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Know you Max Muller
by srini srini on Apr 15, 2008 07:57 AM

Max Muller:(1823-1900)
Its know that he lived in poverty until he was employed by the British and greatly praised by his superiors for his duplicity in translation .Muller was paid 4 pounds in the 18th century for every page he wrote. Never visited India once...wrote..The Vedas are like the twaddles of idiots and ravings of mad men. Sanskrit and English are the varieties of one and the same language.
Some of his Sanskrit translation is this way...

GarbaGarh in affect means inner chamber of the temple..Muller's translation is "WOMB HOUSE"

Hiranyagarbh in affect means state of manifested form of Maya that holds and contains all the worlds with in....Muller translated this as the "GOLDEN GERM".

Ex certs from some of his own letters:

To Chevalier Bunsen:

"India is much riper for chirstainity that ROME OR GREECE were at the time of St Paul..For the good of this struggle I shall lay down my life or at least lend my hand to bring about this struggle. I shall learn the language , make friends by means of which the old Indian mischief of priestcraft could be overthrown and way opened for entrance of simple Christan teachings. What ever finds roots in India will over shadow the whole of Asia"

To Duke of Argyll:

The missionaries have done far more that they themselves are aware of .The ancient religion of india is doomed and if chirstianity does not step in who's fault will it be?.
It would be simply dishonest on my part were to hide my convictions that the rel

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