The Birth of Orientalism, by Urs App

[admin]

Index

A

Abbreviated History of Tartary (de Visdelou),
204
Abe, Ryoichi, 140
Abel-Remusat, Jean-Pierre (1788-1832), 13,
189, 191, 193, 196, 204, 224, 236-37, 280,
474, 492
Abraham, 3, 29-30, 34-36, 128, 161, 194--95,
260, 262, 305, 364, 375, 386, 485
Acquaviva, Claudio (1543-1615), 21
Adam, 3, 6, 8-9, 27, 30, 35, 37, 72, 110, 256-
58, 260, 263, 268-70, 272-73, 277, 280,
284, 286, 292, 306-8, 310-12, 316, 339,
364-65, 383, 386, 425, 436-37, 439, 485,
495
Adar, 264
Adimo, 39, 56, 58, 61, 72, 383, 425
Adris, 282
Adversus jovinianum (St. Jerome), 117
Aesculapius, 122
Agamas, 336
Age of Reason (Paine), 442
Alembert, Jean le Rond de (1717-1783), 54,
149
Aleppa, 90-96, 103, 173
Alexander the Grear (356-323 B.C.E.), 74
Alivardi Khan (1671-1756), 298
Allen, Charles, 188
Almond, Philip c., 77, 79, 491
Alphabetum Tibetanum (Giorgi), 248, 460,
494
Ambrose, Saint (Aurelius Ambrosius; c. 337-
397), 61, 63, 311, 313, 487
Amida (Amirabha Buddha; O-mi-ro), 125,
138, 140, 146, 154, 184, 409, 463, 499, 501
Amoenitates Exoticae (Kaempfer), 173
Amrtakunda (Pool of Nectar; Ambertkend;
Anbertkend), 214-16, 220, 233, 240, 248,
408, 434, 438, 493
Analects (Confucius), 23
Andrade, Antonio de (1580-1634), 118, 123
Anjirlo, 16, 90
Annius of Viterbo (c. 1432-1502), 6-7, 427
Annual Register, 67-68, 70, 299, 318, 320, 345,
414, 498
Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham Hyacinthe
(1731-1805), xv-xvi, 7, 13-15, 30, 48-49,
75-76, 78-79, 86, 155, 222-23, 253, 255,
281, 329, 361, 363-67, 380, 395, 397,
403-7, 409-11, 413-24, 426-28, 430-31,
435-41, 460, 469, 476, 486-87, 493,
497-99
Antinoff, Steven, xviii
Anubides, 122
Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon de (1697-
1782), 203, 492
Apis, 121, 177-78, 180
App, Pius, xviii
App, Urs, xi, xiii, 15-17, 102, 137, 144, 155, 179,
182, 226, 230, 232, 236, 255, 281, 319, 340,
388, 395, 432, 435-36, 471, 476, 483, 488,
491, 500-501
Arai, Kazuko, xviii
Archaeologiae philosophicae (Burner), 159, 161,
165, 262
Aronson, Alex, 53
Arphaxad, 195
Arte do. Lingoa de 1apam (Joao Rodrigues), 23
Asiatic Annual Register, 299
Asiatic Miscellany (Gladwin), 460-61
Asiatick Researches, xii, 438, 460, 462, 472,
474, 476-77, 501
Assmann, Jan, 251, 488
Astruc, Jean (1684-1766), 460
Athanasius, Saint (4th century), 342
Aughtorrah Bhade Shastah (Holwell), 325-26,
331-32
Augustine of Hippo (354-430), 39, 308, 311,
386
Avalokitesvara Bocihisatva (Guanyin, Quon
in pu sa), 125
Azevedo, Agostinho de , 83, 330, 336, 368

