Dr. Lata Mahesh Deokar

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsRegional Studies,Asian Studies
KeywordsBilingual critical edition, Tibetan translations, Sanskrit lexicography, Indo-Tibetan Studies
Honours and awards

2024: Pali Scholar Award

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityPune
InstitutionSavitribai Phule Pune University
InstituteDepartment of Pali

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jürgen HannederFachgebiet Indologie und Tibetologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2012

Programme(s)

2012Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2025Mahesh Ashok Deokar, Lata Mahesh Deokar: Dictionary of Buddhist Terms (Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, English). Mahesh Ashok Deokar, Lata Mahesh Deokar, 2025
2024Lata Mahesh Deokar: Pālivyatirikta bhāṣātīl Bauddha sāhitya. The Indians: Anek sahasrakāncā āpalā samagra itihās. Ganesh Devy, Tony Joseph, Ravi Korisettar, 2024. 252–258
2023Lata Mahesh Deokar: Non-Pali Buddhist Literature. The Indians: Histories of a Civilization. Ganesh Devy, Tony Joseph, Ravi Korisettar, 2023. 182–187
2022Mahesh Ashok Deokar, Lata Mahesh Deokar: Dictionary of Buddhist Terms (Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, English). Mahesh Ashok Deokar, Lata Mahesh Deokar, 2022
2022Lata Mahesh Deokar: The Origin and Development of the Subanta Genre: Some Reflections With Special Reference to the Cāndra Grammatical School. Jñānapraśaṃsā: In Praise of Knowledge: Essays in Honour of E. G. Kahrs. Alastair Gornall, 2022. 115–126
2021Lata Mahesh Deokar: Unknown Buddhist Narratives as Cited in the Kavikāmadhenu. Saṃkathā. Lata Mahesh Deokar, 2021. 123–132
2020Lata Mahesh Deokar: Milking the Wish-fulfilling Cow: An Analysis of the Literary Citations from Subhūticandra’s Kavikāmadhenu. Lata Mahesh Deokar, 2020
2020Lata Mahesh Deokar: The Transmission of Subhūticandra’s Kavikāmadhenu Commentary in Tibet. In: ZDMG, 170, 2020, 425–444
2019Lata Mahesh Deokar: Languages of India (I) (from the Vedic Period up to 500 CE),. Cambridge World History of Lexicography. John Considine, 2019. 67–83
2019Lata Mahesh Deokar: Languages of India (II): Around 500 CE–1700 CE. Cambridge World History of Lexicography. John Considine, 2019. 130–158
2019Michael Hahn: Ravigupta’s Āryākoṣa: A Contribution to the Early History of Indian Nīti Literature. Lata Mahesh Deokar, Johannes Schneider, 2019
2018Lata Mahesh Deokar: Subhūticandra’s Kavikāmadhenu Commentary on the Amarakośa with Si tu Paṇ chen’s Tibetan Translation. Lata Mahesh Deokar, 2018
2017Lata Mahesh Deokar: Subantaratnākara: An Unknown Text of Subhūticandra. Indic Manuscript Cultures Through the Ages. Vincenzo Vergiani, Daniele Cuneo and Camillo A. Formigatti, 2017. 655–693
2016Michael Hahn, Shrikant S. Bahulkar, Lata Mahesh Deokar, Mahesh A. Deokar: Vṛttamālāstuti. Michael Hahn, Shrikant S. Bahulkar, Lata Mahesh Deokar, Mahesh A. Deokar, 2016
2015Lata Mahesh Deokar: Tibetan Lexicographical Tradition. Buddhist Texts and Traditions. Mahesh Ashok Deokar, Pradeep P. Gokhale, Lata Mahesh Deokar, 2015. 338–350
2014Mahesh A. Deokar Lata Mahesh Deokar S. S. Bahulkar: Grammatical Discussions in Śākyarakṣita's Vṛttamālā(stuti)vivṛti. In: South Asian Classical Studies, 2014, 65-100
2014Lata Mahesh Deokar: Subhūticandra´s Kkavikāmadhenu on Amarakośa 1.1.1-1.4.8 . Indica et Tibetica Verlag, 2014
2013Lata Mahesh Deokar: Subhūticandra: A Forgotten Scholar of Magadha. In: Journal of Buddhist Studies, 2013, 137-153
2012Lata Mahesh Deokar: Some Observations on Buddhism and Lexicography. In: Chikafumi Watanabe, Michele Desmarais, Yoshichika Honda, Saṁskṛta-sādhutā: Goodness of Sanskrit. Studies in Honour of Professor Ashok N. Aklujkar. DK Printworld, 2012. 126-149
2010Lata Mahesh Deokar: Preservation of Tibetan Culture with special reference to Education. The Working Papers of the Kanazawa Cultural Resource Seminar. n.a., 2010. 182–190
2010Lata Mahesh Deokar: Problems in Editing the Sanskrit and the Tibetan Texts of the Kamadhenu. In: Subodh Gopal Nandi Projit Kumar Palit, Manuscript and Manuscriptology in India. Kaveri Books, 2010. 168-182
2010Lata Mahesh Deokar: Si-tu Pan-chen's Contributions to the Tibetan Lexicography. In: Supriya Rai, Buddhist Culture in Asia: Unity in Diversity, Volume II. Somaiya Publications Pvt. Ltd. 2010. 225-240
2010Lata Mahesh Deokar: The Sararthacandrika Commentary of the Trikandasesa. In: Buddhism Contemporary Studies, 2010, 55-66
2009Lata Mahesh Deokar: Mahāvyutpatti: The First Bilingual Lexicon. Shrinidhih, Prof. S. S. Bahulkar Gratitude Volume. Shripad G. Bhat, Shilpa Sumant, Ambarish Vasant Khare, 2009. 323–356