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Below are listed the people who have made the Clay Sanskrit Library possible, including those currently involved in editing and translating volumes. Please click on the volume titles for more information

Founders
John P. Clay was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1934. In 1957 John graduated from Oxford University with first class honours in Sanskrit, Avestan and Old Persian. He went on to a long career in global investment banking with Vickers da Costa, New York, the London Stock Exchange and then with Clay Finlay, Inc. In 1999 he decided to give enduring patronage to his real passion: Sanskrit literature. His vision was to create a series that would make all the classics available to the general public for the first time. John now lives in New York City with his wife Jennifer.
(Photograph by courtesy of Nora Feller http://www.norafeller.com/)

Jennifer Coutts Clay John’s wife and co-founder of the Clay Sanskrit Library, is an aviation specialist. As Principal of J. Clay Consulting, Jennifer has worked with a broad range of companies, including short-haul and long-haul airlines, design firms and aviation suppliers. She is the author of Jetliner Cabins, published by John Wiley & Sons. She has also contributed extensively to numerous industry magazines. Read more about Jennifer’s career here.
(Photograph by courtesy of Nora Feller http://www.norafeller.com/)

General Editor
Sheldon I. Pollock
Sheldon I. Pollock is William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Columbia University.
He is the author of The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India and editor of Cosmopolitanism and Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia.
Ramáyana II: Ayódhya by Vālmīki
Ramáyana III: The Forest by Vālmīki
“Bouquet of Rasa” and “River of Rasa” by Bhānudatta
Rama’s Last Act by Bhavabhūti

General Editor Emeritus
Richard Gombrich
Richard Gombrich is Boden Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit, Oxford University and Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS).
Love Lyrics
“Fifty Stanzas of a Thief” by Bilhaṇa

Editor
Isabelle Onians
Isabelle Onians translates and edits Sanskrit literature for the JJC Foundation, co-publishers (with NYU Press) of the Clay Sanskrit Library.
What Ten Young Men Did by Daṇḍin
“A Bawd’s Life” and “The Ornamental Onion” by Kṣemendra & Harijīvanamiśra
The Magical Vine of the Bodhi·sattva’s Many Lives by Kṣemendra

Translators
Diwakar Acharya
Local Director of the Nepalese-German Manuscript Cataloguing Project (NGMCP), Kathmandu.
Little Clay Cart by Śūdraka

Greg Bailey
Reader in Sanskrit, La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Love Lyrics by Amaru, Bhartṛhari & Bilhaṇa
Maha·bhárata XIV: The Horse Sacrifice

Adam Bowles
Adam Bowles is Honorary Research Fellow, La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Maha·bhárata VIII: Karna (volume one of two)
Maha·bhárata I: The Beginning (volume one of three)
Maha·bhárata VIII: Karna (volume two of two)

Simon Brodbeck
Maha·bhárata I: The Beginning (volume three of three)

Yigal Bronner
Yigal Bronner is Assistant Professor in Sanskrit language and literature, University of Chicago, and in Indian Religion, University of Tel Aviv.
On Self-Surrender, Compassion, and the Mission of a Goose: Sanskrit Poetry from the South by Appaya Dīkṣita and Vedāntadeśika

Alex Cherniak
Lecturer in Sanskrit, University of Tel Aviv.
Maha·bhárata VI: Bhishma (volume one of two) Including the “Bhagavad Gita” in Context
Maha·bhárata VI: Bhishma (volume two of two)

Michael Coulson
Michael Coulson (1936-1975) taught Sanskrit at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Sanskrit: an introduction to the classical language and Three Sanskrit plays, translated with an introduction.
Rákshasa’s Ring by Viśākhadatta
Málati and Mádhava by Bhavabhūti

Linda Covill
Linda Covill translates and edits Sanskrit literature for the JJC Foundation, co-publishers (with NYU Press) of the Clay Sanskrit Library.
Handsome Nanda by Aśvaghoṣa

Whitney Cox
Lecturer in Sanskrit, Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia,
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Valor’s Mark by Bilhaṇa

Kate Crosby
Senior Lecturer in Buddhist Studies, Department of Study of Religions, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
Maha·bhárata X–XI: Dead of the Night & The Women
Maha·bhárata XII Peace Part One (volumes one & two of five)

