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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461428503321

Titolo

Ezourvedam [[electronic resource] ] : a French Veda of the eighteenth century / / edited with an introduction by Ludo Rocher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1984

ISBN

1-283-42467-3

9786613424679

90-272-7988-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

University of Pennsylvania studies on South Asia, , 0169-0361 ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

RocherLudo

Disciplina

294.5/921

Soggetti

Hinduism

Hinduism - Essence, genius, nature

Hinduism - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [90]-104) and index.

Nota di contenuto

EZOURVEDAM A FRENCH VEDA OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Table of contents; Introduction; Historical Survey of Ezourvedam Interpretation; Nature and Purpose of the Text; Phase 1 (1760-1782); Phase 2 (1782-1822); Phase 3 (from 1822); The Author of the Ezourvedam; Early Speculations; Missionaries; Robertode Nobili; Jean Calmette; Antoine Mosac; Other Missionaries; A New Name: Pierre Martin; Indian Converts; Conclusion; New Contributions to Ezourvedam Interpretation; The French Original; The Author of the French Ezourvedam; The Title: Ezourvedam

An EvaluationThe Ezourvedam Manuscripts; The Pondicherry Manuscripts; Voltaire's and Anquetil's Manuscripts; A New Manuscript: BN Fonds Français 19117; The Edition; References; Text; Index of Indian Terms in the Ezourvedam

Sommario/riassunto

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