Paul Dundas

Professor
Paul Dundas
Born(1952-05-23)23 May 1952
Died5 April 2023(2023-04-05) (aged 71)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
OccupationIndologist
EmployerUniversity of Edinburgh
AwardsPrakrit Jñānabhāratī International Awards (2019)

Paul Dundas (23 May 1952 – 5 April 2023) was a Scottish Indologist, an honorary fellow in Sanskrit language and Head of Asian studies at the University of Edinburgh. His teachings and research focused extensively on understanding Jainism, Buddhism, Sanskrit literature and Middle Indo-Aryan philology. He was regarded as one of the leading scholars in Jaina and Prakrit studies. He was a member of the Council of the Pali Text Society.