Minoru Hara (原 實, Hara Minoru, 9 September 1930 – 1 November 2021) was a Japanese writer, Indologist, philologist, and a scholar of Sanskrit and Buddhist literature and philosophy.[1]
Biography
Hara was a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo.[2] His writings include Words for Love in Sanskrit,[3]Tapas in the Smriti Literature,[4]Pasupata Doctrine as Transmitted by Vedantins[5] and A Note on Purna-Kumbha .[6]Budda charita budda no shoÌ"gai,[7]Memorial Ojihara Yutaka Studia Indologica[8] and Studies on Indian philosophy and literature in Japan, 1973-1983[9] are some his other publications. He is an elected member of the Japan Academy (2000).[10] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2009, for his contributions to Indian literature and education.[11]Harānandalaharī (Volume in Honour of Prof. Minoru Hara) is a book published by Pietro Chierichetti in honor of Hara.[12]
Hara died on 1 November 2021, at the age of 91.[13]
^Minoru Hara (1985). Studies on Indian philosophy and literature in Japan, 1973-1983. Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies. ISBN978-4896563078. ASIN4896563077.
^"Padma Awards"(PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.