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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indologist and Sanskrit scholar}}<br />
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{{Infobox academic<br />
| name = Patrick Olivelle<br />
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| birth_date =1942<br />
| birth_place = [[Sri Lanka]]<br />
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| occupation = {{hlist|[[Indologist]]|[[philologist]]|professor}}<br />
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| education = {{Unbulleted list|[[University of Oxford]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])}} | [[University of Pennsylvania]] {{small|([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]])}} }}<br />
| workplaces = [[University of Texas at Austin]]<br />
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'''Patrick Olivelle''' is an [[Indologist]].{{Sfn|Lindquist|2011}}{{Sfn|Jamison|2008}} A [[philologist]] and scholar of [[Sanskrit Literature]] whose work has focused on [[asceticism]], [[renunciation]] and the [[dharma]], Olivelle has been Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions in the Department of Asian Studies at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] since 1991.{{Sfn|Lindquist|2011}}{{Sfn|Clark|2007}}<br />
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Olivelle was born in [[Sri Lanka]].{{Sfn|Clark|2007}} He received a B.A. (Honours) in 1972 from the [[University of Oxford]], where he studied [[Sanskrit]], [[Pali]] and [[Indian religions]] with [[Thomas Burrow]] and [[R.C. Zaehner]].{{Sfn|Clark|2007}} He received his Ph.D. from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in 1974 for a thesis containing the critical edition and translation of Yadava Prakasa's ''Yatidharmaprakasa'' under the supervision of [[Ludo Rocher]].{{Sfn|Clark|2007}} Between 1974 and 1991, Olivelle taught in the Department of Religious Studies at [[Indiana University Bloomington]].{{Sfn|Lindquist|2011}}<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{citation|last=Olivelle|first=Patrick (translator)|title=The Samnyasa Upanisads : Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fB8uneM7q1cC|year=1992|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-536137-7}}<br />
*{{citation|last=Olivelle |first=Patrick|title=The Asrama System : The History and Hermeneutics of a Religious Institution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYkPtXiXRYcC|year=1993|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-534478-3}}<br />
*{{cite q|Q108771870|year=1996}}<br />
*{{cite q|Q108772045}}<br />
*{{citation|last=Olivelle|first=Patrick (translator)|title=The Dharmasutras: The Law Codes of Ancient India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tYrpXCpfPuQC|series=Oxford World's Classics|year=1999|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-283882-7}}<br />
*{{citation|last=Olivelle|first=Patrick (translator)|title=Pañcatantra: The Book of India's Folk Wisdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8mkbwmM3YYQC|series=Oxford World's Classics|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-283988-6}}<br />
*{{citation|last=Olivelle|first=Patrick (translator)|title=The Law Code of Manu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGPSEuNsPLEC|series=Oxford World's Classics|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-280271-2}}<br />
*{{citation|last=Olivelle|first=Patrick (translator)|title=Manu's Code of Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Manava-Dharmasastra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PnHo02RtONMC|year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-517146-4}}<br />
*{{citation|last=Olivelle |first=Patrick|title=Between the Empires : Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=efaOR_-YsIcC|year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-977507-1}}<br />
*{{citation|last=Olivelle|first=Patrick|title=The law code of Viṣṇu: a critical edition and annotated translation of the Vaiṣṇava-Dharmaśāstra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9cvAQAAIAAJ|series=[[Harvard Oriental Series]], No. 73|year=2009|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-05139-3}}<br />
*{{citation|editor-last=Olivelle|editor-first=Patrick|title=Dharma: Studies in its Semantic, Cultural and Religious History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sb1OAQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-8120833388}}<br />
*{{citation|last=Olivelle|first=Patrick|title=Language, Texts, and Society: Explorations in Ancient Indian Culture and Religion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-a-doiuSY0C|year=2011|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=978-0-85728-431-0}}<br />
*{{citation|last=Olivelle|first=Patrick|title=Ascetics and Brahmins: Studies in Ideologies and Institutions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TecNS3Vi2F4C|year=2011|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=978-0-85728-432-7}}<br />
*{{citation|last=Olivelle|first=Patrick|title=King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India: Kautilya's Arthasastra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MlgU0oQb4sC|year=2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-989182-5}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{citation|last=Lindquist|first=Steven E.|chapter=Introduction: Patrick Olivelle and Indology| editor=Steven E. Lindquist|pages=9–20|title=Religion and Identity in South Asia and Beyond: Essays in Honor of Patrick Olivelle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WMalBRx5OAcC|access-date=30 September 2013|year=2011|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=978-0-85728-790-8}}<br />
*{{citation|last=Clark|first=Matthew|title=Patrick Olivelle: A Profile|url=http://www.soas.ac.uk/religions/events/comeandmeet/olivelle/|publisher=[[SOAS, University of London]]|year=2007}}<br />
*{{citation|last = Jamison|first = Stephanie W.| title=Review of: Languages, Texts, and Society: Explorations in Ancient Indian Culture and Religion by Patrick Olivelle; Ascetics and Brahmins: Studies in Ideologies and Institutions by Patrick Olivelle|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|volume=128|issue=2|year=2008|pages=395–396|jstor=25608395}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/6909369|title=Prof. Patrick Olivelle and Dr Nick Sutton discuss the Vedas and Upanishads|publisher= Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Online Education Initiative|year=2010}}<br />
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