1900. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions.

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Contents: The Book of the Great Decease (Maha-Parinibbana Suttanta); The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness (Dhamma-Kakka-Ppavattana Sutta); On Knowledge of the Vedas (Tevigga Suttanta); If He Should Desire (Akankheyya Sutta); Barrenness and Bondage (Ketokhila Sutta); Legend of the Great King of Glory (Maha-Sudas-Sana Suttanta); and All the Asavas (Sabbasava Sutta). See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.