Csaba Dezső
Csaba Dezső is Assistant Lecturer in Sanskrit in the Department of Indo-European Linguistics at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.
Much Ado About Religion by Bhaṭṭa Jayanta
The Quartet of Causeries by Śūdraka, Śyāmilaka, Vararuci & Īśvaradatta
The Bawd’s Counsel by Dāmodaragupta
The Parrot’s Seventy Tales by Cintāmaṇi Bhaṭṭa

Wendy Doniger
Wendy Doniger is Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, University of Chicago.
“The Lady of the Jewel Necklace” and “The Lady Who Shows Her Love” by Harṣa

Paul Dundas
Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit, University of Edinburgh.
The Slaying of Shishu·pala by Māgha

R.C.C. Fynes
R. C. C. Fynes is Principal Lecturer, Faculty of Art and Design, De Montfort University. He is the author of The Lives of the Jain Elders.
The Epitome of Queen Lilávati (volume one) by Jinaratna
The Epitome of Queen Lilávati (volume two) by Jinaratna

Kathleen Garbutt
Kathleen Garbutt translates and edits Sanskrit literature for the JJC Foundation, co-publishers (with NYU Press) of the Clay Sanskrit Library.
Maha·bhárata IV: Viráta
Maha·bhárata V: Preparations for War (volume one of two)
Maha·bhárata V: Preparations for War (volume two of two)

Robert P. Goldman
Robert P. Goldman is Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. He is director and general editor of the massive translation project of the critical edition of Valmíki’s Ramáyana and has also translated Book Five, Súndara, with Sally P. Goldman, with whom he has co-authored Deva·vani·pravéshika: An Introduction to the Sanskrit Language.
Ramáyana I: Boyhood by Vālmīki
Ramáyana V: Súndara by Vālmīki
Ramáyana VI: War (two volumes) by Vālmīki

Sally J. Sutherland Goldman Sally J. Sutherland Goldman is Lecturer in Sanskrit, University of California at Berkeley.
She and Robert P. Goldman together wrote Deva·vani·pravéshika: An Introduction to the Sanskrit Language.
Ramáyana V: Súndara by Vālmīki
Ramáyana VI: War (two volumes) by Vālmīki
Ramáyana VII: The Final Chapter by Vālmīki

Richard Gombrich
Richard Gombrich is Boden Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit at Oxford University. He is General Editor Emeritus of the Clay Sanskrit Library.
Love Lyrics by Amaru, Bhartṛhari & Bilhaṇa

Dominic Goodall
Dominic Goodall is Head of the Pondicherry Centre of the École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO).
The Bawd’s Counsel by Dāmodaragupta
Raghu’s Lineage (two volumes) by Kālidāsa

Friedhelm Hardy
Friedhelm Hardy (1943–2004) was Professor of Indian Religions at King’s College London. He is the author of The Religious Culture of India: Power, Love and Wisdom and Viraha-Bhakti: The Early History of Kṛṣṇa Devotion in South India.
Seven Hundred Elegant Verses by Govardhana

Robert A. Hueckstedt
Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Virginia.
The Deeds of King Harsha by Bāṇa

Harunaga Isaacson
Harunaga Isaacson is Professor of Indology, University of Hamburg.
Raghu’s Lineage (two volumes) by Kālidāsa

William J. Johnson
William J. Johnson is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Cardiff University. He is the author of The Sauptikaparvan of the Mahābhārata: The Massacre at Night and The Bhagavadgītā, translated with an introduction and notes.
Maha·bhárata III: The Forest (volume four of four)
Maha·bhárata III: The Forest (volume one of four)

Matthew Kapstein
Director of Tibetan Religious Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris) and Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of Chicago.
The Rise of Wisdom Moon by Kṛṣṇamiśra

Rosalind Lefeber
Rosalind Lefeber is Lecturer Emerita in Sanskrit at the University of Toronto.
Ramáyana IV: Kishkíndha by Vālmīki

Sir James Mallinson
Sir James Mallinson translates and edits Sanskrit literature for the JJC Foundation, co-publishers (with NYU Press) of the Clay Sanskrit Library.
The Emperor of the Sorcerers (volume one) by Budhasvāmin
The Emperor of the Sorcerers (volume two) by Budhasvāmin
Messenger Poems by Kālidāsa, Dhoyī, and Rūpa Gosvāmin
The Ocean of the Rivers of Story (volume one of seven) by Somadeva
The Ocean of the Rivers of Story (volume two of seven) by Somadeva
The Ocean of the Rivers of Story (volume three to seven of seven) by Somadeva

Justin Meiland
Justin Meiland is Lecturer in Buddhist Studies at Mahidol University, Bangkok.

