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Sacred Books of the East

English translations of Asian religious texts (1879–1910 Max Müller, editor)

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English translations of Asian religious texts (1879–1910 Max Müller, editor)

The Sacred Books of the East is a monumental 50-volume set of English translations of Asian religious texts, edited by Max Müller and published by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It incorporates the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam.

All of the books are in the public domain in the United States, and most or all are in the public domain in many other countries. Electronic versions of all 50 volumes are widely available online.

Vol.	Title and contents	Group	Translator
The Upanishads, part 1/2:	Hindu	Max Müller	1879
The Sacred Laws of the Âryas (Dharmaśāstra), part 1/2:	Hindu	Georg Bühler	1879
The Sacred Books of China, part 1/6 – the texts of Confucianism:	China	James Legge	1879
Zend-Avesta, part 1/3:	Zor	James Darmesteter	1880
Pahlavi Texts, part 1/5:	Zor	E. W. West	1880
Qur'an part 1/2 – chapters I-XVI	Islam	E. H. Palmer	1880
The Institutes of Visnu.	Hindu	Julius Jolly	1880
The Bhagavadgîtâ:	Hindu	Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang	1882
The Qur'an, part 2/2 – chapters XVII-CXIV	Islam	E. H. Palmer	1880
Dhammapada: a collection of verses	Bud	Max Müller (Dhammapada from Pāli, Sutta-Nipata from Pāli)	1881
Buddhist Suttas:	Bud	T. W. Rhys Davids	1881
Satapatha Brahmana, part 1/5:	Hindu	Julius Eggeling	1882
Vinaya Texts, part 1/3:	Bud	T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg	1881
The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, part 2/2:	Hindu	Georg Bühler	1882
The Upanishads, part 2/2:	Hindu	Max Müller	1884
The Sacred Books of China, part 2/6 – the texts of Confucianism:	China	James Legge	1882
Vinaya Texts, part 2/3	Bud	T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg	1882
Pahlavi Texts, part 2/5	Zor	E. W. West	1882
The Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king: a life of Buddha, by Ashvaghosha, Bodhisattva; translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmakṣema (A. D. 420).	Bud	Samuel Beal	1883
Vinaya Texts, part 3/3:	Bud	T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg	1885
The Saddharma-Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law.	Bud	H. Kern	1884
Jaina Sûtras, part 1/2	Jain	Hermann Jacobi	1884
Zend-Avesta, part 2/3:	Zor	James Darmesteter	1883
Pahlavi Texts, part 3/5:	Zor	E. W. West	1884
The Laws of Manu: with extracts from seven commentaries.	Hindu	Georg Bühler	1886
Satapatha Brahmana, part 2/5	Hindu	Julius Eggeling	1885
The Sacred Books of China, part 3/6 – the texts of Confucianism:	China	James Legge	1885
The Sacred Books of China, part 4/6 – the texts of Confucianism:	China	James Legge	1885
Grihya-sutras, part 1/2 – rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies:	Hindu	Hermann Oldenberg	1886
Grihya-sutras, part 2/2 – rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies:	Hindu	Hermann Oldenberg (Apstamba),	1892
Zend-Avesta, part 3/3:	Zor	Lawrence Heyworth Mills	1887
Vedic Hymns, part 1/2	Hindu	Max Müller	1891
The Minor Law-Books: Brihaspati	Hindu	Julius Jolly	1889
Vedanta-Sutras, part 1/3	Hindu	George Thibaut	1890
The Questions of King Milinda, part 1/2	Bud	T. W. Rhys Davids	1890
The Questions of King Milinda, part 2/2	Bud	T. W. Rhys Davids	1894
Pahlavi Texts, part 4/5	Zor	E. W. West	1892
Vedanta-Sutras, part 2/3	Hindu	George Thibaut	1896
Texts of Taoism, part 1/2	China	James Legge	1891
Texts of Taoism, part 2/2	China	James Legge	1891
Satapatha Brahmana, part 3/5:	Hindu	Julius Eggeling	1894
Hymns of the Atharvaveda, Together With Extracts From the Ritual Books and the Commentaries	Hindu	Maurice Bloomfield	1897
Satapatha Brahmana, part 4/5:	Hindu	Julius Eggeling	1897
Satapatha Brahmana, part 5/5:	Hindu	Julius Eggeling	1900
Jaina Sûtras, part 2 of 2:	Jain	Hermann Jacobi	1895
Vedic Hymns, part 2/2:	Hindu	Hermann Oldenberg	1897
Pahlavi Texts, part 5/5:	Zor	E. W. West	1897
Vedanta-Sutras, part 3/3, with the commentary of Râmânuja	Hindu	George Thibaut	1904
Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts, part 1/2:	Bud	Edward Byles Cowell (part 1, from Sanskrit), Max Müller, and Takakusu Junjiro (Amitâyur)	1894
General index to the names and subject-matter of the Sacred Books of the East.	Index	Moriz Winternitz, with a preface by Arthur Anthony Macdonell	1910

References

[http://www.sacred-texts.com/sbe/ sacred-texts.com]
Müller, Max. [1879]. ''[https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe01/index.htm The Upanishads, Part 1]''.

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