Vedic and Buddhist Sanskrit, Sanskrit Grammar, Indo-European Linguistics, Tocharian Languages and Buddhism, Buddhist Vinaya and Abhidharma, Jainism, Ancient Greek.
Research Interests
Pāli
Latin
Anatolian Languages
Khotanese
Sanskrit Grammar
Abhidharma
Jainism
Gāndhārī
Buddhist Sanskrit
Vedic Sanskrit
Ancient Greek
Buddhist Vinaya
Buddhism
Tocharian Languages
Indo-European Linguistics
Research Areas
Humanities & social sciences, Linguistics, Ancient Greek
Humanities & social sciences, Philosophy - Chinese, Indian, Buddhist, Buddhist Vinaya
Humanities & social sciences, Linguistics, Buddhist Sanskrit
“Crime and Punishment” in the Rigveda — on the meaning of Vedic énas
Tao PAN
Journal of Asian and African Studies, Nov. 2018, Invited
Brief discussion of Qizil music and metrics
Tao PAN
The Western Regions Studies, Apr. 2018, Peer-reviewed
Overview of the historical linguistics of ancient Greek and Latin I
Tao PAN
Classical Review, 2018, Invited
A Glimpse into the Tocharian Vinaya Texts
Tao PAN
Rules of Engagement: Medieval Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Regulation, 2017, Peer-reviewed, Invited
Kommentar zu ausgewählten tocharischen Pātayantika-Dharma Fragmenten
Tao PAN
2015
Presentations
Introduction to Tocharian Language and Research
Tao PAN
Institute of Ancient History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking, Invited
Report on the research trip in Xinjiang 2024
Tao PAN; Zhong Wumo
Kyoto Symposium of Silk Road Studies — from India to China via Turfan, 06 Oct. 2024
On the Prehistory of Tocharian Nominal Morphology
Tao PAN
The Speakers of Indo-European and their World (17th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft) University of Basel, Switzerland, 12 Sep. 2024, University of Basel
Notes on the Tocharian A Lexicon
Tao PAN
Language and Culture in the Borderlands of the Eastern Silk Road (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria), 06 Sep. 2024
History and Research of Tocharian A
Tao PAN
Xinjiang Yanqi County New Era Civilization Practice Center, 11 Jul. 2024, Invited
Tocharology’s Contribution to Buddhist and Historical Studies
Tao PAN
68th International Conference of Eastern Studies, Kansai Session, 25 May 2024, Invited
Lecture on Tocharian Languages and Literature
Tao PAN
Department of Linguistics, Hiroshima University, 08 Mar. 2024, Invited
Recent Advances in Tocharian Studies
Tao PAN
School of Chinese Classics, Renmin University of China, Peking, 27 Sep. 2023, Invited
Recent Advances in Tocharian Studies
Tao PAN
School of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 22 Sep. 2023, Invited
Tocharian Sound Change and Tocharian A Nouns ending in -e
Tao PAN
Lautwandel und morphologische Analogie (Arbeitstagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft) University of Cologne, Germany, 12 Sep. 2023
ille ego and Recognitional Use of Demonstratives
Tao PAN
26th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, 06 Sep. 2023
Tocharian Fachsprache in the Medical, Magical and Legal Context
Tao PAN
Hethitische Festrituale (HFR) Colloquium, 14 Mar. 2023, Invited
A Forgotten Life of the Buddha: The “*Vajrapāṇi-Buddhacarita” in its Tocharian B and Chinese Versions
Diego Loukota; Tao PAN
Der 34. Deutsche Orientalistentag https://dot2022.de/
From India to China via Turfan — Chin. 和尚 he shang ‘teacher, monk’ and Toch. A ārkiśoṣi
Tao PAN
Der 34. Deutsche Orientalistentag https://dot2022.de/
Tocharian B ore and Reduplication in Tocharian
Tao PAN
12. Jenaer Maikolloquium “Reduplikation in indogermanischen Sprachen”
From India to China via Turfan --- Magic, Music, Language and Register
Tao PAN
Institute for Indology and Tibetology, Philipps-University Marburg Germany, 03 Sep. 2021, Invited
Philologica Tocharica — deciphering Tocharian words based on parallel texts
Tao PAN
Tocharian in Progress (Leiden University Netherland)
Introduction to Historical Indo-European Linguistics
Tao PAN
Fudan University China (online), Invited
Investigation of the meaning of Toch. B pitke
Tao PAN
Recent Advances in Tocharian Philology and Linguistics (University of Vienna Austria)
Toch. B lyakeṃ yops=āttsāna warśaiṃne and Gr. πυκινὸν λόχον + ἰέναι
Tao PAN
Indo-European Religion and Poetics – A Comparative Approach Myth, Ritual and Language (University of Copenhagen Denmark)
Intensive Course of Tocharian and Indo-European Linguistics
Tao PAN
Fudan University China, Invited
How “close” is Tocharian to Greek? — on TB oppīloṃ, oppiloṃcceṃ and oppīläṃntsa
Tao PAN
Munich-UCLA Historical Linguistics Colloquium IV (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Germany), 12 Jul. 2019
Intensive Course of Indo-European Linguistics
Tao PAN
Fudan University China, Invited
The Fate of Some Oldest Chinese Buddhist Manuscripts in the Tocharian Area
Tao PAN
Cambridge Hamburg Graduate Student Conference on Chinese Manuscripts Culture (University of Cambridge UK), 17 May 2019
Tocharian Intensive Course
Tao PAN
Fudan University China, Invited
Where Tocharian and Chinese Buddhism met
Tao PAN
Center for Gandhian and Indian Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai China, 29 Mar. 2019, Invited
Where Tocharian and Chinese Buddhism met. The hidden Chinese texts inside the Tocharian fragments
Tao PAN
Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University Netherland, 04 Dec. 2018, Invited
A Transcultural Study of Tocharian A kaṃ and B kene
Tao PAN
Thirtieth Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference (University of California, Los Angeles USA)
Looking inside the paper: A case study of Tocharian composite manuscripts
Tao PAN
Enacted Words of the Buddha: Buddhist Manuscripts as Mediums of Transcultural Interactions (Heidelberg University Germany)
How to Become Invisible Correctly in Tocharian
Tao PAN
Munich-UCLA Historical Linguistics Colloquium III (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Germany), 26 Jul. 2018
Miscellanea Tocharica
Tao PAN
Thirty-Seventh East Coast Indo-European Conference (University of Michigan USA)
What is the meaning of Tocharian A tursko ?
