Michael Lockwood (Indologist)

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Michael Lockwood (* 1933 ) is an American Indian with a doctorate , religious scholar and philosopher. He taught from the 1960s until his retirement at Madras Christian College (MCC) in Chennai , India .

Live and act

Lockwood taught philosophy at Madras Christian College in South India for over thirty years. His research was mainly in the field of Indology. With his colleague, Alake Vishnu Bhat , he published in 1994 "metatheatre and Sanskrit drama" ( metatheatre and Sanskrit drama). In 2005, both authors published another work on the classic Sanskrit drama: "Chārudattam: 'Torso of a Masterpiece" ( Charudattam : Torso of a masterpiece). A few years earlier, in 2001, Lockwood and several colleagues brought out the work “Pillava Art”. Lockwood is now retired and retired, the focus of his interest is also on the analysis of the relationship between Buddhism and Christianity .

With Ruth Lockwood he has two daughters Karin Lockwood, who works as a middle school health educator at the school of the American Embassy in New Delhi, and Anna Lockwood. His nephew is the photographer Ian Lockwood . Michael Lockwood lives in Rockland , Maine .

Publications (selection)

  • Pallavas Art. Together with Gift Siromoney ; A. Vishnu Bhat, P Dayanandan. Tambaram Research Associates, MCC, Tambaram, Madras 2001 ( [6] on academia.edu)
  • Mahabalipuram studies. Along with Poison Siromoney ; P Dayanandan. Christian Literature Society, Madras 1974
  • Māmallapuram and the Pallavas. Christian Literature Society, Madras 1982
  • Indological essays: commemorative volume II for Gift Siromoney. Published by Michael Lockwood. Dept. of Statistics, Madras Christian College, Madras 1992
  • Buddhism's Relation to Christianity: A Miscellaneous Anthology with Occasional Comment by Michael Lockwood. TR Publications, Chennai (India) 2010 (Reviewed by Dorothy Milne Murdock)
  • The Unknown Buddha of Christianity. The Crypto-Buddhism of the Essenes (Therapeutæ and Qumranites). Tambaram Research Associates Tambaram, Chennai 2019 (Edited by Miachel Lockwood) ( [7] on academia.edu)
  • Māmallapuram, a guide to the monuments. Tambaram Research Associates, Madras 1993.
  • The philosophy of Mahendravarman's Tiruchirappalli Epigraph. In: Studies in Indian Epigraphy Vol. 3, Mysore, 1976
  • Mythicism: A Seven-Fold Revelation of the Buddhist 'Branch' Grafted onto Jesse's 'Lineage Tree'. Tambaram Research Associates Tambaram, Chennai 2013, ISBN 978-93-5137-607-1 ( [8] on academia.edu)

Web links

  • Portrait photography [9]
  • Detailed bibliography on unom.academia.edu [10]
  • Homepage of Gift Siromoney [11]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data in the Library of Congress [1]
  2. ↑ Madras Musings Vol. XXVII, No. February 20, 1-15, 2018 ( [2] on madrasmusings.com)
  3. ↑ Karin Lockwood biographical notes [3]
  4. ^ High Range Photography, Writing and Geo-Spatial Work by Ian Lockwood. [4]
  5. ^ Ian Lockwood: Musings, Trip Accounts and Images from South Asia. Black, White and Color in Tamil Nadu's Sacred Spaces. [5]
personal data
SURNAME Lockwood, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES மைக்கேல் லாக்வுட் (Tamil)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Indologist, religious scholar, university professor, philosopher and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1933