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1... La degre, doit tenir a continuer dans les plus premiere serie de ce beau recueil, com- larges proportions une ceuvre aussi philo- posee de 24 volumes, est presque achevee. sophiquement concue que savamment M. Max Miiller se propose d'en publier executee.' EXTRACT from the QUARTERLY REVIEW. ' We rejoice to notice that a second great edition of the Rig- Veda, can corn- series of these translations has been an- pare in importance or in usefulness with nounced and has actually begun to appear, this English translation of the Sacred The stones, at least, out of which a stately Books of the East, which has been devised edifice may hereafter arise, are here being by his foresight, successfully brought so brought together. Prof. Max Miiller has far by his persuasive and organising deserved well of scientific history. Not power, and will, we trust, by the assist- a few minds owe to his enticing words ance of the distinguished scholars he has their first attraction to this branch of gathered round him, be carried in due study. But no work of his, not even the time to a happy completion.' Professor E. HARDY, Inaugural Lecture in the University of Freiburg1, 1887. ' Die allgemeine vergleichende Reli- internationalen Orientalistencongress in gionswissenschaft datirt von jenem gross- London der Grundstein gelegt worden artigen, in seiner Art einzig dastehenden war, die Ubersetzung der heiligen Biicher Unternehmen, zu welchem auf Anregung des Ostens' {the Sacred Books of the Max Miillers im Jahre 1874 auf dem East). The Hon. ALBERT S. G. CANNING, ' Words on Existing- Religions.' ' The recent publication of the " Sacred a great event in the annals of theological Books of the East" in English is surely literature.' OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS LONDON: HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE, AMEN CORNER, E.C. SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST: FIRST SERIES. Vol. I. The Upanishads. Translated by F. Max Muller. Part I. The ZMndogya- upanishad, The Talavakara-upanishad, The Aitareya-arawyaka, The Kaushitaki-brahma^a-upanishad, and The Va^asaneyi- sawhita-upanishad. Second Edition, 8vo, cloth, \os. 6d. The Upanishads contain the philosophy of the Veda. They have become the foundation of the later Veddnta doctrines, and indirectly of Buddhism. Schopenhauer, speaking of the Upanishads, says : ' In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death' [See also Vol. XV.] Vol. II. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, As taught in the Schools of Apastamba, Gautama, Vasish//&a, and Baudhayana. Translated by Georg BOhler. Part I. Apastamba and Gautama. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 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.] Vol. III. The Sacred Books of China.
2Translated by Georg BOhler. Part I. Apastamba and Gautama. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 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.] Vol. III. The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by James Legge. Part I. The Shu King, The Religious Portions of the Shih King, and The Hsiao King. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 1 2s. 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.] Vol. IV. The Zend-Avesta. Translated by James Darmesteter. Part I. The Vendidad, Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 14^. The Zend-Avesta contains the relics of what zvas the religion of EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER. Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes. It forms to the present day the sacred book of the P arsis, the so-called fire-worshippers. [See also Vols. XXIII and XXXL] Vol. V. Pahlavi Texts. Translated by E. W. West. Part I. The BundahLr, Bahman Yajt, and Shayast la-shayast. 8vo, cloth, 12^. 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 XLVIL] Vols. VI and IX. The Quran. Parts I and II. Translated by E. H. Palmer. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 2 1 j. This translation, carried out according to his own peculiar views of the origin of the Qur'dn, was the last great work ofE. H. Palmer, before he was murdered in Egypt. Vol. VII. The Institutes of Vishnu. Translated by Julius Jolly. 8vo, cloth, \os. 6d. A collection of legal aphorisms, closely connected with one of the oldest Vedic schools, the Ka//£as, but considerably added to in later time. Of importance for a critical study of the Laws of Manu. Vol. VIII. The Bhagavadgita,with The Sanatsu^atiya, and The Anugita. Translated by Kashinath Trimbak Telang. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, \os. 6d. The earliest philosophical and religious poem of India. It has been paraphrased in Arnold's 'Song Celestial.' Vol. X. The Dhammapada, Translated from Pali by F. Max Muller ; and The Sutta-Nipata, Translated from Pali by V. Fausboll ; being Canonical Books of the Buddhists. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, ioj\ 6d. The Dhammapada contains the quintessence of Buddhist morality. The Sutta-Nipata gives the authentic teaching of Buddha on some of the fundamental principles of religion. SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST: Vol. XI. Buddhist Suttas. Translated from Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids, i. The Maha- parinibbana Suttanta; 2. The Dhamma-^akka-ppavattana Sutta. 3. The Tevi^a Suttanta ; 4. The Akankheyya Sutta ; 5. The ^etokhila Sutta; 6. The Maha-sudassana Suttanta; 7. The Sabbasava Sutta. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d.
