I am very sorry to learn of Professor Jaini's passing. Besides his remarkable learning, his unmatched mastery of the several fields of scholarship to which he profusely contributed, we was a kind and generous mentor and friend, graced with good humor and great warmth.
He will be dearly missed. Matthew Matthew Kapstein Directeur d'études, émérite Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, The University of Chicago ________________________________ From: INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of Jeffery Long via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 6:44 AM To: eva de clercq <[email protected]>; Indology <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Padmanabh S. Jaini Dear Eva, This is devastating news. I appreciate your sharing it. In sorrow, Jeffery Dr. Jeffery D. Long Carl W. Ziegler Professor of Religion & Philosophy Professor of Asian Studies Elizabethtown College Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone<https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS> On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 6:52 AM, eva de clercq via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote: Dear all, Some colleagues in India brought to our attention that Padmanabh S. Jaini, one of the greatest scholars of Jainism (and Buddhism), and professor at Berkeley, has passed away at the age of 97. For an article on the publication of his memoirs: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-world-of-learning-the-journey-of-padmanabh-jaini/cid/1686901 [https://assets.telegraphindia.com/telegraph/4706111b-4121-4774-82a1-509a3c8fc058.jpg]<https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-world-of-learning-the-journey-of-padmanabh-jaini/cid/1686901> A world of learning: the journey of Padmanabh Jaini - Telegraph India<https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-world-of-learning-the-journey-of-padmanabh-jaini/cid/1686901> In 1998, while teaching at the University of California at Berkeley, I befriended a scholar much older and far more learned than I. This was Padmanabh Jaini, a great authority on Buddhism and Jainism, with a profound knowledge of texts in half a dozen languages. www.telegraphindia.com With kind regards, Eva Eva De Clercq Ghent University _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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