Maha·bhárata IX: Shalya (volume one of two)
A Garland of Past Lives by Āryaśūra
Maha·bhárata IX: Shalya (volume two of two)
Maha·bhárata III: The Forest (volume two of four)

Patrick Olivelle
Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions, University of Texas.
Five Discourses on Worldly Wisdom by Viṣṇuśarman
Life of the Buddha by Aśvaghoṣa

Indira Peterson
Professor of Asian Studies, Mount Holyoke College.
The Hunter and the Hero by Bhāravi

Vaughan Pilikian
Vaughan Pilikian translates and edits Sanskrit literature for the JJC Foundation, co-publishers (with NYU Press) of the Clay Sanskrit Library.
Maha·bhárata VII: Drona (volume one of four)
Maha·bhárata VII: Drona (volumes two to four of four)

Velcheru Narayana Rao
Velcheru Narayana Rao is Krishnadevaraya Professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
How Úrvashi Was Won by Kālidāsa

Tamar Reich
Tamar Reich is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Florida.
Maha·bhárata XV-XVIII: Final Departures

David Shulman
David Shulman is Professor of Indian Studies and Comparative Religion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
How Úrvashi Was Won by Kālidāsa
On Self-Surrender, Compassion, and the Mission of a Goose: Sanskrit Poetry from the South by Appaya Dīkṣita and Vedāntadeśika

Lee Siegel
Professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Hawai’i.
The Gita·Govínda: Love Songs of Radha and Krishna by Jayadeva

Andrew Skilton
Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Indian Religions, University of Cardiff.
“How the Nagas Were Pleased” and “The Shattered Thighs” by Harṣa and Bhāsa
Maha·bhárata XIII: Good Counsel (three volumes)

David Smith
David Smith is Reader in Indian Religions at Lancaster University. He is the author of Ratnákaras Hara·víjaya: An Introduction to the Sanskrit Court Epic, The Dance of Siva: Religion, Art and Poetry in South India and Hinduism and Modernity.
Princess Kadámbari (two volumes) by Bāṇa
Triumph of Shiva by Ratnākara
The Birth of Kumára by Kālidāsa

Joel Tatelman
Joel Tatelman is Senior Editor at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He has also published The Glorious Deeds of Purna, a translation and study of the Púrnavadána.
Heavenly Exploits

Judit Törzsök
Judit Törzsök is Lecturer in Sanskrit, Université Charles-de-Gaulle, Lille.
Rama Beyond Price by Murāri
“Friendly Advice” and “King Víkrama’s Adventures” by Nārāyaṇa

Gary Tubb
Gary Tubb is Professor in South Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago. He is the author of Scholastic Sanskrit: A Handbook For Students, published in 2007.
In the Court of King Bhoja by Ballāla

Somadeva Vasudeva
Somadeva Vasudeva is Assistant Professor in Sanskrit at Columbia University, New York.
Three Satires by Nīlakaṇṭha, Kṣemendra, and Bhallaṭa
The Recognition of Shakúntala by Kālidāsa
The Quartet of Causeries by Śūdraka, Śyāmilaka, Vararuci & Īśvaradatta
Lyrical Verse Explained
Moonlight of Glory by Someśvaradeva
Nava·sahasánka and the Serpent Princess by Padmagupta
Twenty-four Chronicles (two volumes) by Merutuṅga

Paul Wilmot
Paul Wilmot translates and edits Sanskrit literature for the JJC Foundation, co-publishers (with NYU Press) of the Clay Sanskrit Library.
Maha·bhárata II: The Great Hall
Maha·bhárata I: The Beginning (volume two of three)

Alex Wynne
Alex Wynne is Lecturer in Buddhist Studies at Mahidol University, Bangkok.
Maha·bhárata XII: Peace Part two: “The Book of Liberation” (volumes four to five of five)
Maha·bhárata XII: Peace Part two: “The Book of Liberation” (volumes three of five)

Editorial Assistants
Dániel Balogh Editorial assistant to the Clay Sanskrit Library.
Málavika and Agni·mitra by Kālidāsa

Eszter Somogyi Editorial assistant to the Clay Sanskrit Library.
Málavika and Agni·mitra by Kālidāsa