B

Bababec and the Fakirs (Voltaire), 37
Bacchus, 121-22
Bach, Julien, 373, 387, 396-97
Bachmann, Peter R., 371
Bacon, Roger (c. 1214-1294), 368, 453
Bailly, Jean Sylvain (1736-1793), 72, 75, 239,
457, 466, 472, 478-79, 488, 501
Balagangadhara, S. N., 361
Baldaeus, Philip (1632-1672), 83-86, 99, 118,
332, 334, 351, 368, 408, 488
Banier, Antoine (1673-1741), 135, 215
Baolin zhuan (Treasure Forest Biographies),
225, 227-28, 231
Barabarawastu, 86, 88, 95-96
Barradas, Sebastiao (1543-1615), 484
Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques (1716-1795), 118,
208
Basset, M., 198, 200
Batchelor, Stephen, 77
Batteux, Abbe Charles (1713-1780), 170
Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706), xvi, 4-5, 7, 11, 65,
116, 126, 132-35, 146-47, 151-52, 165-68,
183, 197-98, 200-201, 409, 456, 470
Beausobre, 1saac de (1659-1738), 233, 460
Beckingham, C. F., 496
Bedang Shaster (Dow), 68-69, 253
Bede, Saint (673-735), 311
Bernard-Maitre, Henri, 128
Bernier, Francois (1620-1688), 4-5, 118, 148,
150-53, 155-59, 163, 166-67, 169, 173,
221-22, 368, 415, 489-90
Bernou, Claude, 495
Berosus, 263
Berrow, Capel (1715-1782), 338-39, 350, 353
Bhagavat Gita, 13, 253, 356, 428, 438, 469
Bhagavata Purana ("Bagavadam"), 241, 419,
438, 461, 469
Biache (Vyasa), 49-50, 56, 58-59, 372, 380,
383-85, 390, 417, 431, 433-34
Bible, xii-xiii, xv, 3-5, 7-8, 14, 30, 39, 44, 50,
65-66, 68, 73, 76, 102, 112, 115, 159, 161,
167, 190, 193, 195, 206-8, 21O-11, 223,
241, 256, 259-60, 263-64, 268, 273-74,
286-87, 308, 311-12, 339, 356, 367, 382,
405, 424, 429, 444, 460, 465, 472, 478,
483, 485; Daniel, 268; English Authorized
Version, 307; Genesis, 26, 194, 260,
268, 287, 307-8, 340, 364-65, 416, 441,
459, 472, 485; New Testament, 95, 256,
260, 316, 461; Old Testament, xiv-xv, 3,
7, 22, 30-31, 33-340 38, 43, 54, 62, 64,
136, 194, 241, 256, 258-60, 262-64, 268-
70, 279, 282-84, 287, 305, 312, 314-16,
349-52, 361, 364, 367, 387, 425, 428,
460-41, 473, 494-95; Old and New Testaments,
xii, 29, 364, 375; Pentateuch,
xv, 241, 258-59, 263-64, 282, 290, 314-
15, 352, 367, 425, 428, 460, 473, 494; Septuagint,
34, 37, 277, 285, 307, 428; Vetus
Latina, 307
Bibliotheca Malabarica (Ziegenbalg), 85, 92,
95
Bibliotheca selecta (Possevino), 10, 19, 140
Bibliotheque Orientale (d'Herbelot), 202-3,
215
Bignon, Jean-Paul (1662-1743), 191, 281, 329,
373-75, 399
Bischof, Pius, xviii
Bischofberger, Rene, xviii
Biyanlu (Blue Cliff Record), 227
Blake, William (1757-1827), 442
Blount, Charles (1654-1693), 162-64
Bodan-Bailey, Beatrice, 174-75, 491
Bocihidharma (Damo, Ta mo, Tamo), 39, 125,
131, 139, 151-53, 158, 225, 227, 247, 250-
52, 255
Bodhiruci (6th century), 237
Bolingbroke, Henry of (1678-1751), 170, 349
Book of Enoch, xv, 30, 258, 268, 271, 274,
276, 282-83, 286, 346, 367
Borri, Cristoforo (1583-1632), 2, 118, 131, 141-
44, 146, 490
Bossuet, Jacques-Benigne (1627-1704), 34-35,
37, 429, 475
Bouchet, Jean Venant (1655-1732), 30-31, 33,
61, 79, 118, 366
Boulduc, Jacques (Jacopo Bolducci), 256, 258
Bouvet, Joachim (1656-1730), 8, 29, 202,
281-84
Braluna, 9, 56, 104, 154, 162, 166-67, 219, 221,
244, 246, 318-19, 345, 365, 371, 381, 392,
418, 436-37, 439, 464, 485
Brahmanda Purana, 336
Brahmavedam, 244, 246, 400
Brerewood, Edward (c. 1565-16(3), 101
Brosses, Charles de (1709-1777), 286, 444
Brucker, Johann Jacob (r696-1770), xvi, 4-6,
135, 165, 183-84, 217, 233-34, 408, 416,
432, 489-91, 493, 499
Bruno, Giordano (1548-1600), 27, 171, 500
Buddha, xiv, 1-2, 6, 8-9, 12, 16-18, 27-28,
40-43, 109, 114, 117, 121-25, 127-28, 132,
134-36, 139-44, 147, 150-53, 172-73,
179-81, 183, 185-87, 190, 200, 214, 216-
20, 222, 224-34, 237, 240-45, 247-48,
250-51, 255, 409, 412, 414-16, 433-35,
466, 468, 470, 478, 484, 489-91, 493-94,
496, 499, 501
Bedda, 477
Beddhou, 464
Beddou, 463, 468, 501
Bedou, 468
Boudd, 477
Boudda, 117-19, 130, 398-99
Boudha, 240, 249, 411, 493, 499
Boutta, 116-17, 121, 130, 432, 477
Boutta-varam, 130
Budd, 475, 477
Budda, 116, 129-31, 152-53, 183-85, 217-
18, 221, 415, 432-34, 499
Buddhum, 125, 128
Buddo, 186
Buddum, 128
Budha, 179, 181, 183, 222
Budha, 179
Budhum, 179
Budu, 130
Burra, 117, 217, 218
Cechian, 153
Chaca, 130
Che-kia, 243
Chekia, 217, 464
Chekia, 127, 409
Chekia-meouni, 217
Chiaga, 122, 178
Fo, 28, 41, 43, 118, 121, 123-28, 133-34, 141,
146-50, 153-54, 158-59, 165-72, 181,
183-84, 186-87, 197, 200-201, 213-18,
222-23, 230, 233, 235, 240, 247-49, 282,
398, 409, 434, 438, 500
Foe, 1, 43, 123-25, 147, 237
Foe, 126, 130-31
Fot, 464, 468-69, 477
Foteo, 217
Foto, 122, 217, 398, 489
Fotoge, 175, 179, 491
Fotoke, 489
La, 464
Mercury, 218
Phoe, 169-70
Photo, 399
Phta, 222, 464
phutta, 217
Pouti Sat, 130
Prah, 179
Prah Pudi Dsai, 183
Prah-poudi-tchaou, 217
Prahpuditsau, 179
Putha, 179
Ram, 179
Rama, 121, 178-79
Sacka, 179
Sammana Khutama (-khutama), 179, 183,
217
Sammona Khodum, 183
Sammonocodom, 42
Sangol-Muni, 186
Schaka, 186, 243
Schakscha-Tuba, 186
Schekia, 186
Schekmouni, 217
Schekmouniberka 11, 217
Schigemuni, 186
Shaka, 11, 17, 27, 114, 121, 138, 140, 153,
158-59, 173 181, 489-90
Shakya, 127, 140, 147, 186
Shakyamuni, 17, 27, 117, 145, 147, 173, 186,
227, 243, 489
Si Tsun, 179
Siaka, 135, 175-76, 179, 181, 183
Sommanacodom, 463, 501
Sommona-Codom, 118, 130
Sommona-Kodom, 186, 464
Tchiou ca, 130
Tche-kia, 217
Thicca, 1, 118, 130, 489
Xaca, 1, 6, 10-11, 117-18, 122, 124-25, 127-
30, 132, 135, 142-43, 146, 148, 151, 153,
155, 169, 178-80, 198, 200, 489
Xaka, 127, 173
Xe kia, 124, 146-47
Xe Kian, 122, 178
Xe-Kia, 130
Xe-kia, 118, 130, 489
Xekia, 1, 117, 127-28, 135, 152-53, 159, 169,
180, 183-84, 490-91
Buddhas (Buds), l75, 183, 491
Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc (1707-1788),
65, 456
Burke, Edmund (1729-1797), 68, 318, 320, 345
Burnet, Thomas (1635-1715), 159-65, 167,
262, 312, 490, 496
Burnouf, Eugene (1801-1852), 189, 236-37
Bush, George W. (U.S. president), 317
Bysshe, Edward, 313

C

Cain, 6, 27, 310
Caland, Willem, 329-30, 336, 488, 497-98
Caimette, Jean (1692-1740), 9, 13, 46, 241,
255, 281, 329, 366, 372-82, 384, 391-92,
396-403, 413, 420-21, 425-26, 428, 431,
434, 498
Cambyses II (d. 522 B.C.E.), 178-80
Capperonnier, Jean-Augustin (1745-1820), 54
Castets, Jean, 60, 371, 376-77, 388, 397-401
Catechisme de la nature (d'Holbach), 449
Catechismus christianae fidei (Valignano), 171
Cathechismus (Alexandre de Rhodes), 118, 143
Catrou, Ftancois (1659-1737), 81, 118
Catur Veda Sastra), 331. See also Chartah
Bhade Shastah
Ceres, 469
Chaldaic oracles, 3, 7-8
Charlemagne, emperor (742-814), 34-35
Charlevoix, Pierre-
Francois-Xavier de (1682-
1761), 185
Charpentier, Jarl, 498
Chartah Bhade Shastah of Bramah (Holwell),
xv, xvii, 9, 13-14, 36, 52, 67-76, 78, 238,
253, 298-301, 303, 313, 317-20, 322-29,
331-33, 337-40, 342-47, 350-52, 354-56,
358, 360-62, 417-19, 422, 429, 438, 497
Chatah Bhade of Bramah (Holwell), 325-27,
331, 337
Chezy, Antoine Leonard de (1773-1832), 13,
474
China Illustrata (Kircher), 11, 121, 145, 153, 155,
157, 178, 179, 200, 278, 294, 494
Chinard, Gilbert, 443
Chinese annals, 3, 12, 34, 193, 195, 206-7, 241,
500
Chumontou, 46-50, 55-61, 63, 114, 124, 345,
351, 371-72, 380-85, 389-90, 417, 428,
431, 434
City of God (Augustine of Hippo), 39, 275
Civavakkiyam, 96-97, 99, 112, 214, 216
Civavakkiyar, 96-98
Clarke, Samuel (1675-1729), 348
Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-e. 215), 7, 116-
17, 254
Code of Gentoo Laws, 78
Coeurdoux, Gaston Laurent (1691-1779), 75,
241, 397, 402-3, 417, 419-29, 431, 435,
476, 499
Colbe, Richard, 405
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (1619-1683), 405
Colebrooke, Henry Thomas (1756-1837), 13
Collani, Claudia von, 31, 281, 495
Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506), 238, 308,
310-11
Commemoratio Geneseos (8th century), 308
Confucius, 11, 23, 29, 41, 62, 119, 125-26, 143,
146-47, 150, 157, 208, 263, 440, 484
Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (Coupler et
al.), 11, 123, 125, 143, 146-47, 157, 500
Considerations sur la guerre actuelle des Turcs
(Volney), 442
Constantine, emperor (c. 272-337), 34
Cooper, Michael, 23-24
Cormo-vedam, 48, 59-60, 62, 66, 394, 401-3,
487-88
Cosmographie (Heylin), 274
Couplet, Philippe (1623-1693), 5, 11, 118, 121,
123-27, 143, 146-49, 151-52, 157-59, 263,
489-90
Couto, Diogo do (1542-1616), 83, 217, 330-
36, 351, 361, 368, 408, 415-16, 419
Creuzer, Friedrich (1771-1858), 485
Crispo, Bartisra, 496
Critical reflections on the histories of ancient
peoples (Fourmont), 193
Cruijsen, Thomas, 497
Cudworth, Ralph (1617-1688), 161, 171, 254,
295, 462
Cummins, J. 5., 28
Cyrus, 34, 267, 286, 291

