Hermann Oldenberg and the Historical Imperative: Writing a Biography of Gautama Buddha from Nineteenth-Century Germany
In the second half of the nineteenth century Buddhism was well known as a religion among academic and literary circles in Europe. However, the variety of doctrinal versions and texts from different Buddhist schools posed a dilemma for the pioneering scholars in the field: which one was the real hist...
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2013-05-01
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| Series: | Acta Poética |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/acta-poetica/index.php/ap/article/view/392 |