Inauguration of 2-day National Conference JIGNASA -17, Abhinavagupta’s Contribution to Sanskrit Literature (to mark the millennium year of Abhinavagupta’s death anniversary), keynote address by Vidwan Dr. Lakshmitatachar, President, Samskruti Foundation, Mysuru, Dr. A. Nagaraju, Principal, Maharani’s Science College for Women, presides, Vidwan Dr. H.V. Nagaraja Rao, Chairman, Sri Poornapragna Samshodhana Mandiram, Bengaluru, will talk on ‘Life and achievements of Abhinavagupta.’ Vidwan M. A. Hegde, Retd. Principal, MGC College, Siddapura, will talk on ‘Salient Features of Lochana on Dhvanyaloka.’ Dr. Madhusudana Adiga, Associate Professor, Kalabhairaveshvara Sanskrit Vedagama College, Adichunchanagiri Kshetra, Nagamangala, talk on ‘Rasasvarupa in Abhinavabharati,’ Maharaja’s College Centenary Hall, 10.30 am.