# Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2

Author: Eliot, Charles, 1862-1931

Genre: Buddhism

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16546

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Hinduism+and+Buddhism%2C+An+Historical+Sketch%2C+Vol.+2+Eliot&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

"In the following pages I have occasion to transcribe words belonging to many oriental languages in Latin characters. Unfortunately a uniform system of transcription, applicable to all tongues, seems not to be practical at present. It was attempted in the Sacred Books of the East, but that system has fallen into disuse and is liable to be misunderstood. It therefore seems best to use for each language the method of transcription adopted by standard works in English dealing with each, for French and German transcriptions, whatever their merits may be as representations of the original sounds, are often misleading to English readers, especially in Chinese. For Chinese I have adopted Wade's...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hinduism-and-buddhism-an-historical-sketch-vol-2-16546/chapters/2/index.md)