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10006 39 ,, »«aspirats ....... 40 Media ............ 41, aspirata........ 42 Nasalis............ 43 Semivocalis ......... 44 ” 45 » diacritica . . 46 Spiritus asper ........ 47 ww lenis. 2... 2 eee Labialos. 48 Tenuis ... 49 ,, aspirata ....... 50 Media ..........6. 51 ,, aspirata ....... 52 Tenuissima.......... 53 Nasalis.......-.-.4.. 54 Semivocalis ......... 55 » aspirata..... 56 Spiritus asperr ........ 57 » lenis......... 58 Anusvira. .....0020. 59 Visarga. ... 2.2 eeee Cr er? sh |... ah j{... Br BS ce ee ce ee eocee eoeee FOR THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST. 379 VOWELS. MISSIONARY ALPHABET. I Class. IT Class. III Class. Pehlevi. Persian, Arabic. “ BELSE e. Ur. aa Ce < Or i Tue lis s 1 Neutralis........... 2 Laryngo-palatalis ...... 3 » labialis ....... 4 Gutturalis brevis... .... fi) » longa ....... 6 Palatalis brevis. ....... 7 » longa... ..... 8 Dentalis brevis. ....... 9 » longa........ 10 Lingualis brevis ....... 11 ” longa ...... . 12 Labialis brevis ........ 13 » longa .......- 14 Gutturo-palatalis brevis . . . 15 » longa ... 16 Diphthongus gutturo-palatalis 17 ” ” 18 ” 2” 19 Gutturo-labialis brevis...» 20 ” longa.... 21 Diphthongus gutturo-labialis 22 ” ” 23 ” ” 24 Gutturalis fracta....... 25 Palatalis fractta........ 26 Labialis fracta .....- +> 27 Gutturo-labialis fracta. .- ee ee eee BB wore er hr 6. we 380 TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS, SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY THE RIGHT HQN. F. MAX MULLER. et, This Series ts published with the sanction and co-operation of the Sec: etary of State for India in Council. REPORT presented to the ACADEMIE DES INSCRIPTIONS, May 11, 1883, by M. ERNEST RENAN. ‘M. Renan présente trois nouveaux volumes de la grande collection des ‘* Livres sacrés de l’Orient” (Sacred Books of the East), que dirige 4 Oxford, avec une si vaste érudition et une critique si s(ire, le savant associé de l’Académie des Inscriptions, M. Max Miiller.... La premiére série de ce beau recueil, compe sée de 24 volumes, est presque achevée. . Max Miller se propose d’en publier une seconde, dont l’intérét historique et religieux ne sera pas moindre. M. Max Miiller a su se procurer la collaboration des savans les plus éminens d’Europe et d’Asie. L’Université d’Oxford, que cette grande publication honore au plus haut degré, doit tenir 4 continuer dans les plus larges proportions une ceuvre aussi philosophiquement congue que savamment exécutée.’ BXTRAOCT from the QUARTERLY REVIEW. ‘We rejoice to notice that a second series of these translations has been announced and has actually begun to appear. The stones, at least, out of which a stately edifice may hereafter arise, are here being brought together. Prof. Max Miiller has deserved well of scientific history. Not a few minds owe to his enticing words their first attraction to this branch of study. But no work of his, not even the
2The stones, at least, out of which a stately edifice may hereafter arise, are here being brought together. Prof. Max Miiller has deserved well of scientific history. Not a few minds owe to his enticing words their first attraction to this branch of study. But no work of his, not even the great edition of the Rig-Veda, can compare in importance or in usefulness with this English translation of the Sacred Books of the East, which has been devised by his foresight, successfully brought so far by his persuasive and organising power, and will, we trust, by the assistance of the distinguished scholars he has gathered round him, be carried in due time to a happy completion.’ Professor BE. RABDY, Inaugural Lecture in the University of Freiburg, 1887. ‘Die allgemeine vergleichende Religionswissenschaft datirt von jenem grossartigen, in seiner Art einzig dastehenden Unternehmen, zu welchem auf Anregung Max Millers im Jahre 1874 auf dem internationalen Orientalistencongress in London der Grundstein gelegt worden war, die Ubersetzung der heiligen Biicher des Ostens’ (the Sacred Books of the East). The Kon. ALBERT 8S. G. CANNING, ‘Words on Existing Religions.’ * The recent publication of the ‘“ Sacred Books of the East” in English is surely cs —— a great event in the annals of theological literature.’ OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS LONDON: HENRY FROWDE - OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE, AMEN CORNER, E.C. o >» 2 SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST: FIRST SERIES. vou. 1. The Upanishads. Translated by F. Max Miitrer. Part I. The X/AAndogyaupanishad, The Talavak4ra-upanishad, The Aitareya-Aranyaka, The Kaushitaki-brahmaza-upanishad, and The Vagasaneyisamhit4-upanishad. Second Edttion. 8vo, cloth, tos. 6d. The Upanishads contain the philosophy of the Veda. They have become the foundation of the later Vedénta doctrines, and indirectly of Buddhism. Schopenhauer, speaking of the Upanishads, says: ‘In the whole world there ts no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, tt will be the solace of my death’ [See also Vol. XV.] Von. 11. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, As taught in the Schools of Apastamba, Gautama, VAsish/fa, and Baudhfyana. Translated by Georc BUnrer. Part I. Apastamba and Gautama. Second Edtf1on. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas contain the original treatises on which the Laws of Manu and other lawgivers were founded, [See also Vol. XIV. vou. 111. The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by James Lecce. Part I. The Sh King, The Religious Portions of the Shih King, and The Hsiao King. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 125. 6d. 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 unique interest for the study of Ethology. [See also Vols. XVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXXIX, and XL]
3Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 125. 6d. 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 unique 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 Vendidad. Second Edition, 8vo, cloth, 145. The Zend-Avesta contains the relics of what was the religion of Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, and, but for the battle of Marathon, Pa EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER. 3 might have become the religion of Europe. 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-shfyast. 8vo, cloth, r2s. 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, XXXVI, and XLVIL] Vous. VI anp IX. The Qur'’dn. PartsI and II. Translated by E.H. Parmer. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 21s. This translation, carried out according to his own peculiar views of the origin of the Qur’dn, was the last greal work of E. H. Palmer, before he was murdered in Egypt. Vou. vi. The Institutes ‘of Vishzu. Translated by Jutius Jotty. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d. A collection of legal aphorisms, closely connected with one of the oldest Vedic schools, the Kathas, but considerably added to tn later time. Of tmporlance for a critical study of the Laws of Manu. Vou. vir. The Bhagavadgita, with The Sanatsugattya, and The Anugita. Translated by KAsninAtH Trimpak TELanc. 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 Mucrer; and The Sutta-Nipata, Translated from Pali by V. Fauspdti; being Canonical Books of the Buddhists, Second Edttion. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d. The Dhammapada contains the quintessence of Buddhist morality. The Sutta-Nipdia gives the authentic teaching of Buddha on some Of the fundamental principles of religion. 4 SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST: Vou. XI. Buddhist Suttas. Translated from Pali by T. W. Ruys Davips. 1. The Mahaparinibbana Suttanta; 2. The Dhamma-dakka-ppavattana Sutta. 3. The Tevigga Suttanta; 4. The Akankheyya Sutta ; 5. The Xetokhila Sutta; 6. The Mahd-sudassana Suttanta ; 4. The Sabbasava 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. XII. The Satapatha-Brahmaza, according to the Text of the Madhyandina School. Translated by Jurrus Eccetinc. Part I. Books I and II. 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
10006 39 ,, »«aspirats ....... 40 Media ............ 41, aspirata........ 42 Nasalis............ 43 Semivocalis ......... 44 ” 45 » diacritica . . 46 Spiritus asper ........ 47 ww lenis. 2... 2 eee Labialos. 48 Tenuis ... 49 ,, aspirata ....... 50 Media ..........6. 51 ,, aspirata ....... 52 Tenuissima.......... 53 Nasalis.......-.-.4.. 54 Semivocalis ......... 55 » aspirata..... 56 Spiritus asperr ........ 57 » lenis......... 58 Anusvira. .....0020. 59 Visarga. ... 2.2 eeee Cr er? sh |... ah j{... Br BS ce ee ce ee eocee eoeee FOR THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST. 379 VOWELS. MISSIONARY ALPHABET. I Class. IT Class. III Class. Pehlevi. Persian, Arabic. “ BELSE e. Ur. aa Ce < Or i Tue lis s 1 Neutralis........... 2 Laryngo-palatalis ...... 3 » labialis ....... 4 Gutturalis brevis... .... fi) » longa ....... 6 Palatalis brevis. ....... 7 » longa... ..... 8 Dentalis brevis. ....... 9 » longa........ 10 Lingualis brevis ....... 11 ” longa ...... . 12 Labialis brevis ........ 13 » longa .......- 14 Gutturo-palatalis brevis . . . 15 » longa ... 16 Diphthongus gutturo-palatalis 17 ” ” 18 ” 2” 19 Gutturo-labialis brevis...» 20 ” longa.... 21 Diphthongus gutturo-labialis 22 ” ” 23 ” ” 24 Gutturalis fracta....... 25 Palatalis fractta........ 26 Labialis fracta .....- +> 27 Gutturo-labialis fracta. .- ee ee eee BB wore er hr 6. we 380 TRANSLITERATION OF ORIENTAL ALPHABETS, SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY THE RIGHT HQN. F. MAX MULLER. et, This Series ts published with the sanction and co-operation of the Sec: etary of State for India in Council. REPORT presented to the ACADEMIE DES INSCRIPTIONS, May 11, 1883, by M. ERNEST RENAN. ‘M. Renan présente trois nouveaux volumes de la grande collection des ‘* Livres sacrés de l’Orient” (Sacred Books of the East), que dirige 4 Oxford, avec une si vaste érudition et une critique si s(ire, le savant associé de l’Académie des Inscriptions, M. Max Miiller.... La premiére série de ce beau recueil, compe sée de 24 volumes, est presque achevée. . Max Miller se propose d’en publier une seconde, dont l’intérét historique et religieux ne sera pas moindre. M. Max Miiller a su se procurer la collaboration des savans les plus éminens d’Europe et d’Asie. L’Université d’Oxford, que cette grande publication honore au plus haut degré, doit tenir 4 continuer dans les plus larges proportions une ceuvre aussi philosophiquement congue que savamment exécutée.’ BXTRAOCT from the QUARTERLY REVIEW. ‘We rejoice to notice that a second series of these translations has been announced and has actually begun to appear. The stones, at least, out of which a stately edifice may hereafter arise, are here being brought together. Prof. Max Miiller has deserved well of scientific history. Not a few minds owe to his enticing words their first attraction to this branch of study. But no work of his, not even the
