason Birch |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | xvi, 247 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚161 / Haṭha Yoga Series n° 4 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-254-5 (IFP); 978-2-85539-295-0 (EFEO) |
| Price | 650.00 INR (22.00 EUR) |
Kazhuveli Wetland (Tamil Nadu, South India)
| Author | R. Mathevet, N. Balachandran, M. Anbarashan, E. Desmots, R.S. Bhalla, and B. Guptha |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | 75 p. |
| Series | Science & Society n˚3 |
| Language | English |
Tirumaṅkai Āḻvār’s Periya Tirumoḻi: Prayers of Place
| Author | Text with annotated translation by Lynn Ate |
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| Publisher | Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | x, 763 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 158 ; NETamil Series n˚ 9 |
| Language | English, Tamil |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-251-4 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-292-9 (EFEO) |
| Price | 1500.00 INR (48.00 EUR) |
Boat builders of the Coromandel : A craft and its makers
| Author | Balasubramanian Dhandapani, Denis Vidal, Gopinath Sricandane |
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| Publisher | Tara Books with the financial support of the Institut de recherche pour le développement and the Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | 165 p. |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-93-90037-07-0 |
| Price | 900.00 INR (25.00 EUR) |
The Amaraugha and Amaraughaprabodha of Gorakṣanātha: The Genesis of Haṭha and Rājayoga
| Author | A critical edition and annotated translation by Jason Birch |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2024 |
| Pages | 176 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚157 / Haṭha Yoga Series n° 3 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-250-7 (IFP); 978-2-85539-263-9 (EFEO) |
| Price | 600.00 INR (21.00 EUR) |
Wild Craft: wooden cargo ships of South India
| Author | Denis Vidal, Balasubramanian Dhandapani with Gopinath Sricandane (visual design) |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Institut de recherche pour le développement |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | viii, 369 p. |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-249-1 |
The Holy Island in the Kāverī: a Hagiotopography. Critical Edition and Translation of the Śrīraṅgamāhātmya
| Author | R. Sathyanarayanan, Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 230 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 156 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-248-4 (IFP); 978-2-85539-262-2 (EFEO) |
| Price | 1000.00 INR (33.00 EUR) |
Digitized matchmaking : Marriage-making Strategies of the New Middle Class Through Online Matrimonial Advertisements in India
| Author | Mathieu Ferry, Jeanne Subtil |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Centre de Sciences Humaines |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 45 p. |
| Series | CSH-IFP Working Papers n°19 |
| Language | English |
Vidhiviveka of Maṇḍanamiśra with its commentary Nyāyakaṇikā of Vācaspatimiśra and its commentaries Juṣadhvaṅkaraṇī and Svaditaṅkaraṇī of Parameśvara
| Author | Critically edited from available manuscripts, testimonia and paraphrases by Elliot M. Stern |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 2 vols (cxxiv, 1104 p.) |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 155 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-247-7 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-261-5 (EFEO) |
| Price | 3900.00 INR (124.00 EUR) |
Kīrai Putuccēri Maṟṟum Tamiḻnāṭṭiṉ Uṇavu Kalāccāram [The Keerai Project: Leafy Greens in the Food Culture of Puducherry and its Bioregion. Tamil version]
| Author | By Hélène Guétat-Bernard, Brigitte Sébastia, Balachandran Natesan & Thaniya Kanaka Mahalakshmi S ; Translated into Tamil by G. Venkatasubramanian, A. Anthony Raj ; Designed by Thaniya Kanaka Mahalakshmi S |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 76 p. |
| Series | Science & Society n˚2 |
| Language | Tamil |
| Price | 300.00 INR (13.00 EUR) |
Putuccēri Uyirccūḻal Pakutiyil Nāṭṭuttēṉīkkaḷum Makarantac Cērkkaiyum [Native Bees and Pollination in the Puducherry Bioregion. Tamil version]
| Author | Written & Edited by Ammel Sharon ; Project & Scientific Coordination K. Anupama & H. Guétat-Bernard ; Inputs Ecology S. Prasad, J. Lazar, A. Indhu ; Social Science Amuthavalluvan V. & F. Landy ; Geomatics Narpavi, S. & J. Andrieu ; Economics N. Gallai ; Illustrator Kiran Joan ; Book Design Gopinath Sricandane ; Translated into Tamil by Amuthavalluvan V. |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | xiii, 68 p. |
| Series | Science & Society n˚1 |
| Language | Tamil |
| Price | 200.00 INR (10.00 EUR) |
The Sumatipañjikā: A Commentary On Cāndravyākaraṇavṛtti 1.1 and 1.4
| Author | Critically edited by Ramhari Timalsina |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | xx, 424 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 153 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-245-3 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-259-2 (EFEO) |
| Price | 1200.00 INR (40.00 EUR) |