Arthur Avalon
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Arthur Avalon was the pseudonym of British Orientalist and jurist Sir John Woodroffe, best known for his influential English translations and studies of Hindu Tantric texts.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | pseudonym ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Oxford
ⓘ
surface form:
Oxford University
University College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Calcutta High Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Hindu studies
ⓘ
Indology ⓘ Tantric studies ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| hasPseudonymOf | John George Woodroffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Indology
ⓘ
modern Western understanding of Tantra ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
English translations of Hindu Tantric texts
ⓘ
studies of Shakta and Tantric traditions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Garland of Letters
NERFINISHED
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Principles of Tantra NERFINISHED ⓘ Shakti and Shakta NERFINISHED ⓘ Tantra of the Great Liberation NERFINISHED ⓘ The Serpent Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Orientalist
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author ⓘ jurist ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Calcutta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
advocate-general of Bengal
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judge ⓘ |
| realName |
John George Woodroffe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sir John Woodroffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism (sympathetic scholar of) ⓘ |
| studies |
Hindu Tantra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shaktism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical and scholarly studies on Western interpretations of Tantra ⓘ |
| usedFor | publications on Tantra and Shaktism ⓘ |
| writingLanguage | English ⓘ |
| writingStyle | scholarly ⓘ |
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