Johann Ernst Hanxleden | |
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 Arnos Pathiri | |
| Born | 1681 Ostercappeln, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Died | 1732 (aged 50–51) |
| Resting place | Pazhuvil |
| Other names | Arnos Pathiri |
| Occupation(s) | Jesuit priest, missionary, poet, grammarian, lexicographer, philologist |
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Johann Ernst Hanxleden (1681–1732), better identified as Arnos Pathiri, was a German Jesuit priest and missionary, best known for his contributions as a Malayalam and Sanskrit poet, grammarian, lexicographer, and philologist. He lived in India for most part of his life and became a scholar of Sanskrit and Malayalam languages before authoring Puthen Pana, a poem on the life of Jesus Christ, Malayalam–Portuguese Dictionary, the first dictionary in Malayalam as well as two linguistic treatises, Malayalavyaakaranam and Sidharoopam.