[INDOLOGY] Esther A. Solomon

[John Brockington]

Also, from the Jewish Women's Archive, on the Bene Israel (jwa.org):
Other Bene Israel women who remained in India and made a mark can be 
mentioned only briefly.   . . .  . . . Esther Solomon (b. 1927), also of 
Ahmedabad, a Sanskrit scholar and professor at Gujarat University, was 
awarded a Presidential Certificate of Honor in l983 for outstanding 
contributions to Sanskrit and a Padma Shri in l992.

Best wishes

John

Professor J.L. Brockington
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On 25/09/2017 12:23, Klaus Karttunen via INDOLOGY wrote:
> Dear Matthew and others,
> this is what I have found:
>
> *SOLOMON, Esther A*braham(Rajkot, Gujarat 11.5.1927 —  ) (Sanskrit, 
> Religion, Philosophy)
> Daughter of Abraham Solomon and Yakhobeth. M.A. Ph.D. Bombay. In 
> 1949-56 Lecturer in Sanskrit, 1956-58 Professor, 1958-64 Professor of 
> Sanskrit and Ancient Indian Culture at B.J. Institute of Learning. In 
> 1964-77 Reader and Head of Sanskrit Dept. at Gujarat University School 
> of Languages in Ahmedabad. From 1977 Professor and Head of Sanskrit 
> Dept. at School of Languages, Gujarat University. Unmarried.
> – /Avidyā: A problem of truth and reality./ 27+572 p. Gujarat Univ., 
> Theses Publ. Ser. 8. Ahmedabad 1969.
> –/Indian dialectics./ 1-2. Ahmedabad 1976-78;/The Commentaries of the 
> Sāṁkhya Kārikā: A study./ 12+216 p. Ahmedabad 1974; /Ganadharavāda./ 
> 19??; /Hindu Darsana./ 19??.
> – ed. /Sāṁkhya-vrtti (V2)./ 9+111 p. Ahmedabad 1973; 
> /Sāṁkhya-Saptati-Vrtti (V2)./ 11+173 p. Ahmedabad 1973.
> – tr. /Siddhāntaśleṣasaṁgraha/. L.D. Ser. 114. Ahmedabad 1990.
> – articles in /Sambodhi/.
> (/India's Who's Who/ 1979-80, 136)
>
> Best,
> Klaus
>
> Klaus Karttunen
> South Asian and Indoeuropean Studies
> Asian and African Studies, Department of World Cultures
> PL 59 (Unioninkatu 38 B)
> 00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND
> Tel +358-(0)2941 4482418
> Fax +358-(0)2941 22094
> Klaus.Karttunen at helsinki.fi <mailto:Klaus.Karttunen at helsinki.fi>
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>> On 25 Sep 2017, at 13:44, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY 
>> <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> As I read through Esther Solomon's dissertation,/Avidyā—A Problem of 
>> Truth and Reality,/
>> which was kindly made available to me in pdf by members of this list, 
>> I have wanted to learn
>> more of Solomon herself, but have not so far found reference to a 
>> biography or even a
>> necrology. What I have been able to learn, in essence, is that she 
>> was a member of the small
>> Ahmedabadi Jewish community, for which she is a source of pride owing 
>> to her accomplishments
>> as a Sanskrit scholar. But, besides elements of her bibliography, 
>> that's about all I've been able
>> to come up with.
>>
>> Might any of you know of a source that provides a sketch of her life 
>> and career? She certainly merits
>> a few paragraphs in the annals of twentieth-century Indology.
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>> Matthew
>>
>> Matthew Kapstein
>> Directeur d'études,
>> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
>>
>> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
>> The University of Chicago
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