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Born
1859-4-11
Berg, Switzerland


Occupation
Linguist, Jainologist



Ernst Leumann (11 April 1859 – 24 April 1931)[1] was a Swiss jainologist, pioneer of the research of Jainism and Turkestan languages[2] whose work is in consideration even today.[3]

Career

His studies on linguistics in Zürich and Geneva and of Sanskrit in Leipzig and Berlin were followed by his doctorate in 1881 in Strasbourg. His dissertation was Template:Lang Template:In lang (Etymological Dictionary of the Sanskrit Language).[4]

1882–84 working on Sanskrit-English Dictionary in Oxford.[N 1]
1884 Professor in Frauenfeld (Schweiz).
1884 Professor of Sanskrit at University Strasbourg. In 1909–10 he was dean.
1919 became honorary professor in Freiburg.[N 2]

Publications

Author

  • Beziehungen der Jaina-Literatur zu anderen Literaturkreisen Indiens (Relations of Jain literature to other literature of India) Template:In lang[5]
  • Übersicht über die Āvaśyaka-Literatur Glossar (Overview on Āvaśyaka literature, glossary) Template:In lang[6]
  • Das Aupapâtika Sûtra, erstes Upânga der Jaina : 1. Teil – Einleitung, Text und Glossar Template:In lang (Aupapâtika Sûtra, the first jain Upânga : part 1, introduction, text and glossary)[7]
  • Die Nonne. Ein neuer Roman aus dem alten Indien Template:In lang (The Nun, A new Tale from Old India)[8]

Editor

Series Indica.

Posthumous publications

  • Übersicht über die Avasyaka-Literatur. Aus dem Nachlaß herausgegeben von Walther Schubring{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1934)
  • Kleine Schriften{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Franz Steiner Verlag(1998). ISBN 9-783-4470-4882-8

Literature

  • Catalogue of the Papers of Ernst Leumann in the Institute for the Culture and History of India and Tibet at the University Hamburg Template:In lang[9]
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See also

Notes

  1. Monier-Williams: Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899
  2. Ernst Leumann had to leave Strasbourg after WW1 when Strasbourg became French territory again

References

  1. Zur Erinnerung an Prof. Dr. Ernst Leumann, geb. 11. April 1859, gest. 24. April 1931{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Buchdr. Berichthaus(1931)
  2. Ernst Leumann. Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz.
  3. [{{{url}}} An outline of the Āvaśyaka literature: Vorwort von Nalini Balbir](2010).
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  5. Beziehungen der Jaina-Literatur zu anderen Literaturkreisen Indiens{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. E.J. Brill(1885)
  6. Übersicht über die Āvaśyaka-Literatur Glossar{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1934)
  7. Das Aupapâtika Sûtra, erstes Upânga der Jaina : 1. Teil – Einleitung, Text und Glossar{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Hansebooks(October 2016). ISBN 9783743360419
  8. Die Nonne. Ein neuer Roman aus dem alten Indien (Übers.){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Oskar Schloss Verlag(1921)
  9. Alt- und Neuindische Studien{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Franz Steiner-Verlag(1998). ISBN 3515070966
  10. {{{title}}}. Mikkyou Kenkyuu({Template:Year).

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