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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.

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The Bhaktimandākinī: An Elaborate Fourteenth-Century Commentary by Pūrṇasarasvatī on the Viṣṇupādādikeśastotra Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya

Author A critical edition with introduction and an English translation of the stotra with notes by N.V.P. Unithiri, H.N. Bhat, S.A.S. Sarma
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient
Year 2011
Pages lii, 188 p.
Series Collection Indologie n°118
Language Sanskrit, English
ISBN 978-81-8470-188-3
Price 550.00 INR (25.00 EUR)

BIOTIK: Biodiversity Informatics and Co-Operation in Taxonomy for Interactive Shared Knowledge Base. Western Ghats v 1.0. A multimedia identification system of evergreen tree species of the Western Ghats, India. [DVD-ROM].

Author B.R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, P.Grard, J.Prosperi, S.Aravajy J.P.Pascal…[et al.]
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2010
Series Collection Ecologie n°46
Language English, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil
ISBN 978-81-8470-168-5
Price 300.00 INR (14.00 EUR)

Data Paper – High Resolution Vegetation Cover Data for the Southern Western Ghats of India. (IFP_ECODATA_VEGETATION)

Author Quentin Renard, B. R. Ramesh, G. Muthusankar, Raphaël Pelissier
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2010
Pages 12 p. + annexes
Series Pondy Papers in Ecology n°9
Language English

Palynology and Certain Aspects of Histology of the Vernonieae (Asteraceae) in South India [CD-ROM]

Author G. Vasanthy
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2010
Series Collection Ecologie n°47
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-183-8
Price 300.00 INR (14.00 EUR)

Gateway to a New World. The Lazaret at La Grande Chaloupe.

Author Michèle Marimoutou-Oberlé ; portfolio by Raymond Barthes.
Year 2010
Pages 202 p.
Language English
ISBN 978-2-908837-25-4
Price 1350.00 INR (20.00 EUR)

Analyzing Canopy Heterogeneity of the Tropical Forests by Texture Analysis of Very-High Resolution Images - A Case Study in the Western Ghats of India [E-paper]

Author Pierre Ploton
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2010
Pages 71 p.
Series Pondy Papers in Ecology n°10
Language English

Nouveau voyage aux Indes orientales (1786- 1813)

Author Pierre Sonnerat ; texte établi et annoté par Jean Deloche et Madeleine Ly-Tio-Fane
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient
Year 2010
Pages xl, 377 p.
Series Collection Indologie n°115
Language French
ISBN 978-81-8470-182-1
Price 750.00 INR (32.00 EUR)

La création d’une iconographie śivaïte narrative. Incarnations du dieu dans les temples pallava construits.

Author Valérie Gillet
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient
Year 2010
Pages 402 p., 250 p. of ill.
Series Collection Indologie n°113
Language French
ISBN 978-81-8470-180-7
Price 1500.00 INR (65.00 EUR)

Le crâne et le glaive. Représentations de Bhairava en Inde du Sud (VIIIe-XIIIe siècles ).

Author Karine Ladrech
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient
Year 2010
Pages 467 p.+ CD-ROM (in pocket of back cover)
Series Collection Indologie n°112
Language French
ISBN 978-81-8470-178-4
Price 1000.00 INR (43.00 EUR)

La geste de Rāma. Poème à double sens de Sandhyākaranandin (Introduction, texte, traduction, analyse)

Author Sylvain Brocquet
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient
Year 2010
Pages vii, 523 p.
Series Collection Indologie n°110
Language French
ISBN 978-81-8470-174-6
Price 1000.00 INR (43.00 EUR)

Assessment and Conservation of Forest Biodiversity in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. 1. General Introduction and Forest Land Cover and Land Use Changes (1977-1997) [E-paper]

Author B.R. Ramesh, Mohan Seetharam, M. C. Guero, R. Michon
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2009
Pages pp. 1-64
Series Pondy Papers in Ecology n°6
Language English

Passages: Relationships Between Tamil And Sanskrit.

Author Edited by Kannan.M., Jennifer Clare
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Tamil Chair, DSSEAS, Univ. of California (Berkeley)
Year 2009
Pages 423 p.
Series IFP - Publications Hors série n°11
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-176-0
Price 700.00 INR (30.00 EUR)

Deep Rivers: Selected Writings on Tamil Literature.

Author François Gros. Translated from French by M. P. Boseman. Edited by Kannan M., Jennifer Clare
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Tamil Chair, DSSEAS, Univ. of California (Berkeley)
Year 2009
Pages xxxviii, 520 p.
Series IFP - Publications Hors série n°10
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-172-2
Price 800.00 INR (35.00 EUR)

Reading Himalayan Landscapes over Time. Environmental Perception, Knowledge and Practice in Nepal and Ladakh.

Author Edited by Joëlle Smadja ; translated from French by Bernadette Sellers
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2009
Pages xiv, 671 p., ill. + 1 folded map
Series Collection Sciences Sociales n°14
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-170-8
Price 1000.00 INR (44.00 EUR)

Two Śaiva teachers of the sixteenth century. Nigamajñāna I and his disciple Nigamajñāna II

Author T. Ganesan
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2009
Pages xviii, 274 p
Series IFP - Publications Hors série n°9
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-169-2
Price 600.00 INR (26.00 EUR)

Data Paper – High-Resolution Topographic and Bioclimatic Data for the Southern Western Ghats of India (IFP_ECODATA_BIOCLIM) [E-paper]

Author Quentin Renard, G. Muthusankar, Raphaël Pelissier
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2009
Pages 21 p.
Series Pondy Papers in Ecology n°8
Language English

Assessment and Conservation of Forest Biodiversity in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. 2. Assessment of Tree Biodiversity, Logging Impact and General Discussion. [E-paper]

Author B.R. Ramesh, M.H. Swaminath, Santhoshagouda Patil, S. Aravajy, Claire Elouard
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2009
Pages pp. 65-124
Series Pondy Papers in Ecology n°7
Language English

Four forts of the Deccan

Author Jean Deloche
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient
Year 2009
Pages 206 p. incl. ill.
Series Collection Indologie n°111
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-175-3
Price 1000.00 INR (43.00 EUR)

Between Preservation and Recreation. Tamil Traditions of Commentary. Proceedings of a Workshop in Honour of T.V. Gopal Iyer.

Author Edited by Eva Wilden
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient
Year 2009
Pages xiv, 320 p.
Series Collection Indologie n°109
Language Tamil, English
ISBN 978-81-8470-173-9
Price 600.00 INR (26.00 EUR)

Streams of Language. Dialects in Tamil.

Author Edited by Kannan M.
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2008
Pages xxii, 335 p.
Series IFP - Publications Hors série n°6
Language Tamil, English, French.
ISBN 978-81-8470-161-6
Price 500.00 INR (23.00 EUR)