Harunaga Isaacson
Harunaga Isaacson (* 1965 ) is a Japanese Indologist .
Life
He obtained his MA from the University of Groningen in 1990 and his PhD from the University of Leiden in 1995 . Since April 2006 he has been Professor of Classical Indology at the Asia-Africa Institute .
His focus is on tantric traditions in South Asia before the 13th century, in particular Vajrayāna Buddhism, classical Sanskrit poetry, classical Indian philosophy, Purāṇic literature and manuscript studies.
Fonts (selection)
- as editor with Rob Adriaensen and Hans T. Bakker : The Skandapurāṇa. Adhyāyas 1-25 . Groningen 1998, ISBN 90-6980-106-X .
- with Dominic Goodall: The Raghupañcikā of Vallabhadeva. Being the earliest commentary on the Raghuvaṃsá of Kālidāsa . Groningen 2003, ISBN 90-6980-138-8 .
- as editor with Hans T. Bakker: Adhyāyas 26 - 31.14. The Vārāṇasī cycle . Groningen 2004, ISBN 90-6980-152-3 .
- as editor with Dominic Goodall: Tantric studies. Fruits of a Franco-German collaboration on early tantra . Hamburg 2016, ISBN 81-8470-211-6 .
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| SURNAME | Isaacson, Harunaga |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese Indologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |