Mislav Ježić

Mislav Ježić (born September 20, 1952) is a Croatian philosopher and Indologist.[1]

He received a degree in Indology, philosophy, linguistics and Ancient Greek at the University of Zagreb. He received his Ph.D. in 1983 with a thesis on Rigvedic hymns. Since 1998 he works as a professor of Indian philology at the University of Zagreb. His work deals with the Indo-European sources of Vedic tradition, research on the beginnings of Indian philosophy by comparing it with Ancient Greek philosophy, and explorations of the ancient Indian epics, Brahmanism and Hinduism.[1]

He organized several international conferences in the field of Indology, edited and published several proceedings. He is a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2000.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 "Ježić, Mislav", Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian), Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 1999–2009, retrieved May 29, 2014
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