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Paul Dundas

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Professor
Paul Dundas
Born ( 1952-05-23 ) 23 May 1952
Died 5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) (aged 71)
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Occupation Indologist
Employer University of Edinburgh
Awards Prakrit Jn?nabh?rat? International Awards (2019)
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Paul Dundas (23 May 1952 ? 5 April 2023) was a British Indologist, an honorary fellow in Sanskrit language and Head of Asian studies at the University of Edinburgh . [1] His teachings and research focused extensively on understanding Jainism , Buddhism , 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 [ edit ]

Bibliography [ edit ]

Following is the partial list of his books:

  • Dundas, P. (1992). The Jains. The Library of religious beliefs and practices. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-26606-2
  • Dundas, P. (1998). The meat at the wedding feasts: Kr???a, vegetarianism and a Jain dispute. [Toronto]: Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto. OCLC Number: 43745945
  • Alphen, J. v., Pal, P., & Dundas, P. (2000). Steps to liberation: 2,500 years of Jain art and religion. Antwerpen: Etnografisch Museum. OCLC Number: 44834857
  • Dundas, P. (2007). History, scripture and controversy in a medieval Jain sect. Routledge advances in Jaina studies. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-37611-2 OCLC Number: 68373250
  • Dundas, P. (2017). Editing and translation of Magha 's The Killing of Shishupala , Murty Classical Library of India, Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0-674-66039-7

Research papers and conferences [ edit ]

  • "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 [ edit ]

  • 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 [ edit ]

  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. ^ Norman, K. R. (1995). "The Jains. By. Paul Dundas. (Library of religious beliefs and practices), Routledge: London New York, 1992. Pp. xii, 276" . Modern Asian Studies . 29 (2): 439?441. doi : 10.1017/S0026749X00012804 . ISSN   1469-8099 . S2CID   143686109 .
  4. ^ Dundas, Paul; Dundas, Paul-link2 (5 January 2017). The Killing of Shishupala . Murty Classical Library of India. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 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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