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of investigation, and was the topic of her last published article (Maranasamahipainna, (2007).
Colette Caillat was equally attracted to Digambara literature in Apabhramsa, as is shown by her translations of Yogindu's Yogasara (1998) and Paramatmaprakasa (1999), and of Ramasirnha's Dohapahuda (1976, in French and in English).
Linguistic features of Apabhramsa as well as the expression of mysticism specific to these texts, is explained in a convincing style.
Colette Caillat helped interested readers to find their way through the complexities of Jain cosmology through The Jain Cosmology' (La cosmologie jaina, 1981), an elegant and detailed publication based on Jain manuscripts of the Ksetrasamasa and the Samgrahanis from the private collection of Mr Ravi Kumar.
As a Jainologist, Colette Caillat's works focus on the transmission and understanding of important svetambara works belonging to the oldest strata of canonical literature especially Acharangasutra, Sutrakrtangasutra, Das'avaikalikasutra, Uttaradhyayanasutra. Several of her articles deal either with selected sections of these works, with major themes (violence, rules for speech), with the meaning of difficult words or expressions, with their morphology and derivation, and with the relationship between Middle Indian and Vedic.
Her direct pupils have much benefited from her teaching that was quite stimulating because of her wide knowledge of all aspects of Indian culture and of Indology. She was able to share with the audience her curiosity and even her love for everything Indian. As a former student, her student, Nalini Balbir testifies that 'Colette Caillat, since the beginning of her career, has read in depth and annotated many works of Indologists of present and past time. Therefore, every statement from her pen is based on longtime thinking, pondering and immense learning. I will always remember her unique way of pronouncing Pali and Ardhamagadhi, which helped to communicate the feeling of living and real languages.'
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