Jarl Charpentier (17 December 1884 – 5 July 1935) was a Swedish academic and linguist who worked at

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

. Charpentier's research focused on

Sanskrit literature Sanskrit literature is a broad term for all literature composed in Sanskrit. This includes texts composed in the earliest attested descendant of the Proto-Indo-Aryan language known as Vedic Sanskrit, texts in Classical Sanskrit as well as some ...

but he was also interested in Indo-European comparative linguistics, including

Iranistics Iranian studies ( '), also referred to as Iranology and Iranistics, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It is a part of the wider field ...

, especially questions of etymology.

Selected publications

* Charpentier, J., (1927). The Meaning and Etymology of Puja. ''Indian Antiquary'', 56, pp. 93–98. * Charpentier, J. ed., (1922). ''The Uttaradhyayanasutra''. Lehmann & Stage. * Charpentier, J., (1931). Antiochus, King of the Yavanas. ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies'', 6(2), pp. 303–321.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charpentier, Jarl 1884 births 1935 deaths Academic staff of Uppsala University Swedish orientalists