सारस्वता बान्धवा:, विद्वांसः शोकसन्तप्ता: संस्मरन्ति च दीपकम्।वेदविद्या क्रन्दतीव गते प्राज्ञे हि पञ्चताम्।। दिव्यं धाम हरे: प्राप्यान्नित्यं विद्यापरायणः। राधाकृष्णाङ्घ्रिकमले प्रार्थयेsहं मुहुर्मुहु:।। Girish K. Jha Professor of Sanskrit(Retd.) Patna University. Residence: Indirapuram(Near Delhi)
On Sun, 23 Apr, 2023, 1:41 pm Carmen Spiers via INDOLOGY, < [email protected]> wrote: > My sincere condolences to Dipak Bhattacharya's family and friends. We only > had email contact but he was very nice to a young scholar such as myself. > My line of research simply wouldn't exist without his father's and his > efforts. Incredible that he managed to publish the edition of the entire > enormous Paippalādasaṁhitā in his lifetime! > Carmen Spiers (Leiden) > > Am Sa., 22. Apr. 2023 um 20:19 Uhr schrieb Joanna Jurewicz < > [email protected]>: > >> Yes... very sad. He will remain with us - in our memories, in his texts... >> >> --- >> >> Prof. dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz >> >> Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia Studies >> >> Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies >> >> Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw >> >> ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 >> >> 00-927 Warszawa , Poland >> >> Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages >> >> College of Human Sciences >> >> UNISA >> >> Pretoria, RSA >> >> Member of Academia Europaea >> >> https://uw.academia.edu/JoannaJurewicz >> >> >> sob., 22 kwi 2023 o 14:25 Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> napisał(a): >> >>> This is very sad news indeed. Dipak Bhattacharya and his father >>> Durgamohan Bhattacharya were pioneers in the discovery and editing of the >>> Paippalāda Atharvaveda from Orissa. I met him several times at conferences, >>> and he was very generous in answering my questions regarding the >>> Atharvavedic tradition during my own editing of the Śaunakīya >>> Caturādhyāyikā and the Vikr̥tis of the Śaunakīya Atharvaveda. He also made >>> important contributions to Pāṇinian studies. His passing is a major loss to >>> Vedic studies. ॐ शान्ति: शान्ति: शान्ति: । >>> >>> Madhav M. Deshpande >>> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics >>> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA >>> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies >>> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, >>> India >>> >>> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 4:07 AM Arlo Griffiths via INDOLOGY < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Prof. Dipak Bhattacharya >>>> >>>> Prof. Dipak Bhattacharya, a renowned scholar of Sanskrit and Vedic >>>> Studies, passed away yesterday (April 21, 2023), at his daughter’s >>>> residence in Mumbai, due to prolonged illness and old age. He was >>>> eighty-two. He is survived by two daughters, son-in-laws and a >>>> granddaughter. >>>> >>>> Prof. Bhattacharya worked at the Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan >>>> and devoted his life to teaching and research in the field of Sanskrit and >>>> Vedic Studies. He was known for his research in Vedic Studies, >>>> particularly, the first critical edition of the Paippalāda Saṃhitā of the >>>> Atharvaveda. He continued the work left incomplete by his father, Prof. >>>> Durgamohan Bhattacharya, who is credited with discovering the tradition of >>>> the Atharvaveda in Odisha. He collected several manuscripts of that Veda >>>> written in Oriya script, worked meticulously throughout his life and >>>> brought out a good critical edition of the entire Saṃhitā, consisting of >>>> twenty Kāṇḍas. The edition was published in four volumes by the Asiatic >>>> Society, Kolkata (1997-2016). This work evinces the mastery of Vedic and >>>> classical Sanskrit language, proficiency in textual criticism, colossal >>>> industry and insight on the part of that scholar. Despite the difference of >>>> opinion, the community of Vedic scholars will always remain indebted to >>>> Prof. Bhattacharya for his monumental work. Eminent Vedic philologists >>>> such as Prof. Michael Witzel (retired Professor of Sanskrit, Harvard >>>> University) and Prof. Georges Pinault (Paris) have expressed their feelings >>>> similarly. >>>> >>>> I had good personal relations with Prof. Bhattacharya. He participated >>>> in a national seminar on Vedic Śākhās I had organized in 2001 at the Tilak >>>> Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (TMV) in honour of Prof. C. G. Kashikar. He also >>>> participated in the Fifth International Vedic Workshop held in Bucharest in >>>> 2011. He worked as an external examiner and attended the Viva Voce >>>> examination of Dr. Shilpa Sumant for her Ph. D. from TMV. He always treated >>>> me like his younger brother. His sad demise is an unrepairable loss for the >>>> field of Vedic Studies and a personal loss for me. >>>> >>>> My deep condolences to his family, students, friends and colleagues. >>>> >>>> Shrikant Bahulkar >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> > > > -- > Carmen Sylvia Spiers > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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