Patrick Olivelle

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Patrick Olivelle
Born1942 (age 81–82)
philologist
  • professor
  • Academic background
    Education
    Academic work
    InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Austin

    Patrick Olivelle is an

    Sanskrit Literature whose work has focused on asceticism, renunciation and the dharma, Olivelle has been Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin since 1991.[1][3]

    Early life

    Olivelle was born in

    R.C. Zaehner.[3] He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974 for a thesis containing the critical edition and translation of Yadava Prakasa's Yatidharmaprakasa under the supervision of Ludo Rocher.[3] Between 1974 and 1991, Olivelle taught in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University Bloomington.[1]

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