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The Sacred Books of the East (SBE) series, comprising fifty volumes, was published by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhistdhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianoastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist and scholar of comparative religion, Max Müller. He wrote three of the volumes, and collaborated on three others. Some of these are the only translations available in English. The SBE has been designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as part of the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works.
All fifty volumes of this work are in this digital library on CD-ROM. Titles on the disk are:
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Vol. |
Group | Published | Translator | Title and contents |
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| 1 | Hindu | 1879 | Max Müller | 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, vol. 1 of 2. The sacred laws of the Aryas as taught in the school of Apastamba, Gautama, Vâsishtha, and Baudhâyana. pt. I. Apastamba and Gautama. (The Dharma Sutras). |
| 3 | China | 1879 | James Legge | The Sacred Books of China, vol. 1 of 6. Part I of The Texts of Confucianism. The Shû king. The religions portions of the Shih king. The Hsiâo king. |
| 4 | Zoroastrian | 1880 | James Darmesteter | The Zend-Avesta, vol. 1 of 3. The Vendîdâd. |
| 5 | Zoroastrian | 1880 | E. W. West | Pahlavi Texts, vol. 1 of 5. The Bundahis, Bahman Yast, and Shayast La-Shayast. |
| 6 | Islam | 1880 | E. H. Palmer | The Qur'an, vol. 1 of 2. |
| 7 | Hindu | 1880 | Julius Jolly | The Institutes of Visnu. |
| 8 | Hindu | 1882 | Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang | The Bhagavadgita With the Sanatsugâtiya and the Anugitâ. |
| 9 | Islam | 1880 | E. H. Palmer | The Qur'an, vol. 2 of 2. |
| 10 | Buddhist | 1881 | F. Max Müller (Dhammapada)Viggo Fausböll (Sutta-Nipata) | The Dhammapada and The Sutta-Nipâta, a collection of discourses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists, translated from Pali; and The Dhammapada, a collection of verses, translated from Pali. |
| 11 | Buddhist | 1881 | T. W. 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, The Sabbâsava Sutta. |
| 12 | Hindu | 1882 | Julius Eggeling | The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school, vol. 1 of 5. |
| 13 | Buddhist | 1881 | T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg | Vinaya Texts, vol. 1 of 3. The Patimokkha. The Mahavagga, I-IV. |
| 14 | Hindu | 1882 | Georg Bühler | The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, vol. 2 of 2. The sacred laws of the Aryas as taught in the school of Apastamba, Gautama, Vâsishtha, and Baudhâyana. pt. II. Vâsishtha and Baudhâyana. |
| 15 | Hindu | 1884 | Max Müller | The Upanishads, part 2 of 2. Katha Upanishad. Mundaka Upanishad. Taittiriya Upanishad. Brhadaranyaka Upanishad. Svetasvatara Upanishad. Prasña Upanishad. Maitrayani Upanishad. |
| 16 | China | 1882 | James Legge | The Sacred Books of China, vol. 2 of 6. Part II of The Texts of Confucianism. The Yi King: (I Ching). |
| 17 | Buddhist | 1882 | T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg | Vinaya Texts, vol. 2 of 3. The Mahavagga, V-X, the Kullavagga I-II. |
| 18 | Zoroastrian | 1882 | E. W. West | Pahlavi Texts, vol. 2 of 5. The Dâdistân-î Dinik and the Epistles of Mânûskîhar. |
| 19 | Buddhist | 1883 | Samuel Beal | The Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king, a life of Buddha, by Ashvaghosha, Bodhisattva; translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A. D. 420. |
| 20 | Buddhist | 1885 | T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg | Vinaya Texts, vol. 3 of 3. The Kullavagga, IV-XII. |
| 21 | Buddhist | 1884 | H. Kern | The Saddharma-Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law. |
| 22 | Jain | 1884 | Hermann Jacobi | Gaina Sûtras, vol. 1 of 2, translated from the Prâkrit. The Âkârânga sûtra. The Kalpa sûtra. |
