Sacred Books of the East

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Sacred Books of the East is a monumental 50-volume series of English translations of Asian religious writings edited by Max Müller and published by Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910 . It contains the most important sacred texts of Hinduism , Buddhism , Daoism , Confucianism , Zoroastrianism , Jainism and Islam .

From 1997 to 2008 all volumes were brought into electronic versions and are accessible online.

Volumes of the Holy Books of the East
Vol. group year translator Title and content
1 Hindu 1879 Max Muller The Upanishads , part 1 of 2. Chandogya Upanishad. Talavakara (Kena) Upanishad. Aitareya Upanishad. Kausitaki Upanishad. Vajasaneyi (Isa) Upanishad.
2 Hindu 1879 Georg Bühler The Sacred Laws of the Aryas , Volume 1 of 2. The Sacred Laws of the Aryans as taught in the schools of Apastamba , Gautama , Vâsishtha and Baudhâyana . Chapter I Apastamba and Gautama. (The Dharma Sutras).
3 China 1879 James Legge The Sacred Books of China , Volume 1 of 6. The Sacred Books of China. Part I of the Confucian text. The Shû king. The religious lines of the Shih King. The Hsiâo King.
4th Anger 1880 James Darmesteter The Zend-Avesta , Volume 1 of 3. The Vendîdâd .
5 Anger 1880 EW West Pahlavi -Text, Volume 1 of 5. The Bundahis, Bahman Yast and Shayast La-Shayast.
6th Islam 1880 EH Palmer The Quran , Volume 1 of 2.
7th Hindu 1880 Julius Jolly The Institutes of Visnu . Vishnu's commandments
8th Hindu 1882 Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang The Bhagavadgita with the Sanatsugâtiya and the Anugitâ .
9 Islam 1880 EH Palmer The Quran, Volume 2 of 2.
10 Bud 1881 Max Müller (Dhammapada) Viggo Fausböll (Sutta-Nipata) The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipâta, a collection of discourses; Part of the Buddhist canonical books, translated from the Pāli ; and the Dhammapada, an assembly, also translated from the Pāli.
11 Bud 1881 TW Rhys Davids Buddhist suttas. The Mahâ-parinibbâna Suttanta, the Dhamma-kakka-ppavattana Sutta, the Tevigga Suttanta, the Âkankheyya Sutta, the Ketokhila Sutta, the Mahâ-Sudassana Suttanta and the Sabbâsava Sutta.
12 Hindu 1882 Julius Eggeling The Satapatha Brahmana based on the text of the Mâdhyandina School, Volume 1 of 5, Books I and II
13 Bud 1881 TW Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg Vinaya Texts, Volume 1 of 3. The Patimokkha. The Mahavagga, I-IV.
14th Hindu 1882 Georg Bühler The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, Volume 2 of 2. The Sacred Laws of the Aryans. Chapter II Vâsishtha and Baudhâyana.
15th Hindu 1884 Max Muller The Upanishads, part 2 of 2. Katha Upanishad. Mundaka Upanishad. Taittiriya Upanishad. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Svetasvatara Upanishad. Prasña Upanishad. Maitrayani Upanishad.
16 China 1882 James Legge The Sacred Books of China, Volume 2 of 6. The Sacred Books of China. Part II of the Confucian text. The Yi King .
17th Bud 1882 TW Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg Vinaya Texts, Volume 2 of 3. The Mahavagga, VX, the Kullavagga I-II.
18th Anger 1882 EW West Pahlavi texts, Volume 2 of 5. The Dâdistân-î Dinik and the letters of the Mânûskîhar.
19th Bud 1883 Samuel Beal The Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king, a life of Buddha , The Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king, a life of the Buddha, by Ashvaghosha , Bodhisattva ; Translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha , AD 420.
20th Bud 1885 TW Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg Vinaya Texts, Volume 3 of 3. The Kullavagga, IV-XII.
21st Bud 1884 Hendrik Kern The Saddharma-Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law, Das Saddharma-Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law.
22nd Jain 1884 Hermann Jakobi Gaina Sûtras, Volume 1 of 2, translated from the Prâkrit . The Âkârânga sûtra. The Kalpa sûtra .
23 Anger 1883 James Darmesteter The Zend-Avesta, Volume 2 of 3. The Sîrôzahs, Yasts and Nyâyis.
24 Anger 1884 EW West Pahlavi texts, Volume 3 of 5. Dinai Mainög-i khirad, Sikand-Gümanik Vigar, Sad Dar .
