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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.
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
Tantric Studies. Fruits of a Franco-German project on Early Tantra
| Author | Edited by Dominic Goodall and Harunaga Isaacson |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | xxx, 305 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 131; Early Tantra Series n˚ 4 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-211-8 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-220-2 (EFEO). |
| Price | 800.00 INR (35.00 EUR) |
Shadows of Gods: An Archive and its Images
| Author | Gopinath Sricandane |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 84 p. |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-215-6 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-223-3 (EFEO) |
| Price | 900.00 INR (38.00 EUR) |
The Archaeology of Bhakti II. Royal Bhakti, Local Bhakti
| Author | edited by Emmanuel Francis & Charlotte Schmid |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | ix, 609 p. |
| Series | Collection Indologie n˚ 132 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-212-5 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-221-9 (EFEO) |
| Price | 1300.00 INR (56.00 EUR) |
The Four Hundred Songs of Love. An Anthology of Poems from Classical Tamil. The Akanāṉūṟu.
| Author | Translated and annotated by George L. Hart |
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| Publisher | Institut Français de Pondichéry |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | xx, 485 p. |
| Series | Regards sur l’Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives n˚ 7 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-81-8470-213-2 |
| Price | 1000.00 INR (43.00 EUR) |