Salomon Lefmann

Salomon Lefmann ( born December 25, 1831 in Telgte, Westphalia, † January 14, 1912 in Heidelberg ) was a German philologist.

Lefmann attended the Jewish school in his hometown. He studied at the Universities of Münster, Heidelberg, Berlin and Paris (Ph.D. in Berlin 1864); In 1866 he became a Privatdozent, 1870 Associate Professor of Sanskrit in Heidelberg.

He was also active for the German spelling reform as well as in the Jewish community and was also President of the Poor Relief Association tzedakah.

Writings

  • De Aristotelis in Hominum Educatione Principiis, Berlin 1864
  • August Schleicher, Leipzig 1870
  • About German spelling, Lüderitz, Berlin 1871 ( digitized )
  • As a translator: Lalita Vistara. Narrative of the life and teachings of the Sakya Simha. From the original Sanskrit and Gâthâdialects first translated into German and provided with factual statements. Dümmler, Berlin 1874, digitized
  • History of Ancient India, Berlin 1879-90, digitized
  • Franz Bopp, 2 vols, Berlin 1891-97
  • As Editor: Lalita Vistara. Life and teaching of Sakya Buddha. Text output with variations, time signatures and dictionary. 2 vols Halle an der Saale, publishing house of the orphanage in 1902, 1908 reprint. Meicho - Fukyu - Kai, Tokyo 1977 Vol 1: Text. 1902
  • Vol 2: Variants, metrics and dictionary. 1908 digitized
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