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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).

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).

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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