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	'''John Dargavel Smith''' (born August 26, 1946) is a former professor of [[Sanskrit]] at [[University of Cambridge\|Cambridge]].		{{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}}
			'''John Dargavel Smith''' (born August 26, 1946) is a former professor of [[Sanskrit]] at [[University of Cambridge\|Cambridge]].

	His studies have primarily focused on topics in the language/literature/culture of [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=William Dalrymple in Rajasthan\|work=[[The Times]]\|date=20 September 2009\|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/india/article6840121.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000}}</ref> Much of this time was devoted to a major project on the hero-deity [[Pabuji]]: this was published in 1991 as ''The epic of Pabuji'' ([[Cambridge University Press]]).		His studies have primarily focused on topics in the language/literature/culture of [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=William Dalrymple in Rajasthan\|work=[[The Times]]\|date=20 September 2009\|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/india/article6840121.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605000820/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/india/article6840121.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=5 June 2011}}</ref> Much of this time was devoted to a major project on the hero-deity [[Pabuji]]: this was published in 1991 as ''The epic of Pabuji'' ([[Cambridge University Press]]).

	He earned a BA degree in Oriental Studies (Sanskrit and [[Hindi]]) 1968 and a [[PhD]] in 1974. He was appointed Lecturer in Sanskrit at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] 1975; University Lecturer in Sanskrit at Cambridge 1984, and became promoted Reader in Sanskrit, October 2001. He retired in September 2007.		He earned a BA degree in Oriental Studies (Sanskrit and [[Hindi]]) 1968 and a [[PhD]] in 1974. He was appointed Lecturer in Sanskrit at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] 1975; University Lecturer in Sanskrit at Cambridge 1984, and became promoted Reader in Sanskrit, October 2001. He retired in September 2007.
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'''John Dargavel Smith''' (born August 26, 1946) is a former professor of [[Sanskrit]] at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]].

His studies have primarily focused on topics in the language/literature/culture of [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=William Dalrymple in Rajasthan|work=[[The Times]]|date=20 September 2009|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/india/article6840121.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000}}</ref> Much of this time was devoted to a major project on the hero-deity [[Pabuji]]: this was published in 1991 as ''The epic of Pabuji'' ([[Cambridge University Press]]).

He earned a BA degree in Oriental Studies (Sanskrit and [[Hindi]]) 1968 and a [[PhD]] in 1974. He was appointed Lecturer in Sanskrit at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] 1975; University Lecturer in Sanskrit at Cambridge 1984, and became promoted Reader in Sanskrit, October 2001. He retired in September 2007.

Smith is interested in [[Hindu mythology]] and epic narrative. In 2009 he published an abridged translation of the [[Mahabharata]] with [[Penguin Classics]].<ref>John D. Smith, trans., Mahābhārata (London: Penguin, 2009).</ref> Professor Smith is also interested in the application of computers to [[textual study]].

== Selected publications ==
* ''The Vīsaḷadevarāsa: a restoration of the text''. Cambridge: C.U.P., 1976
* ''The epic of [[Pabuji|Pābūjī]]: a study, transcription and translation''. Cambridge: C.U.P., 1991
** ''The epic of Pabuji'' [popular second edition]. New Delhi: Katha, 2005.
* ''[[The Mahābhārata (Smith book)|The Mahābhārata: an abridged translation]]''. Penguin Books, 2009.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://bombay.indology.info/}}

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