Gnoli, R.

PersonType	Category:Authors of Italian Works Category:Professors Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Raniero
LastName / namelast	Gnoli
MainNamePhon	Raniero Gnoli
SortName	Gnoli, Raniero
bio	Count Raniero Gnoli (20 January 1930 – 5 May 2025) was an Italian orientalist, indologist and historian of religion. Pupil of Giuseppe Tucci and Mario Praz, Raniero Gnoli was a Professor of Indology at the University of Rome La Sapienza 1964 to 2000, as well as dean of the "School of Oriental Studies" in the same university. A famous Sanskritist, his scope of research covered the theologies and religious philosophies of India, especially those related to Tantric Shaivism (i.e., Kashmir Shaivism), medieval schools of Buddhist logic, and doctrines mentioned in Kālacakratantra. Gnoli was also the first to translate many texts belonging to the Indian religious traditions from Sanskrit into Western languages, contributing decisively to a more precise definition of the relevant terminology. He remained the only one in the world to have translated the voluminous work Tantrāloka written in the 10th century by Indian philosopher Abhinavagupta. An expert also in Greek and Roman culture, he compiled Marmora Romana, a thorough "study of the decorative stones used by the ancients, that is, of marbles which, in the classical meaning of the word, include all decorative stones susceptible to polishing." The full list of works by Raniero Gnoli was published in a collection of studies in his honor: Le Parole e i Marmi (The words and the marbles - ed. by Raffaele Torella ). Rome, IsIAO, 2001, pp. XVII-XX. These include: Marmora Romana. Rome, Elephant Editions, 1988 Thirteen poems. Rome, Elephant Editions, 1981 La Rivelazione del Buddha (The Revelation of the Buddha - ed. by Raniero Gnoli, transl. by Claudio Cicuzza and Francesco Sferra) 2 vols. - I Testi Antichi (The Ancient Texts), 2001. Il Grande Veicolo (The Great Vehicle), 2004. Milan, Meridiani Mondadori. Memory of Giuseppe Tucci, Rome, IsIAO, 1985. The aesthetic experience according to Functional Abhinavagupta. Rome, IsIAO, 1956. Nepalese inscriptions in gupta characters. Rome, IsIAO, 1956. Translations Abhinavagupta, Abhinavagupta. Light of scripture, Turin, typographical Union-Turin-based publishing, 1972. Abhinavagupta, Abhinavagupta's comment to Paratrimsika, (Parātrimśikātattvavivarana), Rome, IsIAO, 1985. Dharmakirti, The Pramanavarttikam of Dharmakirti. The First Chapter with Autocommentary (Pramānavārttikasvavrtti), Rome, IsIAO, 1960. Gabriele Faerno, Fables choices. Rome, Elephant Editions, 1970. Nāgārjuna, Le Stanze del Cammino di Mezzo (The Stanza of the Middle Way, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā), introduction, translation and notes, Turin, Basic Books, 1979. Udbhata, Udbhata's commentary on the Kavyalankara Bhamaha of Rome, IsIAO, 1962. (Source Accessed May 7, 2025)
YearBirth	1930
YearDeath	2025
IsInGyatsa	No
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Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.