Hajime Nakamura (中村 元 Nakamura Hajime, November 28, 1912 - October 10, 1999) was a Japanese academic of Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures. Nakamura was an expert on Sanskrit and Pali, and among his many writings are commentaries on Buddhist scriptures. He is most known in Japan as the first to translate the entire Pali Tripitaka into Japanese. This work is still considered as the definitive translation to date against which later translations are measured. The footnotes in his Pali translation often refer to other previous translations in German, English, French as well as the ancient Chinese translations of Sanskrit scriptures.
| Born | 1912 |
| Died | 1999 |
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| Born | 1912 |
| Died | 1999 |
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Buddhism, History, Doctrines, Intellectual life, Religion, Comparative Philosophy, Sacred books, Dictionaries, Indic Philosophy, Civilization, Japanese, Philosophy, Asian Philosophy, Japanese Philosophy, Biography, East and West, Japanese Paraphrases, Criticism, interpretation, Hindu philosophy, Religious life, Tipiṭaka, Vedanta, Mahayana Buddhism, Tripiṭaka, Buddhist ethicsPlaces
Japan, India, Asia, China, East Asia, Korea, Tibet (China), Ancient Philosophy, Central Asia, Kyoto, Southeast Asia, Tibet, United StatesPeople
Gautama Buddha, Bhartr̥hari, Hajime Nakamura (1912-1999), Nāgārjuna (2nd cent), Aurobindo Ghose (1872-1950), Bādarāyaṇa, Gautama (Authority on Nyāyaśāstra), Genshin (942-1017), Hajime Nakamura (1912-), Kaṇāda, Nakamoto Tominaga (1715-1746), Nichiren (1222-1282), Shōsan Suzuki (1579-1655), Shōtoku Taishi (574?-622?), ŚaṅkarācāryaTime
20th century, Early period, to ca. 250 B.C., To ca. 100 A.D., 19th century, Early period, ca. 250 B.C., Modern period, 1600-, To 324 B.C., To ca. 250 A.D.ID Numbers
- OLID: OL541698A
- ISNI: 000000011025212X
- VIAF: 39398128
- Wikidata: Q1135303
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q1135303
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- 中村 元
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