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Jan Anthony Schoterman, 1948–1989

Jan Anthony Schoterman, 1948–1989 J A N A N T H O N Y S C H O T E R M A N , 1 9 4 8 - - 1 9 8 9 On the 29th of June, 1989, the small community of Dutch Indologists was shocked by the sudden demise of Jan Schoterman, one of its most gifted and devoted members. He was a scholar of many-sided interests and preoccupations. During and after his Indological Study at Utrecht, where Jan Gonda held the chair, Jan visited several regions in South and South East Asia. He acquired intimate knowledge of several aspects of Indology and related disciplines. At times, he was working on different projects at the same time with almost feverish devotion; and this notwithstanding the fact that the Dutch Government only intermittently granted him a few temporary appointments. Two fields of study had his special interest: Hindu Tantrism, particularly of the Kubjikfi school, and the history of Sanskrit and Indian Culture in Indonesia. After his doctoral examination, he started to work on the literature of the Tantric Kubjikfimata. As a member of the committee which undertook the project of a critical edition of the school's basic text, the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

Jan Anthony Schoterman, 1948–1989

Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 33 (4): 277 – Jan 1, 1990

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1990 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0019-7246
eISSN
1572-8536
DOI
10.1163/000000090790083590
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Abstract

J A N A N T H O N Y S C H O T E R M A N , 1 9 4 8 - - 1 9 8 9 On the 29th of June, 1989, the small community of Dutch Indologists was shocked by the sudden demise of Jan Schoterman, one of its most gifted and devoted members. He was a scholar of many-sided interests and preoccupations. During and after his Indological Study at Utrecht, where Jan Gonda held the chair, Jan visited several regions in South and South East Asia. He acquired intimate knowledge of several aspects of Indology and related disciplines. At times, he was working on different projects at the same time with almost feverish devotion; and this notwithstanding the fact that the Dutch Government only intermittently granted him a few temporary appointments. Two fields of study had his special interest: Hindu Tantrism, particularly of the Kubjikfi school, and the history of Sanskrit and Indian Culture in Indonesia. After his doctoral examination, he started to work on the literature of the Tantric Kubjikfimata. As a member of the committee which undertook the project of a critical edition of the school's basic text, the

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