[INDOLOGY] Sad news

[Robert Goldman]

Very sad news indeed. I had visited with him in Melkote back in 1992 and was deeply impressed with his learning and helpfulness.   He will be sorely missed. 
Dr. R. P.  Goldman
Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor in South and Southeast Asian Studies
Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies MC # 2540
The University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-2540
Tel: 510-642-4089
Fax: 510-642-2409

> On May 15, 2021, at 11:00 AM, huet <gerard.huet at inria.fr> wrote:
> 
> Dear Indology list,
> 
> I was sorry to learn today of the sad demise of Pr. Laksmi Thathachar <http://tamil.sampspeak.in/2021/05/tributes-to-sri-u-ve-lakshmi-thathachar.html?m=1>, former Director of the Academy of Sanskrit Research in Melkote.
> As an early investigator of computerized śabdabodha, he was a founding father of Sanskrit computational linguistics.
> Gérard Huet
> 
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