Ernst Leumann (11 April 1859 – 24 April 1931) was a Swiss jainologist, pioneer of the research of

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and

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languages whose work is in consideration even today.

Career

His studies on

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Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Z ...

and

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and of

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and

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were followed by his doctorate in 1881 in

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. His dissertation was (''

Etymological Etymology () The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words a ...

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of the

Language''). 1882–84 working on ''Sanskrit-English Dictionary'' in

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.Monier-Williams: Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899
1884

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(Schweiz).
1884

of Sanskrit at University Strasbourg. In 1909–10 he was dean.
1919 became honorary professor in Freiburg.Ernst Leumann had to leave Strasbourg after

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when Strasbourg became French territory again

Publications

Author

*Beziehungen der Jaina-Literatur zu anderen Literaturkreisen Indiens (Relations of

Jain literature Jain literature (Sanskrit: जैन साहित्य) refers to the literature of the Jain religion. It is a vast and ancient literary tradition, which was initially transmitted orally. The oldest surviving material is contained in the c ...

to other literature of India) *Übersicht über die Āvaśyaka-Literatur Glossar (Overview on Āvaśyaka literature, glossary) *Das Aupapâtika Sûtra, erstes Upânga der Jaina : 1. Teil – Einleitung, Text und Glossar (Aupapâtika Sûtra, the first jain Upânga : part 1, introduction, text and glossary) *Die Nonne. Ein neuer Roman aus dem alten Indien (The Nun, A new Tale from Old India)

Editor

Series ''Indica''.

Posthumous publications

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Literature

* Catalogue of the Papers of Ernst Leumann in the Institute for the Culture and History of India and Tibet at the University Hamburg *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leumann, Ernst 1859 births 1931 deaths Jain philosophy People from Berg Municipality Swiss non-fiction writers