Karl Harrington Potter (August 19, 1927 – January 11, 2022) was an American-born writer, academic, and
Indologist,
from the
University of Washington.
He studied at the
University of California,
as well as
Harvard University and is known for his writings on
Indian philosophy.
Potter has served as a Professor, of the department of Philosophy and South Asian Studies at the University of Washington. He has been called an eminent scholar by his peers.
He is credited with a number of books on the topic.
The
Government of India honored Potter in 2011 with the fourth highest civilian award of
Padma Shri.
Potter died in January 2022, at the age of 94.
Selected works
; Monographs
*
*
; Bibliography
* ''BIBLIOGRAPHY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHIES'' - publishe
onlineafter three printed editions as volume I of the ''Encyclopedia of Indian Philosopies'' (see below): 1st edition 1970; 2nd revised 1983; 3rd revised 1995), updated at least twice a year since 1996, new interface of the website since March 2000, during the last years a joint effort with a group of assistants. Last edition 15.04.202
; General editor
* , now (2023) distributed by Exotic India Art. See the full list of volume
an
at the publisher's website
See also
*
Indian philosophy
*
Indology
References
External links
''Bibliography on Indian Philosophies''- version without diacritical marks, complete, dated 15.04.2020, probably the last one uploaded by K.Potter to Internet (archived by the Wayback Machine of the Internet Archive on 08.05.2021, accesssed 03.04.2023). Version with full diacritical marks, linked therefrom, is unfortunately incomplete - some sections are as old as of 2017.
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1927 births
2022 deaths
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
American Indologists
American male non-fiction writers
University of Washington faculty
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Harvard University alumni
Writers from Oakland, California