SANSKRIT TEXT SOCIETY

Registered charity 1198239 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Oxford Sanskrit Text Society

The STS works to advance the education of the public in Oxford and across the UK and South Asia on the historic, cultural, and intellectual traditions of the Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains from Asia, particularly but not exclusively, literary and intellectual works composed in Sanskrit and related languages and to support students and scholars working on them in the UK and South Asia.

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THE STS IS BEING SET UP TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN OXFORD AND ACROSS THE UK AND SOUTH ASIA ON THE HISTORIC, CULTURAL, AND INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS OF THE HINDUS, BUDDHISTS, AND JAINS FROM ASIA, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, LITERARY AND INTELLECTUAL WORKS COMPOSED IN SANSKRIT LANGUAGE AND TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS WORKING ON SANSKRIT TEXTS IN THE UK AND SOUTH ASIA.

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• Anupam Kumar Suman
• DR JOHN LOWE
• Dr BIHANI SARKAR
• Dr GILLIAN EVISON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Jonathan Bernard Katz · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR DIWAKAR NATH ACHARYA
• Sir James Mallinson

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Operates in: Hong Kong · India · Nepal · Throughout England And Wales

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