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{{Short description|British Indologist (1952–2023)}}
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| name = Paul Dundas
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|5|23|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|4|5|1952|2|11|df=y}}
| nationality = British
| alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]]
| occupation = [[Indologist]]
| employer = [[University of Edinburgh]]
| awards = Prakrit Jñānabhāratī International Awards (2019)
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'''Paul Dundas''' (23 May 1952 – 5 April 2023) was a British Indologist, an honorary fellow in [[Sanskrit]] language and Head of [[Asian studies]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2023 |title=Paul Dundas |url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/paul-dundas |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=The University of Edinburgh |language=en}}</ref> His teachings and research focused extensively on understanding [[Jainism]], [[Buddhism]], [[classical Sanskrit literature|Sanskrit literature]] and [[Middle Indo-Aryan languages|Middle Indo-Aryan philology]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=bisschop |first=peter |date= 10 April 2023|title=[INDOLOGY] Paul Dundas (1952-2023) |url=https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/2023-April/057537.html |access-date=20 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Norman |first=K. R. |date= 1995|title=The Jains. By. Paul Dundas. (Library of religious beliefs and practices), Routledge: London New York, 1992. Pp. xii, 276. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/abs/jains-by-paul-dundas-library-of-religious-beliefs-and-practices-routledge-london-new-york-1992-pp-xii-276/EA14E86DC7DBADF495401D4EEE768BB3 |journal=Modern Asian Studies |language=en |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=439–441 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X00012804 |s2cid=143686109 |issn=1469-8099}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dundas |first1=Paul |url=https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674660397&content=bios |title=The Killing of Shishupala |last2=Dundas |first2=Paul-link2 |date=5 January 2017 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-66039-7 |series=Murty Classical Library of India |location=Cambridge, MA}}</ref> He was regarded as one of the leading scholars in [[Jain philosophy|Jaina]] and [[Prakrit]] studies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 July 2009 |title=Understanding Jainism |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/article30187541.ece |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=frontline.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref> He was a member of the Council of the [[Pali Text Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speakers {{!}} The Institute for South Asia Studies |url=https://southasia.berkeley.edu/speakers-4 |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=southasia.berkeley.edu}}</ref>

==Bibliography and research papers==
===Bibliography===
Following is the partial list of his books:

*Dundas, P. (1992). ''The Jains. '' The Library of religious beliefs and practices. London: Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0-415-26606-2}}
*Dundas, P. (1998). ''The meat at the wedding feasts: Kr̥ṣṇa, vegetarianism and a Jain dispute. '' [Toronto]: Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto. OCLC Number: 43745945
*Alphen, J. v., Pal, P., & Dundas, P. (2000). ''Steps to liberation: 2,500 years of Jain art and religion. '' Antwerpen: Etnografisch Museum. OCLC Number: 44834857
*Dundas, P. (2007). ''History, scripture and controversy in a medieval Jain sect. '' Routledge advances in Jaina studies. London: Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0-415-37611-2}} OCLC Number: 68373250
*Dundas, P (2017). Editing and translation of [[Magha (poet)|Magha]]'s ''[[Shishupala Vadha|The Killing of Shishupala]]'', Murty Classical Library of India, Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-66039-7}}

===Research papers and conferences===

*"Conversion to Jainism : Historical Perspectives" in R. Robinson and S. Clarke ( ed. ), ''Religious Conversion in India: Modes, Motivations, and Meanings'', New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2003, pp. 125–48.
*"Haribhadra's Lalitavistara and the legend of Siddharsi's conversion to Jainism", in O. Qvarnstrom (ed. ), ''Jainism and Early Buddhism: Essays in Honor of Padmanabh S. Jaini,'' Fremont: Asian Humanities Press 2003, 151–66.
*"Beyond Anekantavada: A Jain Approach to Religious Tolerance", in T. Sethia ( ed. ), ''Ahimsa, Anekanta and Jainism,'' New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass 2004, 123–36.
*''Il Jainismo: L'antica religione indiana della non-violenza; Prefazione di Raffaele Torella'', Roma: Castelvecchi 2005 (Italian translation of The Jains, second enlarged edition, London and New York Routledge 2002).
*"A Non-Imperial Religion? Jainism in its 'Dark Age'", in P. Olivelle (ed.), ''Between the Empires: Society in India 300BCE-400BCE, '' New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 383–414.
*"The Later Fortunes of Jamali", in P. Flugel (ed.), ''Studies in Jaina History and Culture: Disputes and dialogues,'' London and New York: Routledge 2006, pp. 33–60.

===Later projects===
*A translation with commentary of [[Yasovijaya]]'s ''Dvatrimsaddvatrimsika''.
*A study of the historical representation of the Jain ''Pancanamaskara'' mantra, with particular reference to Yasovijaya's ''Arhadgita''.
*A systematic investigation of the Sanskrit and Prakrit texts of the "Haribhadra corpus".

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