25th Hindu 1886 Georg Bühler The Laws of Manu. The Laws of Manus (The Manusmriti ). Translated, with excerpts from seven comments.
26th Jain 1885 Julius Eggeling The Satapatha Brahmana based on the text of the Mâdhyandina School, Volume 2 of 5, Books III and IV
27 China 1885 James Legge The Sacred Books of China, Volume 3 of 6. The Sacred Books of China. Part III of the Confucian text. The Lî Kî, part 1 of 2.
28 China 1885 James Legge The Sacred Books of China, Volume 4 of 6. The Sacred Books of China. Part III of the Confucian text. The Lî Kî, part 2 of 2.
29 Hindu 1886 Hermann Oldenberg The grihya sutras; Rules of Vedic , indigenous ceremonies. Volume 1 of 2. Sankhyayana Grihya sutra. Asvalayana Grihya sutra. Paraskara Grihya sutra. Khadia Grihya sutra.
30th Hindu 1892 Hermann Oldenberg, Max Müller The grihya sutras; Rules of Vedic, indigenous ceremonies. Volume 2 of 2. Gobhila, Hiranyakesin, Apastamba (Olderberg); Yajña Paribhashasutras (Miller).
31 Anger 1887 Lawrence Heyworth Mills The Zend-Avesta, Volume 3 of 3. The Yasna, Visparad , Afrînagân, Gâhs and various fragments.
32 Hindu 1891 Max Muller Vedic Hymns, Volume 1 of 2. Vedic hymns of praise for the Marutas , Rudra , Vâyu and Vâta . With a bibliographical list of the more important publications on the Rig-veda.
33 Hindu 1889 Julius Jolly The Minor Law Books: Brihaspati . (Part 1 of 1). The smaller law books.
34 Hindu 1890 George Thibaut The Vedanta Sutras, Volume 1 of 3. Commentary by Sankaracharya , Part 1 of 2. Adhyâya I-II (Pâda I-II).
35 Bud 1890 TW Rhys Davids The Questions of King Milinda, Volume 1 of 2. The Questions of King Menandro . Milindapañha .
36 Bud 1894 TW Rhys Davids The Questions of King Milinda, Volume 2 of 2. The Questions of King Menandro. Milindapañha.
37 Anger 1892 EW West Pahlavi texts, volume 4 of 5. Contents of the tasks.
38 Hindu 1896 George Thibaut The Vedanta Sutras, Volume 2 of 3, Commentary by Sankaracharya, Part 2 of 2. Adhyâya III-IV (Pâda III-IV).
39 China 1891 James Legge The Texts of Taoism, Part 1 of 2. The Texts of Taoism . The Sacred Books of China, Volume 5 of 6. The Sacred Books of China. In addition, The King's Tâo ( Tao te Ching ): The Writings of Kwang-Tze , Books I-XVII.
40 China 1891 James Legge The Texts of Taoism, Part 2 of 2. The Texts of Taoism. The Sacred Books of China, Volume 6 of 6. The Sacred Books of China. The writings of Kwang-Tse, books XVIII-XXXIII, the Thâi-shang treatise on deeds and their retaliations, other Taoist texts and the index to items 39 and 40 of the complete list.
41 Hindu 1894 Julius Eggeling The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina School, Volume 3 of 5, Books V-VII.
42 Hindu 1897 Maurice Bloomfield Hymns of the Atharvaveda . The hymns of the Atharvaveda. Together with excerpts from the ritual books and comments.
43 Hindu 1897 Julius Eggeling The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina School, Volume 4 of 5, Books VIII-X.
44 Hindu 1900 Julius Eggeling The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina School, Volume 5 of 5, Books XI-XIV.
45 Jain 1895 Hermann Jakobi Gaina Sûtras, Volume 2 of 2, translated from the Prâkrit. The Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra, the Sûtrakritânga Sûtra.
46 Hindu 1897 Hermann Oldenberg Vedic Hymns, Volume 2 of 2. Vedic hymns of praise. Chants of praise for Agni (Mandalas IV).
47 Anger 1897 EW West Pahlavi texts, volume 5 of 5th miracles of Zoroastrianism .
48 Hindu 1904 George Thibaut The Vedanta Sutras, Volume 3 of 3, with a commentary by Râmânuja .
49 Bud 1894 Edward Byles Cowell , Max Müller and Takakusu Junjirō Buddhist Mahâyâna texts. Part 1 The Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha, translated from Sanskrit by EB Cowell. Part 2 the larger Sukhâvatî-vyûha, the smaller Sukhâvatî-vyûha, the Vagrakkedikâ, the larger Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra, the smaller Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra, translated by Max Müller. The Amitâyur dhyâna-sûtra, translated by J. Takakusu.
50 index 1910 Moriz Winternitz , with a foreword by Arthur Anthony Macdonell General Index of the Names and Matters of the Sacred Books of the East.

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