J. A. B. van Buitenen
J. A. B. van Buitenen | |
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Born | The Hague, Netherlands |
Died | Champaign, Illinois, U.S.[1] |
Johannes Adrianus Bernardus van Buitenen (21 May 1928 – 21 September 1979) was a Dutch
Biography
Van Buitenen studied with
Van Buitenen contributed to the training of several notable scholars in the USA, among them James L. Fitzgerald (Brown University), Walter O. Kaelber, Michael D. Willis, Bruce M. Sullivan (Northern Arizona University) and Bruce Lincoln (University of Chicago).[2]
Van Buitenen was on the board of directors of the American Oriental Society [5] and became a correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1963.[1]
Amongst many publications he edited and translated the first five books of the Hindu epic, "The Mahabharata". They were published in three volumes by the University of Chicago Press. At the time of his death he was working on the fourth of seven volumes.[5]
Publications
Books
- Rāmānuja's Vedārthasangraha. Deccan College Monograph Series. Vol. 16. Poona: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute. 1956.
- Tales of Ancient India. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1959.
- The Maitrāyaṇīya Upaniṣad: A Critical Essay, with Text, Translation and Commentary. The Hague. 1962.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Two Plays of Ancient India: The Little Clay Cart and the Minister's Seal. New York: Columbia University Press. 1968. ISBN 9780231030465.
- Rāmānuja on the Bhagavadgītā: a condensed rendering of his Gītābhāṣya with copious notes and an introduction (Second ed.). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. 1968 [1953].
- Yāmuna's Āgama Prāmāṇyam; or, Treatise on the Validity of Pañcarātra. Madras: Ramanuja Research Society. 1968.
- The Mahabharata: Book 1: The Book of the Beginning. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1971.
- The Mahabharata: Book 2: The Book of Assembly Hall; Book 3: The Book of the Forest. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1975.
- The Mahabharata: Book 4: The Book of the Virata; Book 5: The Book of the Effort. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1978.
- The Bhagavadgītā in the Mahābhārata. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1981.
Selected articles
- "Studies in Sāṃkhya (I)". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 76 (3): 153–157. July–September 1956. JSTOR 596286.
- "Studies in Sāṃkhya (II)". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 77 (1): 15–25. January–March 1957. JSTOR 594871.
- "Studies in Sāṃkhya (III)". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 77 (2): 88–107. April–June 1957. JSTOR 594919.
- "The Name "Pañcarātra"". History of Religions. 1 (2): 291–299. Winter 1962. S2CID 224807810.
References
- ^ a b "J.A.B. van Buitenen (1928–1979)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ a b Richard H. Davis, South Asia at Chicago: a history, foreword by Milton Singer (Chicago: Committee on Southern Asian Studies, University of Chicago, 1985).
- ^ Jan Gonda, 'Obituary' in Studies in Indian Literature and Philosophy: Collected Articles of J. A. B. van Buitenen, edited by Ludo Rocher (Delhi, 1988), p. xiii.
- ^ Gonda, 'Obituary' in Studies in Indian Literature and Philosophy, p. xv.
- ^ a b c J.A.B. van Buitenen – Authority on Sanskrit Taught at Chicago University – Obituary, New York Times, 22 September 1979