The Sacred Books of the East (A GENERAL INDEX TO THE NAMES AND SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST)

The Sacred Books of the the East include all the most important works of the seven non-Christian religions that important works of the seven non Christian religions that have exercised a profound influence on the civilization of the continent of Asia. Of the Indian religion the Vedic-Brahmanic system here claims twenty-one volumes, Buddhism ten and Jainism two. Eight volumes comprise translations of the sacred books of the Persians. Two volumes represent Islam and six the two main indigenous systems of China Confucianism and Taoism. This great undertaking planned and edited by professor Max Muller has been carried out by the collaboration of twenty scholars.