D

da Gama, Vasco (c. 1460-1524), 7, 29
Dai nihon odaiki, 183
Dainichi (Vairocana Buddha), 16-17, 154
Dalai Lama, xvi
Dalin, Olof (1708-1763), 281
Dalley, Jan, 297, 495
Dandekar, R. N., 359-61
Daneshmend Khan (Mullah Shafi'a'i), 155-56
Daniel (prophet), 267
Danielou, Jean, 485
Daodejing (Book of the Way and its Power), 28,
202
Dara Shikoh, Mohammed (1615-1659), 9,
150-51, 155-58, 173, 312, 436-39, 499
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882), 446
De Brachmanis hodiernis apud Indos, eorumque
dogmotibus (Burner), 162
De Christiana Expeditione (Ricci/Trigault), 28,
141, 272, 485
De Ecclesia ante legem (Boulduc), 256
de Jong, J. W., 15, 117, 188
d'Elia, Pasquale, 484-85
De moribus brachmanorum, 487
De Open-Deure tot het verborgen Heydendom
(A. Roger), 330
De originibus (Posrel), 29, 367
De statu mortuorum et resurgentium Liber (Burnet),
496
De tribus impostoribus (J. J. Milller), 368
Death of Abel (Gessner), 328
Decada Quinta da Asia (do Couto), 83, 330,
333, 368, 408
Defense de mon oncle (Voltaire), 60
Deffand, Marie de Vichy-Chamrond (1697-
178o), 54
Delahaye, Hubert, xviii
Deluz, Christiane, 496
DeMartino, Richard, 251
Demonstratio evangelica (Eusebius), 386
Desatir, 76
Descartes, Rene (1596-t650), 156
Description de la Chine (du Halde), 143
Description of the Character, Manners, and
Customs of the People of 1ndia (Dubois),
423
Deshauterayes, Michel-Ange-Andre (1724-
1795), 12, 192, 196, 203-4, 213, 222, 236,
407-13, 443, 493, 499-500
Desvaulx, Nicolas-Jacques (d. 1817), 423-24,
427
Devendra, 104
Dharampal-Frick, Gita, 80, 100, 488
Dharma shastra (Dirm Schaster, Dirm Schastram),
242, 250-52, 438
Dharmaraksa (c. 230-308), 246
Diamond Sutra, 246-47, 250
Dictionnaire historique et critique (Bayle), 126,
133, 146, 151
Dictionnaire philosophique (Voltaire), 344
Diderot, Denis (1713-1784), xvi, 4-5, 14, 133-
36, 146, 148-49, 152, 159, 165-66, 168-
69, 173-74, 180-81, 183-87, 197-98,
200-201, 416, 438, 489-91
Diodorus of Sicily (1S1 century B.C.E.), 117,
343
Discourse upon the Theology and Mythology of
the Pagans (Ramsay), 290, 315
Discoverie of the Sect of the Banians (Henry
Lord), 30
Doi, Tadao, 484
Dow, Alexander (1735-1779), 68-69, 72-74,
78, 89, 238, 241, 243, 248, 253, 345, 348,
362, 419, 429-431, 433, 438, 460
Droit, Roger-Pol, 77, 80, 189-90, 483, 491
Dubois, Jean-Antoine (1765-1848), 396-98,
403, 423, 427
Duchesne-Guillemin, Jacques, 405
Duke of Yamaguchi, 17
Duncan, Jonathan (1756-1811), 13
Duns Scotus, Johannes (c. 1265-1308), 311
Dupleix, Joseph Francois (1697-1763), 52
Dupuis, Charles (1741-1809), 170, 456-58,
465-66, 469, 473
Durt, Hubert, xviii
Duteil, Jean-Pierre, 20

E

Ebeling, Florian, 461
Ebisawa, Arimichi, 484
Egami, Taizan, xviii
Eldad ha-Dani (9rh century), 303-5, 307, 312-
13, 496
Eleazar, 267, 291-92
Elisseeff, Danielle, 191
Ellis, Francis, 53, 59, 382, 387-88, 390-91, 393,
395, 400-401, 403
Encyclopedie, xvi, 5, 14, 133, 135, 146, 149, 165-
66, 18o, 186, 402, 415, 490
Enoch, xv, 27, 30, 34, 258, 268, 274, 276, 282-
83, 286, 289-90, 310, 346, 367, 386, 485
Enos, 258, 276, 495
Epicurus (341-270 B.C.E.), 445, 470
Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 320-403), 29
Ernst, Carl W., 215, 493
Erste Urkunden der Geschichte oder allgemeine
Mythologie (Kanne), 485
Esposito, Monica, xviii
Essai sur les moeurs (Voltaire), 15, 35-37, 40-
46, 48, 51, 54-55, 57, 59-62, 207, 344-
45, 416, 424, 485-88
Essais de theodicee (Leibniz), 134
Estado da 1ndia e aonde tem o seu principio
(Azevedo), 330
Etiemble, Rene, 28
Etymologiae (Isidor of Seville), 308
Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 263-339), 2, 8, 117,
254, 386-89, 402, 427
Ezour-vedam, xv, xvii, 9, 13, 28, 36-37, 39,
46-56, 58-64, 66-70, 72-76, 89, 114,
124, 165, 238, 241, 243, 253, 313, 345, 351,
362, 365-66, 371, 380-85, 387-403, 413,
416-17, 421, 424-31, 433-35, 438-39,
469, 485-86, 494, 498

F

Fabricius, Johann Albert (1668-1736), 116,
489
Fatio de Duilliers, Nicolas (1664-1753), 267
Faure, Bernard, 491
Faust, Jurgen, 362
Faxian (337-422), 236-37
Fenelon, Francois (1651-1715), 4, 290, 440
Fenicio, Giacomo (1558-1632), 83, 368
Fernandez, Juan (d. (567), 130, 140, 490
Festugiere, Andre-Jean, 462
Ficino, Marsilio (1433-1499), 8, 29, 171, 254,
461
Fitzgerald, Timothy, 456-57
Forte, Antonino, xviii
Fortia d'Urban, Agricole Joseph de (1756-
1843), 76, 501
Forty-Two Sections Sutra, xv-xvi, 8-9, 11, 14,
124, 140, 153, 166, 176, 189-90, 214-15,
223-32, 234-35, 238, 240, 243, 247-49,
255, 408, 432, 434, 438, 468, 485, 489, 493
Foucquet, Jean-Francois (1665-1741), 12, 29,
202, 281, 285-86, 367, 485, 495
Fourmont, Etienne (1683-1745), 12, 173, 191-
96, 202-5, 209, 211, 213, 217, 222, 236,
280-81, 286, 404, 407-8, 412-13, 491-
92, 499
Fozu sanjing (Three Sutras of Buddha and Patriarch),
248
Fragmens sur l'Inde (Voltaire), 70-71, 301,
346, 462, 485
Fragments of Ancient Poetry (Macpherson),
328
Francke, August Hermann (1663-1727), 89
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), 14, 350
Franklin, M. J., 299, 348
Free 1nquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil
(Soame Jenyns), 322
Freret, Nicolas (1688-1749), xiv, 132, 191, 193,
217, 233, 281, 407-10, 416, 432, 438, 499
Fuxi (Fu Hsi), 277-78, 280, 282, 289, 367, 495

