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Francis X. Clooney, S.J. is Parkman Professor of Divinity, Professor of Comparative Theology, and Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Clooney, F.X. The Use of Sanskrit as a Theological Resource in the Interpretation of Tiruvāymoḻi . Hindu Studies 19, 7–38 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-015-9170-5
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