Emil Schlagintweit

Emil Schlagintweit (* July 7, 1835 in Munich, † October 20, 1904 in Zweibrücken ) was a German Tibetologist, philologist, orientalist and jurist.

Life

Emil Schlagintweit was the youngest of five sons - Hermann, Adolf, Edward, Robert and Emil - Eye Doctor Joseph Schlagintweit (1791-1854) and Rosalie Seidl ( 1805-1839 ). His particular interest was the Buddhism in Tibet.

Emil made ​​his Abitur in 1853 at Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich.

In 1863 he received a doctorate in law and wrote a seminal work on Buddhism in Tibet ( Buddhism in Tibet, 1863). In 1864 he became a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

Works

  • The Gottesurtheile The Indians: Speech levels in the public meeting, the Konigl. Academy Of Sciences On 28 March 1866 ( 1866). Kessinger Publishing, 2010, ISBN 9781161097658
  • The biography of Padmasambhava the founder of Lamaism 747 AD. Fabri -Verlag, Ulm, 1990, ISBN 3980219925
  • India in words and pictures. A description of the Indian Empire. 2 vols. Leipzig 1880-1881 ( digitized: Volume 1, Volume 2 )
  • Buddhism in Tibet by Emil Schlagintweit (1863 )
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