G

Gallagher, Louis, 21
Gaoseng zhuan (Biographies of Eminent
Monks), 237
Gascoigne, John, 262, 264, 495
Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655), 156
Gaubil, Antoine (1689-1759), 37, 197, 367,
410, 492, 499
Gaulmier, Jean, 455, 476
Gebelin, Antoine Court de (1725-1784), 417,
457, 486-87
Genealogy of Malabar Divinities (Ziegenbalg),
86, 107, 110, 485, 488
Gentil, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph, 435, 437
Gessner, Salomon (1730-1788), 328
Ghawth, Muhammad, 493
Giorgi, Agostino (1711-1797), 179-80, 248,
460, 494
Gladwin, Francis (1744-1812), 460, 501
Goguet, Antoine-Yves (1716-1758), 457, 472,
500
Golinski, Jan, 261
Gorman, John, xviii
Gorp, Jan (Goropius Becanus, 1519-1572),
274, 311-12
Gorres, Joseph (1776-1848), 485
Gouk, Penelope, 261
Goul-tchen-raz (Gulshan-i-Raz, by Shabistari),
157
Grammatica sinica (Fourmont), 192-93
Griffiths, Ralph, 430
Grimm, Reinhold, 308, 312
Grue, Thomas de la, 330
Grundler, Johann Ernst (1677-1720), 85, 88,
90-91, 94
Grundmann, Johannes, 299
Guerreiro, Fernao (C.1550-1617), 371
Guide for the Perplexed (Maimonides), 466
Guignes, Joseph de (1721-1800), xvii, 4, 12, 14,
75, 86, 132, 141, 168, 187-94, 196-97,
201-25, 227, 229-53, 255, 392, 407-10,
412-14, 416, 431-34, 438, 443, 460, 467-
69, 492-94, 499-500
Guishan, Lingyou (771-854), 493
Gunabhadra (394-468), 237, 247
Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Morte
(1648-1717), 4, 290
Guzman, Luis de (1544-1605), 145

H

Halbfass, Wilhelm, 36-37, 39, 133-35, 166, 330
Halde, Jean-Baptiste du (1674-1743), 143, 491
Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey (1751-1830), xiv,
79, 461
Ham (Cham), 6-7, 26-27, 274, 278-79, 284,
336, 441
Hamilton, Alexander (1762-1824), xiv, 13,
304, 474, 476, 496
Hartmann, George W., 297-98
Hawley, Daniel, 37, 39, 53, 68-70, 345
Hazael, 264
Hazard, Paul, 34, 150, 494
Heber, 195
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831),
xiii, 134, 180
Helvetius, Claude-Adrien (1717-1771), 443-
44, 449, 456-57
Hennings, August Adolph von (1746-1826),
50
Herbelot, Barthelemy de (1625-1695), 202-4,
215, 492-93
Herbert, Edward, Baron of Cherbury (c.
1600-1655), 33, 101, 447
Hercules, 122, 472
Herder, Johann Gottfried (1744-1803), xiv,
xvii, 4-5, 76, 86, 174, 186-87, 220, 240,
362, 457, 462
Hermes, Hermes Trismegistos, 1-2, 29, 121,
194, 254, 267, 282, 365, 461, 468, 478
Hermetic texts, 2-3, 7, 171, 461-62
Herodotus (c. 484-C.{25 B.C.E.), 117, 207,
473
Heylin, Peter (1599-1662), 274
Histoire critique de Manichee et du manicheisme
(Beausobre), 460
Histoire de ledit de l'empereur de la Chine (Le
Gobien), 126, 168, 202
Histoire de la derniere revolution des Etats du
Grand Mogol (Bernier), 490
Histoire des Huns (de Guignes), 205-7, 214,
219, 224, 231, 233, 235, 434, 467, 492
Histoire philosophique (Raynai), 462
Historia del gran reyno de la China (Mendoza),
272
Historia da Igreja do Japao (Rodrigues), 11,
484
Historia da Vida do Padre Francisco de Xavier
(Lucena), 368
Historia ecclesiastica (Eusebius), 386
Historia religionis veterum persarum (Hyde),
429, 460
History of China (Mailla), 460
History of Christianity in the Empire of Japan
(Charlevoix), 185
History of Hindostan (Dow), 78, 345, 419, 429,
460
History of Japan (Kaempfer), 174
Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679), 258-59, 316,
349
Hobson-Jobson (Yule), 498
Holbach, Baron de (Paul Heinrich Dietrich,
1723-1789), 424, 443-49, 456-57, 466,
470
Holwell, John Zephaniah (1711-1798), xiv-xv,
xvii, 3, 6, 9, 13-14, 36, 52-53, 60, 68-76,
78-79, 83, 89, 106, 170, 238, 241, 253, 255,
260, 264, 281, 290, 294, 297-308, 312-14,
316-20, 322-62, 368-70, 408, 416-19,
422, 428-33, 438, 460, 488, 496-97
Homelies (Voltaire), 60, 69-70
Horus, 293
Hosten, Henry, 425
Howell, Sir James (1594-1666), 343-44
Huang, Arcade (Hoang; 1679-1716), 173, 191,
281
Hubert, Rene, 462
Huet, Pierre-Daniel (1630-1721), 31, 161, 254,
282, 343, 485
Hume, David (1711-1776), 4, 66, 170-71,
295-96, 448, 456-57
Hutter, Peter, 427
Huwyler, Alexander, xviii
Hyde, Thomas (1636-1703), 33, 118, 217, 429,
460

I

Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit
(Herder), 5, 186-87, 220, 462
Idris, 282
Ignatius of Antioch (1st-2nd century), 74
Ilg, Ursula, xviii
Ilive, Jacob (1705-1763), 313-17, 319, 323, 328,
333-35, 338, 341, 344, 348, 350-51, 361,
496
Imai, Tadashi, 174, 491
Imamura, Gen'emon Eisei (1671-1736), 173
Immortality of the Soul (Henry More), 292
Imperio de la China (Semedo), 272
Institutes of Hindu Law (W. Jones), 13
Interesting Historical Events (Holwell), 36, 68,
78, 300, 313, 326, 350, 359, 460
Introduction a l'histoire du Buddhisme 1ndien
(Burnouf), 237
Irenaeus, Saint (2nd century), 233
Irwin, Robert, xi, 441-43, 483
Isidor of Seville (d. 636), 308, 311
Isis, 39, 82, 122, 213, 293, 469
Ith, Johann (1747-1813), 429-31, 437
Ito, Genjiro, 484

J

Jahan, Shah (1592-1666), 155-56, 437
Jahangir, Emperor (1569-1627), 437
Japhet, 427-28
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), 14, 443
Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787), 322
Jerome, Saint (c. 342-420), "7, 258
Jesus, 28, 32, 34, 96, 117, 126, 206-7, 233, 235,
266, 278, 284, 304, 313, 346, 368, 375,
392, 433, 445, 453, 458, 467-69, 488
Jeyaraj, Daniel, 80, 85-86, 90, 95, 485, 488
John, Prester, 304-7, 312-13, 496
Jones, 1nigo (1573-1652), 273
Jones, William (1746-1794), xiv, 13, 15, 30,
75-76, 86, 165, 180, 209, 255, 264, 273,
281, 336, 348, 432, 441-42, 461, 471, 474,
476, 483, 488, 50!
Josaphat, Saint, 136-37
Josephus, Titus Flavius, 264, 270, 274, 307-8,
3", 496
Journal asiatique, 479
Journal des Scavans, 11, 123, 196, 281, 414, 494,
498
Jupiter, 293

