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Eugène Burnouf, por David d'Angers. Eugène Burnouf, (París, 8 de abril de 1801 - París, 28 de mayo de 1852) fue un filólogo e indólogo francés, fundador de la Société Asiatique en el año 1822. Era hijo de Jean-Louis Burnouf. Biografía
Eugène Burnouf (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn byʁnuf]; April 8, 1801 – May 28, 1852) was a French scholar, an Indologist and orientalist. His notable works include a study of Sanskrit literature, translation of the Hindu text Bhagavata Purana and Buddhist text Lotus Sutra.
24 de may. de 2024 · Eugène Burnouf (born Aug. 12, 1801, Paris, France—died May 28, 1852, Paris) was a French Orientalist who acquainted Europe with the religious tenets and Old Iranian language of the Avesta, the ancient sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism.
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Burnouf was the first to read a large corpus of Indian Buddhist texts in Sanskrit, and it is from these sources that he paints his portrait of the Buddha. Burnouf played a crucial role in demythologizing and humanizing the Buddha, portraying a compassionate man who preached to all who would listen, without dogma and ritual.
15 de dic. de 1990 · BURNOUF, EUGÈNE (1801-52), virtually the founder of Iranian linguistics, as well as of the study of the history of Buddhism in France. He was born in Paris the son of a Hellenist and studied Sanskrit with de Chézy at the Collège de France; in 1829 he began to teach comparative grammar at the École Normale Supérieure, and in ...
The most influential work on Buddhism to be published in the nineteenth century, Introduction à l’histoire du Buddhisme indien, by the great French scholar of Sanskrit Eugène Burnouf, set the course for the academic study of Buddhism—and Indian Buddhism in particular—for the next hundred years.
Eugène Burnouf (1801 - 1852) French Orientalist and seminal figure in the development of Buddhist Studies as an academic discipline. He was born in Paris on April 8, 1801, the son of the distinguished classicist Jean-Louis Burnouf (1773–1844). He received instruction in Greek and Latin from his father and studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand.
