Diwakar Nath Acharya (born 6 November 1969) is a Nepali scholar specialising in the religious and philosophical traditions of

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. Since April 2016, he has been the

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at the

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and a

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. He previously taught at the

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(1993–2003), the

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(2003–2006), and

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Selected works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Acharya, Diwakar 1969 births Living people Nepalese academics 20th-century Nepalese writers 21st-century Nepalese writers Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Spalding Professors of Eastern Religion and Ethics Indologists Academic staff of the University of Hamburg Academic staff of Kyoto University