Ashok Aklujkar (University of British Columbia)

submitted: Sat, 12 Mar 94 15:37:24 PST

Ashok Aklujkar (A.N. Aklujkar), Professor
Department of Asian Studies
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z2 

Phones:
  work: 604-822-5185
  home: 604-274-5353
  Fax:  604-822-8937.
E-mail:  aklujkar@unixg.ubc.ca

Regional interests:
South Asia, particularly India and areas containing Sanskrit and Prakrit
collections in printed or manuscript form. 

Subject interests or themes of recent/current research:
Sanskrit linguistic philosophy, Indic analytical philosophy, Paninian
grammar, poetics, dramaturgy,Sanskrit belles lettres in general,
philosophies of ancient Indic religions, textual criticism,
manuscriptology, Sanskrit pedagogy, modern Sanskrit literature. 

Disciplines:
Philosophy, linguistics, poetics, textual criticism, pedagogy, religion

Also involved in:
Preservation of traditional Sanskrit education and Sanskrit as a living
medium, preservation of manuscripts, work of the Canadian Association of
Sanskrit and Related Studies, work of the International Association of
Sanskrit Studies, etc. 

Training and background:
B.A. in Sanskrit, Pali and Psychology, University of Poona. M.A. in
Sanskrit and Pali, University of Poona. Ph.D. in Sanskrit and Indian
Studies, Harvard University. Some education in a traditional Sanskrit
school. Head of the Department of Asian Studies, University of British
Columbia, from 1980-85.  At present, Professor of Sanskrit and related
subjects.