Sacred Books of the East : series of translations of Oriental, i.e., non-European & non-Christian religious works edited by Max Müller from 1875, published in 51 volumes from 1879 to 1904. In 1883 Max Müller wrote India, what it can teach us? Already, in 1855-57, Otto von Böhtlingk & Röth had published the first Sanskrit-German 7-volume lexicon. Thus began the school of Western & westernised Indian Orientalists whose works mould ‘secular’ India’s anti-Hindu attitude. Sri Aurobindo: “Vedic Rishis ought surely to have known something about their own religion, more, let us hope, than Röth or Max Müller....” [SABCL, 17:339]
... in plan and of a not inferior importance? In answer I may quote a sentence from Professor Max Muller's Preface to the Sacred Books of the East. "I confess" he says "it has been for many years a problem to me, aye, and to a great extent is so still, how the Sacred Books of the East should, by the side of so much that is fresh, natural, simple, beautiful and true, contain so much that is not only unmeaning... a rigid selection on definite lines, the second dictated the choice of a style & method of rendering which should be literary rather than literal. The series of translations called the Sacred Books of the East, edited by the late Professor Max Muller, was executed in a scholastic and peculiar spirit. Professor Max Muller, a scholar of wide attainments, great versatility and a refreshingly active ...
... Studies in Jain Philosophy, P.V. Research Institute, Varanasi, 1985. Tart, C., (ed.), Transpersonal Psychologies, Harper & Row, New York, 1976. Thibaut, G, Vedanta Sutras, Sacred Books of the East, Oxford. Thomas, English Hill, Contemporary Ethical Theories, McMillan, London, 1950. Umesh, Yoga, Enlightenment and Perfection, Sri Vidyathirtha Foundation, Chennai, 2001. ...
... especially struck by the concept of the Atman in the Adwaita. It was borne in upon his mind that here might be a true clue to the reality behind life and the world." This referred to Max Müller's Sacred books of the East series. "At London," said Sri Aurobindo, "when I was reading Max Müller's translations of Vedanta I came upon the idea of Atman, the Self, and thought that this was the true thing to be realized ...
... type that Sri Aurobindo was using mostly in 1913 and early 1914. The system of transliteration adopted by him in this item and the next has some features in common with the one used in the Sacred Books of the East (Oxford University Press, 1879 - 1910), where some consonants were distinguished by printing them in italics. [23] Translation of RV IV.2, with the text in transliteration and notes ...
... Calcutta, Vol. II. Sharma, B.N.K., History of the Dvaita School, Motilal Banarasi Dass, Delhi, 1981. Page 109 Thibaut, G., The Vedānta Sūtras with Śankara's commentary, the Sacred books of the East, F. MaxMūller (Ed.), Motilal Banarasi Dass, 1962, Delhi, Vol. XXXIV. Upadhayaya Gopal Baldev, Bhāratiya Darśana, Chokhamba, 1984, Varanasi. Winternitz, M. History of Indian Literature ...
... Birth Centenary Library, Vol.12, Pondicherry. ——- The Foundations of Indian Culture, Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library, Vol.14, Pondicherry. Thibaut, G., Vedanta Sutras, Sacred Books of the East, Oxford. Vamekar, S.B., Sanskrit-Vangmaya Kosha (2 vols.), Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad, Calcutta. Vivekananda, Swami, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, (8 Vols.), Advaita ...
... America, Italy and Germany fired the nationalist sentiment and political idealism in India. Historical research, pioneered by Dr.Rajendralal Mitra and Romesh Chandra Dutt, the publication of the Sacred Books of the East by Max Muller, and the assiduous labours of Western Orientalists in unearthing and broadcasting the treasures of ancient Indian metaphysics, philosophy and literature contributed to the growth ...
... selfish and he felt from inside that he should give up selfishness. He tried to carry out that idea in his own way in life. Another time, while reading Max Miiller's translations in the Sacred Books of the East series , he came across the idea of self or Atman. This struck him as some reality and he decided in his mind that Vedanta has something that is to be realised in life. Page 35 ...
... mythologist, who was mainly responsible for giving a racial meaning to the word 'Aryan' -not to be found in the veda or the Indian traditions. he also prepared and and edited the series Sacred Books of the East. Page 178 went back to my rooms agitated more than my wont, and explained the matter to my brother, who was cheerfully sitting by the fire." After much running about, to the ...
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