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	'''Hermann Oldenberg''' (31 October 1854 ~~in [[Hamburg]]~~ – 18 March 1920 ~~in [[Göttingen]]~~) was a German scholar of [[Indology]], and Professor at [[Kiel]] (1898) and [[Göttingen]] (1908).		'''Hermann Oldenberg''' (31 October 1854 – 18 March 1920) was a German scholar of [[Indology]], and Professor at [[Kiel]] (1898) and [[Göttingen]] (1908).

	==Work==		==Work==
	Oldenberg's 1881 study on [[Buddhism]], entitled ''Buddha: Sein Leben, seine Lehre, seine Gemeinde'', based on [[Pāli]] texts, popularized [[Buddhism]] and has remained continuously in print since its first publication. With [[T. W. Rhys Davids]], he edited and translated into English three volumes of [[Theravada]] [[Vinaya]] texts, two volumes of the (Vedic) [[Grhyasutras]] and two volumes of [[Vedas\|Vedic hymns]] on his own account, in the monumental [[Sacred Books of the East]] series edited by [[Max Müller]]. With his ''Prolegomena'' (1888), Oldenberg laid the groundwork to the philological study of the [[Rigveda]].		Oldenberg was born in [[Hamburg]]. His 1881 study on [[Buddhism]], entitled ''Buddha: Sein Leben, seine Lehre, seine Gemeinde'', based on [[Pāli]] texts, popularized Buddhism and has remained continuously in print since its first publication. With [[T. W. Rhys Davids]], he edited and translated into English three volumes of [[Theravada]] [[Vinaya]] texts, two volumes of the (Vedic) [[Grhyasutras]] and two volumes of [[Vedas\|Vedic hymns]] on his own account, in the monumental [[Sacred Books of the East]] series edited by [[Max Müller]]. With his ''Prolegomena'' (1888), Oldenberg laid the groundwork to the philological study of the [[Rigveda]].

	In 1919 he became a foreign member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web\|author= \|url=http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00002135 \|title=Hermann Oldenberg (1854 - 1920) \|publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences \|date= \|accessdate=26 July 2015}}</ref>		In 1919 he became a foreign member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web\|author= \|url=http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00002135 \|title=Hermann Oldenberg (1854 - 1920) \|publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences \|date= \|accessdate=26 July 2015}}</ref>

			He died in [[Göttingen]].

	==Selected publications==		==Selected publications==
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{{Infobox person
| name = Hermann Oldenberg
| image = Oldenberg1895 low res.png
| caption = Hermann Oldenberg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1854|10|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hamburg]], Germany
| death_date = {{death date and age|1920|05|18|1854|10|31|df=y}}
| occupation = [[oriental studies|Orientalist]], [[Indology|Indologist]]
}}
'''Hermann Oldenberg''' (31 October 1854 in [[Hamburg]] – 18 March 1920 in [[Göttingen]]) was a German scholar of [[Indology]], and Professor at [[Kiel]] (1898) and [[Göttingen]] (1908).

==Work==
Oldenberg's 1881 study on [[Buddhism]], entitled ''Buddha: Sein Leben, seine Lehre, seine Gemeinde'', based on [[Pāli]] texts, popularized [[Buddhism]] and has remained continuously in print since its first publication. With [[T. W. Rhys Davids]], he edited and translated into English three volumes of [[Theravada]] [[Vinaya]] texts, two volumes of the (Vedic) [[Grhyasutras]] and two volumes of [[Vedas|Vedic hymns]] on his own account, in the monumental [[Sacred Books of the East]] series edited by [[Max Müller]]. With his ''Prolegomena'' (1888), Oldenberg laid the groundwork to the philological study of the [[Rigveda]].

In 1919 he became a foreign member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00002135 |title=Hermann Oldenberg (1854 - 1920) |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |accessdate=26 July 2015}}</ref>

==Selected publications==
* Oldenberg, Hermann, ''Die Religion des Veda''. Berlin 1894; Stuttgart 1917; Stuttgart 1927; Darmstadt 1977
* Oldenberg, Hermann, trans. Müller, Max, ed. [https://archive.org/details/vedichymns02ml ''Vedic Hymns''], part 2: Hymns to Agni. The [[Sacred Books of the East]], vol. 46, Oxford, Clarendon Press 1897. Reprint: Low Price Publications 1996, {{ISBN|8175360321}}.
* Oldenberg, Hermann, trans./ed. [https://archive.org/details/dpavasaanancien02oldegoog "The Dîpavaṃsa]: An Ancient Buddhist Historical Record, London: Williams and Norgate 1879.
* Oldenberg, Hermann. [https://archive.org/details/buddhalife00oldeuoft Buddha: his life, his doctrine, his order], London, Williams 1882.
* Oldenberg, Hermann, trans., Max Müller, ed. Sacred Books of the East Vol. XXIX, [https://archive.org/details/grihyastrasrul01oldeuoft "The Grihya-sûtras, rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies"], part 1, Oxford, The Clarendon press 1886
* Oldenberg, Hermann, trans. Müller, Max, trans. Sacred Books of the East Vol. XXX, [https://archive.org/details/grihyastrasrul02oldeuoft "The Grihya-sûtras, rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies"], part 2, Oxford, The Clarendon press 1892
* Rhys Davids, T. W.; Oldenberg, Hermann, trans. (1881–85). ''Vinaya Texts'', ''Sacred Books of the East'', volumes XIII, XVII & XX, Clarendon/Oxford. Reprint: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi (Dover, New York) [https://archive.org/details/1922707.0013.001.umich.edu Vol. XIII, Mahavagga I-IV], [https://archive.org/details/1922707.0017.002.umich.edu Vol. XVII, Mahavagga V-X, Kullavagga I-III], [https://archive.org/details/1922707.0020.003.umich.edu Vol. XX, Kullavagga IV-XII]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{BBKL|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629233451/http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/o/oldenberg.shtml |band=6|spalten=1177-1178|autor=Walter Troxler|artikel=OLDENBERG, Hermann}}
* {{NDB|19|507|508|Oldenberg, Hermann|Friedrich Wilhelm|118973592}}

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