K

Kabbala, 153, 162, 169-70, 291
Kaegi, Werner, 34
Kaempfer, Engelbert (1651-1716), 4, 6, 12-13,
11l, 135, 148-49, 152, 172-85, 214, 227,
251-52, 413-14, 460, 489, 491, 494
Kailasapathy, K., 96-97
Kanne, Johann Arnold (1773-1824), 485
Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804), xi, 4, 86, 174,
501
Kao, Dionysius, u8, 130, 204, 489
Katagiri, Kawo, 173
Kaudinya, 232
Keturah, 29-30
Kieffer, Jean-Daniel, 474, 497
King, Richard, 486
Kircher, Athanasius (1602-1680), xvi, 2, 4, 6,
8, n, 81-82, 111, 113-14, 121-22, 145-46,
153-155-57, 162-63, 166, 173, 178-80,
185, 194, 198, 200, 214, 222, 243, 254, 274,
276, 278-79, 294, 351, 367-68, 372, 410,
460, 462, 467, 489, 494-95
Klaproth, Julius Heinrich (1783-1835), 191
Knefelkamp, Ulrich, 496
Koran (Quran), 73, 155, 368, 461
Krishna, 469
Kokai (734-835), 140
Kumarajiva (344-413), 237, 246

L

La Crequiniere, Sieur de, 4, 169-71
La Croze, Mathurin Veyssiere de (1661-1739),
4, 6, 12, 14, 43-45, 49, 77, 79-83, 85-86,
88-90, 94, 99, 104, 106, 110-21, 128-32,
173, 185, 189, 214-17, 219-20, 240, 243,
248, 382, 395, 398, 409, 4u, 413-16, 431-
32, 467, 486, 488-89, 491, 494
La defense de mon oncle (Voltaire), 36
La loi naturelle, ou principes physiques de La
morale (Volney), 452
La Loubere, Simon de (1642-1729), 5, 398,
438, 489, 501
La Peyrere, 1saac (1596-1676), 3, 31, 259, 273,
275, 460, 494
Lach, Donald, 497
Lactantius (c. 240-C. 320), 2, 8, 39, 254, 386
Ladvocat, Jean-Baptiste (1709-1765), 405
Lafitau, Joseph Francois (1681-1746), 281, 444
Lalane, Pierre (1669-1748), 40
Lamech, 256
Lamennais, Hugues Robert Felicite de (1782-
1854), 486
Langles, Louis-Mathieu (1763-1824), xii, xiv,
5, 13, 75-76, 170, 241, 425, 473-75, 479,
488, 494, 501
Lanjuinais, Jean-Denis (1753-1827), 387
Lahkavatara Sutra, 247
Laozi (Laokium, Lao tse), 41, 122, 126
Lardinois, Roland, 501
Lavaur, Jean- Baptiste, 402
Law, Jacques Francois de Lauriston (1724-
1785), 52
Le Clerc, Jean (1657-1736), 150, 152, 470
Le Comte, Louis (1655-1728), 5, 118, 126-27,
143, 148, 202, 279, 489-90
Le Gac, Stephan, 374
Le Gobien, Charles (1653-1708), xvi, 4-5, 11,
40, 61, 126, 133, 168, 197-202, 222, 243,
279, 374, 376-78, 380, 382, 384, 399-
400, 490-91, 498
Leclant, Jean, 501
Leibniz, Gottfried (1646-1716), 29, 134> 144,
218, 281, 484
Lengqie abatuoluo baojing, 247
Lenoir, Frederic, 491
Leopold, Joan, 501
Less, Gottfried (1736-1797), 50
Letters by a Turkish Spy (Marana et a1.), 344,
369-70
Letters to Serena (Toland), 40, 171
Lettre au duc du Maine sur les ceremonies de la
Chine (Lecomte), 202
Lettres edifiantes et curieuses, 30, 40, 486, 491
Lettres persanes (Montesquieu), 369
Lens, Malcolm, 496
Leung, Cecile, 232, 281. 373, 491
Leviathan (Hobbes), 259
Li, Zubo (d. (665), 279-80
Lift of Tewetat (La Loubere), 438
Linjilu (Records of Linji), 227
Little, J. H., 297-98
Livro da Seita dos Indios Orientais (Fenicio),
368
Lockman, John (1698-1771), 372-73
Longobardi, Niccolo (1559-1654), 24, 141, 144
Lord, Henry, 30, 159, 163, 166, 351. 367, 429.
438, 467
Lorenzen, David, 496
Loubere, Simon de la (1642-1729), 5, 118, 120,
130-31, 148, 190, 222, 398, 409, 438, 489,
491, 500-501
Louis X1V. king, 123, 405
Louis XV, king, 403
Lubac, Henri de, 1, 77, 135, 189, 489
Lucena, Joao de (1549-1600), 368
Lucretius (c. 99-C55 B.C.E.), 445, 470, 500
Lundbaek, Knud, 280, 286, 492, 495
Luo, Qing (1443-1527). 489
Lutkehaus, Ludger, 79
Lutkins, Patricia, xviii

M

Ma, Duanlin (1245-1322), 218, 223-24, 227,
231, 235-42, 244, 246, 248-51, 413
Macpherson, James (1736-1796), 63, 318, }28
Maeda, Naomi, xviii
Magalhaes. Gabriel de (1610-1677), 273, 495
Magi, 304
Mahakasyapa, 125, 226, 494
Maigrot, Charles (1652-1730), 118
Mailla, Joseph Anne Marie de Moyriac de
(1669-1748), 411, 413, 460
Maimonides (c. 1137-1204), 466
Mair, Victor, xviii
Malabarisches Heidenthum (Ziegenbalg). 488
Malek, Roman, 495
Mallet, Paul Henri (1730-1807), 203, 281
Mandeville, John (pen name; 14th century).
305-7, 312-13
Mangold, Sabine, xii, 501
Mani (c. 216-276), 233
Manuel, Frank Edward, 170-71, 263-64, 494
Marana, Giovanni (1642-1693), 344, 370
Marchand, Prosper (c. 1675-1756), 204
Maree, Valentin, 488
Maria, Vincenzo (d. 1680), 85, 1(8
Marignolli, Giovanni (14th century), 308, 310,
496
Marini, Giovanni Filippo (1608-1682), 118
Marshall, Peter, 79, 299
Martin, Pierre (1665-1716), 46-47
Martini, Martino (1614-1661), 10, 24, 31, 141,
145, 273, 275-79, 369, 484, 495
Maspero. Henri (1882-1945), 224
Masuzawa, Tomoko, 188, 190
Maudave, Louis-Lament de Federbe, Chevalier
de (1725-1777), 37, 45-48, 50-52, 54,
59, 61-62, 64, 366, 394. 424, 486
Maurice, Thomas (1754-1824), xiv, 76. 165,
474
Medici, Cosimo de (1519-1574), 461
Meditationes sinicae (Fourmont), 193
Megasthenes (c. 350-290 B.C.E.), 117
Meinert, J. G., 310
Melissus of Samos (5th century B.C.E.), 25
Memoire ... que les Chinois sont une colonie
egyptienne (de Guignes), 208
Memoire historique sur l'origine des Huns et des
Turks (de Guignes), 204
Memoires de Trevoux, 28, z07
Mendoza, Juan Gonzales de (c. 1540-1617),
272, 495
Meno1, Michel (d. 1518).74
Mercury, 75, 216, 218, 282-83, 414, 468, 477
Methusalem, 283
Mettrie, Julien Offray de la (/709-1751), 170
Michel, Wolfgang, 491
Mickle, Julius (1735-1788), }28-29
Mignot, Vincent (1730-1790). 48, 170, 203,
238, 255, 281, 414-17, 419, 421, 427, 431-
32, 435, 475, 494, 499
Milton, John (1608-1674), 316, }28
Ming, Emperor, 123-24, 224, 235, 489
Mir Jafar, Nawab (Sayyid Mir Muhammad
Jafar Ali Khan, 1691-1765), 298
Mirabaud, Jean-Baptiste de (1675-1760), 443
Mithra, 469
Molinos, Miguel de (c. 1628-1697), 4, 158
Mollier, Christine, xviii
Monier-Williams, Monier, 497
Monnet, Nathalie, xviii, 493
Montesquieu (Charles de Secondat, 1689-
1755), 286, 369, 463
More, Henry (1614-1687), xvi, 46, 53, 59, 211,
292, 299, 410, 486
Moreri, Louis (1643-1680), 489
Moseley, C. W. R. D., 305, 312, 496
Moses, xv, 6-7, 29, 31-32, 34, 37, 115, 161-62,
205, 210-11, 258-63, 266, 274-76, 282,
285-87, 290, 304-6, 312, 314-15, 320,
341-45, 352, 364-65, 368-69, 386, 428,
437, 453, 466, 473, 478, 496
Mosheim, Johann Lorenz (1693-1755), 5, 165
Mozac, Anroine (1704-c.J784), 366, 394,
402-3, 406, 417-26
Muhammad (Propher), 73, 155, 215, 368-69,
437, 453
Muhlberger, Josef, 19
Muller, Johann Joachim (1661-1733), 368-69
Mulsow, Martin, 368
Mungello, David, 123, 277, 280, 495
Murakoshi, Kunio, xviii
Murakoshi, Yoko, xviii
Murr, Sylvia, 397, 423-24, 427, 429

