Sacred Books of the East

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The Sacred Books of the East is a monumental 50-volume set of English translations of Asian religious writings, edited by Max Müller and published by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It incorporates the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam.

As of October 2006, 38 of the 50 volumes have been converted into electronic versions and are available at: http://www.sacred-texts.com/sbe/

All of the books are in the public domain in the United States, and most or all are in the public domain in many other countries - see discussion at sacred-texts.com for details.

Volumes of the Sacred Books of the East
Vol.	Group	Published	Translator	Title and contents
1	Hindu	1879	Max Müller	The Upanishads, Part 1 of 2. Chandogya Upanishad. Talavakara (Kena) Upanishad. Aitareya Upanishad. Kausitaki Upanishad. Vajasaneyi (Isa) Upanishad.
2	Hindu	1879	Georg Bühler	The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, vol. 1 of 2. The sacred laws of the Aryas as taught in the school of Apastamba, Gautama, Vâsishtha, and Baudhâyana. pt. I. Apastamba and Gautama. (The Dharma Sutras).
3	China	1879	James Legge	The Sacred Books of China, vol. 1 of 6. Part I of The Texts of Confucianism. The Shû king. The religions portions of the Shih king. The Hsiâo king.
4	Zor	1880	James Darmesteter	The Zend-Avesta, vol. 1 of 3. The Vendîdâd.
5	Zor	1880	E. W. West	Pahlavi Texts, vol. 1 of 5. The Bundahis, Bahman Yast, and Shayast La-Shayast.
6	Islam	1880	E. H. Palmer	The Qur'an, vol. 1 of 2.
7	Hindu	1880	Julius Jolly	The Institutes of Visnu.
8	Hindu	1882	Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang	The Bhagavadgita With the Sanatsugâtiya and the Anugitâ.
9	Islam	1880	E. H. Palmer	The Qur'an, vol. 2 of 2.
10	Bud	1881	F. Max Müller (Dhammapada) Viggo Fausböll (Sutta-Nipata)	The Dhammapada and The Sutta-Nipâta, a collection of discourses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists, translated from Pāli; and The Dhammapada, a collection of verses, translated from Pāli.
11	Bud	1881	T. W. Rhys Davids	Buddhist Suttas. The Mahâ-parinibbâna Suttanta, The Dhamma-kakka-ppavattana Sutta, The Tevigga Suttanta, The Âkankheyya Sutta, The Ketokhila Sutta, The Mahâ-Sudassana Suttanta, The Sabbâsava Sutta.
12	Hindu	1882	Julius Eggeling	The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school, vol. 1 of 5.
13	Hindu	1881	T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg	Vinaya Texts, vol. 1 of 3. The Patimokkha. The Mahavagga, I-IV.
14	Hindu	1882	Georg Bühler	The Sacred Laws of the Aryas, vol. 2 of 2. The sacred laws of the Aryas as taught in the school of Apastamba, Gautama, Vâsishtha, and Baudhâyana. pt. II. Vâsishtha and Baudhâyana.
15	Hindu	1884	Max Müller	The Upanishads, part 2 of 2. Katha Upanishad. Mundaka Upanishad. Taittiriya Upanishad. Brhadaranyaka Upanishad. Svetasvatara Upanishad. Prasña Upanishad. Maitrayani Upanishad.
16	China	1882	James Legge	The Sacred Books of China, vol. 2 of 6. Part II of The Texts of Confucianism. The Yi King: (I Ching).
17	Hindu	1882	T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg	Vinaya Texts, vol. 2 of 3. The Mahavagga, V-X, the Kullavagga I-II.
18	Zor	1882	E. W. West	Pahlavi Texts, vol. 2 of 5. The Dâdistân-î Dinik and the Epistles of Mânûskîhar.
19	Bud	1883	Samuel Beal	The Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king, a life of Buddha, by Ashvaghosha, Bodhisattva; translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A. D. 420.
20	Hindu	1885	T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg	Vinaya Texts, vol. 3 of 3. The Kullavagga, IV-XII.
21	Bud	1884	H. Kern	The Saddharma-Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law.
22	Jain	1884	Hermann Jacobi	Gaina Sûtras, vol. 1 of 2, translated from the Prâkrit. The Âkârânga sûtra. The Kalpa sûtra.
23	Zor	1883	James Darmesteter	The Zend-Avesta, vol. 2 of 3. The Sîrôzahs, Yasts, and Nyâyis.
