the ultimate results of this kind of language study was the stimulation of
pride and renaissance amongst the speakers of such languages. Nonetheless,
Enriquez started the process of developing an Indian Christian vocabulary
in which Greek and Hebrew terms were expressed in Indian idiom.^13
Robert de Nobiliwas noted for the experiments he started in the city of
Maturai, Tamil Nadu, in 1605. He donned the robe of a samn.ya ̄si, lived the
172 Streams from the “West” and their Aftermath
Map 5 European Bases in India
Reprinted with the permission of Professor Joe Elder, editor: “Lectures in Indian Civilization”
(Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishers, 1970).