N

Nachor, 195
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), 297, 442,
479, 500
Natural History of Religion (Hume), 66, 295,
457
Natural Law, or Physical Principles of Morality
(Volney), 452
Navarrete, Domingo Fernandez (c. 1610-
1689), 117-18, 130, 144
Neaulme, Jean, 203-4
Nerreter, David (1649-17Z6), 101
New Atlas of China (d'Anville), z03
Newton, Isaac (1643-1727), 30, 68, 114, 193,
260-68, 271, 287, 342, 495, 499
Niecamp, Johann Lucas, 44, 85, 499
Nihon shoki, 491
Nimrod, 26, 274
Nippo jisho, 19
Noah, xiii, xv, 1, 3, 6, 8, 26-27, 32-33, 48, 81,
110, 112, 123, 161-62, 164, 194, 207, z41,
256, 258, 26o, 262, 264, 267-68, 270,
272, 274-79, 283, 311, 335-36, 394, 427-
28, 441, 474, 485
Nobili, Roberto de (1577-1656), 10-11, 27, 82,
95-98, 113, 247, 279, 370-72, 374, 377-
78, 384, 396-97, 483
Nock, Arthur Darby, 462
Notitia linguae sinicae (Premare), 196, 280
Nouveaux memoires sur that present de la
Chine (Lecomte), 126, 143, 490
Novus Atlas Sinensis (Martini), 145, 273, 275
Nyayadarsana (Neadirsen, Neadirzin), 248,
253

O

Obeliscus Pamphilius (Kircher), 82
Odin (Voden, Wedn, Woran, Wodin), 218,
477-78
Oedipus Aegyptiacus (Kircher), 460
Ogilby, John, 495
Okabe, Kazuo, 225
Open Door to the Hidden Paganism (A.
Roger), 330
Opticks (Newton), 261
Oration (John Ilive), 313-14, 496
Origenes (c. 185-254), 315
Origin of all Religions (Dupuis), 473
Origines sacrae (Stillingfleet), 273
Orpheus, 254, 365, 468-69
Osiris, 39, 82, 11l, 121-22, 194, 213, 293, 463,
485
Ossian, 63, 318, 328
Osterwalder, Joseph, xviii
Osterwalder, Stefanie, xviii
Ou yin yun-tong, 244
Oupnek'hat, xv, 76, 155, 366, 436-37, 439
Ouyang, Xiu (1007-1072), 195

P

Padmanaba, 84
Paine, Thomas (1737-1809), 26o, 442
Panjangan, 40, 372
Pantainos (2nd century), 117
Paradise Lost (Milton), 328
Patimokkha (Patimuk), 438
Patrick, Saint, 429
Paulinus, a Sancto Bartholomaeo (Philipp
Wesdin; 1748-1806), xiv, 29, 61, 63-64,
365-66, 382, 427, 487
Pausanias (2nd century), 117
Peiresc, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de (1580-1637),
367
Pennington, Brian K., 359
Pereira, Benito (c. 1535-1610), 484
Peris de la Croix, Jean Francois (1653-1713),
405
Petrus Comestor (died c. 1178), 311
Phaleg, 195
Phan, Peter, 143
Philipps, Jenkin Thomas, 85, 94
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
(Newton), 261
Philosophical Dictionary (Voltaire), 346
Philosophical Principles of Natural and Revealed
Religion (Ramsay), 266
Philosophie de l'histoire (Voltaire), 36, 60, 65,
344, 487
Piccolomini, Aeneas Silvius (1405-1464), 311
Pimander, 461-62
Pinkerton, John, 142
Pinot, Virgile, 28, 495
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, 227
Plato (429-347 B.C.E.), 4, 170, 254, 293, 315,
365, 409, 461
Pluche, Noel-Antoine (1688-1761), 170
Pluquet, Francois-Andre-Adrien (1716-1790),
5
Plutarch (c. 46-120), 39, 82, 114
Pocock, J. G. A., 205
Polaschegg, Andrea, xii, 501
Polo, Marco (1254-1324), 9, 199
Pomeau, Rene, 33, 36, 40, 372, 485
Pons, Jean Francois (1688-1752), 13, 241, 244,
246, 281, 373, 375-78, 380, 394, 398-403,
425
Pope Pius 11. See: Piccolomini, Aeneas Silvius
Popkin, Richard, 259-60, 494
Porphyry (234-c. 305), 116-17
Possevino, Antonio (1534-1611), 5, 10, 19, 140,
484
Postel, Guillaume (1510-1581), 29-30, 311, 367
Poulle, Maridas, 241, 419, 438
Pozza, Adriana, xviii, 257
Pozza, Valerio, xviii, 257
Praeparatio evangelica (Eusebius), 386-87
Prajnaparamita scriptures, 245-47
Preexistent Lapse of Human Souls Demonstrated
from Reason (Berrow), 338
Premare, Joseph-Henri (1666-1736), 12, 29,
196, 202, 280-81, 284, 286-89, 367, 492,
495
Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804), 76, 428-29, 473
Proklos (Proc1us: 412-485), 8
Purtinas, 106, 157, 331, 335-36, 376, 475, 495
Pythagoras (c. 570- C.495 B.C.E.), 6, 54, 170,
172, 213, 234-35, 254, 267, 277, 291, 293-
94, 315, 343, 409, 461, 468, 495

Q

Qazi, Rukn ud-Din (d. 1218), 493
Questions sur l'encyclopedie (Voltaire), 72
Queyroz, Fernao de (1617-1788), 127-28
Quietism of the Indies (Bernier), 157

