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  • noun One who studies Indology.

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  • The Oxford English Dictionary traces "Hindooism" to an 1829 reference in the Bengalee, Vol 43, and also refers to an 1858 usage by the German Indologist Max Müller.

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • The Oxford English Dictionary traces "Hindooism" to an 1829 reference in the Bengalee, Vol 43, and also refers to an 1858 usage by the German Indologist Max Müller.

    The Rammohun Roy connection 2008

  • Consider dharma, karma, and maya, the three root convictions of Hinduism; India's historical epics; Gandhi; ahimsa (nonviolence); vegetarianism; a distinctive cuisine and way of eating; marriage customs; a shared past; and what the Indologist Ainslie Embree calls "Brahmanical ideology."

    Should English Be the Law? 1997

  • Although one of my aims is to relate wherever helpful the religious forms of the present to the literary and historical past, I should make it clear in order to avoid misunderstanding that such relating is not systematically followed, nor done in the manner of an Indologist, philosopher or historian of religion.

    Buddhism and the Spirit Cults in North-east Thailand 1969

  • Hermann Grassman, the German mathe - matician whose ideas most influenced Carus 'philo - sophical views, was highly regarded as an Indologist and as a translator of the Rig-Veda.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas CARL T. JACKSON 1968

  • Hesse's maternal grandfather was the famous Indologist Gundert.

    Nobel Prize in Literature 1946 - Presentation Speech 1946

  • Wardha, inaugurated the seminar, held as part of the birth centenary celebrations of Fr. Camille Bulcke, celebrated Belgian Indologist and scholar of Ramayana.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Janusz Krzyzowski, well-known Indologist, and Warsaw-based Urdu poet Surender Zahid have translated the literary ghazals of 18 Bollywood poets into Polish.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • Louis Renou, a great Indologist, said something important: 'There is a sense of separation, of isolation, of Vedic things from whatever else which corresponds to a historical separation and isolation.'

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Since then, the Indologist and cultural historian has been a regular visitor, mastering several Indian languages, including Tamil, researching and authoring books.

    The Times of India 2010

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