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The French Institute of Pondicherry publishes scientific books, articles, maps and CDs in the fields of Indology, Ecology and Social Sciences.
Note: All documents that are freely downloadable from this site are ©IFP. No part of any of the documents may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the IFP.
Niśvāsamukhatattvasamhitā, A Preface to the Earliest Surviving Śaiva Tantra (on non-Tantric Śaivism at the Dawn of the Mantramārga). Critical Edition, with Introduction & Annotated Translation and an Appendix containing Śivadharmasaṅgraha 5–9.
| Author | Edited by Nirajan Kafle with a foreword by Dominic Goodall |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Pages | 555 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 145 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-237-8 (IFP) ; 978-2-85539-240-0 (EFEO) |
| Price | 1000.00 INR (43.00 EUR) |
Flowers in Cupped Hands for Śiva. A critical edition of the Śambhupuṣpāñjali, a seventeenth-century manual of private worship by Saundaranātha
| Author | edited by Deviprasad Mishra with the help of the late S. Sambandhaśivācārya and with an introduction by Dominic Goodall |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 416 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 144 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-236-1 (IFP) ; 978-2-85539-239-4 (EFEO) |
| Price | 900.00 INR (38.00 EUR) |
The Commentary Idioms of the Tamil Learned Traditions
| Author | Edited by Suganya Anandakichenin and Victor D’Avella |
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| Publisher | Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | iv, 603 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 141 ; NETamil Series n˚ 5 |
| Language | English, Tamil |
| ISBN | ISBN: 978-81-8470-232-3 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-236-3 (EFEO). |
| Price | 1000.00 INR (43.00 EUR) |
The Three Early Tiruvantātis of the Tivyappirapantam
| Author | Annotated Translation and Glossary by Eva Wilden with the collaboration of Marcus Schmücker |
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| Publisher | Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | xiii, 556 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 143 ; NETamil Series n˚ 7 |
| Language | Tamil, English |
| ISBN | ISBN: 978-2-85539-238-7 (EFEO) / 978-81-8470-234-7 (IFP) |
| Price | 900.00 INR (38.00 EUR) |
Pondicherry: A Social and Political History
| Author | David Annoussamy |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 218 p. |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | ISBN: 978-81-8470-235-4 |
| Price | 700.00 INR (28.00 EUR) |
Temple Design in Six Early Śaiva Scriptures. Critical edition and translation of the prāsādalakṣaṇa-portions of the Bṛhatkālottara, Devyāmata, Kiraṇa, Mohacūrottara, Mayasaṃgraha & Piṅgalāmata
| Author | Libbie Mills |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 665 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 138 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-228-6 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-233-2 (EFEO) |
| Price | 1500.00 INR (65.00 EUR) |
Pondicherry past and present. Pondichéry hier et aujourd'hui. 2nd ed. [CD-ROM]
| Author | Jean Deloche |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2019 |
| Series | Collection Indologie n°107 |
| Language | English, French |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-154-8 |
| Price | 300.00 INR (14.00 EUR) |
Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntabhūṣaṇam. The Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntabhūṣaṇa of Kauṇḍabhaṭṭa with the Nirañjanī commentary by Ramyatna Shukla and Prakāśa explanatory notes by K.V. Ramakrishnamacharyulu. Part II (Lakārārtha-, Kārakārtha- and Nāmārtha-chapters)
| Author | Critically edited by K.V. Ramakrishnamacharyulu |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Shree Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, Gujarat / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | [10], xxviii, 598 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚139; Shree Somnath Sanskrit University Shastra Grantha series n˚ 5 |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-230-9 (IFP) / 978-93-83097-33-3 (SSSU) / 978-2-85539-234-9 (EFEO) |
| Price | 1400.00 INR (60.00 EUR) |
Tirumaṅkai Āḻvār’s Five Shorter Works: Experiments in Literature
| Author | annotated translation with glossaries Lynn Ate |
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| Publisher | Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | ix, 433 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 140 ; NETamil Series n˚ 4 |
| Language | English, Tamil |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-231-6 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-235-6 (EFEO) |
| Price | 900.00 INR (38.00 EUR) |
A Grammar of Old Tamil for Students
| Author | Eva Wilden |
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| Publisher | Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 226 p. + 2 folded sheets |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 137; NETamil Series n˚3 |