R

Rabault-Feuerhahn, Pascale, xii, 501
Rahula, 124
Raleigh, Walter (c. 1552-1618), 274, 311
Ramayana, 336
Ramsay, Andrew Michael (1686-1743), 4, 6,
8, 12, 14, 40, 165, 254, 260, 264, 266-72,
274, 279, 281, 285-95, 313, 315, 323, 329-
30, 334-35, 338, 341, 343, 351, 361, 495,
499
Ramseier, Yves, xviii
Rattansi, Piyo, 261, 494
Raynal, Guillaume Thomas (1711-1796), 239,
462
Recherches sur les philosophes appeles Samaneens
(de Guignes), 214
Regis, Pierre-Sylvain (1632-1707), 123
Rehoboam, 263
Religion Indienne & livres fondamentaux de
cette religion (de Guignes), 214
Religion of the Perses (Lord), 367
Reuchlin, Johann (1455-1522), 367
Rhodes, Alexandre de (1591-1660), 118-19,
130-31, 143-44
Ribeyro, Joao (1622-1693), 118
Ricci, Matteo (1552-1610), 7, 10-11, 19-25,
27-29, 33, 40, 50, 63, 82, 123, 140-41,
145, 165, 198, 202, 235, 272, 279, 371-72,
381, 483-85
Rishis, seven, 241, 428, 435
Ritter, Carl (1779-1859), 180
Rocher, Ludo, 45-48, 50-52, 61, 64, 366, 381-
83, 388-89, 392-93, 395-98, 402, 417,
486-87, 498
Rocher, Rosane, xiv, 476, 501
Rodrigues, Joao (1561-1633), 2, 4, 7, 10-11,
22-27, 118, 121, 130, 141, 143-46, 185, 189,
197-98, 200, 202, 278-79, 484, 493
Roger, Abraham (d. 1649), 84, 100, 118, 159,
164, 166, 222, 241, 294, 330, 334, 351, 408,
411, 416-17, 429-30, 483
Romulus, 34
Roser, Lee, xviii
Ross, Alexander (1591-1654), 100-101
Rossi, Paolo, 161, 495
Roth, Heinrich (1620-1668), 153-55, 157, 163,
368
Rothschild, Hans, 423
Rubies, Joan-Pau, 79, 330, 371
Rubruck, William of (c. 1220-C.1293), 9
Ruggieri, Michele (1543-1607), 19-20, 22,
235, 484
Les Ruines (Volney), 442-43, 448-49, 452,
455-64, 466-67, 469-72, 476-79, 500
Ruiz-de-Medina, Juan, 17, 140, 483
Rule, Paul, 235, 280, 484

S

Sabbathier, Francois (1735-1807), 409
Sacred Theory of the Earth (Burnet), 159-61
Sacy, Sylvestre de (1758-1838), 474, 487
Said, Edward, xi, 186, 440-43, 483, 500
Saignes, J., 379-80
Sainte-Croix, Guillaume de (1746-1809), 13,
49, 51, 56, 58-59, 62-63, 76, 170, 240,
255, 281, 383, 385, 390, 395-96, 421, 427,
429-35, 438, 486-87, 494, 498
Sakai, Saroshi, xviii
Saleh, 195
Salomo, 34
Sammlung asiatischer Original-Schriften, 438
Santarem, Vicomte de, 309
Sarug, 195
Satapatha-Brahmana, 298-99
Sattia Veda Sanghiragham (de Nobili), 377
Saturn, 293
Scali, Alessandro, 308, 311
Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph (1775-
1854), 8
Scheuchzer, Johann Caspar (1702-1729), 174-
75, 491
Schlegel, August Wilhelm (1767-1845), 479
Schlegel, Friedrich (1772-1829), 5, 416, 474,
479
Schmidt-Biggemann, Wilhelm, 6, 8
Schmidt, Nathaniel, 367
Schopenhauer, Arthur (1788-1860), 236, 490,
500
Schroder, Winfried, 368
Schurhammer, Georg, 17, 83, 138, 140, 330
Schutte, Josef Franz, 18-19
Schwab, Raymond, 1, 15, 53, 79, 223, 363,
404-5, 462, 497, 501
Scienza nuova (Vice), 444
Scipio, 34
Semedo, Alvaro (c. 1586-1658), 272, 276
Serapides, 122
Serapis, 177, 180
Sermon des cinquante (Voltaire), 31, 485
Seth, 6, 27, 30, 258, 274, 286, 495
Shabistari, Mahmoud al-Karim (d. (287), 490
Sharf, Robert, 225, 228
Sharpe, Eric J., 456
Shastabad (Dow), 238
Shastah of Bramah (Holwell). See Chartah
Bhade Shastah
Shem, 124, 195, 258, 274, 279, 283-84
Shih Huangdi, Emperor, 263
Shiva, 56, 90, 93, 97, 103-5, 107-9, 111-12,
129, 131, 219, 221, 365, 371, 379, 381, 391-
92, 411-12, 432, 464
Shivadharma (teacher of de Nobili), 371
Shousui (Zen master, 1072-1147), 229-30,
493
Shujing (Classic of History), 197, 203, 207,
492
Silk, Jonathan, 205, 497
Simon, Richard (1638-1712), 65
Sinicae historiae decas prima (Martini), 273,
275, 277
Sinner, Jean-Rodolphe, 48, 429, 462
Sirinelli, Jean, 386
Sirr-i akbar (Dara Shikoh), 155, 435
Skanda Parana, 336
Sloane, Hans (1660-1753), 173-75, 488
Smith, W. C, 456
Soen, Shaku (1859-1919), 494
Solomon, 263-65, 320, 439
Sonnerat, Pierre (1748-1814), 50, 63, 460
Spaccio de la bestia trionfante (G. Bruno), 500
Spence, Joseph (1699-1768), 286
Spinoza, Baruch de (1632-1677), 3-5, 11, 31,
65, 146-47, 150-51, 267, 316, 460, 470
Stackelberg, Jurgen von, 72
Stein, Aurel (1862-1943), 206
Stenger, Christiane, 191-192
Steuchus, Augustinus (1496-1549), 311
Stillingfleet, Edward (1635-1699), 273
Stokes, James V., xviii
Strabo (63/64 B.CE.-24 CE.), 117, 311
Stroppetti, Romain, 499
Sujah, Sultan (1639-1660), 156
Sumario de los errores, 17, 19, 140
Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro (1870-1966), 494
Sweetman, Will, 78-80, 101, 109, 359-61, 485,
488, 497
Systeme de la nature (d'Holbach), 424, 443,
448-49

T

Tachard, Guy (1651-1712), 5, 164, 167
Takagi, Akifumi, xviii
Talmud, 304
Tavernier, Jean Baptiste (1605-1689), 368, 489
Tayumanavar (1706-1744), 96
Telluris theoria sacra (Burnet), 159
Temple, William (1628-1699), 264, 285
Ten Commandments, 18, 20, 306
Tertullian (c. 160-c. 200), 117, 276, 282
Terwiel, Barend J., 491
Thascius Caelius Cyprianus (d. 258), 308
Thomas, Mark, xviii
Thomas, Saint (apostle), 304, 31213
Thompson, E. P., 442
Thot, 282
Three Impostors (J. J. Muller), 368
Tianzhu shilu (Ruggieri & Ricci), 20
Tianzhu shiyi (Ricci), 22
Timmermans, Claire, 199, 491
Tindal, Matthew (1657-1733), 260, 349
Tirumular (6th century), 96-97
Tissanier, Joseph (1618-1688), 489
Tivakaram, 86-87
Toin, Vicente, 18
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), 23
Toland, John (1670-1722), 40, 165, 170-72,
316
Tomba, Marco della (1726-1803), 496
Torii, Haruko, xviii
Torres, Cosme de (1510-1570), 138-39
Torrey, Norman L., 485
Tournemine, Rene-Joseph de (1661-1739), 28,
33, 377
Tractatus theologico-politicus (Spinoza), 31
Tratados (Navarrete), 117-18
Trautmann, Thomas, 76, 78-79, 85, 223, 299,
331, 336, 351, 487, 495
Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier), 155
Travels of Cyrus (Ramsay), 40, 266-67, 286,
291-92, 313, 315, 329, 351, 499
Travels of Sir John Mandeville, 305-6, 312
Trigault, Nicolas (1577-1628), 28, 141, 272, 485
Trousson, Raymond, 485
True 1ntellectual System of the Universe (Cudworth),
161
True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven (Ricci),
22
Tuisco, xv, 427
Typhon, 31, 349, 485

