Sad news indeed. The last I saw Professor Jaini was at Berkeley during the celebration of his 95th birthday. When Jaini left Michigan for Berkeley in 1972, I was his replacement at Michigan. I did not know much about Michigan before accepting the job offer. However, before coming to Michigan, I met Professor Jaini at the Pune train station where he was between trains, and he described to me the University of Michigan in some detail, making me feel at ease. He was a great scholar with a wonderful sense of humor and kindness. Will miss him.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 3:52 AM eva de clercq via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear all,

Some colleagues in India brought to our attention that Padmanabh S. Jaini, one of the greatest scholars of Jainism (and Buddhism), and professor at Berkeley, has passed away at the age of 97.
For an article on the publication of his memoirs: https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-world-of-learning-the-journey-of-padmanabh-jaini/cid/1686901
A world of learning: the journey of Padmanabh Jaini - Telegraph India
In 1998, while teaching at the University of California at Berkeley, I befriended a scholar much older and far more learned than I. This was Padmanabh Jaini, a great authority on Buddhism and Jainism, with a profound knowledge of texts in half a dozen languages.
www.telegraphindia.com

With kind regards,

Eva

Eva De Clercq
Ghent University

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