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Patrick Olivelle

b. 1942

Sri Lankan Indologist and Sanskrit scholar (born 1942)

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About Patrick Olivelle

Born 1942. Patrick Olivelle is an indologist, translator, editor, university teacher, religious studies scholar and philologist.

Patrick Olivelle is an Indologist. A philologist and scholar of 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.

Early life Olivelle was born in Sri Lanka. He received a B.A. (Honours) in 1972 from the University of Oxford, where he studied Sanskrit, Pali and Indian religions with Thomas Burrow and R.C. Zaehner. 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. Between 1974 and 1991, Olivelle taught in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University Bloomington.

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Important facts

Born
1942
Birth century
Occupation
Indologist, translator, editor, university teacher, religious studies scholar, philologist
Education
University of Oxford, University of Pennsylvania
Employers
University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship; Auguste Pavie Prize

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Sri Lankan Indologist and Sanskrit scholar (born 1942)

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Patrick Olivelle is an indologist, translator, editor, university teacher, religious studies scholar and philologist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Patrick Olivelle

· Wikidata: Q17080740

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