Sacred Books of the East

The Sacred Books of the East is a monumental 50-volume set of English translations of Asian religious texts, 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.

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.^[1] Electronic versions of all 50 volumes are widely available online.

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Volumes of the *Sacred Books of the East*
Vol.	Group	Published	Translator	Title and contents
1	Hindu	1879	Max Müller	The Upanishads, part 1/2:^[2] Khândogya Upanishad Talavakâra or Kena-Upanishad Aitareya-Âranyaka Kaushîtaki-Brâhmana Vâjasaneyi-Sâmhita Upanishad
2	Hindu	1879	Georg Bühler	The Sacred Laws of the Âryas (Dharmaśāstra), part 1/2: Âpastamba Gautama Vâsishtha Baudhâyana
3	China	1879	James Legge	The Sacred Books of China, part 1/6 – the texts of Confucianism: The Shû King (Classic of History) Book of Thang Books of Yü Books of Hsiâ Books of Shang Books of Kâu Shih King, the Book of Odes (Classic of Poetry) I. Odes of the Temple and the Altar II. Minor Odes of the Kingdom III. Major Odes of the Kingdom IV. Lessons from the States The Hsiâo King (Classic of Filial Piety)
4	Zor	1880	James Darmesteter	Zend-Avesta, part 1/3: Vendîdâd
5	Zor	1880	E. W. West	Pahlavi Texts, part 1/5: Bundahis selections of Zâd-sparam Bahman Yast Shâyast lâ-Shâyast
6	Islam	1880	E. H. Palmer	Qur'an part 1/2 – chapters I-XVI
7	Hindu	1880	Julius Jolly	The Institutes of Visnu.
8	Hindu	1882	Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang	The Bhagavadgîtâ: Sanatsugâtîya Anugîtâ.
9	Islam	1880	E. H. Palmer	The Qur'an, part 2/2 – chapters XVII-CXIV
10	Bud	1881	Max Müller (Dhammapada from Pāli, Sutta-Nipata from Pāli)	Dhammapada: a collection of verses Sutta-Nipâta: a collection of discourses, one of the canonical books of the Buddhists
11	Bud	1881	T. W. Rhys Davids	Buddhist Suttas: Mahā-parinibbāṇa Suttanta Dhamma-kakka-ppavattana Sutta Tevigga Sutta'anta Âkankheyya Sutta'a Ketokhila Sutta'a Mahâ-Sudassana Sutta'anta Sabbâsava Sutta'a
12	Hindu	1882	Julius Eggeling	Satapatha Brahmana, part 1/5: Mâdhyandina Shakha I-II
13	Bud	1881	T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg	Vinaya Texts, part 1/3: Pāṭimokkha Mahâvagga, I–IV.
14	Hindu	1882	Georg Bühler	The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, part 2/2: Vâsishtha Baudhâyana Parisishta
15	Hindu	1884	Max Müller	The Upanishads, part 2/2: Katha Upanishad Mundaka Upanishad Taittiriya Upanishad Brhadaranyaka Upanishad Svetasvatara Upanishad Prasña Upanishad Maitrayani Upanishad
16	China	1882	James Legge	The Sacred Books of China, part 2/6 – the texts of Confucianism: Yi King (I Ching).
17	Bud	1882	T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg	Vinaya Texts, part 2/3 Mahavagga, V–X Kullavagga, I–II
18	Zor	1882	E. W. West	Pahlavi Texts, part 2/5 Dâdistân-î Dinik 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 Dharmakṣema (A. D. 420).
20	Bud	1885	T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg	Vinaya Texts, part 3/3: Kullavagga, IV–XII.
21	Bud	1884	H. Kern	The Saddharma-Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law.
22	Jain	1884	Hermann Jacobi from the Prâkrit	Jaina Sûtras, part 1/2 Âkârânga Sûtra Kalpa sûtra
23	Zor	1883	James Darmesteter	Zend-Avesta, part 2/3: Sîrôzahs Yasts Nyâyis
