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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.

Title Ezourvedam : a French Veda of the eighteenth century / edited with an introduction by Ludo Rocher.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Amsterdam : J. Benjamins Pub. Co.
Creation Date 1984
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [90]-104) and index.
English
Content 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
Series University of Pennsylvania studies on South Asia, 0169-0361
v. 1
Extent 1 online resource (222 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010717545405171
MARC RECORDS
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