From the Upanishads to Buddhism

…He taught Sanskrit, Pali and Buddhist studies at the University of Kiel and the University of Göttingen. Along with Thomas William Rhys Davids, he played a pioneering role in the study of Pali Buddhist scriptures (publishing the entire Vinaya text in its original text in 1879-83), and is known for tracing the origin of Buddhist thought to the Upanishads (From the Upanishads to Buddhism, 1915) and documentarily proving the historical existence of the Buddha (Buddha, His Life, Doctrine and Organization, 1881). [Marui Hiroshi] …

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…キール大学，ゲッティンゲン大学で梵語，パーリ語，仏教学を講じた。リス･デービッズThomas William Rhys Davidsと並んで，パーリ語仏典研究に先駆者的役割を果たし(1879‐83年に律蔵全部の原典校訂出版)，仏教思想の源流をウパニシャッドに求め(《ウパニシャッドより仏教まで》1915)，仏陀の歴史的存在を文献的に立証した(《仏陀，その生涯･教理･教団》1881)ことで有名。【丸井 浩】。…

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