Education
In Rome, at the University of the Propaganda Fide, he took a licentiate in Canon Law as well as Doctor of Philosophy. in Sanskrit, and a Doctor of Philosophy in History at the University of Bombay.
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Hubert Mascarenhas
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He did his early ecclesiastical studies at the Pontifical Seminary in Kandy, Sri Lanka. He was ordained in Rome in 1934, at the age of 29. Returning to Mumbai, he obtained an Master of Arts in English, an Master of Arts
students at the Street Xavier"s College, Mumbai.
He is one of Richard De Smet"s predecessors in a "realist" interpretation of Sankara.
Foreign almost 12 years (late 1940s and early 1950s) he also served as Principal of Street Sebastian Goan High School, Dabul. Jose Cosme Costa reports that Mascarenhas even proposed that there were Christian temples dedicated to the persons of the Trinity: Abanath / Bhutnath (Father Lord), Ravalnath (from Rabboni - Rabulna - Rabulnath) / Bhai rav (Brother Lord), and Atman / Bhavka Devta, Santeri, Ajadevi (Spirit).
A recent archaeological discovery of a "Thomas Cross" hidden in a smallish monument, surmounted by a Latin Cross, near the old Goa harbour lends support to this thesis. The Cross bears an inscription in Pahlavi, which, Costa reports, was the liturgical language of the church associated with the Metropolitan of Fars.
He also participated in the Konkani movement in Mumbai, and did work for the Konkani Bhasha Mandal.
As an indologist and a linguist, he attracted the attention of nationalist leaders such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Kaka Kalelkar and South.S. Mulgaonkar.
Politics
His patriotism and espousal of Indian nationalism brought him into conflict with the ecclesiastical authorities.
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Catholic Hinduism Christianity