Scholar, interpreter, arbitrator, citizen: The many lives of Maridas Pillai (Record no. 531021)
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Parasher, Gauri |
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| Title | Scholar, interpreter, arbitrator, citizen: The many lives of Maridas Pillai |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | The Indian Economic and Social History Review |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 62(2), Apr-Jun, 2025: p.149-187 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This article examines afresh the life and works of the eighteenth-century Indo-French intermediary Maridas Pillai from Pondicherry. He is known primarily for his French translation of the Bhagavatam, the earliest translation of the text in a European language. Yet many aspects of his life remain obscure. Drawing on new sources, the article shows that Maridas was much more than just a translator of the Bhagavatam. He was also a court translator and interpreter in Pondicherry, an arbitrator of individual and group disputes, and a man of letters who mediated knowledge about India for the benefit of French audiences. In studying these neglected dimensions of Maridas Pillai’s activities, the article argues that he was a different kind of intermediary than the well-known dubashes or commercial brokers. Carefully fashioning himself as a bridge between the French government and its Indian subjects, his work focused on mediating non-commercial, cultural, legal and societal knowledge. His life, therefore, reveals hitherto little-known dimensions of the Indo-French encounter.-Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00194646251330459 |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Maridas Pillia, go-between, Indo-French, Pondicherry/Puducherry, Citizen, Courts. |
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| Main entry heading | The Indian Economic and Social History Review |
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| Indian Institute of Public Administration | Indian Institute of Public Administration | 2025-07-24 | 62(2), Apr-Jun, 2025: p.149-187 | AR136776 | 2025-07-24 | Articles |