Wilhelm Ludwig Geiger ( July 21, 1856 - September 2, 1943 ) is a German Indologist and Iranianist, specialist in Pali , Sinhala and Divehi , author of works on aestology and Buddhology, father of physicist Hans Geiger and climatologist Rudolf Geiger .
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Biography
Born in Nuremberg in the family of an evangelical priest. He was educated at the University of Erlangen under the scientific supervision of the famous Iranianist and Buddhist scholar Friedrich von Spiegel . In 1878 he received the title of Doctor of Philosophy. Between 1891 and 1920 he was a professor at Erlangen University. After the death of his colleague, Ernst Kuhn began to teach at his department at the University of Munich . In 1895 he made a trip to Sri Lanka.
He died in the city of Neubiberg . He was married to Magdalen Geiger, in the Geiger family there were five children.
German Publications
- Ceylon. Tagebuchblätter und Reiseerinnerungen, Wiesbaden 1898.
- Dipavamsa und Mahavamsa, die beiden Chroniken der Insel Ceylon, Erlangen, Leipzig 1901.
- Dîpavamsa und Mahâvamsa und die geschichtliche Überlieferung in Ceylon, Leipzig 1905.
- Pāli Dhamma vornehmlich in der kanonischen Literatur, München, 1920. (co-authored by Magdalena Geiger)
- Elementarbuch des Sanskrit, de Gruyter, Berlin und Leipzig, 1923.
- Singhalesische Etymologien. Stephen Austin and Sons, 1936.
- Beiträge zur singhalesischen Sprachgeschichte, Bayerischen Akad. der Wiss., München 1942.
- Die Reden des Buddha: Gruppierte Sammlung, Saṃyutta-nikāya, translation of Saṃyutta-nikāya, Beyerlein-Steinschulte, Stammbach, 1997.
Publications in English
- The Age of the Avesta and Zoroaster, in collaboration with F. Spiegel, translated into English. Dārāb Dastur Peshotan Sanjānā, London 1886.
- Civilization of the eastern Iranians in ancient times, with an introduction on the Avesta religion, London 1885–1886.
- Zarathushtra in the Gathas, and in the Greek and Roman classics, co-authored with Friedrich Heinrich Hugo Windischmann; Leipzig 1897.
- The Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa and their historical development in Ceylon Ethel M. Coomaraswamy, Colombo 1908.
- The Mahavāmsa or the Great Chronicle of Ceylon Bode, Mabel Haynes, Pali Text Society, London 1912.
- Maldivian Linguistic Studies, Colombo 1919.
- The Language of the Väddās, Calcutta 1935.
- A Grammar of the Sinhala language, Colombo 1938.
- Pali Literature and Language, Calcutta 1943.
- Cūlavamsa: being the more recent part of the Mahāvamsa Christian Mabel Duff Rickmers, Colombo 1953.
- Culture of Ceylon in mediaeval times, Wiesbaden 1960.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118841408 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.