Patrick Olivelle

2.7k total citations
90 papers, 754 citations indexed

About

Patrick Olivelle is a scholar working on Religious studies, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Olivelle has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 754 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Religious studies, 39 papers in Philosophy and 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Patrick Olivelle's work include Indian and Buddhist Studies (52 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (28 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (9 papers). Patrick Olivelle is often cited by papers focused on Indian and Buddhist Studies (52 papers), Indian History and Philosophy (28 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (9 papers). Patrick Olivelle collaborates with scholars based in United States and Brazil. Patrick Olivelle's co-authors include Manu Manu, Johannes Bronkhorst, Brian A. Hatcher, Arvind Sharma, J. L. Brockington, Himanshu Prabha Ray and Frederick M. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophy East and West, Journal of the American Oriental Society and Contributions to Indian Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Olivelle

71 papers receiving 599 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Olivelle United States 14 403 301 254 194 102 90 754
Wilhelm Halbfaß United States 10 239 0.6× 256 0.9× 247 1.0× 121 0.6× 99 1.0× 35 646
Alf Hiltebeitel United States 14 178 0.4× 168 0.6× 181 0.7× 196 1.0× 114 1.1× 62 583
Robert Alter United Kingdom 13 502 1.2× 441 1.5× 186 0.7× 70 0.4× 72 0.7× 63 1.0k
William A. Christian United States 14 151 0.4× 276 0.9× 118 0.5× 141 0.7× 105 1.0× 66 874
Bernard McGinn United States 17 219 0.5× 241 0.8× 368 1.4× 43 0.2× 73 0.7× 125 925
Gavin Flood United Kingdom 9 131 0.3× 212 0.7× 163 0.6× 83 0.4× 52 0.5× 33 457
Richard Gombrich United Kingdom 12 283 0.7× 299 1.0× 130 0.5× 182 0.9× 167 1.6× 51 617
Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty 12 143 0.4× 226 0.8× 141 0.6× 171 0.9× 100 1.0× 39 623
David Tracy United States 15 405 1.0× 530 1.8× 274 1.1× 26 0.1× 100 1.0× 65 1.0k
Gershom Scholem 14 187 0.5× 482 1.6× 418 1.6× 38 0.2× 129 1.3× 92 955

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Olivelle

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Olivelle

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Olivelle, Patrick. (2024). The world renouncer and man-in-the-world: Revisiting an old paradigm. Contributions to Indian Sociology. 58(1). 15–30.
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Olivelle, Patrick. (2024). Ashoka. Yale University Press eBooks.
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Olivelle, Patrick. (2017). The Medical Profession in Ancient India: Its Social, Religious, and Legal Status. 9(1). 1–21. 4 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick. (2016). A Dharma Reader. Columbia University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick, et al.. (2015). Four Feet of Legal Procedure and the Origins of Jurisprudence in Ancient India. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 135(1). 4 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick, et al.. (2012). Reimagining Asoka Memory and History. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick. (2011). Penance and Punishment: Marking the Body in Criminal Law and Social Ideology of Ancient India. 4(1). 23–41. 7 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick, et al.. (2009). Life of the Buddha. 5 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick. (2009). Aśoka : in history and historical memory.
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Olivelle, Patrick. (2008). Collected Essays 1. 2 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick. (2007). On the Road. The religious Significance of Walking. 60(2). 173–187. 1 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick. (2006). 2. The Ascetic and the Domestic in Brahmanical Religiosity. 1000–1015. 3 indexed citations
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Manu, Manu, et al.. (2005). Manu's code of law : a critical edition and translation of the Mānava-Dharmásāstra. Oxford University Press eBooks. 47 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick. (2005). Dharmasūtra parallels : containing the Dharmasūtras of Āpastamba, Gautama, Baudhāyana, and Vasiṣṭha.
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Olivelle, Patrick. (2000). Dharmasūtras : the law codes of Āpastamba, Gautama, Baudhāyana, and Vasiṣṭha. Oxford University Press eBooks. 20 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick, et al.. (2000). Jīvanmukti in Transformation: Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo-Vedānta. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 120(1). 135–135. 4 indexed citations
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Hatcher, Brian A. & Patrick Olivelle. (1999). Dharmasutras: The Law Codes of Ancient India. 13 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick. (1998). The early Upaniṣads : annotated text and translation. 53 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick, et al.. (1995). Rules and regulations of Brahmanical asceticism : Yatidharmasamuccaya of Yādava Prakāśa. State University of New York Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Olivelle, Patrick. (1993). The Āśrama System. 54 indexed citations

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