Buitenen, J. A. B. van 1928-1979
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Name (Latin)
Buitenen, J. A. B. van 1928-1979
Other forms of name
Van Buitenen, J. A. B. (Johannes Adrianus Bernardus), 1928-1979
nnaa Buitenen, Johannes Adrianus Bernardus van
Buitenen, Johannes Adrianus Bernardus van, 1928-1979
Buitenen, Hans van, 1928-1979
Date of birth
1928-05-21
Date of death
1979-09-21
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
associated with the Indian Studies Program of the Univ. of Chicago
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- His Tales of ancient India, 1959.
- His Studies in Indian literature and philosophy, 1988:t.p. (J.A.B. van Buitenen) p. xi (b. in The Hague on 5/21/1928; d. on 9/21/1979 in Champaign, Ill.)
Wikipedia description:
Johannes Adrianus Bernardus van Buitenen (21 May 1928 – 21 September 1979) was a Dutch Indologist at the University of Chicago where he was the George V. Bobrinskoy Professor of Sanskrit in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations. He was one of the world's leading Sanskrit scholars. His interests ranged widely over literature, philosophy and philology, but toward the end of his career he focused primarily on the Mahābhārata.
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