3XI. Buddhist Suttas. Translated from Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids, i. The Maha- parinibbana Suttanta; 2. The Dhamma-^akka-ppavattana Sutta. 3. The Tevi^a Suttanta ; 4. The Akankheyya Sutta ; 5. The ^etokhila Sutta; 6. The Maha-sudassana Suttanta; 7. The Sabbasava Sutta. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. A collection of the most important religious ', moral, and philosophical discourses taken from the sacred canon of the Buddhists. Vol. XII. The 6atapatha-Brahma;za, according to the Text of the Madhyandina School. Translated by Julius Eggeling. Part I. Books I and II. 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d. A minute account of the sacrificial ceremonies of the Vedic age. It contains the earliest account of the Deluge in India, [See also Vols. XXVI, XLI, XL1II, and XLIV.] Vol. XIII. Vinaya Texts. Translated from the Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg. Parti. The Patimokkha. The Mahavagga, 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.] Vol. XIV. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, As taught in the Schools of Apastamba, Gautama, VasishMa, and Baudhayana. Translated by Georg Buhler. Part II. Vasish/^a and Baudhayana. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. Vol. XV. The Upanishads. Translated by F. Max Muller. Part II. The KaMa-upanishad, The Mu/zdaka-upanishad, The Taittiriyaka-upanishad, The Br/hadara«yaka-upanishad, The £veta\rvatara-upanishad, The Praj#a-upanishad, and The Maitraya^a-brahma^a-upanishad. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. Vol. XVI. The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by James Legge. Part II. The Yi King. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. [See also Vols. XXVII, XXVIII.] Vol. XVII. Vinaya Texts. Translated from the Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg. Part II. The Mahavagga, V-X. The -^ullavagga, I-IIL 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6df EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER. Vol. XVIII. Pahlavi Texts. Translated by E. W. West. Part II. The Da^istan-i Dinik and The Epistles of Manu^ihar. 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d. Vol. XIX. The Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king. A Life of Buddha by Awaghosha Bodhisattva, translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, a.d. 420, and from Chinese into English by Samuel Beal. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. This life of Buddha was translated from Sanskrit into Chinese, A.D. 420. // contains many legends, some of which show a certain similarity to the Evangelium infant iae, §c. Vol. XX. Vinaya Texts. Translated from the Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg. Part III. The JTullavagga, IV-XII. 8vo, cloth, \os. 6d„ Vol. XXI. The Saddharma-pu/zafarika ; 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 is a Chinese transla- tion of this book which was finished as early as the year 286 A.D. Vol. XXII. (^aina-Sutras.
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.
1... La degre, doit tenir a continuer dans les plus premiere serie de ce beau recueil, com- larges proportions une ceuvre aussi philo- posee de 24 volumes, est presque achevee. sophiquement concue que savamment M. Max Miiller se propose d'en publier executee.' EXTRACT from the QUARTERLY REVIEW. ' We rejoice to notice that a second great edition of the Rig- Veda, can corn- series of these translations has been an- pare in importance or in usefulness with nounced and has actually begun to appear, this English translation of the Sacred The stones, at least, out of which a stately Books of the East, which has been devised edifice may hereafter arise, are here being by his foresight, successfully brought so brought together. Prof. Max Miiller has far by his persuasive and organising deserved well of scientific history. Not power, and will, we trust, by the assist- a few minds owe to his enticing words ance of the distinguished scholars he has their first attraction to this branch of gathered round him, be carried in due study. But no work of his, not even the time to a happy completion.' Professor E. HARDY, Inaugural Lecture in the University of Freiburg1, 1887. ' Die allgemeine vergleichende Reli- internationalen Orientalistencongress in gionswissenschaft datirt von jenem gross- London der Grundstein gelegt worden artigen, in seiner Art einzig dastehenden war, die Ubersetzung der heiligen Biicher Unternehmen, zu welchem auf Anregung des Ostens' {the Sacred Books of the Max Miillers im Jahre 1874 auf dem East). The Hon. ALBERT S. G. CANNING, ' Words on Existing- Religions.' ' The recent publication of the " Sacred a great event in the annals of theological Books of the East" in English is surely literature.' OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS LONDON: HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE, AMEN CORNER, E.C. SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST: FIRST SERIES. Vol. I. The Upanishads. Translated by F. Max Muller. Part I. The ZMndogya- upanishad, The Talavakara-upanishad, The Aitareya-arawyaka, The Kaushitaki-brahma^a-upanishad, and The Va^asaneyi- sawhita-upanishad. Second Edition, 8vo, cloth, \os. 6d. The Upanishads contain the philosophy of the Veda. They have become the foundation of the later Veddnta doctrines, and indirectly of Buddhism. Schopenhauer, speaking of the Upanishads, says : ' In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death' [See also Vol. XV.] Vol. II. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, As taught in the Schools of Apastamba, Gautama, Vasish//&a, and Baudhayana. Translated by Georg BOhler. Part I. Apastamba and Gautama. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 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.] Vol. III. The Sacred Books of China.
