Ernst Leumann

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Ernst Leumann
Born(1859-04-11)11 April 1859
Berg, Switzerland
Died24 April 1931(1931-04-24) (aged 72)
Freiburg, Germany
Occupation(s)Linguist, Jainologist

Ernst Leumann (11 April 1859 – 24 April 1931)

Indologist and a pioneer of the research into Jainism and the languages of Turkestan[2] whose work is in consideration even today.[3]

Early life

Ernst Leumann was born in Berg, a village in the

University of Berne
.

During the course of his studies, he relocated – after two terms in Geneva and Zürich (1877-78) – in autumn 1878 to Leipzig.[4]

Career

His studies on

Berlin were followed by his doctorate in 1881 in Strasbourg. His dissertation was Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Sanskritsprache (in German) (Etymological Dictionary of the Sanskrit Language).[5]

1882–84 working on Sanskrit-English Dictionary in Oxford.[N 1]
1884 Professor in Frauenfeld (Schweiz).
1884 Professor of Sanskrit at University Strasbourg. In 1909–10 he was dean.
1919 became honorary professor in Freiburg.[N 2]

Publications

Author

  • Beziehungen der Jaina-Literatur zu anderen Literaturkreisen Indiens (Relations of Jain literature to other literature of India) (in German)[6]
  • Übersicht über die Āvaśyaka-Literatur Glossar (Overview on Āvaśyaka literature, glossary) (in German)[7]
  • Das Aupapâtika Sûtra, erstes Upânga der Jaina : 1. Teil – Einleitung, Text und Glossar (in German) (Aupapâtika Sûtra, the first jain Upânga : part 1, introduction, text and glossary)[8]
  • Die Nonne. Ein neuer Roman aus dem alten Indien (in German) (The Nun, A new Tale from Old India)[9]

Editor

Series Indica.

Posthumous publications

  • Ernst Leumann (1934). Übersicht über die Avasyaka-Literatur. Aus dem Nachlaß herausgegeben von Walther Schubring [Overview about the Avasyaka Literature. Published by the estate of Walther Schubring.] (in German). Hamburg.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Ernst Leumann (1998). Nalini Balbir (ed.). Kleine Schriften [Small Writings] (in German). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.
    ISBN 9-783-4470-4882-8
    .

Literature

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Monier-Williams: Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899
  2. ^ Ernst Leumann had to leave Strasbourg after World War I when Strasbourg became French territory again

References

  1. ^ Manu Leumann (1931). Zur Erinnerung an Prof. Dr. Ernst Leumann, geb. 11. April 1859, gest. 24. April 1931. Buchdr. Berichthaus.
  2. ^ Andreas Bigger. "Ernst Leumann". Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz.
  3. ISBN 978-81-8585-732-9{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  4. ^ "Erns Leumann". Encyclopaedia Iranica Online. Brill. 29 June 2021.
  5. LCCN 99-939999
  6. LCCN ltf91052809
    .
  7. ^ Übersicht über die Āvaśyaka-Literatur Glossar [Overview on Āvaśyaka literature, glossary] (in German). 1934.
  8. ISBN 9783743360419
    .
  9. ^ Ernst Leumann (1921). Die Nonne. Ein neuer Roman aus dem alten Indien (Übers.) (in German). München-Neubiberg: Oskar Schloss Verlag.
  10. ISSN 0170-3242
    .
  11. ISSN 1884-3441
    .
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