For Sanskrit & Śāstra scholars
Help identify primary sources, establish textual context, distinguish schools and commentarial traditions, refine terminology, and decide whether a proposed scientific translation is responsible.
You bring expertise. We build the question together.
Are you a Sanskrit scholar with a passage, concept, practice, commentary tradition, or understudied corpus that may illuminate questions about mind, language, health, behavior, consciousness, human flourishing, or the history of ideas? Or are you a scientist looking for scholars who can prevent superficial readings of classical material?
The collaboration begins with understanding the source — not with proving a predetermined scientific claim.
For scientists & physicians
Help determine which questions are measurable, what controls and methods are needed, how evidence should be graded, and where modern terminology risks distorting the source material.
For institutions & funders
Help create interdisciplinary teams, workshops, pilot infrastructure, fellowships, datasets, and competitive proposals capable of supporting rigorous work in India.
Possible outcomes
Conversation does not have to begin with a grant.
Textual studiesCritical bibliographiesLexiconsPilot experimentsDigital corporaResearch questionsWorkshopsDatasetsMulticentre networksGrant proposalsPublic lecturesScholarly publications
Begin with a note
Tell us what you know, what you are curious about, and what you think deserves study.
A few thoughtful paragraphs are enough. Please include the relevant text, tradition, scientific problem, or institutional opportunity where possible.