Heinrich von Stietencron
Heinrich Hartwig Loki von Stietencron (born June 18, 1933 in Ronco sopra Ascona ; † January 12, 2018 in Tübingen ) was a German Indologist .
Life
Heinrich von Stietencron came from the noble family Stietencron . From 1957 to 1965 he studied Indology, Ancient Iranian Studies and Philosophy at the University of Munich and at the London School of Oriental and African Studies . After receiving his doctorate in 1966, he became Hermann Berger's assistant at the Heidelberg South Asia Institute . 1970-1976 he worked in a research project on the Jagannath cult in Orissa . From 1973 to 1998 he was full professor for Indology and Comparative Religious Studies at the University of Tübingen . 1999–2005 he was head of a DFG project on temples in Orissa.
Heinrich von Stietencron had been a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences since 1998 . In 2004 he received the " Padma Shri " award from the President of India , and in 2015 he received the Distinguished Indologist Award from the Indian government .
Works (selection)
- Indian sun priests Sāmba and the Sākadvīpīya-Brāhmaṇa. A text-critical and religious-historical study on the Indian sun cult , Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1966 (series of publications by the South Asia Institute of the University of Heidelberg, Volume 3) (dissertation).
- Ganġā and Yamunā. On the symbolic meaning of the river goddesses at Indian temples , Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1972 (Freiburg contributions to Indology, Volume 5), ISBN 3-447-01464-4 .
- Christianity and world religions. Hinduism , Piper, Munich 1999 (Piper series, volume 2055), ISBN 3-492-22055-X (together with Hans Küng ).
- Der Hinduismus , Beck, Munich 2001 (Beck'sche Reihe, Volume 2158), ISBN 3-406-44758-9 (3rd edition 2010).
- Hindu myth, Hindu history. Religion, art, and politics , Permanent Black, Delhi 2005, ISBN 81-7824-122-6 .
- The divine play on earth. Religious aesthetics and ritual in Orissa, India , Synchron Publishers, Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-939381-21-1 (together with Cornelia Mallebrein).
literature
- Axel Michaels : Heinrich Freiherr von Stietencron (June 18, 1933– January 12, 2018). In: Yearbook of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences for 2017. Heidelberg 2018, pp. 387–389 ( online ).
- Vasudha Dalmia et al. a. (Ed.): Charisma and canon. Essays on the religious history of the Indian subcontinent, Oxford Univ. Press, Delhi 2001, ISBN 0-19-565453-6 (Festschrift for Heinrich von Stietencron).
Web links
- Website at the University of Tübingen
- Obituary in the Schwäbisches Tagblatt on January 17, 2018
- Obituary for Heinrich von Stietencron , by Alois Payer
Remarks
- ↑ Heinrich von Stietencron obituary. January 13, 2018, accessed January 14, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stietencron, Heinrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stietencron, Heinrich Hartwig Loki von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Indologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ronco sopra Ascona |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 2018 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |