Lokesh Chandra
| Lokesh Chandra | |
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| Born | 1927 Ambala, Haryana, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | M.A., 1947, Ph.D., 1950 |
| Occupation | Scholar |
| Title | President, ICCR[1] |
Prof. Lokesh Chandra (1927 -- ) is a prominent scholar of the Vedic period, Buddhism and the Indian arts. Presently he is the president of Indian Council for Cultural Relations.[2] He is also the Director of the International Academy of Indian Culture. He has also served as a member of the Indian Rajya Sabha, Vice-President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research.[3]
In 2006 he was recognized with India's Padma Bhushan award.[4]
He is the son of the famous Sanskrit scholar, linguist and politician Raghu Vira.
He was awarded a Ph.D. by the State University of Utrecht[5] in 1950 in recognition of his contributions to the critical editing the Gavamayana portion of the Vedic work Jaiminiya Brahmana with the help of newly discovered manuscripts. In the Netherlands, he also studied with the famous Indologist Jan Gonda.
Prof. Lokesh Chandra has studied many languages including English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Pali, Avesta, Old Persian, Japanese, Chinese, Tibetan, Malayalam, Mongolian, Indonesian, Greek, Latin, German, French, Tamil, Old Javanese, and Russian.[6]
He has to his credit over 360 works and text editions.[7] Among them are classics like his Tibetan-Sanskrit Dictionary, Materials for a History of Tibetan Literature, Buddhist Iconography of Tibet, and his Dictionary of Buddhist Art in about 20 volumes. [8]
Publications
Books
- Buddhist Iconography
- India's Contributions to World Thought and Culture
- Transcendental Art of Tibet
- Mudras in Japan
- Cultural Horizons of India
- Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography in 15 volumes.
- With Raghu Vira, Gilgit Buddhist Manuscripts. Facsimile edition. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture, 1959-74.
Articles
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Sources
- Bio Data of Prof. Lokesh Ckandra — at Sanchi University if Buddhist—Indic Studies.
- An Essay from Indira Kalakendra
- THE GULF WAR Hinduism Today - March 1991
References
- ↑ http://iccr.gov.in
- ↑ http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/24157/Prof+Lokesh+Chandra+appointed+as+the+17th+President+of+Indian+Council+for+Cultural+Relations
- ↑ http://14.141.36.212/hj/iccr_qc/content/bio-profile-prof-lokesh-chandra-president-iccr
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- ↑ http://www.sanchiuniv.org.in/pdf/Lokesh%20Chandra%20CV.pdf
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