List of modern scholars in Buddhist studies

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This is the list of notable modern scholars in the field of Buddhist studies.

* Eugène Burnouf (1801–1852)
* Viggo Fausböll (1821–1908)
* Robert Caesar Childers (1838–1876)
* T.W. Rhys Davids (1843–1922)
* Nanjo Bunyu (1849–1927)
* Hermann Oldenberg (1854–1920)
* Wilhelm Geiger (1856–1943)
* C.A.F. Rhys Davids (1857–1942)
* Robert Chalmers (1858–1938)
* P. Lakshmi Narasu (1861–1934)[1]
* Takakusu Junjirō (1866–1945)
* D.T. Suzuki (1870–1966)
* Frank Lee Woodward (1871–1952)
* Masaharu Anesaki (1873–1949)
* Nyanatiloka Mahathera (1878–1957)
* A. K. Coomaraswamy (1877–1947)
* Johannes Nobel (1887–1960)
* A. P. Buddhadatta Mahathera (1887–1962)
* Benimadhab Barua (1888–1948)
* Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero (1896–1998)
* Isaline Blew Horner (1896–1981)
* Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera (1899–1973)
* Nyanaponika Thera (1901–1994)
* Edward Conze (1904–1979)
* Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu (1905–1960)
* K. N. Jayatilleke (1920–1970)
* John Crook (1930–2011)
* Y. Karunadasa (b. 1934)
* David Kalupahana (1936–2014)
* Richard Gombrich (b. 1937)
* P. D. Premasiri (b. 1941)
* Robert Thurman (b. 1941)
* L. S. Cousins (1942–2015)
* Bhikkhu Bodhi (b. 1944)
* Victor Sogen Hori (b. 1944)
* Bernard Faure (b. 1948)
* Shanti Swaroop Baudh (1949–2020)[2]
* K.L. Dhammajoti (b. 1949)
* Steven Heine (b. 1950)
* Damien Keown (b. 1951)
* Masatoshi Ueki (b. 1951)
* Vello Väärtnöu (b. 1951)
* Donald S. Lopez Jr. (b. 1952)
* A. Charles Muller (b. 1953)
* Bhikkhu Analayo (b. 1962)
* James Robson (b. 1965)
* Anne Blackburn (b. 1967)
* Rupert Gethin
* Pabbajjoravitipalivijjamuniyo (b. 1972)
* Erick Tsiknopoulos (b. 1981)
* Jack Meng-Tat Chia (b. 1982)
* David Komito
* Kogen Mizuno (1901–2006), a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Soto sect and scholar of Early Buddhism.[3]
* Jan Nattier

## See also

* Pali Text Society
* List of Sāsana Azani recipients
* Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
* Mahamakut Buddhist University
* International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University
* State Pariyatti Sasana University, Yangon
* State Pariyatti Sasana University, Mandalay
* Dhammaduta Chekinda University
* Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka
* Gautam Buddha University
* Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies
* Lumbini Buddhist University
* Chittagong Pali College
* Sitagu International Buddhist Academy
* International Buddhist Studies College
* Buddhist Institute, Cambodia
* Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies
* List of Buddhist universities and colleges

## References

1. ↑ Nagaraju, Jinka (2021-04-22). "Remembering Lakshmi Narasu, Telugu professor who had great influence on B.R Ambedkar" (in en). https://newsmeter.in/interviews/remembering-lakshmi-narasu-telugu-professor-who-had-great-influence-on-br-ambedkar-677225.
2. ↑ C, D.. "Shanti Swaroop Bauddh: The pioneer of Ambedkarite Buddhist and literary movement" (in en-GB). https://theasianindependent.co.uk/shanti-swaroop-bauddh-the-pioneer-of-ambedkarite-buddhist-and-literary-movement/.
3. ↑ "水野 弘元 - 春秋社 ―考える愉しさを、いつまでも". https://www.shunjusha.co.jp/author/a207397.html.

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Nirvana|

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Philosophy|

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