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Frits Staal

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Gender Male
Death12 years ago
Date of birth November 3,1930
Zodiac sign Scorpio
Born Amsterdam
Netherlands
Date of died February 19,2012
DiedChiang Mai
Thailand
Parents Jan Frederik Staal
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Date of Upd.
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Rules without meaning
Agni, the Vedic ritual of the fire altar
Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights
Exploring Mysticism: A Methodological Essay
Universals: Studies in Indian Logic and Linguistics
A reader on the Sanskrit grammarians
Concepts of Science in Europe and Asia
Word Order in Sanskrit and Universal Grammar
The Stamps of Jammu & Kashmir
Discovering the Vedas
What Euclid is to Europe, Pāṇini is to India - or are they? : NIAS lecture L1-2005
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Frits Staal Life story


Johan Frederik Staal was the department founder and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and South/Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Staal specialized in the study of Vedic ritual and mantras, and the scientific exploration of ritual and mysticism.

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