2The stones, at least, out of which a stately edifice may hereafter arise, are here being brought together. Prof. Max Miiller has deserved well of scientific history. Not a few minds owe to his enticing words their first attraction to this branch of study. But no work of his, not even the great edition of the Rig-Veda, can compare in importance or in usefulness with this English translation of the Sacred Books of the East, which has been devised by his foresight, successfully brought so far by his persuasive and organising power, and will, we trust, by the assistance of the distinguished scholars he has gathered round him, be carried in due time to a happy completion.’ Professor BE. RABDY, Inaugural Lecture in the University of Freiburg, 1887. ‘Die allgemeine vergleichende Religionswissenschaft datirt von jenem grossartigen, in seiner Art einzig dastehenden Unternehmen, zu welchem auf Anregung Max Millers im Jahre 1874 auf dem internationalen Orientalistencongress in London der Grundstein gelegt worden war, die Ubersetzung der heiligen Biicher des Ostens’ (the Sacred Books of the East). The Kon. ALBERT 8S. G. CANNING, ‘Words on Existing Religions.’ * The recent publication of the ‘“ Sacred Books of the East” in English is surely cs —— a great event in the annals of theological literature.’ OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS LONDON: HENRY FROWDE - OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE, AMEN CORNER, E.C. o >» 2 SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST: FIRST SERIES. vou. 1. The Upanishads. Translated by F. Max Miitrer. Part I. The X/AAndogyaupanishad, The Talavak4ra-upanishad, The Aitareya-Aranyaka, The Kaushitaki-brahmaza-upanishad, and The Vagasaneyisamhit4-upanishad. Second Edttion. 8vo, cloth, tos. 6d. The Upanishads contain the philosophy of the Veda. They have become the foundation of the later Vedénta doctrines, and indirectly of Buddhism. Schopenhauer, speaking of the Upanishads, says: ‘In the whole world there ts no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, tt will be the solace of my death’ [See also Vol. XV.] Von. 11. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, As taught in the Schools of Apastamba, Gautama, VAsish/fa, and Baudhfyana. Translated by Georc BUnrer. Part I. Apastamba and Gautama. Second Edtf1on. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas contain the original treatises on which the Laws of Manu and other lawgivers were founded, [See also Vol. XIV. vou. 111. The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by James Lecce. Part I. The Sh King, The Religious Portions of the Shih King, and The Hsiao King. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 125. 6d. 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 unique interest for the study of Ethology. [See also Vols. XVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXXIX, and XL]
3Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 125. 6d. 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 unique 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 Vendidad. Second Edition, 8vo, cloth, 145. The Zend-Avesta contains the relics of what was the religion of Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, and, but for the battle of Marathon, Pa EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER. 3 might have become the religion of Europe. 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-shfyast. 8vo, cloth, r2s. 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, XXXVI, and XLVIL] Vous. VI anp IX. The Qur'’dn. PartsI and II. Translated by E.H. Parmer. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 21s. This translation, carried out according to his own peculiar views of the origin of the Qur’dn, was the last greal work of E. H. Palmer, before he was murdered in Egypt. Vou. vi. The Institutes ‘of Vishzu. Translated by Jutius Jotty. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d. A collection of legal aphorisms, closely connected with one of the oldest Vedic schools, the Kathas, but considerably added to tn later time. Of tmporlance for a critical study of the Laws of Manu. Vou. vir. The Bhagavadgita, with The Sanatsugattya, and The Anugita. Translated by KAsninAtH Trimpak TELanc. 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 Mucrer; and The Sutta-Nipata, Translated from Pali by V. Fauspdti; being Canonical Books of the Buddhists, Second Edttion. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d. The Dhammapada contains the quintessence of Buddhist morality. The Sutta-Nipdia gives the authentic teaching of Buddha on some Of the fundamental principles of religion. 4 SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST: Vou. XI. Buddhist Suttas. Translated from Pali by T. W. Ruys Davips. 1. The Mahaparinibbana Suttanta; 2. The Dhamma-dakka-ppavattana Sutta. 3. The Tevigga Suttanta; 4. The Akankheyya Sutta ; 5. The Xetokhila Sutta; 6. The Mahd-sudassana Suttanta ; 4. The Sabbasava 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. XII. The Satapatha-Brahmaza, according to the Text of the Madhyandina School. Translated by Jurrus Eccetinc. Part I. Books I and II. 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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