Oupnekhat (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Oupnek'hat》(英語表記)Oupnekhat
Oupnekhat (English spelling)

...Buddhism and other Indian religious and philosophical schools all accepted the theory of reincarnation and sought some form of liberation from it. The Upanishads were first introduced to the world in the early 19th century by the French orientalist Anquetil Duperron in his Latin translation, Oupnek'hat. This was a retranslation from Persian, and it is well known that the German philosopher Schopenhauer learned of the Upanishads through this translation and was greatly influenced by it.

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Japanese:

…仏教をはじめとするインドの宗教・哲学諸派は,一様に輪廻説を承認し,なんらかの形で輪廻から解脱することを理想としたのである。ウパニシャッドは,19世紀冒頭フランスの東洋学者アンクティル・デュペロンのラテン語訳《ウプネカットOupnek’hat》によってはじめて世界に紹介された。これはペルシア語訳からの重訳であるが,ドイツの哲学者ショーペンハウアーがこの訳によってウパニシャッドを知り,大きな影響を受けたことは有名である。…

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