Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 phillip.ernest wrote: > In _The Twilight of the idols_, Nietzsche writes of the > dietary laws in the _maanavadharmashaastra_: > > 'The success of such sanitary police measures was inevitable: > murderous epidemics, ghastly venereal diseases, and thereupon > again "the law of the knife", ordaining circumcision for male > children and the removal of the internal labia for female > children.' I can find no reference at all in the > _maanavadharmashaastra_ to anything that seems to resemble > circumcision. Where did Nietzsche get this idea? According to an article by Annemarie Etter, Nietzsche's Manu citations are generally based on the so called French translation by Louis Jacolliot. See Etter, Annemarie: Die angeblichen Manu-Zitate bei Nietzsche und deren Quelle. In: 22. Deutscher Orientalistentag vom 16. bis 20. September 1985 in Würzburg. Hrsg. von Einar von Schuler. - Stuttgart: Steiner, 1989, p. 341-348 (ZDMG, Supplement; 7) Jacolliot was a rather strange figure who, in other works, identified Krsna and Christ, besides other things. At the end of the nineteenth century his numerous works were refuted by some French (or French speaking) scholars, e.g. Vinson, Regnaud, de Harlez. Peter Wyzlic -- Peter Wyzlic Indologisches Seminar, Universitaet Bonn Regina-Pacis-Weg 7 D-53113 Bonn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 INDOLOGY, Peter Wyzlic <pwyzlic@U...> wrote: > Jacolliot was a rather strange figure who, in other works, >identified Krsna and Christ, besides other things. At the >end of the nineteenth century his numerous works were refuted >by some French (or French speaking) scholars, e.g. >Vinson, Regnaud, de Harlez. There are few German Indologists writing about Krushna and Christ. Is it not? Thanks, N. Ganesan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2002 Report Share Posted February 1, 2002 On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, naga_ganesan wrote: > INDOLOGY, Peter Wyzlic <pwyzlic@U...> wrote: > > Jacolliot was a rather strange figure who, in other works, > >identified Krsna and Christ, besides other things. At the > >end of the nineteenth century his numerous works were refuted > >by some French (or French speaking) scholars, e.g. > >Vinson, Regnaud, de Harlez. > > There are few German Indologists writing about > Krushna and Christ. Is it not? In the 19th century, Albrecht Weber, I think, made some considerations on the Krishna legend as being influenced by Christianity. But this was based on sources from which Weber drew his (probably wrong) conclusions; while Jacolliots works are, so far I know, pure fancy. Peter Wyzlic -- Peter Wyzlic Indologisches Seminar, Universitaet Bonn Regina-Pacis-Weg 7 D-53113 Bonn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2002 Report Share Posted February 1, 2002 INDOLOGY, Peter Wyzlic <pwyzlic@U...> wrote: > In the 19th century, Albrecht Weber, I think, made some >considerations on the Krishna legend as being influenced by >Christianity. But this was based on sources from which >Weber drew his (probably wrong) conclusions; while > Jacolliots works are, so far I know, pure fancy. I recall reading some German names in connecting Krishna-Christ legends from a book by historian K. A. Nilakanta Sastri. Probably in his book about Aryans & Dravidians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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