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Monier Monier-Williams

(English: Monier Monier-Williams)

Also: • Monier Williams •

(12 November 1819 − 11 April 1899)

(1819–1899)

British Sanskrit scholar and Boden Professor at Oxford. Studied and taught Indian languages and compiled a Sanskrit-English Dictionary.

His article “The Religion of Zoroaster” appeared in The Nineteenth Century, volume IX, January 1881. (BCW 3:516).

The bibliography cites Indian Wisdom, including its editions of 1875, 1876 and 1893. (BCW 4:658).

Author of Indian Wisdom (London: W. H. Allen, 1875), whose third edition appeared in 1876. (BCW 5:378).

Author of Indian Wisdom, illustrating Hindu religious, philosophical and ethical doctrines and surveying Sanskrit literature. De Zirkoff lists the first London edition of 1875 and subsequent editions through 1893. (BCW 6:441).

Bibliographical references include: Hinduism. In Non-Christian Religious Systems. 3 prt. London: Knowledge Society, 1877. 8vo (BCW 8:468).

Bibliographical references include: Buddhism, in its Connection with Brahmanism and Hinduism, and in its Contrast with Christianity. London: J. Murray, 1889; 2nd ed. 1890. Based upon the “Duff Lectures” delivered at Edinburgh, 1888. - Mystical Buddism. Untraced (BCW 11:583).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Монье-Вильямс, Монье
• Theosophy Wiki: Monier Monier-Williams
• Wikipedia: Monier Monier-Williams
• Other resources: The Theosophist, vol. 4, November 1882, p. 27

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