[INDOLOGY] passing of Prof Heesterman (1925-2014)

[Jan E.M. Houben]

Grateful for the important and remarkable contributions Prof. Heesterman
has given to indology since his 1957 thesis on the Rajasuya (produced under
J. Gonda), the passing away of Prof. Heesterman still feels like a great
actual loss as he has continued to work and publish well into the 21st
century including very recently on the Mahabharata. In Vedism, his first
and main but not his only field of research, the last contribution I know
of was the one to the Ch. Malamoud Festschrift "The Dakṣiṇā and the
Development of Sacrifice" (2012). Prof. Heesterman still used to preferably
WRITE his scientific work by hand, without use of typewriter let alone
computer. The handwritten version was then typed and corrected.
Condolences to his family.
Jan Houben


On 15 April 2014 10:12, peter bisschop <pcbisschop at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Dear friends and colleagues,
>
> It is with profound regret that I announce the passing of Prof. Dr.
> Jan Heesterman yesterday afternoon. Prof. Heesterman was one of the
> great Dutch Indologists of the 20th century and a wonderful person. I
> am sorry to be the bearer of this very sad news to many of you.
>
> Peter Bisschop
> Leiden University
>
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