ALSTON, Anthony J. 1919 — 2004. British (?) Indologist specialized in Advaita Vedānta. Pupil of Hari Prasad Sastri (d. 1956). Ph.D. 1964 under T. R. V. Murti on Post-Śaṁkara Advaita Vedānta, Banaras Hindu University. Later living in London.
Publications: Diss. Early Post-Samkara Advaita. Diss. B.H.U. 1964 (manuscript).
– Translated: Sureśvara, Naiṣkarma-siddhi. The realization of the absolute. L. 1959, 2nd rev. ed. 285 p. L. 1971 (with text); The Devotional Poems of Mirabai. 10+144 p. Delhi 1980; Divine Sports of Krishna: Poems of Surdas. 1993.
– Samkara and the Creation. 249 p. L. 1980.
– A Samkara Source-Book. 1-3. 729 p., 4-6. 361+344+380 p. L. 1980-89.
– Translated: Svami Satchidanandendra Sarasvati, The Method of Vedānta. A critical account of the Advaita tradition. 975 p. L. 1989; The thousand teachings of Sri Samkaracharya: Upadeśasāhasrī. 418 p. L. 1990 (with text).
– Articles.
Sources: Stray notes in Internet, mostly just his writings.
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