* Seminar link: https://www.chstm.org/early-south-asia <https://www.chstm.org/early-south-asia>Time and topic:Monday, October 18, 2021 8:00 am to 9:30 am MDT (sign in to see details for your local timezone) *
Prof. Emeritus K. G. Zysk, University of Copenhagen (URL <https://ccrs.ku.dk/staff/?pure=en/persons/97751>) *Topic*: Mesopotamian and Indian Bird Omens *Abstract* This presentation explores the relationship between bird omens that occur in both the Sanskrit *Gārgīyajyotiṣa* Aṅga 42 and the Akkadian *Šumma Ālu* and related Cuneiform tablets. After an overview of the Sanskrit omens and their source, the study proceeds to compare the Indian and Mesopotamian bird omens with special reference to the omens of the crow in an attempt to show that the Akkadian omens was the archetype of the Sanskrit omen verses. The paper concludes with a list of contents of Aṅga 42, followed by the Sanskrit text and translation of verses 6-29 on the crow. Downloads are provided at the above link solely for discussion at the meeting of this working group. -- Professor Dominik Wujastyk <https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/wujastyk> , Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity , Department of History, Classics, and Religion <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/> , University of Alberta, Canada . South Asia at the U of A: sas.ualberta.ca SSHRC research: The Suśruta Project <http://sushrutaproject.org>
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