Praśasti : Studies in Indology Presented to Nalini Balbir by Colleagues, Students and Friends
Résumé
This volume comprises a collection of articles in honor of Professor Nalini Balbir, who turns seventy in 2025. The thirty-one contributions in English, French and German paint a portrait of Balbir. Some are authored by colleagues and friends with whom she worked throughout her academic career, others by junior and senior scholars who were her students, or who collaborated with her on research projects. The main topics that have occupied Balbir at the different stages of her career are represented, including Sanskrit, Middle Indic and Pali philology, Jainism, the history of Indian studies, manuscript studies and contemporary Indian literature.