Oh, what sad news! My condolences to Her family and friends. Joanna
--- Prof. dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia Studies Wydział Kultur Azji i Afryki / Faculty of Asian and African Cultures Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 00-927 Warszawa, Poland https://indologia.uw.edu.pl/en/o-katedrze/kadra/profesor-joanna-jurewicz/ https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz Członek Academia Europaea/Member of the Academia Europaea Przewodnicząca Rady Programowej Festiwalu Nauki/Chairperson of the Science Festival Programme Council sob., 14 mar 2026 o 03:52 Hock, Hans Henrich via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> napisał(a): > Another sad loss! My condolences to her family and so many friends, > > Hans Henrich Hock > > On Mar 12, 2026, at 19:30, Jan E.M. Houben via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > On 26 February Dr Marianne Oort passed away one week and a few days before > her 91st birthday. Many may know her as a very regular participant at > Indological events such as the meetings of the American Oriental Society > and World Sanskrit Conferences. She was one of the last living students of > Prof. F.B.J. Kuiper at Leiden University and among the earliest generations > of student-members of the Indological study association at Leiden > University which since Kuiper's time carries the name "Hertjes". Witzel > explained this name in his obituary of F.B.J. Kuiper as follows (IIJ 47, p. > 175): > Kuiper was well liked by his many students who called themselves, after > a > Classical verse, the Hertjes (‘deer’, *mṛgāḥ*) wishing to be protected > from the > lion of Sanskrit grammar by Kuiper as their Guru ( > *vyākaraṇasiṁhabhītā* > * apaśabdamṛgāḥ kva vicareyuḥ* ?). > Otherwise she was also widely known for almost two decades (1978-1997) as > the very helpful assistant librarian of the Kern Institute Indological > Library -- into which the Indological Library of the Institute of Oriental > Languages (founded by J. Gonda) of Utrecht University had been integrated > in 1992, and which is now, since ca. 2003, integrated into the general > Library of Leiden University. > In addition, she was for many years an active participant in the reading > group on the Paippalaada-Samhita organized by Alexander Lubotsky at Leiden > University. > See further: > https://www.dutchstudies-satsea.nl/deelnemers/oort-marianne-stazie-lissy/ > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dutchstudies-satsea.nl/deelnemers/oort-marianne-stazie-lissy/__;!!DZ3fjg!8Hca2pl-ZZqz2RLupK1Ym2KRtFnMe1OJ9KtDqUo1RVnfnts3WReF-XebCEFkmXUBS0eoQZwNPw6l3gh90eH2iy3hnMys$> > Condolences to her family and friends. > > J.H. > > -- > *Jan E.M. Houben* > Directeur d'Études, Professor of South Asian History and Philology > *Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite* > École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris Sciences et Lettres) > *Sciences historiques et philologiques * > Groupe de recherches en études indiennes (EA 2120) > *johannes.houben [at] ephe.psl.eu <[email protected]>* > *https://ephe-sorbonne.academia.edu/JanEMHouben > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ephe-sorbonne.academia.edu/JanEMHouben__;!!DZ3fjg!8Hca2pl-ZZqz2RLupK1Ym2KRtFnMe1OJ9KtDqUo1RVnfnts3WReF-XebCEFkmXUBS0eoQZwNPw6l3gh90eH2i4NZ09XW$>* > *https://www.classicalindia.info* > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.classicalindia.info__;!!DZ3fjg!8Hca2pl-ZZqz2RLupK1Ym2KRtFnMe1OJ9KtDqUo1RVnfnts3WReF-XebCEFkmXUBS0eoQZwNPw6l3gh90eH2iyH-M2Uz$> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!DZ3fjg!8Hca2pl-ZZqz2RLupK1Ym2KRtFnMe1OJ9KtDqUo1RVnfnts3WReF-XebCEFkmXUBS0eoQZwNPw6l3gh90eH2izidx0Lj$ > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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