Anncharlott Eschmann

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Anncharlott Eschmann (September 24, 1941, Munich – April 6, 1977, New Delhi)[1] was a scholar of religion.

She was born in Munich, the first daughter of Professor Ernst Wilhelm Eschmann, a renowned Professor of Philosophy, and Mrs. Charlott Eschmann, a retired psychotherapist. She grew up in Roman Catholic Ticino (Switzerland), where her parents' house had become a constant meeting place of members of the Eranos Society. Eschmann studied Protestant theology, comparative religion and Indology in Marburg and Heidelberg. In 1969, she submitted her PhD thesis on the topic of "The idea of history in Aztec religion".

As a member of the Orissa Research Projekt, Eschmann went to

Sanskritization, i.e. the continuing incorporation of "prehistoric" and popular beliefs into "high" traditions. Her work on Jagannath and Narasimha exemplified the relation of tribal deities and the Jagannath cult of Puri.[2] From 1975, Eschmann was the head of the New Delhi
branch of Heidelberg's South Asia Institute. Anncharlott Eschmann died on April 6, 1977, in New Delhi.

Published works

References

  1. ^ edited by Anncharlott Eschmann, Hermann Kulke and Gaya Charan Tripathi (2014). The cult of Jagannatha and the regional tradition of Orissa. Revised and enlarged edition. New Delhi: Manohar. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b "The Cult of Jagannath and the Regional Tradition of Orissa". discovered.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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  4. ^ "Book Review: 'The Making of Regions in Indian History' reconstructs the evolution of premodern Odisha". Frontline. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2024-02-01.