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Entwistle's scholarly works on the study of India and Indian religions were marked by close attention to both philological linguistic issues of translation of texts and a broad emphasis upon the context of the material. Entwistle's research was dependent on a thorough linguistic and literary training
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It earns him a place in The Great Annals, wherever they are kept. It's not just the scope of the work, which is wonderful, but the trustworthiness of all of it-those dense footnotes, which serve as the best meeting place for scholarship and thought about Braj over the course of the last 50 years,
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perhaps 100. It is a remarkable thing to have accomplished-and it is made the more remarkable by the way in which he has accomplished it: not self-effacingly, surely, but with a smile and quietly and without calling particular attention to the magnitude of what he was doing.
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in 1986. He was promoted to associate professor with tenure in September, 1990. Entwistle gained a reputation as an effective and dedicated teacher of Hindi language and literature, as well as lecturing on courses about Indian devotional literature,
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Studies In Culture, Linguistics & Speechology: Essays On Culture, Language, Literature, Linguistics, Speechology, And Several Aspects Of Human Thinking
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which formed the bedrock of his close attention to both philological issues of text and cultural context. In 1981, along with H. T. Bakker, he coedited
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during a long postponed study leave in India, but showed symptoms that the remission had ended. His deteriorating health forced him to return to
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The Rasa mana ke pada of Kevalarama, a medieval Hindi text of the Eighth Gaddi of the Vallabha Sampradaya
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In 1987, Entwistle published a multidimensional study of medieval Indian cultural history entitled
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The Rasa mana ke pada of Kevalarama: a medieval Hindi text of the Eighth Gaddi of the Vallabha sect
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Vaisnavism: The history of the Krishna and Rama cults and their Contribution to Indian pilgrimage
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Studies in South Asian Devotional Literature: Research Papers, 1988-1991, 599 pages, (1994)
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Devi: the worship of the goddess and its contribution to Indian pilgrimage
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From 1980 to 1985, Entwistle held the post of Universitair Docent at the
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Entwistle was survived by his sister Janice Mary Entwistle. 1942-2013.
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Studies in South Asian Devotional Literature: Research Papers 1988-91
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South Asian Texts series and a critical edition and translation of
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At the time of his final illness, he was working on a piece in
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From the land of Braj: Centre of Krishna pilgrimage
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