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TheSacred Books of the East is a monumental 50-volume set of English translations of Asianreligious texts, edited byMax Müller and published by theOxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It incorporates the essential sacred texts ofHinduism,Buddhism,Taoism,Confucianism,Zoroastrianism,Jainism, andIslam.
All of the books are in thepublic domain in the United States, and most or all are in the public domain in many other countries.[1] Electronic versions of all 50 volumes are widely available online.
| Vol. | Title and contents | Group | Translator | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TheUpanishads, part 1/2:[2] | Hindu | Max Müller | 1879 |
| 2 | The Sacred Laws of the Âryas (Dharmaśāstra), part 1/2: | Hindu | Georg Bühler | 1879 |
| 3 | TheSacred Books of China, part 1/6 – the texts ofConfucianism:
| China | James Legge | 1879 |
| 4 | Zend-Avesta, part 1/3: | Zor | James Darmesteter | 1880 |
| 5 | Pahlavi Texts, part 1/5: | Zor | E. W. West | 1880 |
| 6 | Qur'an part 1/2 – chapters I-XVI | Islam | E. H. Palmer | 1880 |
| 7 | The Institutes ofVisnu. | Hindu | Julius Jolly | 1880 |
| 8 | TheBhagavadgîtâ: | Hindu | Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang | 1882 |
| 9 | The Qur'an, part 2/2 – chapters XVII-CXIV | Islam | E. H. Palmer | 1880 |
| 10 | Dhammapada: a collection of verses Sutta-Nipâta: a collection of discourses, one of the canonical books of theBuddhists | Bud | Max Müller (Dhammapada fromPāli, Sutta-Nipata from Pāli) | 1881 |
| 11 | Buddhist Suttas:
| Bud | T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 |
| 12 | Satapatha Brahmana, part 1/5:
| Hindu | Julius Eggeling | 1882 |
| 13 | Vinaya Texts, part 1/3:
| Bud | T. W. Rhys Davids andHermann Oldenberg | 1881 |
| 14 | The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, part 2/2:
| Hindu | Georg Bühler | 1882 |
| 15 | TheUpanishads, part 2/2: | Hindu | Max Müller | 1884 |
| 16 | The Sacred Books of China, part 2/6 – the texts ofConfucianism:
| China | James Legge | 1882 |
| 17 | Vinaya Texts, part 2/3
| Bud | T. W. Rhys Davids andHermann Oldenberg | 1882 |
| 18 | Pahlavi Texts, part 2/5
| Zor | E. W. West | 1882 |
| 19 | TheFo-sho-hing-tsan-king: a life ofBuddha, byAshvaghosha,Bodhisattva; translated fromSanskrit into Chinese byDharmakṣema (A. D. 420). | Bud | Samuel Beal | 1883 |
| 20 | Vinaya Texts, part 3/3:
| Bud | T. W. Rhys Davids andHermann Oldenberg | 1885 |
| 21 | The Saddharma-Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law. | Bud | H. Kern | 1884 |
| 22 | Jaina Sûtras, part 1/2 | Jain | Hermann Jacobi from thePrâkrit | 1884 |
| 23 | Zend-Avesta, part 2/3:
| Zor | James Darmesteter | 1883 |
| 24 | Pahlavi Texts, part 3/5:
| Zor | E. W. West | 1884 |
| 25 | TheLaws of Manu: with extracts from seven commentaries. | Hindu | Georg Bühler | 1886 |
| 26 | Satapatha Brahmana, part 2/5
| Hindu | Julius Eggeling | 1885 |
| 27 | The Sacred Books of China, part 3/6 – the texts ofConfucianism:
| China | James Legge | 1885 |
| 28 | The Sacred Books of China, part 4/6 – the texts ofConfucianism:
| China | James Legge | 1885 |
| 29 | Grihya-sutras, part 1/2 – rules ofVedic domestic ceremonies:
| Hindu | Hermann Oldenberg | 1886 |
| 30 | Grihya-sutras, part 2/2 – rules ofVedic domestic ceremonies: | Hindu | Hermann Oldenberg (Apstamba), Max Müller (Yajna) | 1892 |
| 31 | Zend-Avesta, part 3/3: | Zor | Lawrence Heyworth Mills | 1887 |
| 32 | Vedic Hymns, part 1/2 | Hindu | Max Müller | 1891 |
| 33 | The Minor Law-Books:Brihaspati | Hindu | Julius Jolly | 1889 |
| 34 | Vedanta-Sutras, part 1/3
| Hindu | George Thibaut | 1890 |
| 35 | The Questions of KingMilinda, part 1/2 | Bud | T. W. Rhys Davids | 1890 |
| 36 | The Questions of KingMilinda, part 2/2 | Bud | T. W. Rhys Davids | 1894 |
| 37 | Pahlavi Texts, part 4/5
| Zor | E. W. West | 1892 |
| 38 | Vedanta-Sutras, part 2/3
| Hindu | George Thibaut | 1896 |
| 39 | Texts ofTaoism, part 1/2
| China | James Legge | 1891 |
| 40 | Texts ofTaoism, part 2/2
| China | James Legge | 1891 |
| 41 | Satapatha Brahmana, part 3/5:
| Hindu | Julius Eggeling | 1894 |
| 42 | Hymns of theAtharvaveda, Together With Extracts From the Ritual Books and the Commentaries | Hindu | Maurice Bloomfield | 1897 |
| 43 | Satapatha Brahmana, part 4/5:
| Hindu | Julius Eggeling | 1897 |
| 44 | Satapatha Brahmana, part 5/5:
| Hindu | Julius Eggeling | 1900 |
| 45 | Jaina Sûtras, part 2 of 2: | Jain | Hermann Jacobi (fromPrâkrit) | 1895 |
| 46 | Vedic Hymns, part 2/2: | Hindu | Hermann Oldenberg | 1897 |
| 47 | Pahlavi Texts, part 5/5:
| Zor | E. W. West | 1897 |
| 48 | Vedanta-Sutras, part 3/3, with the commentary ofRâmânuja | Hindu | George Thibaut | 1904 |
| 49 | BuddhistMahâyâna Texts, part 1/2: Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts, part 2/2:
| Bud | Edward Byles Cowell (part 1, fromSanskrit), Max Müller, andTakakusu Junjiro (Amitâyur) | 1894 |
| 50 | General index to the names and subject-matter of theSacred Books of the East. | Index | Moriz Winternitz, with a preface byArthur Anthony Macdonell | 1910 |
