Indian Influences in the PhilippinesSubtitle: With special reference to language and literature The standard reference on Indian influence in the Philippines is the work of the late Dr. Juan Francisco, a Filipino Indologist who obtained his Ph. D in Sanskrit at the University of Madras and who later became a professor in the University of the Philippines. Francisco gives the following Tagalog words as examples of words derived from Sanskirt: mul (from), suk (vinegar), muty (pearl),