Nalini Balbir
Nalini Balbir | |
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| Born | May 27, 1955. apabhramsha |
| Institutions | École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris |
| Thesis | Etudes d'exégèse jaina: les Āvaśyaka (1986) |
| Website | [email protected] |
Nalini Balbir (born 1955) is a French
Indologist who lives in Paris. She is a scholar of Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali, Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism. She was previously a student of Indologist Colette Caillat. She is known for her work on the publication of the Catalogue of the Jain Manuscripts of the British Library published by the Institute of Jainology.[2]
Biography
Nalini Balbir was born of a French mother and an Indian father. She started her career as a teacher of French, Latin and Greek in secondary schools (1977 to 1980), before completing her PhD in Indian Studies (Études indiennes) with the edition and annotated translation of the Danastaka-katha, a book of Jain narratives in Sanskrit, which was published in 1982.École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris (Section des Sciences historiques et philologiques). As a trained philologist, her main areas of research are Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Theravada Buddhism, Jainism, and Hindi language and literature of the 20th century. She is also a member of Pali text society in London and editor since 1983 of Bulletin d'Études Indiennes, an Indology Journal.[5]
Publications
- Balbir, N. (1983). Prakrit versions of a Pan-Indian tale ; the Monkey and the Tailor-bird, and their use in Jaina Books of discipline. OCLC Number: 469255352
- Balbir, N. (1984). "Normalizing trends in Jaina narrative literature." Indologica Taurinensia 12 (1984): 25-38. OCLC Number: 469255335
- Balbir, N., Oberlies, T., & Leumann, E. (1993). Āvaśyaka-Studien. Alt- und neu-indische Studien, 45, 1-2. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner. ISBN 978-3-515-06149-0OCLC Number: 30675632
- Renou, L., Balbir, N., & Pinault, G.-J. (1997). [1. Védique et sanskrit - 2. Tradition grammaticale]. Choix d'études indiennes / Louis Renou. Réunis par Nalini Balbir et Georges-Jean Pinault, Tome 1. Paris: École Française d'Extrême-Orient. OCLC Number: 246231389
- British Library (London), & Balbir, N. (2006). Catalogue of the Jain manuscripts of the British Library 1 Vol. 1 Introduction, bibliography, appendices, indexes, plates. ISBN 978-0-7123-4711-2OCLC Number: 263433372
- Caillat, C., & Balbir, N. (2008). Jaina Studies. Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 81-208-3247-7OCLC Number: 470840899
- Balbir, N., & Pinault, G.-J. (2009). Penser, dire et représenter l'animal dans le monde Indien. Paris: Champion. ISBN 2-7453-1903-5OCLC Number: 406150083
- Acarya Nemicandra; Nalini Balbir (2010). ISBN 978-81-88769-30-8.
- Nalini Balbir (2013). Assimil: Le Sanskrit (in French). Paris: Assimil. ISBN 9782700580433.
References
- ^ a b "Nalini Balbir" (PDF). École pratique des hautes études.
- ^ "Jaina Studies". Newsletter of Centre of Jaina Studies (2). University of London: School of Oriental and African Studies. March 2007. Retrieved 17 Dec 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 81-208-1150-X. p. 4
- ^ *Larson, Gerald James. "The Controlled Strength of the Jina". Passage to India, Module 6. Bloomington: Indiana University. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
- ISBN 90-04-09318-4. p. 208
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