Professor Paul Dundas
Born	(1952-05-23)23 May 1952
Died	5 April 2023(2023-04-05) (aged 71)
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 Scottish Indologist, an honorary fellow inSanskrit language and Head ofAsian studies at theUniversity of Edinburgh.^[1] His teachings and research focused extensively on understandingJainism,Buddhism,Sanskrit literature andMiddle Indo-Aryan philology.^[2][3][4] He was regarded as one of the leading scholars inJaina andPrakrit studies.^[5] He was a member of the Council of thePali Text Society.^[6]

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 ofMagha'sThe Killing of Shishupala, Murty Classical Library of India, Harvard University Press.ISBN 978-0-674-66039-7

• "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.

• A translation with commentary ofYasovijaya'sDvatrimsaddvatrimsika.
• A study of the historical representation of the JainPancanamaskara mantra, with particular reference to Yasovijaya'sArhadgita.
• A systematic investigation of the Sanskrit and Prakrit texts of the "Haribhadra corpus".

• 1952 births
• 2023 deaths
• Scholars of Jainism
• British Sanskrit scholars
• British Indologists
• Academics of the University of Edinburgh
• Alumni of the University of Cambridge

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