Nalini Balbir
Nalini Balbir | |
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| Born | May 27, 1955. Lormont, France |
| Education | Paris-Sorbonne University); Goethe-Institut Munich |
| Alma mater | University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle |
| Awards | Prix Emile Sénart of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1986) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Indo-Aryan languages, sanskrit, pali, prakrit, apabhramsha |
| Institutions | École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris |
| Thesis | Etudes d'exégèse jaina: les Āvaśyaka (1986) |
| Website | nalini.balbir@ephe.sorbonne.fr |
Nalini Balbir (born 1955) is a French Indologist who lives in Paris. She is a scholar of Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali, Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism. She was previously a student of Indologist Colette Caillat. She is known for her work on the publication of the Catalogue of the Jain Manuscripts of the British Library published by the Institute of Jainology.