Abel Bergaigne(1838-1898) was a French Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit. He wrote a number of books related with religion, philosophy. He published the beginning of a study on grammatical construction, which is regarded for its historical development, languages included Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Germanic languages among others.[1]
Biography
editBorn in Pas-de-Calais, on 31 August, 1838. After his father, he took the job in Registration service, however his rising interest of literature, science led him to abandon the job.[2]
In 1867, Bergaigne became a coach in Sanskrit. By 1877, he became a lecturer in Sorbonne, and in 1885, he was appointed as a professor of Sanskrit and comparative linguistic. Apart from Vedas, he had also translated Bhagavada Gita.[3]
He died on 6th August 1888.[4]
Legacy
editHis interpretation of Rigveda brought him worldwide fame. He was regarded as the leading Orientalist of France,[5] for his period. His work has influenced people such as Sylvain Lévi, Paul Mus, and others.[6]
One review remarked his book La Religion Védique D'après Les Hymnes Du Rig-Veda as "an acute, careful, and comprehensive work by an able scholar."[7]
Notable works
edit- La Religion Védique D'après Les Hymnes Du Rig-Veda, 1878
- Inscriptions sanscrites du Cambodge, 1882
- La division en adhyayas du Rig-Veda, 1888
References
edit- ^ Henri Weil. The Order of Words in the Ancient Languages Compared with that of the Modern Languages. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 9.
- ^ François Pouillon, Dictionnaire des orientalistes, Karthala Éditions, 2008, p.|90.
- ^ Carrie Noland (2010). Agency and Embodiment: Performing Gestures/Producing Culture. Havard University. p. 226. ISBN 9780674054387.
- ^ Adalbert Bezzenberger, Walther Prellwitz (1890). Beiträge zur Kunde der Indogermanischen Sprachen ..., Volume 16. R. Peppmüller. p. 349.
- ^ Current Literature: Jul.-Dec.1888, Volume 1. Current Literature Publishing Company. p. 473.
- ^ Thomas A. Idinopulos, Edward A. Yonan (1996). The Sacred and Its Scholars: Comparative Methodologies for the Study of Primary Religious Data. Brill. p. 32.
- ^ Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, Henry H. Barber, James De Normandie, Joseph Henry Allen. The Unitarian Review, Volume 23. p. 558.
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