I am deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Albrecht Wezler. As my teacher in Hamburg, he had a significant impact on my academic journey, imparting invaluable knowledge with his profound expertise and meticulous philological attention to detail. He played a crucial role in opening doors to various career opportunities for me. It is thanks to him that I had the opportunity to come to Nepal and lead the Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project (NGMPP), where I could combine my passion for textual studies with field research.

I am particularly grateful to Albrecht Wezler for his remarkable openness to different approaches to Indian culture and history. His generosity in embracing alternative perspectives has left a lasting impression on me. I will always cherish the memories of his mischievous sense of humor and his genuine care and warmth in numerous aspects of our interactions.

My thoughts are with his family, friends, and all those who were fortunate enough to know him.

Axel Michaels

Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels

Seniorprofessor - Vorsitzender des Kuratoriums der Josefine und Eduard von Portheim-Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Kunst

Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS) / Südasien-Institut der Universität Heidelberg

Vossstr. 2, Geb. 4130 • D-69115 Heidelberg • Tel. +49-6221-5415209

Email michaels@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de

Websites https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/krs/abteilung/michaels.html • https://www.hadw-bw.de/forschung/forschungsstelle/religions-und-rechtsgeschichtliche-quellen-des-vormodernen-nepal • https://www.hadw-bw.de/en/research/research-center/nepal-heritage-documentation-project-nhdp

My latest book publications https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/reader/download/769/769-68-93823-1-10-20210602.pdf •  https://www.amazon.de/Kultur-Geschichte-Nepals-Axel-Michaels/dp/3520212013 •  https://www.amazon.de/Homo-Ritualis-Oxford-Ritual-Studies/dp/019026263X

From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces@list.indology.info> on behalf of "indology@list.indology.info" <indology@list.indology.info>
Reply to: "mmdesh@umich.edu" <mmdesh@umich.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 9. May 2023 at 00:16
To: Harunaga Isaacson <harunagaisaacson@gmail.com>, "indology@list.indology.info" <indology@list.indology.info>
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Albrecht Wezler († 11 April 2023)

Very sorry to hear this sad news. I had several fruitful communications with him. He was a multi-dimensional scholar. May he rest in peace.

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 Mon, May 8, 2023 at 2:22 PM Harunaga Isaacson via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

With sorrow I inform the list-members that Albrecht Wezler, Emeritus Professor
of classical Indology, Universität Hamburg, passed away last month.

Prof. Wezler was never active on this list; but many
listmembers will still have met him and experienced his warm
and impressive personality; others will have encountered his
publications, covering with incisive intelligence a vast range of areas
within (mainly) Sanskrit studies.

Harunaga Isaacson

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