Paul Dundas

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Professor

Paul Dundas
Indologist
EmployerUniversity of Edinburgh
AwardsPrakrit Jñānabhāratī International Awards (2019)
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Paul Dundas (23 May 1952 – 5 April 2023) was a British Indologist, an honorary fellow in

Sanskrit literature and Middle Indo-Aryan philology.[2][3][4] He was regarded as one of the leading scholars in Jaina and Prakrit studies.[5] He was a member of the Council of the Pali Text Society.[6]

Bibliography and research papers

Bibliography

Following is the partial list of his books:

Research papers and conferences

  • "Conversion to Jainism : Historical Perspectives" in R. Robinson and S. Clarke ( ed. ), Religious Conversion in India: Modes, Motivations, and Meanings, New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2003, pp. 125–48.
  • "Haribhadra's Lalitavistara and the legend of Siddharsi's conversion to Jainism", in O. Qvarnstrom (ed. ), Jainism and Early Buddhism: Essays in Honor of Padmanabh S. Jaini, Fremont: Asian Humanities Press 2003, 151–66.
  • "Beyond Anekantavada: A Jain Approach to Religious Tolerance", in T. Sethia ( ed. ), Ahimsa, Anekanta and Jainism, New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass 2004, 123–36.
  • Il Jainismo: L'antica religione indiana della non-violenza; Prefazione di Raffaele Torella, Roma: Castelvecchi 2005 (Italian translation of The Jains, second enlarged edition, London and New York Routledge 2002).
  • "A Non-Imperial Religion? Jainism in its 'Dark Age'", in P. Olivelle (ed.), Between the Empires: Society in India 300BCE-400BCE, New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 383–414.
  • "The Later Fortunes of Jamali", in P. Flugel (ed.), Studies in Jaina History and Culture: Disputes and dialogues, London and New York: Routledge 2006, pp. 33–60.

Later projects

  • A translation with commentary of
    Yasovijaya
    's Dvatrimsaddvatrimsika.
  • A study of the historical representation of the Jain Pancanamaskara mantra, with particular reference to Yasovijaya's Arhadgita.
  • A systematic investigation of the Sanskrit and Prakrit texts of the "Haribhadra corpus".

References

  1. ^ "Paul Dundas". The University of Edinburgh. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ bisschop, peter (10 April 2023). "[INDOLOGY] Paul Dundas (1952-2023)". Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. S2CID 143686109
    .
  4. ISBN 978-0-674-66039-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
    )
  5. ^ "Understanding Jainism". frontline.thehindu.com. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Speakers | The Institute for South Asia Studies". southasia.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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