George Cardona, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetGeorge Cardona
American linguist and Indologist
Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1936
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Profession: linguist
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About George Cardona
- George Cardona ([d????d? k??don?]; born June 3, 1936) is an American linguist, Indologist, Sanskritist, and scholar of Pa?ini.
- Described as "a luminary" in Indo-European, Indo-Aryan, and Pa?inian linguistics since the early sixties, Cardona has been recognized as the leading Western scholar of the Indian grammatical tradition (vyakara?a) and of the great Indian grammarian Pa?ini.
- He is currently Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Cardona was credited by Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the vice president of India, for making the University of Pennsylvania a "center of Sanskrit learning in North America", along with Professors W.
- Norman Brown, Ludo Rocher, Ernest Bender, Wilhelm Halbfass, and several other Sanskritists.
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