Sunita Vaze (New York Public Library)

submitted: Mon Jul 1 18:45:35 GMT 1996

Sunita Vaze.
Librarian, Oriental Division
New York Public Library
The Research Library
42nd Street and 5th Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10018  USA

Phones: 212-930-0992 (office)
        718-321-1730 (residence)
email : svaze@nyplgate.nypl.org

Description of work:

Education:  B.A. in Sanskrit, Pali and Philosophy, University of Pune.
            M.A. in Sanskrit and Pali, University of Pune.
            Ph. D. in "Rajakarmani in Kausika-sutra : A critical study" from 
            University of Pune.
            MLS in Library Science, Queens College, U.S.A.
Interests:  Atharvaveda, Religions (Hinduism, Buddhism), Classical Sanskrit 
            literature, language, work on Vedic rituals.
Work-area:  In the library, bibliographic and reference work in South Asian 
            languages, mainly, in Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit and other modern 
            Indian languages like Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati.
            Research paper planned on "Yudhisthira and the Rajasuya sacrifice"
Memberships: American Oriental Society.
             Association for Asian Studies.
             Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune.