Daniela Rossella

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	Italy
Title	Adjunct Professor in Indology and History of Religions
Affiliation	University of Potenza
Email	ghezziem@tin.it
Mailing Address	University of Potenza, Conservatorio di Musica of Vicenza, Piazza Buzzati, 5 43122 Parma, ITALY
Phone/Fax Number(s)	Phone: 39/521-773854 Fax: 39/521-773854
Countries of Specialization	India
Education	* Degree in Sanskrit Language and Literature, magna cum laude, at the University of Milan, Italy. * Ph.D. at the University "La Sapienza" of Rome, Italy. * Fellowship (2004) in the Oxford Centre for Hindu and Vaisnava Studies in Oxford (UK)
Research Interests	* Fields of research: Indian aesthetics and rhetorics; Sanskrit poetry and dramaturgy; devotional religion; comic literature of India; women's position in India. * Current projects: analysis of the origins of kavya; translation from Pali into Italian of the Thera-Therigatha; translation of Rupa Gosvamins Padyavali.
Publications	* Publications: translations from Sanskrit into Italian (Samayamatrika; Sakuntalopakyana; Amarushataka; Sattasai; Mayurashtaka; Anangaranga; Rasamajari; Bhaminivilasa; Ratimanjari; Rasikaranjana; Shriramapratapacharitamahakavya; Hamsaduta; Rathangaduta; Shringararasashtaka; and an anthology of Sanskrit poetry); several essays on kavya, bhakti, alamkarashastra, and stridharma.
Keywords	aesthetics ; rhetorics ; Sanskrit ; poetry ; dramaturgy ; devotional religion ; comic literature ...