Johan Frederik "Frits" Staal (3 November 1930 – 19 February 2012) was the department founder and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and South/Southeast Asian...
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304–310 Frits Staal (2009), Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights, Penguin, ISBN 978-0143099864, pages 127–128 Frits Staal (2009)...
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Veda of Chants, or "storehouse of knowledge of chants". According to Frits Staal, it is "the Rigveda set to music". It is a fusion of older melodies (sāman)...
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Flossie Wong-Staal (1947–2020), American virologist and molecular biologist Frits Staal (1930–2012), Dutch philosopher and Indologist Gert Staal (born 1956)...
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early to mid fourth century B. C." Frits Staal (1965): "fourth century B.C." 6th or 5th century BCE date: Frits Staal (1996): "the Sanskrit grammar of Panini...
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(~700 BCE), but were then referred to as "hymns of Atharvangirasah". Frits Staal states that the text may be a compilation of poetry and knowledge that...
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before 1000 BC. By the middle Vedic period (1000 BC to 500 BC) – claims Frits Staal – mantras in Hinduism had developed into a blend of art and science....
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nor Indo-European, states the Sanskrit and Vedic literature scholar Frits Staal. Of these 300, many – such as kapardin, kumara, kumari, kikata – come...
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Tokarian B kaccāp ("brainpan"), Tokarian A kāccap ("turtle", "tortoise"). Frits Staal agrees that Kaśyapa means 'tortoise', but believes that it is a non-Indo-European...
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Frits Sins (born 1964), Dutch slalom canoer Frits Smol (1924–2006), Dutch water polo player Frits Soetekouw (1938–2019), Dutch footballer Frits Staal...
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texts of the Shukla Yajurveda EJ Lazarus, page i–xvi, 87–171, 205–234 Frits Staal (2009), Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights, Penguin...
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Techniques of concentration or meditation are a Vedic tradition, states Frits Staal, because these ideas are found in the early Upanishads as dhyana or abhidhyana...
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p. 56. Frits Staal (2009), Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights, Penguin, ISBN 978-0-14-309986-4, pp. 136–137 Frits Staal (2009)...
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Knipe, and an elaborate śrauta ceremony was video recorded in Kerala by Frits Staal in 1975. According to Axel Michaels, the homa sacrifice rituals found...
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Indra, a geographical reality only in the Tibet region. According to Frits Staal, this makes it likely that some of the ancient Vedic people traced the...
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Videha Gargi Vachaknavi Uddalaka Aruni Ashtavakra Yajnavalkya Ashram Frits Staal (2008). Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights. Penguin...
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Jan Frederik ("Frits") Staal (Amsterdam, 28 February 1879 – Amsterdam, 8 March 1940), was a Dutch architect, and a major figure in the development of...
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them, and it reminds and codes the points to remember. The Indologist Frits Staal who is known for his scholarship on mantras and chants in Indian religions...
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Upanishads to Kant, Albany: State University of New York Press, pp. 9-11 Frits Staal (2008). Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights. Penguin...
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nor Indo-European, states the Sanskrit and Vedic literature scholar Frits Staal. Of these 300, many – such as kapardin, kumara, kumari, kikata – come...
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the musicians have resounded to Indra. — Rigveda 1.7.1, Translator: Frits Staal The Gāyatrī metre is considered as the most refined and sacred of the...
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which is one of the most systematic sound-to-writing mappings. Scholar Frits Staal has commented, "Like Mendelejev’s Periodic System of Elements, the varga...
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Hindu philosophy, and later to Vedanta and Mahayana Buddhism, states Frits Staal—a scholar of Linguistics with a focus on Indian philosophies and Sanskrit...
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of the Mahābhārata, Brahman Migrations, and Brāhmī Paleography (For Frits Staal)". Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies. 15 (2): 143. doi:10.11588/ejvs...
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recognizably Vedantic context in the prose of Mandukya Upanishad. According to Frits Staal, a professor of philosophy specializing in Sanskrit and Vedic studies...
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Agnicayana (the altar of fire), which spans a 12-day period and which Frits Staal and Robert Gardner claim to be one of the oldest known rituals, was maintained...
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and Society). De Gruyter (February 1, 2007). P. 495. ISBN 3110181592. Frits Staal (1996). Ritual and Mantras: Rules Without Meaning. Motilal Banarsidas...
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systems. In 1975, Frits Staal related the term to the metalanguage concept that is found in logic both in Western and Indian traditions. Staal considered the...
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(1872). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 695. Frits Staal (2009), Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights, Penguin...
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1983. The Sulbasutras. New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy. Frits Staal, Agni, the Vedic ritual of the fire altar (1983). Media related to Vedi...
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