Talk:George Cardona

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George Cardona is a major scholar, perhaps the most senior Sanskritist living today. His work is already referred to in several Wikipedia articles
 * I removed my speedy deletion tag, but please expand the article, nothing distinguishes this person from any random professor, his nationality isn't even stated. Please check WP:BIO. Equendil Talk 23:48, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, he _is_ a random professor, very famous in his own narrow speciality, virtually unheard of outside of it. I know him only through his work, have no idea about the biographic details, sorry.

SnoTraveller 00:06, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Google search shows, among other things, a Festschrift for him -- surely this is a distinction not every random professor gets.

Indian Linguistic Studies : Festschrift in Honor of George Cardona/edited by Madhav M. Deshpande and Peter E. Hook. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2002, xxvi, 384 p., figs., ISBN 81-208-1885-7.

Amazon shows him with 21 volumes. A little digging shows stuff like http://www.aiausa.org/news/springsummer2001/springsummer2001pg1.html

SnoTraveller 00:14, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Notability should be apparent in the body of the article, not the talk page :) Equendil Talk 00:37, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Point taken. I added a "honors" section. I'm sure a much better bio could be built, and that he has been awarded all kinds of academic distinction (I already found a Collitz professorship, a rare distinction indeed).

SnoTraveller 01:02, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know where I can buy/get his books? His 1965 Gujarati grammar is hard to find. Tuncrypt 19:44, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi Wikipedians! For the sake of improving this article, I have written a lead section that may be more suitable for Professor Cardona. It's a bit long, so let me know what sections you think can be shortened: "George Cardona ([dʒɔːɹdʒ kəɹdonʌ]; born 1936) is an American linguist, Sanskritist, and Indologist. Described as "a luminary" in Indo-European, Indo-Aryan, and Pāṇinian linguistics since the early sixties, Cardona is widely recognized as the most prominent American scholar of Pāṇini . Currently Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania , Cardona obtained a BA from New York University in 1956, and his MA and PhD degrees from Yale in 1958 and 1960, respectively . Upon completing his PhD, he was hired to teach Hindi and other modern Indic languages . His early work on the Ṥivasūtras (1969) directed him toward further analysis of various aspects of the Aṣṭādhyāyī, eventually culminating in Pāṇini: His Work and its Traditions (1997)[6], a projected multi-volume work . Throughout his professional career, Cardona's large body of scholarly work and publications have substantiated his scholarly depth and intensity. His term as a fellow of the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto (1971-72); his selection as the Collitz Professor at the summer institute of the Linguistic Society of America at the University of Illinois (1978); his election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1984) and American Philosophical Society (1997); and his time as President of the American Oriental Society (1989-1990) further attest to Cardona's acclaimed stature in Indo-European studies and Indian grammatical theory. Fondly remembered by students for his ardor, seriousness, and perspicacity, Cardona has helped make the University of Pennsylvania the center of Sanskrit learning in North America. Besides his scholarly achievements, Cardona's deep love for Indian culture has distinguished him as a spokesman for ancient Indian tradition, rather than as a distant Western analyst." Obviously some of the sources are redundant/incomplete, but I have the full references on my sandbox page (if you can access that?). Dogstar 7 (talk) 08:16, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Dogstar here again -- the last comments on this page before me were made back in 2006 and 2007. If you check the history of this page, you can see that I added a lot here. Unfortunately, I was unable to find details about his personal life story. He is still living, so writing anything on his personal life will be problematic anyways. What you can see I have done is a lot of elaboration on his work, and I have tried to include perspectives that have critiqued his work. Nonetheless, my overall impression was that he is very well respected and influential in his field. In the future, do look to improve this page, but please look at the sources (or be an expert) before you contribute. Let's make sure this article stays tidy and accurate. I have access to many of the sources discussed and may be able to share them in some way, so just post, I'll be notified, and maybe we can work something out if you don't have access to these sources. I have many sources, in fact, that I decided to not even put up but if they become relevant later on, they ought to be explored. Anyways, hope this new article does some justice to Cardona's legacy. Dogstar 7 (talk) 02:02, 27 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Regarding his personal life stuff, I know at least, that he has a son who is a lawyer (if I'm not mistaken, it's George S. Cardona, who got his J.D. from Yale in '86 or thereabouts?). I heard it from him directly that his son is a lawyer and that's about all I can say on that.
 * Vindafarna (talk) 18:50, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Warren Cowgill's first student
Mention should be made that he was Warren Cowgill's first doctoral student (even though he worked with Thieme). I don't know where a source can be found on the matter, but it should be self-evident (Cardona is an Indo-Europeanist and studied at Yale during Cowgill's tenure there).

Vindafarna (talk) 18:41, 9 July 2024 (UTC)