John Muir (1810-1882)

Muir served in the Indian Civil Service with his brother William for many years before returning to Edinburgh to set up a chair of Sanskrit at the University of Edinburgh. William took up Arabic and Islamic studies and became principal of Edinburgh University. [Doyle (2006) 85.]

Primary

• Manasadharmadipika. N.d. Not published. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 375.]
• "The Claims of Sungskrit [sic] etc., on the Attention of the Friends of Education." Friend of India (weekly series) 3 (1837) 188. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 375.]
• "Dr. Mill's Christa Sangita - Book IV." Christian Intelligencer 8 (1838) 180-182. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 375.]
• "On the Use to Which the Pseudo Vedas Written by the Roman Catholic Missionaries Might Be Turned for the Refutation of Hindu Errors." Calcutta Christian Observer 7 (1838) 506-508. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 375.]
• "The Importance of Missionaries Studying the Higher Branches of Hindu Literature and the Sanskrit Language." Christian Intelligencer 8 (1838) 376-377. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 375.]
• "The Importance of the Study of Sanskrit." Calcutta Christian Observer 7 (1838) 372-373. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 375.]
• Nutnodantodotsa: The Fountain of Water of Fresh Intelligence: A Description of England. Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, 1839. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 375.]
• Matapariksa: A Sketch of the Argument for Christianity Against Hinduism. Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, 1839. [Critique of Hindu philosophy from a Christian perspective.] [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 369.]
• Matapariksa: A Sketch of the Argument for Christianity Against Hinduism. Thoroughly revised, 1840. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 369.]
• Itihasadipika: A Sketch of the History of India. Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, 1840. [Based on H.H. Wilson's Manual of History and Chronology. Muir added to it his own account of Christianity in India and a critique of Hinduism.] [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 369.]
• Papamocaniyayatharthopayapradarsanam: The Inefficiency of the Ganges to Wash Away Sin, with a Statement of the True Atonement, etc. Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1840. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 369.]
• Sarmapaddhatih: The Way of True Happiness: A Sketch of the True Theory of Human Life. London: Richard Watts, 1841. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 369.]
• Considerations on Religion, Its Nature, Effects, the Steps of its Progress, and the Obstacles to its Practice; Addressed to the Cultivated Classes of Society. Edinburgh: R. Grant, 1842. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 375.]
• "Conciliation in Matters of Religion." Church of England Quarterly Review 24 (1843) 86-112. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 375.]
• Vyavaharalokah: Brief Lectures on Mental Philosophy and Other Subjects. Allahabad: Presbyterian Mission Press, 1845. [Christianity in relation to European philosophy and Hinduism, all in Sanskrit.] [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 369.]
• Isvaroktasastradhara: The Course of Divine Revelation: A Brief Outline of the Communication of God's Will to Man, and of the Evidences and Doctrines of Christianity with Allusions to Hindu Tenets. Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1846. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 369.]
• Sripaulacaritram: A Short Life of the Apostle Paul, with a Summary of Christian Doctrine, as Unfolded in His Epistles. Calcutta: Encyclopedia Press, 1848. [In later editions, this was known as Sriyesukhrstapreritapaulacaritram.] [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 369.]
• Sriyesukhrstamahatmyam: The Glory of Jesus Christ: A Brief Account of Our Lord's Life and Doctrines. Calcutta: Ostell and Lepage, 1848. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 369.]
• "On Learned Missionaries." The Missionary [Calcutta] 2 (1852) 155-156. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 375.]
• Matapariksa: A Sketch of the Argument for Christianity Against Hinduism. Thoroughly revised, 1852-54. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 369.]
• Paramatmastavah: A Christian Hymn in Sanskrit Verse and Hindee Prose. Allahabad: Allahabad Mission Press, 1853. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 369.]
• Reasons for the Establishment of a Sanskrit Chair in the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Thomas Constable, 1860.
• A Brief Examination of Prevalent Opinions on the Inspiration of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 376.]
• Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India. 5 vols. London: Trubner, 1868-73.
• "Introduction." Abraham Keunen, Prophets and Prophecy in Israel, with an Introduction by John Muir. London: Longmans, Greene, and Co., 1877. [Amaladass and Young 374.]
• Metrical Translations from Sanskrit Writers with an Introduction, Many Prose Versions, Parallel Passages from Classical Authors. London: Trubner, 1879. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 376.]
• Isvaroktasastradhara: The Course of Divine Revelation. The Indian Christiad: A Concise Anthology of Didactic and Devotional Literature in Early Church Sanskrit. Ed. A. Amaladass and R. Young. Anand: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 1995. 328-337.
• Matapariska. Book II, pp. 1-2, 7. The Indian Christiad: A Concise Anthology of Didactic and Devotional Literature in Early Church Sanskrit. Ed. A. Amaladass and R. Young. Anand: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 1995. 338-341.
• Paramatmastavah. Matapariksa, Book II, pp. 225-235. The Indian Christiad: A Concise Anthology of Didactic and Devotional Literature in Early Church Sanskrit. Ed. A. Amaladass and R. Young. Anand: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 1995. 342-361.
• Nistaramargadipika: A Light for the Way of Salvation. Unpublished MS, n.d. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 368.]
• Srividyacamatkarika. Unpublished MS, n.d. [Amaladass and Young, The Indian Christiad 368.]

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