| Language | English, Tamil |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-227-9 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-232-5 (EFEO) |
| Price | 650.00 INR (28.00 EUR) |
Speak, Memory: Oral Histories of Kodaikanal Dalits
| Author | Alexandra de Heering |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | xxi, 401 p. |
| Series | Regards sur l’Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives n˚ 11 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-220-0 |
| Price | 1200.00 INR (52.00 EUR) |
My Sapphire-hued Lord, my Beloved! A complete, annotated translation of Kulacēkara Āḻvār’s Perumāḷ Tirumoḻi and of its medieval Maṇipravāḷa commentary by Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai, with an introduction
| Author | Suganya Anandakichenin |
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| Publisher | Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | xi, 604 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 136 ; NETamil Series n˚ 2 |
| Language | English, Tamil |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-225-5 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-226-4 (EFEO) |
| Price | 1500.00 INR (65.00 EUR) |
The Brahmayāmalatantra or Picumata. Volume I: Chapters 1–2, 39–40 & 83. Revelation, Ritual, and Material Culture in an Early Śaiva Tantra
| Author | Shaman Hatley |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | xiv, 695 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 133; Early Tantra Series n˚ 5 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-226-2 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-231-8 (EFEO). |
| Price | 1600.00 INR (70.00 EUR) |
A Critical Edition and an Annotated Translation of the Akanāṉūṟu (Part 1 - Kaḷiṟṟiyāṉainirai). அகநானூறு என்னும் நெடுந்தொகை நானூறு முதற்பகுதி - களிற்றியானைநிரை (1 – 120) [ 3 vols]
| Author | Eva Wilden |
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| Publisher | Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | i-cxlix + 1-787; 1-470 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 134 ; NETamil Series 1.1, 1.2, 1.3; Critical Texts of Caṅkam Literature – 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 |
| Language | Tamil, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-219-4 (IFP) / 978 2 85539 2257 (EFEO) |
| Price | 3000.00 INR (130.00 EUR) |
Domestic Rituals of the Atharvaveda in the Paippalāda Tradition of Orissa: Śrīdhara’s Vivāhādikarmapañjikā. Volume I: Book One, Part One: General Prescriptions.
| Author | Edited with an introduction by Arlo Griffiths & Shilpa Sumant |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | cxxxiii, 172 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 135 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-224-8 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-227-1 (EFEO). |
| Price | 800.00 INR (35.00 EUR) |
Jain Sites of Tamil Nadu [DVD-ROM]
| Author | Nalini Balbir, Karine Ladrech, N. Murugesan, K. Rameshkumar |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2018 |
| Series | Regards sur l’Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives n˚ 12 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-223-1 |
| Price | 300.00 INR (14.00 EUR) |
L’Inde française et la Grande Guerre / French India and the Great War
| Author | Sous la direction de Frédéric Landy ; avec les contributions de Vanessa Caru, Jacques Frémeaux, Muhammad Lutful Haq, Raphaël Malangin ; traduction vers l’anglais Maurice Shukla |
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| Publisher | Consulat Général de France à Pondichéry / Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 160 p., ill. |
| Language | French, English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-229-3 |
| Price | 1000.00 INR (20.00 EUR) |
The Study of Stolen Love. Iṟaiyaṉār Kaḷaviyal. [rev. ed]
| Author | With Commentary by Nakkīraṉār. Translated from Tamil by David C. Buck and K. Paramasivam |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | xxxv, 347 p. |
| Series | Regards sur l’Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives n˚ 9 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-216-3 |
| Price | 1000.00 INR (43.00 EUR) |
Gôpalla Grâmam ou le village de Gôpallam (édition bilingue tamoul-français / Tamil-French bilingual edition)
| Author | Récit traduit du tamoul et présenté par Elisabeth Sethupathy |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 267 p. |
| Series | Regards sur l’Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives n˚ 10 |
| Language | Tamil, French |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-217-0 |
| Price | 650.00 INR (28.00 EUR) |
Avacchedakatāniruktiḥ. The Avacchedakatānirukti (of the Dīdhiti and Gādādharī) with the Subodhā commentary by N.S. Ramanuja Tatacharya
| Author | Associate Editor S. Lakshminarasimham |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | vi, 290 p. |
| Series | Regards sur l’Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives n˚ 8 / Vyākhyānamālā no 2. SCSVMV University Publication Series n˚ 38 |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-210-1 (IFP) |
| Price | 650.00 INR (28.00 EUR) |