Juan R. Francisco

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Juan R. Francisco is a Filipino Indologist^[1] who discovered the Maranao version of the Ramayana, that is native to the Philippines. He then translated it into English. 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.

Education[]

He 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.

Works[]

• 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)

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