[INDOLOGY] Boris Ogubenine (1940-2025)

[Alexander Stolyarov]

Very sad news!

I knew him in Moscow before his departure in 1974, then we met in 
Bangalore at 9th WSC in Jan. 1997.

He was very nice and kind man. It's a great loss

Alexander Stolyarov

On 18.11.2025 10:32, Nataliya Yanchevskaya via INDOLOGY wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> It is with deep sadness that I write to tell you that our colleague 
> and friend *Boris Oguibenine* passed away in Strasbourg on November 
> 12th—just days after celebrating his 85th birthday on November 6th.
>
> Boris was a scholar of extraordinary range and depth. His work spanned 
> Vedic, Classical, and Buddhist Sanskrit, Indo-European mythology, 
> etymology, and linguistics. His life was as remarkable as his 
> scholarship—shaped by immigration, his participation in the Russian 
> structuralist movement, political dissent, personal courage, and 
> unwavering loyalty to his friends.
>
> Boris was a professor emeritus and former chair of South Asian studies 
> at the University of Strasbourg. He was also a founding member, 
> Director, and Secretary General of the International Association for 
> Comparative Mythology.
>
> Most recently, he was working on the Index of Mythological Motifs of 
> the Ṛgveda, which we were hoping to publish next year.
>
> He will be profoundly missed.
>
> The funeral will be held in Strasbourg (Centre Funéraire, 15 Rue de 
> L'Ill 67000, Strasbourg Robertsau) on Tuesday, November 25th at 14:30 
> (2:30 pm). If you would like to attend, please let me know and I'll 
> send you more details. Also, please get in touch if you'd like me to 
> read your name during the service as a tribute to him.
>
> If anyone from EHESS is reading this, please help spread the word 
> through your center. Boris was a long-standing member of EHESS, and 
> perhaps someone there would like to attend his funeral.
>
> With warm regards,
>
> Nataliya
>
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> Nataliya Yanchevskaya, Ph.D.
> PIIRS, Princeton University
>
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