[INDOLOGY] Johannes Bronkhorst gone

[Silvia D'Intino]

 Indeed very hard to believe, so sad, moving to tears.
His vivid mind, his radiant smile, his love for sharing and discussing ideas with colleagues, students and friends...
His immense work still has long time to go.
I remember a long evening conversation with him during a cruise at the IVW in Austin (summer 2006).
Now, I like thinking of him on this real and improbable boat, full of Indologists.
Thank you, Johannes, grazie!

Silvia D'Intino
CNRS, Paris     Le jeudi 15 mai 2025 à 11:27:29 UTC+2, Viktoria Lysenko via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> a écrit :  
 
 - все Dear colleagues,What a great loss to Indology and to all of us who knew and loved Johannes as a great scholar, wonderful person, friend, and colleague! Not long ago, many of us received an impressive list of his publications for the past year. What has happened, was he ill?We met and became friends in 1994 in Poland, near Krakow, at an unforgettable conference organized by Polish colleagues. For me it was the first meeting with many famous Western Indologists whom I had always admired. We collaborated and corresponded with Johannes for many years. Just recently he wrote to me that he was interested in my idea of a linguistic hypothesis of the origin of atomism in Greece and India, and that he himself had thought of something similar, but had not gotten around to it...  He always had a fresh perspective on Indological subjects, inspired by whatever philosophical issues were troubling him at any given moment. In this respect he reminded me of the unforgettable Wilhelm Halbfass.It is a great sadness that he has left us so prematuraly . Rest in peace, dear Johannes!Attached are the photos of the Polish conference and the Vienna conference where we met some years ago. https://rggu.academia.edu/LysenkoVictoriahttp://iph.ras.ru/lysenko.htm-- 
Victoria Lysenko, Dsc. in Philosophy, Chief Research FellowHead, Department for Eastern philosophiesInstitute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow, Goncharnaya, 12/1, Moscow 109240 -   ----------------Кому: Shrikant Bahulkar (shrikant.bahulkar at gmail.com);Копия: Indology List (indology at list.indology.info);Тема: [INDOLOGY] Johannes Bronkhorst gone;15.05.2025, 11:12, "Asko Parpola via INDOLOGY" <indology at list.indology.info>:
 Johannes Bronkhorst surprised us all with his decision to leave this world before experiencing the troubles of old age. I remember him with gratitude for his friendship, inspiring research and generosity. Goodbye, Johannes!  Asko Parpola   
On 15. May 2025, at 10.10, Shrikant Bahulkar via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote: I am very sad to read the news of Prof. Bronkhorst's sudden demise. We have known each other since 1977, when he went to Pune to study Sanskrit grammar traditionally with Prof. Kashinath Shastri Abhyankar. We used to meet at the sessions of the World Sanskrit Conference and on other occasions. He started an exchange programme with the University of Pune and invited students and scholars of that university to Laussanne. He was a versatile scholar and a prolific writer.  His passing away is an irreparable loss to Indology.   My heartfelt condolences. Shrikant BahulkarFirst Dalai Lama Chair Professor in Nalanda StudiesSomaiya Vidyavihar University, MumbaiSenior Fellow,Oxford Centre for Hindu StudiesOxford University, U.K.    
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