Otakar Pertold (born in Jaroměř 21 March 1884, died 3 May 1965 in Prague) was a Czech Indologist, religious studies historian and ethnologist, generally considered the pioneer of Asian religious studies in Czechoslovakia.Miloslav Krása, Otakar Pertold and South Asian Studies: Centenary Commemoration Volume, Prague: Czechoslovak Society for International Relations [and the] Oriental Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1986. From 1934, he was Professor of Religious Studies at Charles University. A member of many learned bodies, he was a prolific author and among English readers is best known for his work on Sri Lanka.O. Pertold, "A Protective Ritual of the Southern Buddhists," Anthropological Society of Bombay 12.6 (1923), pp. 744-89.
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