Paul Thieme
Paul Thieme | |
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| Born | 18 March 1905 |
| Died | 24 April 2001 (aged 96) London, England, UK |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Awards | Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (1988) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
Main interests | Indian philosophy Comparative linguistics |
Paul Thieme (German: [paʊl ˈtiːmə]; 18 March 1905 – 24 April 2001) was a German Indologist[1] and scholar of Vedic Sanskrit. In 1988 he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for "he added immensely to our knowledge of Vedic and other classical Indian literature and provided a solid foundation to the study of the history of Indian thought".[2]
Selected bibliography
[edit]- 1929: Das Plusquamperfektum im Veda (Diss. Göttingen 1928).
- 1935: Panini and the Veda. Studies in the Early History of Linguistic Science in India. Allahabad
- 1938: Der Fremdling im Rigveda. Eine Studie über die Bedeutung der Worte ari, arya, aryaman und aarya, Leipzig.
References
[edit]- ^ McGetchin, Douglas T. (2009). Indology, Indomania, and Orientalism: Ancient India's Rebirth in Modern Germany. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-4208-5.
- ^ "Paul Thieme". Inamori Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
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