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    Sacred Books of the East
    Sacred Books of the East
    Sacred Books of the East
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    Sacred Books of the East

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    The Sacred Books of the East is a monumental set of English translations of Asian religious texts. The collection was first published in the edition by Max Müller by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It includes the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 19, 2019
    ISBN4057664134578
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