Tao PAN
4th Indo-European Research Colloquium (University of Zurich Switzerland)
Some Tocharian Words and their Indo-European Origins
Tao PAN
The Master and the Classical Studies in China (Renmin University of China)
Introduction to Indo-European linguistics
Tao PAN
Center for Gandhian and Indian Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai China, 12 Dec. 2017, Invited
Introduction to Tocharian languages
Tao PAN
Center for Gandhian and Indian Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai China, 11 Dec. 2017, Invited
What can mathematics do for Tocharology? — A new analysis of fragment B 388
Tao PAN
3rd Indo-European Research Colloquium (University of Vienna Austria)
The Tigress Story in Central Asia — A New Textual Version Rediscovered in Tocharian
Yu MENG; Tao PAN
Art and Religions in Pre-Islamic Central Asia (Polish Institute of World Art Studies Poland)
Some Proto-Indo-European roots in the Tocharian words — a semantic analyse
Tao PAN
15th Conference of the Indo-European Society (University of Vienna Austria)
Online Databases of Indology, Classics and Indo-European Linguistics
Tao PAN
National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai China, 24 Feb. 2016, Invited
Books and Other Publications
Tocharian Textbook Volume 1. Tocharian Grammar and Reading (Puṇyavantajātaka)
Tao PAN, Single work
Zhongxi Book Company, 2025
Awards
01 May 2016
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Ph.D Scholarship
01 Jan. 2020
Khyentse Foundation, Ph.D Scholarship
Media Coverage
Scholar PAN Tao and Tocharian
https://www.infzm.com/contents/205787, Southern Weekly, China, May 2021, Paper
list
Last Updated :2025/04/23
Education
Teaching subject(s)
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
ILAS Seminar
Z001, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Academic English Writing
M631, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 1
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Academic English Writing
M631, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 1
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Sanskrit(4H)
9617, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 8
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Sanskrit(4H)
9617, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 8
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Indological Studies (Special Lectures)
1633, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Indological Studies (Special Lectures)
1633, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Research and Advanced Studies (KBR) A
JK37, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Foundations I-Seminar (KBR)
JK09, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
ILAS Seminar
Z001, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Academic English Writing
M631, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 1
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Academic English Writing
M631, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 1
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Sanskrit(4H)
9617, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 8
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Sanskrit(4H)
9617, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 8
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Research 1~3-Seminar (KBR)(Lecture)
JK15, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Foundations I-Seminar (KBR)
JK09, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Indological Studies (Special Lectures)
1633, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Indological Studies (Special Lectures)
1633, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Foundations I-Seminar (KBR)
JK09, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Sanskrit(4H)
9617, Year-long, Faculty of Letters, 8
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Sanskrit(4H)
9617, Year-long, Graduate School of Letters, 8
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Research 1~3-Seminar (KBR)(Lecture)
JK15, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Linguistics (Special Lectures)
7231, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Academic English Writing
M631, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 1
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1653, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Indological Studies (Seminars)
1644, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Indological Studies (Special Lectures)
1633, Fall, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Buddhist Studies (Seminars)
1851, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Academic English Writing
M631, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 1
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Indological Studies (Special Lectures)
1633, Spring, Graduate School of Letters, 2
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
ILAS Seminar
Z001, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
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Academic, Social Contribution
Academic Contribution
Kyoto Symposium of Silk Road Studies — from India to China via Turfan
Planning, management, etc.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, From 05 Oct. 2024, To 06 Oct. 2024
Reviewer for Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics
Peer review
De Gruyter publisher, From Feb. 2025, To Apr. 2025
Reviewer for Historical Research
Peer review
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, From Feb. 2025, To Feb. 2025
Reviewer for Taiwan journal of Buddhist Studies
Peer review
Center for Buddhist Studies of National Taiwan University, From Dec. 2022, To Dec. 2022
Reviewer for The Western Regions Studies
Supervision (editorial), Peer review
Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, From Sep. 2018, To Sep. 2018
Social Contribution
Free Online Courses of Indo-European Linguistics
Lecturer
https://space.bilibili.com/24486177, Free Courses of Sanskrit, Tocharian, Greek, Latin, Iranian, Germanic, Slavic, Hittite Languages, From 28 Feb. 2020, To Present