The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I: Âpastamba and Gautama — SBE Vol. 2 (trans. Georg Bühler, 1879)

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The translator’s English as printed (Georg Bühler & James Legge). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.

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Confucius was a collector of ancient traditions, not the founder of a new religion. As he lived in the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. his works are of untque interest for the study of Ethology.

(See also Vols. XVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXXIX, and XL.]

vou. Iv. The Zend-Avesta.

Translated by James DarmesteTer. Part I. The Vendfdad.
Second Edition, 8vo, cloth, 14s.

The Zend-Avesta contains the relics of what was the religion of

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Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes. It forms to the present day the sacred
book of the Parsts, the so-called fire-worshippers.
[See also Vols. XXIII and XXXI.]

vou. Vv. Pahlavi Texts. Translated by E. W. West. Part I. The Bundahis, Bahman Yast, and Shayast l4-shayast. 8vo, cloth, 125. 6d. The Pahlavi Texts comprise the theological literature of the revival of Zoroaster's religion, beginning with the Sassanian dynasty. They are important for a study of Gnosticism. [See also Vols. XVIII, XXIV, XXXVII, and XLVII.]

Vous. VI anv IX. The Qur'an.
PartsIand II. Translated by E. H. Parmer. Second Edrtion.
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This translation, carried out according to his own peculiar views
of the origin of the Qur’dn, was the last great work of E. H. Palmer,
before he was murdered in Egypt.

vou. vit. The Institutes of Vishzu. Translated by Jutius Jotty. 8vo, cloth, 1os. 6d. A collection of legal aphorisms, closely connected with one of the oldest Vedic schools, the Kathas, but considerably added to 1n later time. Of importance for a critical study of the Laws of Manu.

vou. vill. The Bhagavadgité,with The Sanatsugatiya, and The Anugité. Translated by KAsninAtH Trimpak Tetanc. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d. The earliest philosophical and religious poem of India. It has been paraphrased in Arnold’s ‘Song Celestial.’

vou. Xx. The Dhammapada,
Translated from Pali by F. Max Murer; and
The Sutta-Nipéta,

Translated from P4li by V. Fauspéii; being Canonical Books of the Buddhists. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 1os. 6d. The Dhammapada contains the quintessence of Buddhist morality. The Sutta-Nipdta gives the authentic teaching of Buddha on some of the fundamental princtples of religion.

4 SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST:

vou. XI. Buddhist Suttas. Translated from Pali by T. W. Ruys Davins. 1. The Mahaparinibbana Suttanta; 2. The Dhamma-sakka-ppavattana Sutta. 3. The Tevigga Suttanta; 4. The Akankheyya Sutta ; 5. The Xetokhila Sutta; 6. The Maha-sudassana Suttanta ; 4. The Sabbdsava Sutta. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d.

A collection of the most important religious, moral, and philosophical discourses taken from the sacred canon of the Buddhists.

vou. x11. The Satapatha-Brahmaza, according to the Text of the MAdhyandina School.

Translated by Jutrus Eecrrine. Part I. Books I and II.
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A minute account of the sacrificial ceremonies of the Vedic age.
Lt contains the earliest account of the Deluge in India.

[See also Vols. XXVI, XLI, XLIII, and XLIV.]

Vou. XIII. Vinaya Texts.

Translated by Jutrus Eecrrine. Part I. Books I and II.
8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d.

A minute account of the sacrificial ceremonies of the Vedic age.
Lt contains the earliest account of the Deluge in India.

[See also Vols. XXVI, XLI, XLIII, and XLIV.]

Vou. XIII. Vinaya Texts.

Translated from the Pali by T. W. Ruys Davins and HERMANN
Oxpenserc. Part I. The Patimokkha. The Mah4vagga, I-IV.
8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d.
The Vinaya Texts give for the first time a translation of the moral
code of the Buddhist religion as settled in the third century B.C.
[See also Vols. XVII and XX.]

von. XIV. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas,

As taught in the Schools of Apastamba, Gautama, VAsish/ha,
and Baudhayana. Translated by Geore Biuurr. Part II.
Vasishiha and Baudhayana. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d.

vou. XV. The Upanishads.
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The Muzdaka-upanishad, The Taittirlyaka-upanishad, The
Brthadaranyaka-upanishad, The SvetAsvatara-upanishad, The

Prasna-upanishad, and The Maitrayana-brahmava-upanishad.
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Vou. XVI. The Sacred Books of China.

The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by James Leger.
Part II. The Yf King. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d,

[See also Vols. XXVII, XXVIII]

Vou. XVII. Vinaya Texts.

Translated from the Pali by T. W. Ruys Davins and HerMANN

OxpenserG. PartII. The Mahavagga, V-X. The Xullavagga,
I-III. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d.

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vou. XVIII. Pahlavi Texts.

Translated by E. W. West. Part II. The Dadistén-f Dinitk and The Epistles of Manfskthar. 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d.

Vou. XIX. The Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
A Life of Buddha by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva, translated from
Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, a.p. 420, and from
Chinese into English by Samugt Brat. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d.
This life of Buddha was translated from Sanskrit into Chinese,
A.D.420,. Lt contains many legends, some of which show a certain
similarity to the Evangelium infantiae, &c.

Vou. xx. Vinaya Texts.

Translated from the Pali by T. W. Ruys Davins and Hermann

OxpvenBerc. Part II. The Xullavagga, IV-XII. 8vo, cloth,
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Vou, XxXI. The Saddharma-pumdarika ; or, The Lotus of the True Law.

Translated by H. Kern. 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d. ‘ The Lotus of the True Law,’ a canonical book of the Northern Buddhists, translated from Sanskrit. There ts a Chinese translation of this book which was finished as early as the year 286 A.D.

Vou, XXII. Gaina-Sitras.
Translated from Prakrit by HERMann Jacopi. Part I. The
Afaranga-Sftra and The Kalpa-Sftra. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d.

The religion of the Gainas was founded by a contemporary of Buddha.
Lt shll counts numerous adherents tn India, while there are no
Buddhists left in India proper.

[See Vol. XLV.]

Vou. XXIII. The Zend-Avesta.

Translated by James DarmesTETER. Part II. The Sirézahs,
Yasts, and Nyayis. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d.

vou. XxIv. Pahlavi Texts.

Translated by E. W. West. Part III. Dina-t Mainég-

[See Vol. XLV.]

Vou. XXIII. The Zend-Avesta.

Translated by James DarmesTETER. Part II. The Sirézahs,
Yasts, and Nyayis. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d.

vou. XxIv. Pahlavi Texts.

Translated by E. W. West. Part III. Dina-t Mainég-

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