Thomas Phillips Exhibition
17th Century
Abraham Rogerius. La porte ouverte. Amstredam, 1670.
Clergyman Abraham Rogerius lived for seventeen years (1630-47) at Paliacatta on the Coromandel coast. Impressed by the learning of the Brahmans and their views on life and death, Rogerius wrote this book about the life, customs, faith and religious practices of Tamil Brahmans. It is the earliest European account of Hinduism in Southern India and the first published work in Europe to contain a translation of a piece of sanscrit literature (the Sayings of Bhartrhari).
