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A page from the Krista Purana by Jesuit Thomas Stephens

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English: Thomas Stephens, completed transforming the Old and New Testament of Christianity into Hindu Purana style text known as the Kristapurana (1616 AD).

He not only thus brought Christian sacred literature to India, he freely used terms, iconography and imagery from Hindu fold. From the title to key spiritual concepts of Hindus, he borrowed terms like Vaikuntha (Vishnu's mythical residence as Christian heaven), Bhavarthiya and even an image of tiger-skin clad god (Shiva-like) to explain the spiritual ideas of Christianity. Just like Puranas, the work is in books and weaves elaborate mythistory of Christianity. His work was thus a fusion of Christianity and Hinduism through the creative processes of translation.

The above page is a leaf from a rare 17th-century surviving incomplete copy of handwritten Kristapurana. It is preserved in the British Library as EAP636/3/10 MS1.

https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP636-3-10

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