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Wilhelm Geiger

21 July 1856 - 2 September 1943.

[Deutsch] Wilhelm Ludwig Geiger (geb. 1856 in Nürnberg; gest. 1943 in Neubiberg) war ein deutscher Iranist und Indologe und bekannter Spezialist für Pali, die Sinhala Sprache und die Dhivehi Sprache der Malediven. Geiger war Lehrer and mehreren Gymnasien, später Professor an der Universität Erlangen und schließlich an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

[English] Wilhelm Ludwig Geiger (born 1856 in Nuremberg, died 1943 in Neubiberg) was a German Iranian and Indologist and well-known specialist in Pali, the Sinhala language and the Dhivehi language of the Maldives. Geiger was a teacher and several high schools, later professor at the University of Erlangen and finally at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich.

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  • Cover of: Die kulturgeschichtliche Bedeutung des indischen Altertums.

    First published in 1901 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dīpavaṃsa und Mahāvaṃsa und die geschichtliche Überlieferung in Ceylon.

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  • Cover of: Mahavamsa

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  • Cover of: Litteratur und Sprache der Singhalesen

    First published in 1900 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Dipavamsa and Mahāvmsa and their historical development in Ceylon

    First published in 1908 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A Grammar of the Sinhalese Language (Sri Lanka Language)

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  • Cover of: Civilization of the Eastern Irānians in ancient times with an introduction on the Avesta religion

    First published in 1885 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Máldivian linguistic studies

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  • Cover of: Die Pamir-gebiete: eine geographische Monographie

    First published in 1887 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Culture of Ceylon in mediaeval times.

    First published in 1960 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Ceylon.: Tagebuchblätter und Reiseerinnerungen von Wilhelm Geiger ...

    First published in 1898 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Pali Literatur und Sprache.

    First published in 1916 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Civilization of the eastern Iranians in ancient times: with an introduction on the Avesta religion

    First published in 1886 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The age of the Avesta and Zoroaster.

    First published in 1886 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Gayigar Samaruva: Geiger commemoration volume.

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Fo jiao yu yan lun ji

    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Aogemadaēcā: ein Pārsentractat in Pāzend, Altbakrisch, und Sanskrit ; herausgegeben, übersetzt, erklart und mit glossar versechen

    First published in 1878 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Grundriss der iranischen Philologie: Die Sprache der Osseten

    First published in 1903 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
History, Grammar, History and criticism, Avesta, Civilization, Description and travel, Dīpavaṃsa, Sinhalese language, Bibliography, Buddhism, Iranian languages, Iranian philology, Pali language, Pali literature, Persian civilization, Persian language, Persian philology, Zoroastrianism, Criticism, interpretation, Iranian Antiquities, Iranian literature, Maps, Persian literature, Sanskrit language, Dictionaries
Places
Sri Lanka, Iran, Middle East, Persia, Altai Mountains, Hindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan), Pamir, Sri Lanka*
People
Wilhelm Geiger (1856-1943), Christian Bartholomae (1855-1925), Ernst W. A. Kuhn (1846-1920), Mahānāma (5th cent), Mahānāma (active 5th century), Zoroaster, Mahānāma, Mahānāma, 5th century, Vsevolod Fedorovich Miller (1846-1913), Wsewolod Fedorovich Miller (1846-1913)
Time
Antiquity, The Middle Ages, To 640, Ancient period, To 1505, To 640 A.D.

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  • Wilhelm L. Geiger
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