24	Zor	1884	E. W. West	Pahlavi Texts, vol. 3 of 5. Dinai Mainög-i khirad, Sikand-Gümanik Vigar, Sad Dar.
25	Hindu	1886	Georg Bühler	The Laws of Manu. Translated, with extracts from seven commentaries.
26	Jain	1885	Julius Eggeling	The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school, vol. 2 of 5, Books III-IV
27	China	1885	James Legge	The Sacred Books of China, vol. 3 of 6. Part III of the texts of Confucianism. The Lî Kî, part 1 of 2.
28	China	1885	James Legge	The Sacred Books of China, vol. 4 of 6. Part IV of the texts of Confucianism. The Lî Kî, part 2 of 2.
29	Hindu	1886	Hermann Oldenberg	The Grihya-sutras; rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies. vol. 1 of 2. Sankhyayana-Grihya-sutra. Asvalayana-Grihya-sutra. Paraskara-Grihya-sutra. Khadia-Grihya-sutra.
30	Hindu	1892	Hermann Oldenberg, Max Müller	The Grihya-sutras; rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies. vol. 2 of 2. Gobhila, Hiranyakesin, Apastamba (Olderberg); Yajña Paribhashasutras (Müller).
31	Zor	1887	Lawrence Heyworth Mills	The Zend-Avesta, vol. 3 of 3. The Yasna, Visparad, Afrînagân, Gâhs, and miscellaneous fragments.
32	Hindu	1891	Max Müller	Vedic Hymns, vol. 1 of 2. Hymns to the Maruts, Rudra, Vâyu, and Vâta., with a bibliographical list of the more important publications on the Rig-veda.
33	Hindu	1889	Julius Jolly	The Minor Law-Books: Brihaspati. (Part 1 of 1).
34	Hindu	1890	George Thibaut	The Vedanta-Sutras, vol. 1 of 3. Commentary by Sankaracharya, part 1 of 2. Adhyâya I-II (Pâda I-II).
35	Bud	1890	T. W. Rhys Davids	The Questions of King Milinda, vol. 1 of 2. Milindapañha.
36	Bud	1894	T. W. Rhys Davids	The Questions of King Milinda, vol. 2 of 2. Milindapañha.
37	Zor	1892	E. W. West	Pahlavi Texts, vol. 4 of 5. Contents of the Nasks.
38	Hindu	1896	George Thibaut	The Vedanta-Sutras, vol. 2 of 3, commentary by Sankaracharya, part 1 of 2. Adhyâya II (Pâda III-IV) -IV.
39	China	1891	James Legge	The Texts of Taoism, Part 1 of 2. The Sacred Books of China, vol. 5 of 6. Also: The Tâo the king (Tao te Ching): The writings of Kwang-tze, books I-XVII.
40	China	1891	James Legge	The Texts of Taoism, Part 2 of 2. Includes The Writings of Kwang Tse, books XVII-XXXIII, The Thâi-shang tractate of actions and their retributions, other Taoist texts, and the Index to vols. 39 and 40.
41	Hindu	1894	Julius Eggeling	The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school, vol. 3 of 5. Books V, VI, VII.
42	Hindu	1897	Maurice Bloomfield	Hymns of the Atharvaveda, Together With Extracts From the Ritual Books and the Commentaries.
43	Hindu	1897	Julius Eggeling	The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school, vol. 4 of 5, Books VII, IX, X.
44	Hindu	1900	Julius Eggeling	The Satapatha Brahmana according to the text of the Mâdhyandina school, vol. 5 of 5, Books XI, XII, XIII, XIV.
45	Jain	1895	Hermann Jacobi	Gaina Sûtras, vol. 2 of 2, translated from Prâkrit. The Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra, The Sûtrakritânga Sûtra.
46	Hindu	1897	Hermann Oldenberg	Vedic Hymns, vol. 2 of 2. Hymns to Agni (Mandalas I-V).
47	Zor	1897	E. W. West	Pahlavi Texts, vol. 5 of 5. Marvels of Zoroastrianism.
48	Hindu	1904	George Thibaut	The Vedanta-Sutras, vol. 3 of 3, with the commentary of Râmânuja.
49	Bud	1894	Edward Byles Cowell, F. Max Müller and Takakusu Junjiro	Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts. Part 1. The Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha, translated from the Sanskrit by E. B. Cowell. Part 2. The larger Sukhâvatî-vyûha, the smaller Sukhâvatî-vyûha, the Vagrakkedikâ, the larger Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra, the smaller Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra, translated by F. Max Müller. The Amitâyur dhyâna-sûtra, translated by J. Takakusu.
50	index	1910	Moriz Winternitz, with a preface by Arthur Anthony Macdonell	General index to the names and subject-matter of the sacred books of the East.