Dear Colleagues
It is now pretty clear that I have inadvertently stirred up a mare's nest (can one stir up such a thing? Not sure about my metaphor here).
I've passed on your advice to my colleague, and now it's his problem!
I can say at the same time however that as general editor of the Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism we face such challenges more and more; it is our intention to create what they call an "authorities database" in which everything cited by the project is standardized, but of course as most of you know, this is much easier said than done!

Very best, and wishing everyone health, Jonathan

On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 10:12 AM Tran, Phong via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear Jonathan,

 

In the Library of Congress database, the heading (or access point) for Har Dayal had been entered in inverted order, as “Dayal, Har”. This was a legacy practice that is no longer in accordance with current cataloging practice for Indic names. We have now re-evaluated the heading and revised our records as following:

 

Main entry:        Har Dayal, Lala, 1884-1939

Variant forms:   Dayal, Har, 1884-1939

                                Dayal, Har, Lala, 1884-1939

                                Haradiāla, Lala, 1884-1939

                                Hardayal, Lala, 1884-1939

                                Har Dayal Singh Mathur, Lala, 1884-1939

                                Mathur, Har Dayal Singh, Lala, 1884-1939

 

FYI, we are treating “Lala” as an honorific.

 

Thanks and regards,

 

Phong Tran

Deputy Director

Library of Congress Office

New Delhi, India

ptra@loc.gov

 

From: INDOLOGY [mailto:indology-bounces@list.indology.info] On Behalf Of Jonathan Silk via INDOLOGY
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 14:59
To: Indology <indology@list.indology.info>
Subject: [INDOLOGY] help with a name

 

Dear Colleagues

A colleague asked me a question that, rather than rush an answer, has made me turn to your collective wisdom.

I have been rather pedantic that Lokesh Chandra is one name, and thus not to be cited as Chandra, Lokesh. OK, I think this is completely correct (ditto for his father Ragu Vira, not Vira, Ragu).

My colleague however has asked me about Har Dayal. Wikipedia tells me that his name is Lala Har Dayal Singh Mathur. OK, but in English at least he published under Har Dayal, so my colleague's question is whether the "family name" is Dayal, or Har Dayal, or as I interpret the question, whether we should put reference in a bibliography as Dayal, Har, or rather Har Dayal.

Thank you for enlightening the ignorant!

 

Jonathan

 


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