Albrecht Weber
Albrecht Weber ( born February 17, 1825 Breslau, † November 30, 1901 in Berlin) was a German Indologist and historian doing research especially on the Veda and Jainism.
Life and work
Weber was the son of the economist Benedikt Weber ( † 1848 in Breslau) and studied from 1842 to 1845 at the universities of Breslau, Bonn and Berlin Linguistics; its focus sat Weber attention to the oriental languages. During his studies, he became in 1844 a member of the fraternity Fridericiana Bonn.
1846 undertook Weber, generously funded by a grant from the Berlin Academy of Sciences, a study trip to London, where he was able to visit Horace Hayman Wilson and John Stuart Mill. His return led Weber to Paris, where he met Eugène Burnouf also colleagues like Joseph Toussaint Reinaud (1795-1867), among others.
After his return to Berlin, he settled for further studies in Berlin. During this time he also made the acquaintance of the German orientalist Julius von Mohl. After doctoral and habilitation (1848 ) at the University of Berlin Weber worked as a private tutor for ancient Indian languages and literature. In this subject was to A.O. Professor (1856 ) and later a full professor (1867 ) appointed. 1857 Weber was admitted as a full member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.
Many important and sometimes very extensive Sanskrit texts have been published by Albrecht Weber for the first time in English: for example, the "White Jadschurveda " or the "Black Jadschurveda ". In his " Indian literary history " continued Weber a milestone in Indology in Germany. A collection of smaller works are his " Indian strip ", where his reviews are almost completely united on almost all the major works of the last 30 years from the field of Sanskrit and Indian archeology.
1850 Weber became the editor of the journal " Indian Studies ", which he supported by the German Oriental Society brought out with great care. This periodical was also the most appropriate platform for Weber to publish his current research; for example, " About a fragment of the Bhagavati " or " Saptaçatakam of Hala ." Of his other published in the papers and monthly reports of the Berlin Academy treatises are notably those on the Nakshatras which borrowed from Babylon constellations of the Moon with the Indians ( 1860-61 ) and on the origins of the epic poem Ramayana (Berlin 1870) emphasized. His transfer of the drama " Malavika and Agnimitra " into German was also trend-setting for his time.
His greatest merits also heard that he was one of the first Indologists explored the Jaina literature and made known in the West. This has enabled him, after Georg Bühler had sent him some manuscripts from India, he intensively studied immediately. Results of his research he published in a treatise On the scriptures of the Jaina. In addition, he also dealt with the Jaina Prakrit.
Works
- White Jadschurveda, London 1849-1859 ( 3 vols )
- Black Jadschurveda, Leipzig 1871-1872
- Tscharanawyuha. Overview of the schools of the Vedas, Berlin 1855
- Indian literary history, Berlin 1852
- Indian sketches, Berlin 1857
- Indian strip, Berlin 1868-1879 ( 3 vols )
- Directory of the Berlin Sanskrit manuscripts, Berlin 1853 ff
- About the Çatrunjaya Mâhâtmyam, Leipzig 1858
- Indian Studies, 1849-1885