Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings and Religion of the Parsis - To which is Also Added a Biographical Memoir of the Late Dr Haug by Professor E. P. Evans (Paperback)

Published in English in 1884, this is the posthumous third edition of an 1862 study by the German orientalist Martin Haug (1827 76). He produced this groundbreaking analysis and comparison of Sanskrit and the Avesta while professor of Sanskrit at the Government College of Poona. His time in India enabled him to make an unprecedented study of Zoroastrian texts, becoming the first to translate the seventeen Gathas into a European language, thereby helping to highlight that they were composed by Zoroaster. Edward William West (1824 1905), an engineer and self-taught orientalist, met Haug in India. Having read this work's first edition, he was inspired to study further the Pahlavi language. On his and Haug's return to Europe in 1866, they worked closely together in translating and publishing Zoroastrian texts. West's edition of Haug's Essays includes several updates, unpublished papers from Haug's collection, appendices of further translations, and a biography of the author.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	May 2013
Authors:	Martin Haug
Translators:	Edward William West
Preface by:	E.P. Evans
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	480
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-05373-0
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Promotions
LSN:	1-108-05373-4
Barcode:	9781108053730

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