Sylvain Lévi
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Sylvain Lévi (March 28, 1863 – October 30, 1935) was an influential French intellectual and author whose specialities were oriental studies and India. He taught Sanskrit and Indian religions at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris, France. One of his notable students was Paul Pelliot.
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.
- Further reading
Sylvain Lévi, Wikipedia- Britannica Editors. "Sylvain Lévi". Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Oct. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvain-Levi. Accessed 6 February 2026.
