Alexis Sanderson

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Indologist Sanskritist person scholar of Hinduism

Alexis Sanderson is a prominent British Indologist and scholar of Hinduism, especially known for his influential work on Śaivism and Tantric traditions.

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instanceOf Indologist ⓘ
Sanskritist ⓘ
person ⓘ
scholar of Hinduism ⓘ
affiliation All Souls College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer University of Oxford ⓘ
fieldOfWork Hindu studies ⓘ
Indology NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sanskrit literature ⓘ
Tantric studies ⓘ
Śaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasAcademicApproach historical-philological method ⓘ
hasTaught courses on Hinduism ⓘ
courses on Indian religions ⓘ
courses on Sanskrit texts ⓘ
influenced academic understanding of Śaivism ⓘ
contemporary scholarship on Tantra ⓘ
knownFor detailed studies of Śaiva ritual ⓘ
historical study of Kashmir Śaivism ⓘ
philological analysis of Sanskrit texts ⓘ
research on Tantric traditions ⓘ
research on Śaiva traditions ⓘ
work on the Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava interaction ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork articles on the Śaiva Age in Indian history ⓘ
research on the relation between Śaivism and Buddhism ⓘ
studies on the origins of the Śaiva Siddhānta ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
researcher ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
positionHeld Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford ⓘ
Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
specializesIn Kashmir Śaivism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tantric ritual and doctrine ⓘ
history of Indian religions ⓘ
Śaiva Siddhānta NERFINISHED ⓘ
studies Kashmir Śaiva philosophical texts ⓘ
Tantric ritual manuals ⓘ
Śaiva scriptures ⓘ

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Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at the University of Oxford → notableHolder → Alexis Sanderson ⓘ