About Maryla Falk
Lived 1906 – 1980 (aged 74). Maryla Falk was a Polish orientalist and indologist.
Maryla Falk (26 September 1906 in Lviv – 13 June 1980 in Chamonix Mont Blanc) was a Polish indologist, sanskritist and religious scholar. A member of the Polish Oriental Society and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (1974), she is best remembered for her book Il mito psicologico nell’India antica (1939), reissued after her death by Adelphi Edizioni (1986) and translated into Polish (Mit psychologiczny w starożytnych Indiach, 2011). Maryla Falk is also known for her treatises l misteri di Novalis (1938) published in Naples, and Nāma-rūpa and Dharma-rūpa. Origin and Aspects of an Ancient Indian Conception (1943) published at the University of Calcutta.
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Who was Maryla Falk?
Polish indologist and historian of religions
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Maryla Falk was born on 26 April 1906.
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Maryla Falk died on 13 June 1980.
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Maryla Falk was an orientalist and indologist.
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Maryla Falk was Polish.
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