CONVERSE, Hyla Stuntz (née Hyla Clark Stuntz). Lahore 31.10.1920 — Tulsa, Oklahoma 6.10.1990. U.S. Indologist and Scholar of Religion. Daughter of Clyde Bronson Stunz (1886–1965) and Florence Ada Watters. B.D. 1949 Union Theological Seminary. Ph.D. 1971 Columbia. At Oklahoma State University (1974). Married 1951 Paul Everett Converse (1921–1993).
Publications: Edited: God’s action and the church’s task in Latin America today, a symposium. 126 p. N.Y. 1961.
– Diss. The historical significance of the first occurrence of the doctrine of transmigration in the early Upanishads. Columbia Univ. 1971, publ. 477 p. 1986.
– “The Agnicayana rite: indigenous origin?”, Hist. of Rel. 14, 1974-75, 81-95.
– “Similarities in Certain Pottery Fabrics Found at Hastināpura, an Unexcavated Site in Kashmir, and Shāhī Tump”, JAOS 98, 1978, 478.
Sources: Stray notes in Internet.
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