| 23 | Zoroastrian | 1883 | James Darmesteter | The Zend-Avesta, vol. 2 of 3. The Sîrôzahs, Yasts, and Nyâyis. |
| 24 | Zoroastrian | 1884 | E. W. West | Pahlavi Texts, vol. 3 of 5. Dinai Mainög-i khirad, Sikand-Gümanik Vigar, Sad Dar. |
| 25 | Hindu | 1886 | Georg Bühler | The Laws of Manu. Translated, with extracts from seven commentaries. |
| 26 | Jain | 1885 | Julius Eggeling | The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school, vol. 2 of 5, Books III-IV |
| 27 | China | 1885 | James Legge | The Sacred Books of China, vol. 3 of 6. Part III of the texts of Confucianism. The Lî Kî, part 1 of 2. |
| 28 | China | 1885 | James Legge | The Sacred Books of China, vol. 4 of 6. Part IV of the texts of Confucianism. The Lî Kî, part 2 of 2. |
| 29 | Hindu | 1886 | Hermann Oldenberg | The Grihya-sutras; rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies. vol. 1 of 2. Sankhyayana-Grihya-sutra. Asvalayana-Grihya-sutra. Paraskara-Grihya-sutra. Khadia-Grihya-sutra. |
| 30 | Hindu | 1892 | Hermann Oldenberg, Max Müller | The Grihya-sutras; rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies. vol. 2 of 2. Gobhila, Hiranyakesin, Apastamba (Olderberg); Yajña Paribhashasutras (Müller). |
| 31 | Zoroastrian | 1887 | Lawrence Heyworth Mills | The Zend-Avkesta, vol. 3 of 3. The Yasna, Visparad, Afrînagân, Gâhs, and miscellaneous fragments. |
| 32 | Hindu | 1891 | Max Müller | Vedic Hymns, vol. 1 of 2. Hymns to the Maruts, 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). |
| 34 | Hindu | 1890 | George Thibaut | The Vedanta-Sutras, vol. 1 of 3. Commentary by Sankaracharya, part 1 of 2. Adhyâya I-II (Pâda I-II). |
| 35 | Buddhist | 1890 | T. W. Rhys Davids | The Questions of King Milinda, vol. 1 of 2. Milindapañha. |
| 36 | Buddhist | 1894 | T. W. Rhys Davids | The Questions of King Milinda, vol. 2 of 2. Milindapañha. |
| 37 | Zoroastrian | 1892 | E. W. West | Pahlavi Texts, vol. 4 of 5. Contents of the Nasks. |
| 38 | Hindu | 1896 | George Thibaut | The Vedanta-Sutras, vol. 2 of 3, commentary by Sankaracharya, part 1 of 2. Adhyâya II (Pâda III-IV) -IV. |
| 39 | China | 1891 | James Legge | The Texts of Taoism, Part 1 of 2. The Sacred Books of China, vol. 5 of 6. Also: The Tâo the king (Tao te Ching): The writings of Kwang-tze, books I-XVII. |
| 40 | China | 1891 | James Legge | The Texts of Taoism, Part 2 of 2. Includes The Writings of Kwang Tse, books XVII-XXXIII, The Thâi-shang tractate of actions and their retributions, other Taoist texts, and the Index to vols. 39 and 40. |
| 41 | Hindu | 1894 | Julius Eggeling | The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school, vol. 3 of 5. Books V, VI, VII. |
| 42 | Hindu | 1897 | Maurice Bloomfield | Hymns of the Atharvaveda, Together With Extracts From the Ritual Books and the Commentaries. |
| 43 | Hindu | 1897 | Julius Eggeling | The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school, vol. 4 of 5, Books VII, IX, X. |
| 44 | Hindu | 1900 | Julius Eggeling | The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school, vol. 5 of 5, Books XI, XII, XIII, XIV. |
| 45 | Jain | 1895 | Hermann Jacobi | Gaina Sûtras, vol. 2 of 2, translated from Prâkrit. The Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra, The Sûtrakritânga Sûtra. |
| 46 | Hindu | 1897 | Hermann Oldenberg | Vedic Hymns, vol. 2 of 2. Hymns to Agni (Mandalas I-V). |
| 47 | Zoroastrian | 1897 | E. W. West | Pahlavi Texts, vol. 5 of 5. Marvels of Zoroastrianoastrianism. |
| 48 | Hindu | 1904 | George Thibaut | The Vedanta-Sutras, vol. 3 of 3, with the commentary of Râmânuja. |
| 49 | Buddhist | 1894 | Edward Byles Cowell, F. Max Müller and Takakusu Junjiro | Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts. Part 1. The Buddhistdha-karita of Asvaghosha, translated from the Sanskrit by E. B. 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 F. Max Müller. The Amitâyur dhyâna-sûtra, translated by J. Takakusu. |
| 50 | index | 1910 | Moriz Winternitz, with a preface by Arthur Anthony Macdonell | General index to the names and subject-matter of the sacred books of the East. |
