Brief History Of Buddhist Studies In Europe And Maerica

Author(s): J W De Jong
Publisher: J W De Jong

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BUDDHIST STUDIES IN THE WEST
on the problem of pre-canonical Buddhism.97 Tuxen also is the author of one of the best books on Theravada, based upon first-hand knowledge of Buddhism in Thailand.9 Of Tucci's work on Buddhist philosophy one must mention above all his Pre-Dinnaga Buddhist texts on logic from Chinese sources (Baroda, 1929), his translation of Dinnaga's Nyayamukha and his articles on the Vadavidhi, Dinnaga, Buddhist logic before Dinnaga, etc.99 Many other articles and books on Indian Buddhism were published by Tucci before 1942.100 In the same period Erich Frauwallner published a series of important articles on Dignaga, Dharmakirti and Dharmottara which greatly increased the understanding of the role played by these thinkers in the development of Indian philosophy, 101
We mentioned before the fascination which Asvaghosa had exercised on Sylvain Lévi. E. H. Johnston (1885-1942) studied his work for many years and published exemplary editions and translations of his Saundarananda (Calcutta, 1928-1932) and his Buddhacarita (Calcutta, 1936; Acta Orientalia, 15, 1937, pp. 26-62, 85-III, 231-292). The edition and translation of the Tibetan version of the Buddhacarita by Friedrich Weller (Leipzig, 1926–1928) rendered great service to Johnston. Weller (1889- ) extensively studied Buddhist scriptures in Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese, Tibetan, Mongolian and Sogdian.102 An important Mahāyānasūtra, the Suvarnabhāsottamasutra, was edited with
*the teachings of Nagarjuna negativism? FOR Madras, XI, 1937, pp. 231-242. On Tuxen see Kaj Barr, Poul Tuxen, Oversigt over Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Virksombed 1955-1956, pp. 1-32.
97 Precanonical Buddhism, 40, 7, 1935, pp. 121-132; New Contributions to the Problem of Pre-hinayanistic Buddhism, Polish Bulletin of Oriental Studies, 1, 1937, pp. 8-17. See also Constantin Regamey, Le problème du bouddhisme primitif et les derniers travaux de Stanislaw Schayer, RO, XXI, 1957, pp. 37-58.
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Buddha. Hans Laere, dens Overlevering og dens Liv i Nutiden. København, 1928.
99 The Vādavidhi, IHQ,4, 1928, pp. 630-636; Buddhist logic before Dinnaga, JRAS, 1929, pp. 451-488, 870-871; Is the Nyayapraveśa by Dinnaga, FRAS, 1928, pp. 7-13; Bhamaha and Dinnaga, IA, 59, 1930, pp. 142-147; Notes on the Nyayapraveśa by Sankarasvamin, FRAS, 1931, pp. 381-413.
100 Cf. Giuseppe Tucci, Opera minora, I, Roma, 1971, pp. xi-xviii.
101 Cf. Verzeichnis der Schriften Erich Frauwallners, WZKSO, XII-XIII, 1968, pp.9-10. 102 Cf. Asiatica. Festschrift Friedrich Weller, Leipzig, 1954, pp. xi-xiii.
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