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German Indology and Richard Wagner

By Dilip Roy FRAS One of the lessr known sources of Richard Wagner’s aesthetic and philosophical ideas was his interest in ancient India. Among his many accomplishments, he was undeniably an Indologist,

May 12, 2025

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RICHARD WAGNER : The Emperor of European Music

The book also influenced Wagner and was planning to work on Buddhist opera called (Die Sieger) The Victors but unfortunately he could not complete it due to ill health…writes Dilip Roy Nineteenth

July 23, 2023

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HERMANNHESSE: “Siddhartha” and quest for Spiritual Identity

Although it was many years before the publication of Hesse’s Siddhartha (1922) this masterpiece was to be derived from these new influences…writes Dilip Roy (A Fellow of Royal Asiatic Society UK, Dilip

November 24, 2022

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