2Translated by Georg BOhler. Part I. Apastamba and Gautama. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 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.] Vol. III. The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by James Legge. Part I. The Shu King, The Religious Portions of the Shih King, and The Hsiao King. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 1 2s. 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.] Vol. IV. The Zend-Avesta. Translated by James Darmesteter. Part I. The Vendidad, Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 14^. The Zend-Avesta contains the relics of what zvas the religion of EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER. Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes. It forms to the present day the sacred book of the P arsis, the so-called fire-worshippers. [See also Vols. XXIII and XXXL] Vol. V. Pahlavi Texts. Translated by E. W. West. Part I. The BundahLr, Bahman Yajt, and Shayast la-shayast. 8vo, cloth, 12^. 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 XLVIL] Vols. VI and IX. The Quran. Parts I and II. Translated by E. H. Palmer. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 2 1 j. This translation, carried out according to his own peculiar views of the origin of the Qur'dn, was the last great work ofE. H. Palmer, before he was murdered in Egypt. Vol. VII. The Institutes of Vishnu. Translated by Julius Jolly. 8vo, cloth, \os. 6d. A collection of legal aphorisms, closely connected with one of the oldest Vedic schools, the Ka//£as, but considerably added to in later time. Of importance for a critical study of the Laws of Manu. Vol. VIII. The Bhagavadgita,with The Sanatsu^atiya, and The Anugita. Translated by Kashinath Trimbak Telang. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, \os. 6d. The earliest philosophical and religious poem of India. It has been paraphrased in Arnold's 'Song Celestial.' Vol. X. The Dhammapada, Translated from Pali by F. Max Muller ; and The Sutta-Nipata, Translated from Pali by V. Fausboll ; being Canonical Books of the Buddhists. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, ioj\ 6d. The Dhammapada contains the quintessence of Buddhist morality. The Sutta-Nipata gives the authentic teaching of Buddha on some of the fundamental principles of religion. SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST: Vol. XI. Buddhist Suttas. Translated from Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids, i. The Maha- parinibbana Suttanta; 2. The Dhamma-^akka-ppavattana Sutta. 3. The Tevi^a Suttanta ; 4. The Akankheyya Sutta ; 5. The ^etokhila Sutta; 6. The Maha-sudassana Suttanta; 7. The Sabbasava Sutta. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d.
3XI. Buddhist Suttas. Translated from Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids, i. The Maha- parinibbana Suttanta; 2. The Dhamma-^akka-ppavattana Sutta. 3. The Tevi^a Suttanta ; 4. The Akankheyya Sutta ; 5. The ^etokhila Sutta; 6. The Maha-sudassana Suttanta; 7. The Sabbasava Sutta. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. A collection of the most important religious ', moral, and philosophical discourses taken from the sacred canon of the Buddhists. Vol. XII. The 6atapatha-Brahma;za, according to the Text of the Madhyandina School. Translated by Julius Eggeling. Part I. Books I and II. 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d. A minute account of the sacrificial ceremonies of the Vedic age. It contains the earliest account of the Deluge in India, [See also Vols. XXVI, XLI, XL1II, and XLIV.] Vol. XIII. Vinaya Texts. Translated from the Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg. Parti. The Patimokkha. The Mahavagga, 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.] Vol. XIV. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, As taught in the Schools of Apastamba, Gautama, VasishMa, and Baudhayana. Translated by Georg Buhler. Part II. Vasish/^a and Baudhayana. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. Vol. XV. The Upanishads. Translated by F. Max Muller. Part II. The KaMa-upanishad, The Mu/zdaka-upanishad, The Taittiriyaka-upanishad, The Br/hadara«yaka-upanishad, The £veta\rvatara-upanishad, The Praj#a-upanishad, and The Maitraya^a-brahma^a-upanishad. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. Vol. XVI. The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by James Legge. Part II. The Yi King. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. [See also Vols. XXVII, XXVIII.] Vol. XVII. Vinaya Texts. Translated from the Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg. Part II. The Mahavagga, V-X. The -^ullavagga, I-IIL 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6df EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER. Vol. XVIII. Pahlavi Texts. Translated by E. W. West. Part II. The Da^istan-i Dinik and The Epistles of Manu^ihar. 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d. Vol. XIX. The Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king. A Life of Buddha by Awaghosha Bodhisattva, translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, a.d. 420, and from Chinese into English by Samuel Beal. 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. This life of Buddha was translated from Sanskrit into Chinese, A.D. 420. // contains many legends, some of which show a certain similarity to the Evangelium infant iae, §c. Vol. XX. Vinaya Texts. Translated from the Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg. Part III. The JTullavagga, IV-XII. 8vo, cloth, \os. 6d„ Vol. XXI. The Saddharma-pu/zafarika ; 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 is a Chinese transla- tion of this book which was finished as early as the year 286 A.D. Vol. XXII. (^aina-Sutras.
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