Sylvain Lévi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sylvain Lévi

French indologist

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1863

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1935

Profession: professor, linguist, Indologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sylvain Lévi (March 28, 1863 – October 30, 1935) was an influential orientalist and indologist who taught Sanskrit and Indian religion at the École pratique des hautes études.Lévi's book Théâtre Indien is an important work on the subject of Indian performance art, and Lévi also conducted some of the earliest analysis of Tokharian fragments discovered in Western China.
Lévi exerted a significant influence on the life and thought of Marcel Mauss, the nephew of Émile Durkheim.