For the Sake of the Vedas: The Anglo-German Life of Friedrich Rosen 1805-1837

by Rosane Rocher

"If it were not for the Vedas, the university alone would not keep me in London... I like to compare myself to an Indian muni, who forsakes other concerns for a while to read the Vedas in peace and attain Indra's heaven, which in my case might be some German university." Friedrich Rosen thus wrote his teacher Bopp in 1830. Drawing primarily from a vast correspondence, most of it unpublished, this biography documents and analyzes his resolve and its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3447114487
• ISBN13: 9783447114486
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.