Juan R. Francisco is a Filipino Indologist[1] who first published an English translation of the Maranao version of the Ramayana epic. He is also a professor at the University of the Philippines in Manila. For several years he served as the Executive Director of the Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF), administering the Fulbright Program in the Philippines.[citation needed]
Education
editHe has a Ph.D. in Sanskrit from the University of Madras, and he studied under Indologist Raghavan from Chennai. Francisco himself taught another Filipino Indologist, Josephine Acosta Pasricha.[2]
Works
edit- Indian Influences in the Philippines (1964)
- Maharadia Lawana (1969)
- Sanskrit in Philippine Language and Literature (1973)
- From Ayodhya to Pulu Agamaniog: Rama's Journey to the Philippines (1994)
References
edit- ^ Fernández, Doreen (1996). Palabas: essays on Philippine theater history. Ateneo de Manila University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-971-550-188-0. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ "Indian influences in the Philippines, with special reference to language and literature by Juan R. Francisco". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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