24	Zor	1884	E. W. West	Pahlavi Texts, part 3/5: Dinai Mainög-i khirad Sikand-Gümanik Vigar Sad Dar
25	Hindu	1886	Georg Bühler	The Laws of Manu: with extracts from seven commentaries.
26	Hindu	1885	Julius Eggeling	Satapatha Brahmana, part 2/5 Mâdhyandina Shakha III–IV
27	China	1885	James Legge	The Sacred Books of China, part 3/6 – the texts of Confucianism: The Lî Kî I (Book of Rites)
28	China	1885	James Legge	The Sacred Books of China, part 4/6 – the texts of Confucianism: The Lî Kî Ii (Book of Rites)
29	Hindu	1886	Hermann Oldenberg	Grihya-sutras, part 1/2 – rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies: Sankhyayana-Grihya-sutra Āśvalāyana-Grihya-sutra Paraskara-Grihya-sutra Khadia-Grihya-sutra
30	Hindu	1892	Hermann Oldenberg (Apstamba), Max Müller (Yajna)	Grihya-sutras, part 2/2 – rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies: Gobhila Hiranyakesin Apastamba Yajña Paribhashasutras
31	Zor	1887	Lawrence Heyworth Mills	Zend-Avesta, part 3/3: Yasna Visparad Afrînagân Gâhs miscellaneous fragments
32	Hindu	1891	Max Müller	Vedic Hymns, part 1/2 Hymns to the Maruts Hymns to Rudra Hymns to Vâyu Hymns to Vâta Bibliographical list of the more important publications on the Rigveda
33	Hindu	1889	Julius Jolly	The Minor Law-Books: Brihaspati
34	Hindu	1890	George Thibaut	Vedanta-Sutras, part 1/3 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, part 1/2 Milindapañha
36	Bud	1894	T. W. Rhys Davids	The Questions of King Milinda, part 2/2 Milindapañha
37	Zor	1892	E. W. West	Pahlavi Texts, part 4/5 Contents of the Nasks
38	Hindu	1896	George Thibaut	Vedanta-Sutras, part 2/3 Commentary by Sankaracharya, part 2 of 2 Adhyâya II (Pâda III–IV)–IV
39	China	1891	James Legge	Texts of Taoism, part 1/2 Tâo Teh King (Tâo Te Ching) of Lâo Dze (Lao Tsu) The Writings of Kwang-tze (Chuang-tse), I–XVII
40	China	1891	James Legge	Texts of Taoism, part 2/2 The Writings of Kwang Tse, XVII–XXXIII The Thâi-shang tractate of actions and their retributions Other Taoist texts the Index to vols. 39 and 40
41	Hindu	1894	Julius Eggeling	Satapatha Brahmana, part 3/5: Mâdhyandina Shakha V–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	Satapatha Brahmana, part 4/5: Mâdhyandina Shakha VII, IX, X.
44	Hindu	1900	Julius Eggeling	Satapatha Brahmana, part 5/5: Mâdhyandina Shakha XI–XIV.
45	Jain	1895	Hermann Jacobi (from Prâkrit)	Jaina Sûtras, part 2 of 2: Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra Sûtrakritânga Sûtra
46	Hindu	1897	Hermann Oldenberg	Vedic Hymns, part 2/2: Hymns to Agni (Mandalas I–V)
47	Zor	1897	E. W. West	Pahlavi Texts, part 5/5: Marvels of Zoroastrianism
48	Hindu	1904	George Thibaut	Vedanta-Sutras, part 3/3, with the commentary of Râmânuja
49	Bud	1894	Edward Byles Cowell (part 1, from Sanskrit), Max Müller, and Takakusu Junjiro (Amitâyur)	Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts, part 1/2: Buddha-karita of Aśvaghoṣa Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts, part 2/2: Longer Sukhâvatî-vyûha Shorter Sukhâvatî-vyûha Vagrakkhedikâ the longer Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra the shorter Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra Amitâyur dhyâna-sûtra
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.

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