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Ezourvedam : a French Veda of the Eighteenth Century.
The Ezourvedam, used by Voltaire among others, as sourcebook for the most ancient of religions, was thereupon found to have been a fraud. Actually it was composed by a Christian - the text shows him to have been a French Jesuit missionary, who did not necessarily know Sanskrit - in order to convert...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
1984.
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| Colección: | University of Pennsylvania studies on South Asia ;
v. 1. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Ezourvedam, used by Voltaire among others, as sourcebook for the most ancient of religions, was thereupon found to have been a fraud. Actually it was composed by a Christian - the text shows him to have been a French Jesuit missionary, who did not necessarily know Sanskrit - in order to convert Hindus to Christianity. The controversy surrounding the spurious Veda continues, involving a number of scholars and missionaries particularly in the question of whether or not the Veda was composed in Sanskrit or French. In tracing the history of the Ezourvedam Ludo Rocher adds a number of points, o. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (222 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [90]-104) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027279880 9027279888 1283424673 9781283424677 9789027233820 9027233829 9786613424679 6613424676 |
| ISSN: | 0169-0361 ; |