U

Ullendorf, Edward, 496
Ulrich, Jorg, 386-87, 389
Universal History (G. Sale et al.), 31, 35
Upanishads, 9, 13, 155-56, 436-39, 476
Ussher, James (1581-1656), 277

V

Vaissiere, Etienne de la, 206
Valignano, Alessandro (1539-1606), 10, 16,
18-20, 22-24, 127, 139-40, 144, 171, 484
Van K1ey, Edwin J., 497
Varabadu, 43
Varenius, Bernhard (1622-1650), 101, 443, 455
Varo, Francisco (1627-1687), 193, 491
Veda, xii, xv, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 36, 40-41, 43-49,
52-60, 62, 66-67, 70, 72-75, 82-84, 86,
98, 105-6, 109-10, 112, 114-15, 120, 155,
157, 167-68, 188, 215, 217, 222, 235-36,
240-47, 250, 281, 294, 325-26, 329-36,
345, 351, 361, 363, 365-39, 382-85, 387-
403, 406-12, 416-26, 429-30, 434-39,
461-62, 475, 477, 486-88, 491, 495>
497-99
Vendidad Sade, 404, 499
Venus, 122, 147
Viaggio all'Indie orientali (Vincenzo Maria),
85
Viaggio alle 1ndie orientali (Paulinus), 365
Vico, Giambattista (1668-1744), 4, 444
Viedam of Brummah (Holwell), 325, 327, 331-
33, 497
Vinson, Julien, 397
Visdelou, Claude de (1656-1737), 12, 197-
206, 213, 222, 224, 231, 235-37, 281, 367,
375, 407, 41O-11, 413, 492-94, 498-99
Vishnu, 1, 42, 56, 84, 103-5, 107-8, 111-12,
115-16, 129, 131, 179, 183, 218-19, 221, 351,
365, 371, 375, 379, 381, 390-91, 409, 411-
12, 428, 432, 454, 464, 468
Vita, Silvio, xviii
Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam, 19
Volney, Constantin-Francois (1757-1820), xii,
xiv, 3, 5, 14, 30, 75, 86, 440, 442-44,
448-72, 474-79, 500-501
Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet; "Abbe
Bazin"; 1694-1778), xii, xiv-xv, xvii,
3-5, 7, 9, 12-16, 18, 24, 28-48, 36, 50-76,
80, 86, 88-89, 114, 170-71, 174, 203-4,
207-8, 210, 238-39, 241, 253, 286, 290,
298, 301-3, 312-13, 320, 328-29, 344-48,
362, 369, 372, 380, 394-95, 401, 403-4,
414, 416-17, 421, 424-25, 427-30, 435,
456-57, 462, 473, 475, 478, 483, 485-88,
494-95, 498
Vossius, Isaac (1618-1689), 275
Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte (Volney), 442
Voyage to Siam (Tachard), 164
Voyage to the East 1ndies (Paulinus), 365
Voyages de Cyrus (Ramsay), 266
Vyasa, xiv, 50, 243-44, 384, 390

W

Wagner, Richard, 1
Walker, Daniel Pickering, 8, 31, 254, 26o, 267
Walter, Xavier, 496
Wang, Pan, 484
Warburton, William (1698-1779), 170, 344
Wasserstein, David J., 304, 496
Webb, John (1611-1672), 273-79
Welbon, Guy R., 77
Wenxian tongkao (Ma Duanlin), 218, 223-24,
235, 244, 246
Westfall, Richard 5., 262-64, 494
Whiston, William (1667-1752), 307, 444
Wicky, Andre, xviii
Wilford, Francis (c. 1761-1822), 335-36
Wilkins, Charles (1749-1836), 13, 253, 348,
356, 428, 438-39, 460-61, 469
Willson, Leslie, 53, 298-99
Wilson, Walter, 314
Windischmann, Carl Josef Hieronymus, 497
Windschuttle, Keith, 500
Winkelmann, F., 386
Witek, John, 286, 495

X

Xavier, Francis (1506-1552), 16-18, 90, 127
Xuanzang (c. 602-664), 237

Y

Yama, King of Hell (Jap. Emma o), 184
Yampolsky, Philip, 227
Yanagida, Seizan (1922-2005), xvii, 225, 251,
435
Yang, Guangxian (1597-1669), 280
Yijing (Book of Changes), xv, 7-9, 12, 29, 62,
76, 202-3, 213, 277-78, 280, 282-84,
287, 290, 367, 484
Yoho, Paulo, 18
Yule, Henry, 498

Z

Zarncke, Friedrich, 305, 496
Zend Avesta, 76, 78-79, 223, 253, 405, 407,
419, 421, 439, 461, 469, 500
Zhixu (1599-1655), 493
Zhu, Shixing (3rd century), 245
Ziegenbalg, Bartholomaeus (1683-1719), 12,
14, 44-45, 49, 77, 79-80, 85-91, 94-112,
115-16, 118-21, 129, 131, 165, 173, 185, 215-
16, 221-22, 240, 398, 415, 432, 434-35,
485-86, 488-89
Zingerle, Arnold, 495
Zoroaster, 1, 6-7, 26, 31, 141, 144, 218, 267,
278, 343, 365, 404-5, 407, 414, 454, 464,
466, 468
Zupanov, 1nes, 371, 485
Zvelebil, Kamil Veith, 85, 97-98

[admin]

Figures and Tables
• Figures


o 1. Inscriptions, Jesuit residence and church in Zhaoqing, 1584


o 2. Vishnu recovers the Veda from the sea


o 3. Schematic view of Ziegenbalg's classification of religions


o 4. Relics of Saint Josaphat (St. Andrieskerk, Antwerp)


o 5. Kircher's Indo-Japanese divinities


o 6. The earth formation cycle of Burnet (1684)


o 7. Diagram of Engelbert Kaempfer's view of Asian religions


o 8. De Guignes's hieroglyphs and Chinese characters


o 9. Stemma of major Forty-Two Sections Sutra editions


o 10. Bodhidharma crossing the sea on a reed


o 11. Adam's skull underneath the cross


o 12. Newton's map of Solomon's temple


o 13. Yijing trigram charts by Premare


o 14. Paradise near India on Osma world map


o 15. Chapter themes of Holwell's Shastah translation


o 16. Holwell's Shastah in review and published versions


o 17. Genesis of Holwell's Chartah Bhade Shastah of Bramah


o 18. Christianity's transmission line in Eusebius of Caesarea


o 19. Stages of Ezour-vedam creation and dissemination


o 20. Handwriting samples of Deshauterayes

[admin]

Tables


o 1. Edict of the Duke of Yamaguchi


o 2. Voltaire's Essai sur les moeurs and Asian religions


o 3. Voltaire's edition of Ezour-vedam creation account


o 4. First section of Holwell's Shastah


o 5. Chinese sects in Visdelou's text and Le Gobien's


o 6. Brahmans in Visdelou's text and Le Gobien's


o 7. Section of de Guignes's Forty-Two Sections Sutra translation


o 8. Beginning of de Guignes's Forty-Two Sections Sutra preface


o 9. Inner and outer doctrines according to de Guignes


o 10. Text percentages in Holwell's translations per theme


o 11. Do Couto's Vedas and Holwell's sacred scriptures of India


o 12. Contents of do Couto's first Veda and first book of Holwell's Shastah


o 13. Protagonists of Pondicherry Vedas and transmission lines


o 14. Buddhism in Ezour-vedam and Pons's letter


o 15. Periodization of career of Pondicherry Vedas


o 16. Father Coeurdoux's truthfulness confirmed


o 17. Anquetil's draft translation of Oupnek'hat preface


o 18. Phases in genesis of Volney's Ruins