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J.A.B. van Buitenen
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Distinguished Service Professor of Sanskrit and Indic Studies, University of Chicago, 1974–79. Author of Tales of Ancient India.

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Ramanuja statue
Ramanuja was a South Indian Brahmin theologian and philosopher, one of the most influential thinkers of devotional Hinduism. Based in Shrirangam at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, he organized temple worship and founded centers to disseminate his doctrine of devotion to the god Vishnu and his…
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