It was Johannes' Greater Magadha, which was published the year before I started my graduate studies, that inspired the focus of my PhD. Even though the results of my study of the Brāhmaṇa texts do not agree with his theory, I am indebted to him for influencing me to explore this topic. At the AOS, IABS, and the World Sanskrit Conference over the years I knew him as a gentleman scholar. I will remember with gratitude his kindness and the wonderful excitement that came from reading his scholarship.

Warm wishes to everyone on the list,
Lauren

Lauren Bausch
Professor
Dharma Realm Buddhist University


On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM Philipp Maas via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
Like many friends and colleagues on this list, I also want to share my fond and grateful memories of Johannes Bronkhorst, whom I first met in May 2006 at the International Seminar “Logic and Belief in Indian Philosophy” in Białowieża, Poland, where on a free afternoon we went on a bicycle excursion to explore the country side. 

Among his numerous ground-breaking publications, some of which have profoundly influenced my view on South Asia’s early cultural and philosophical history, figures the brief article “Indology, what is it good for?” (Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 161,1 (2011), pp. 115-122), in which Johannes argued that Indology needs open democratic societies as much as open democratic societies need Indology. It appears that Johannes, in this case and others, was much ahead of his time.


Thank you, Johannes, for having been such a great scholar and a wonderful person.

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PD Dr. Philipp A. Maas
Institute of Indology and Central Asian Studies
University of Leipzig
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https://spp1448.academia.edu/PhilippMaas


On Thu, 15 May 2025 at 13:14, Silvia D'Intino via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
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@list.indology.info> a écrit :


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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.
 
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Victoria Lysenko, Dsc. in Philosophy, Chief Research Fellow
Head, Department for Eastern philosophies
Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow, Goncharnaya, 12/1, Moscow 109240
 
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15.05.2025, 11:12, "Asko Parpola via INDOLOGY" <indology@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@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 Bahulkar
First Dalai Lama Chair Professor in Nalanda Studies
Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai
Senior Fellow,
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Oxford University, U.K. 
 
 
 

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