Position:
Postdoctoral Researcher in Sanskrit Literary and Cultural History
Faculty / College Address:
Room 305, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Email:
deo.sharma@ames.ox.ac.uk
Research Interests:
Sanskrit epics and their reception, sectarianism and polemics in early modern South India, Mādhva and Śrīvaiṣṇava Vaiṣṇavism and South Indian Śaivism.
Current Projects:
Leverhulme Project on the Mahābhārata (2021-2024).
Recent Publications:
“Reading the Mahābhārata as Śāstra: The Role of the ‘Righteous’ Pāṇḍavas and ‘Villainous’ Kauravas in Madhva's Dvaitavedānta.” The Journal of Hindu Studies, Volume 14, Issue 3, November 2021, Pages 279–300, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhs/hiab014
“The Problem of Indifference to Suffering in the Mahābhārata Tradition”. International Journal of Hindu Studies volume 24, pages 177–197 (2020). https://rdcu.be/cNJkS
Full / Other Publications:
My publications can be viewed here: https://oxford.academia.edu/VishalSharma
