Paul Thieme (; 18 March 1905 – 24 April 2001) was a German

Indologist Indology, also known as South Asian studies, is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of the Indian subcontinent, and as such is a subset of Asian studies. The term ''Indology'' (in German, ''Indologie'') is ...

and scholar of

Vedic Sanskrit Vedic Sanskrit, also simply referred as the Vedic language, is the most ancient known precursor to Sanskrit, a language in the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan subgroup of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is atteste ...

. In 1988 he was awarded the

Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy The Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy is awarded once a year by the Inamori Foundation for lifetime achievements in the arts and philosophy. The Prize is one of three Kyoto Prize categories; the others are the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technolog ...

for "he added immensely to our knowledge of Vedic and other classical Indian literature and provided a solid foundation to the study of the history of Indian thought".

Selected bibliography

*1929: ''Das Plusquamperfektum im Veda'' (Diss. Göttingen 1928). *1935: ''Panini and the Veda. Studies in the Early History of Linguistic Science in India''. Allahabad *1938: ''Der Fremdling im Rigveda. Eine Studie über die Bedeutung der Worte ari,

arya ''Aryan'' (), or ''Arya'' (borrowed from Sanskrit ''ārya''),Oxford English Dictionary Online 2024, s.v. ''Aryan'' (adj. & n.); ''Arya'' (n.)''.'' is a term originating from the ethno-cultural self-designation of the Indo-Iranians. It stood i ...

, aryaman und aarya'', Leipzig.

References

External links

Paul Thieme at the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thieme, Paul Scientists from Berlin 1905 births 2001 deaths Academic staff of the University of Breslau Academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt Kyoto laureates in Arts and Philosophy Yale University faculty Linguists of Indo-European languages Academic staff of the University of Tübingen Members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences German Indologists German male non-fiction writers Members of the Société Asiatique 20th-century German linguists