Lokesh Chandra Explained

Lokesh Chandra
Birth Place:Rawalpindi, British Punjab
Nationality:Indian
Ex-President, ICCR[1]
Education:M.A., 1947, Ph.D., 1950
Occupation:Scholar

Lokesh Chandra (born 11 April 1927 in Ambala, India) is a prominent scholar of the Vedic period, Buddhism and the Indian arts. Between 1942 and 2004, he published 576 books and 286 articles.

He has also held many official positions in the Indian government and was twice a member of Indian Parliament (during the period 1974-1980 and in 1980-1986).

Biography

Lokesh Chandra was born on 11 April 1927 in Ambala, India. He is the son of the famous Sanskrit scholar, linguist and politician Raghu Vira. After obtaining a master's degree at the University of the Punjab in Lahore in 1947, he edited the Gavamayana portion of the Vedic work Jaiminiya Brahmana with the help of newly discovered manuscripts. Chandra went to the Netherlands to study Old Javanese with the Indologist Jan Gonda at Utrecht University, where he obtained a Ph.D. with the dissertation Jaiminiya Brahmana of the Samaveda II.1-80 in March 1950.[2] 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 15 volumes.

He is not only an eminent scholar, but has also held many official positions in the Indian government as a member of several committees: Education, Official Language, but also Tourism, Heavy Industry and many others, as his expertise was not limited to Buddhism and Indian Art, his favourite fields. He was also a member of the Indian Parliament twice (1974-1980) and (1980-1986).[3]

In 2006 he was conferred with Padma Bhushan by the Indian Government.[4]

He was the president of Indian Council for Cultural Relations during 2014–2017.[5] 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.[6]

Works

Between 1942 and 2004, Lokesh Chandra published numerous books (alone or as co-author) and articles, totalling 862 publications.[7] While it is not possible to reproduce an exhaustive list, here are some of the most frequently cited.

Books

Articles

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home | Official website of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Government of India. www.iccr.gov.in.
  2. Web site: Bio Data of Prof. Lokesh Ckandra, p.3. . Sanchi University if Buddhist—Indic Studies . 26 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728205214/http://www.sanchiuniv.org.in/pdf/Lokesh%20Chandra%20CV.pdf . 28 July 2014 . dead. and 11 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Bio Data of Prof. Lokesh Ckandra, p.2. . Sanchi University if Buddhist—Indic Studies . 26 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140728205214/http://www.sanchiuniv.org.in/pdf/Lokesh%20Chandra%20CV.pdf . 28 July 2014 . dead . and 11 September 2021.
  4. Web site: Padma Bhushan Awardees . . archive.india.gov.in . Government of India . 26 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727232800/http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=210 . 27 July 2014 . dmy-all . and 11 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Prof. Lokesh Chandra appointed as the 17th President of Indian Council for Cultural Relations. .
  6. Web site: Bio Profile of Prof. Lokesh Chandra, President, ICCR | Indian Council for Cultural Relations . 2015-02-08. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150208213558/http://14.141.36.212/hj/iccr_qc/content/bio-profile-prof-lokesh-chandra-president-iccr . 8 February 2015 . dmy-all . and 11 September 2021.
  7. Web site: Bio Data of Prof. Lokesh Ckandra, p.8-27 . . Sanchi University if Buddhist—Indic Studies . 26 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140728205214/http://www.sanchiuniv.org.in/pdf/Lokesh%20Chandra%20CV.pdf . 28 July 2014. dead . and 11 September 2021.
  8. Nīlakaṇṭha Lokeśvara as the Buddhist apotheosis of Hari-hara, read online : https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/498593454. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  9. The Thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara, Volume1, read online :https://books.google.com/books?id=0kBSFcX-K4wC. Retrieved 9 September 2021. The book is also available on Internet Archive, read online:https://archive.org/details/170338465-the-thousand-armed-avalokitesvara/mode/2up. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  10. India's Contributions to World Thought and Culture, read online :https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.107624/page/n3/mode/2up. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  11. Cultural Horizons of India: read online https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25080906. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  12. Gilgit Buddhist Manuscripts. Front Cover https://books.google.com/books?id=xpeDJwAACAAJ. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  13. Mudras in Japan, read online https://books.google.com/books?id=YxamptX6L74C. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

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