Ezourvedam : a French Veda of the eighteenth century / edited with an introduction by Ludo Rocher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rocher, Ludo.

Series:

University of Pennsylvania studies on South Asia ; 1.

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

Standardized Title:

Ezourvedam. French.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hinduism--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800.

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Essence, genius, nature--Early works to 1800.

Hinduism--History--18th century.

Ezourvedam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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 Evaluation; The 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

1-283-42467-3

9786613424679

90-272-7988-8

OCLC:

609765924