Otakar Pertold
Otakar Pertold (born in Jaroměř 21 March 1884, died 3 May 1965 in Prague) was Czech Indologist, religious studies historian and ethnologist, generally considered the pioneer of Asian religious studies in Czechoslovakia.[1] From 1934, he was Professor of Religious Studies at Charles University. A member of many learned bodies, he was a prolific author and among English readers is best known for his work on Sri Lanka.[2]
References
- ^ Miloslav Krása, Otakar Pertold and South Asian Studies: Centenary Commemoration Volume, Prague: Czechoslovak Society for International Relations [and the] Oriental Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1986.
- ^ O. Pertold, "A Protective Ritual of the Southern Buddhists," Anthropological Society of Bombay 12.6 (1923), pp. 744-89.
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- Biography (in Czech)
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