E. B. Cowell (1826–1903)
Author of Buddhist Mahayana Texts
About the Author
Image credit: Image from Life & letters of Edward Byles Cowell (1904) by George Cowell
Works by E. B. Cowell
Jakata or Stories of the Buddha's Former Birth's; Translated from the Pali (Jakata or Stories of the Buddha's Former Birth's, Volume III - IV) (2008) 4 copies
The Sarva-Darśana-Sam̄graha, or, Review of the different systems of Hindu philosophy (2013) 3 copies
The Sarva-Darsana-Pamgraha: Or Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy (Trubner's Oriental Series) (2001) 2 copies
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- Legal name
- Cowell, Edward Byles
- Birthdate
- 1826
- Date of death
- 1903
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- translator
teacher
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The vivid if extravagant descriptions of the paradises of the Mahayana tradition give a much more accurate idea of the
traditional popular Buddhism in much of Asia
than the abstract accounts and Zen stories which constitute most of what westerners know of Buddhism
traditional popular Buddhism in much of Asia
than the abstract accounts and Zen stories which constitute most of what westerners know of Buddhism
Originally published in Sacred Books of the East by Max Müller.
Bhante Anandajoti has much expanded and revised the pioneering 1895–1907 translation of the Jātaka Tales originally done by T. W. Rhys Davids, Robert Chalmers, H. T. Francis, W. H. D. Rouse and E. B. Cowell to create this modern, digital edition.
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- Rating
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