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Rajnish Kumar Mishra

Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies

Room No

Off. Phone

011-26704128

Residence

9910066499

rkmishra[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, mishrarajnish[at]gmail[dot]com, mishra_rajnish[at]yahoo[dot]com

Personal Webpage

https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/rkmishra/cv.pdf

Qualifications

M.A. English, 1992, Patna University, Patna (with specialization in Linguistics)

M.A. Linguistics, 1994 JNU, New Delhi (with specialization in Sanskrit Linguistics)

M.Phil. 1997 JNU (Topic : Buddhist Theory of Meaning and Literary Analysis: An Example Study)

Ph.D. 2001 JNU (Topic: Shaiva Philosophy and Literary Theory: An Examination of Abhinavagupta’s Poetics with Reference to Tantraloka)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Kashmir Shaivism, Buddhism, Sanskrit linguistics, Sanskrit Poetics, Asian Literature, Philosophy of Language, Comparative Poetics and ComparativeReligion.

Experience

(i) Joined as an Assistant Professor on 01.10.2001.

(ii) Associate Professor since 01.10.2013.

(iii) Professor since 01.10.2016.

Awards & Honours

1. Okita Memorial Fellowship (ICCR, New Delhi and JapanFoundation, 1998)

2. The Indian Council for Cultural Relations and South Asian Institute (SAI), University of Heidelberg (Germany) had offeredin 2012 a prestigious chair (Professor Heinrich Zimmer Chair) for two years to teach Indian Intellectual History. (Deferred by me due to my personal family issues, i.e. critical illness of my mother at that time).]

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Articles/ Research Papers/Reviews:

i. "Buddhist Theory of Meaning" in Signs and Signification, Vol. II, pp. 337-358, (2000) Eds. H.S. Gill and Giovanni Manetti, Delhi: Bahari Publication.

ii. Review article: Words of My Perfect Teacher of Patrul Rinpoche in the Indian Book Chronicles, June, 2000; published from Jaipur, Rajasthan.

iii. Review of BhŒrat´ya KŒvya Vimar§a by Acharya Ramaurti Tripathy (Delhi: Vani Prakashan, 2000) in Pustaka VŒrtŒ (ed. Shri Ashok Vajapeyi), Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Vol. I, Issue 1, 2001.

iv. "Sthitpraj–asya kŒ bhŒ•Œ: What is Liberated/Decolonized Mind?" [published the proceedings of the seminar and also in the forthcoming issue of the Critical Practices published by the Dept. of English, Saurashtra University, Rajakot (Gujarat) and also in Decolonization: A Search for Alternative (ed.) Adesh Pal et. al., Delhi: Creative Books, 2000.].

v. Nirvacana as Signification: îchŒrya Abhinavagupta’s Exposition of Anuttara, in êabda: Texts and Interpretation in Indian Thought (eds.) Sareen, Santosh K. and Makarand Paranjape, Mantra Books, Delhi. August 2004. ISBN81-902304-1-7.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Books:

1. Buddhist Theory of Meaning and Literary Analysis, Delhi: D K Printworld Pvt.Ltd. 1999, Reprint 2008.

2. Shaiva Philosophy and Literary Theory, Delhi: D K Printworld Pvt. Ltd. (Revised Edition, Forthcoming)

Chapters in Books: 16.

Articles/Research Papers: 07

Book Reviews: 05