This page is an index to lectures by Ram Karan Sharma made at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of South Asia Studies.

The following recordings are unedited. Some of these are large files that will take some time to download if you have a slow connection. Edited versions will be provided at a later date to remove silences and other irrelevant content.

Alphabetical order by file name:

• rk_sharma_ayurveda_1_21january2009.mp3 (77.7 MB, 1:22:54)
  Question and answer interaction during lecture on āyurveda.
• rk_sharma_epic_sanskrit_21january2009.mp3 (5.9 MB, 6:15)
  Comments on characteristics of the Sanskrit language as it appears in the epic literature, contrasted with Vedic and classical Sanskrit. Includes examples of how epic Sanskrit shows greater metrical freedom and deviates from classical Pāṇinian forms.
• rk_sharma_intro_ramopakhyana_19january2009.mp3 (5.4 MB, 5:47)
  Comments on the Rāmāyaṇa story as it occurs in the Mahābhārata.
• rk_sharma_mahabharata_oral_tradition_4february2009.mp3 (12.9 MB, 13:45)
  Comments on the tradition of oral poetry in the Mahābhārata.
• rk_sharma_mahabharata_sacrifice_21january2009.mp3 (8.2 MB, 8:42)
  Comments on the original context of some passages in the Mahābhārata, including mention of some Vedic sacrificial aspects.
• rk_sharma_penn_colloquium_5feb2009.mp3 (79.4 MB, 1:24:42)
  Lecture on "What is Classical In Classical Sanskrit Literature".