Letter PAMHO:11149812 (26 lines)
From:      Internet: "Eze" <ezichko@gmail.com>
Date:      19-Feb-06 16:01 (21:31 +0530)
To:        "nectarofdevotion@googlegroups.com"
           <nectarofdevotion@googlegroups.com>
Cc:        Ganga (dd) IDS (CIS SysOp) [52104]  (sender: (Bhakta) Jan Mares
           (NE-BBT Czech))
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           16:28)
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           Czech))
Reply-To:  nectarofdevotion@googlegroups.com
Subject:   [Nectar] Beethoven read the Bhagavad Gita
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was also attracted by Indian thought, as
it is clearly attested by numerous passages and notes referring to Indian
ideas and texts found in the Beethoven papers. He was first introduced to
Indian literature by the Austrian Orientalist, Hammer-Purgstal, who
founded a periodical for the dissemination of Eastern knowledge in Europe
as early as January 1809.

Beethoven had a deep interest in Indian knowledge long before Indological
studies began in Germany.

The fragments of Indian religious texts that have been discovered in the
Beethoven manuscripts are partly translations and partly adaptations of
the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven's_religious_beliefs

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