Another sad departure! Paul was a great scholar, a great person and a good friend. His death is a painful loss to us all.
Jim Fitzgerald On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 5:50 AM peter bisschop via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear members of the list, > It is with profound sadness that we, his former Sanskrit colleagues at the > University of Edinburgh, have to share the news of the passing of Paul > Dundas on Wednesday 5 April at the age of 70. > Paul started studying Sanskrit and Prakrit as an undergraduate at the > University of Edinburgh with Michael Coulson and had a short period as a > postgraduate at the University of Cambridge with among others, John Brough > and K.R. Norman, before accepting the post in Sanskrit at Edinburgh in > 1976, where he continued to teach and research throughout his entire career > until his retirement as reader only a few years ago. He was a member of the > Council of the Pali Text Society, and the recipient of the Prakrit > Jñānabhāratī International award in 2019. Paul was a towering figure in the > field of Jain and Prakrit studies and will be known to most scholars and > students as the author of *The Jains*, of which the first edition > appeared in 1992 and which continues to be the most reliable introduction > to Jainism to the present day. From his many other publications in the > field we would like to single out *History, Scripture and Controversy in > a Medieval Jain Sect*, published in 2007, a book of vast and penetrating > learning with a relevance far beyond that of medieval Jainism alone. But > Paul also had a great passion for all things Sanskrit, reading across the > entire spectrum of Sanskrit literature. Testimony to this is his wonderful > translation of Māgha's *Śiśupālavadha*, published in the Murty Classical > Library of India in 2017, the first complete English translation of this > truly difficult Sanskrit Mahākāvya. His latest publication appeared in > 2022, in the Eivind Kahrs felicitation volume *Jñānapraśaṃsā*: “Sectarian > Confrontation as Theatrical Diversion: Observations on Yaśaścandra’s > *Mudritakumudacandraprakaraṇa* and the Jain Debate at Aṇahillapaṭṭana”. > Paul was still actively engaged in several other projects. His death is a > great loss to the field. > Paul was one of the most learned and well read persons we have known. He > was also most generous and kind, and we will sorely miss his presence and > humour. > Our thoughts are with his partner, Rowan Flett. > Peter Bisschop, Leiden > John Brockington, Kidlington > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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