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F. B. J. Kuiper: Fundamental Directions of His Scholarly Work

F. B. J. Kuiper: Fundamental Directions of His Scholarly Work F. B. J. KUIPER: FUNDAMENTAL DIRECTIONS OF HIS SCHOLARLY WORK* TATJANA ELIZARENKOVA Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus Kuiper is a scholar well-known for his great achievements in contemporary Indology. The sphere of his interests is amazingly wide: study of Indo-European languages and especially the Indo-Iranian branch; philological study of ancient Indian and Iranian texts (above all the Rgveda and the Avesta); interpretation of various peculiarities of the ancient Indo- Iranian languages with the help of the laryngeal theory; study of the non-Indo-Aryan languages of India. Dravidian and Austro-Asiatic (Munda); study of the problems connected with the coming into existence of a linguistic area on the Indian sub-continent (borrow- ings and processes of convergence); study of the religion, mythology and culture of ancient India and ancient Iran on the basis of Vedic and Avestan materials and the reconstruction of a common Aryan stage; explanation of the origin of the Indian theatre. In each of these fields Kuiper has made his contribution and many of his works mark a new stage, a turning point in the understanding of the theme he studies. In the scholarly work of Kuiper there is a harmonious combina- tion of the best achievements of the classical comparative-historical http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Numen Brill

F. B. J. Kuiper: Fundamental Directions of His Scholarly Work

Elizarenkova, Tatjana
Numen , Volume 34 (2): 145 – Jan 1, 1987
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© 1987 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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F. B. J. KUIPER: FUNDAMENTAL DIRECTIONS OF HIS SCHOLARLY WORK* TATJANA ELIZARENKOVA Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus Kuiper is a scholar well-known for his great achievements in contemporary Indology. The sphere of his interests is amazingly wide: study of Indo-European languages and especially the Indo-Iranian branch; philological study of ancient Indian and Iranian texts (above all the Rgveda and the Avesta); interpretation of various peculiarities of the ancient Indo- Iranian languages with the help of the laryngeal theory; study of the non-Indo-Aryan languages of India. Dravidian and Austro-Asiatic (Munda); study of the problems connected with the coming into existence of a linguistic area on the Indian sub-continent (borrow- ings and processes of convergence); study of the religion, mythology and culture of ancient India and ancient Iran on the basis of Vedic and Avestan materials and the reconstruction of a common Aryan stage; explanation of the origin of the Indian theatre. In each of these fields Kuiper has made his contribution and many of his works mark a new stage, a turning point in the understanding of the theme he studies. In the scholarly work of Kuiper there is a harmonious combina- tion of the best achievements of the classical comparative-historical

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