# Frits Staal

> Johan Frederik "Frits" Staal was the department founder and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and South/Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Staal specialized in the study of Vedic ritual and mantras, and the scientific exploration of ritual and mysticism. He was also a scholar of Greek and Indian logic and philosophy and Sanskrit grammar.

*Dutch indologist (1930–2012)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1930-11-03
- **Died:** 2012-02-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frits_Staal)
- [فريتس ستال](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84)
- [Frits Staal](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Staal)
- [Frits Staal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Staal)
- [Frits Staal](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Staal)
- [Frits Staal](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Staal)
- [ഫ്രിറ്റ്സ് സ്റ്റാൾ](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BE)
- [Frits Staal](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Staal)
- [Сталь, Йохан Фредерик](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA)
- [பெடரிக்கு இசுட்டால்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frits_Staal)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q972829)

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