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Il 21/apr/2015 13:33, "Eugen Ciurtin" <[log in to unmask]> ha scritto:

> Dear Colleagues,
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> It is I think safe to assume not very many of EASR-lists members are
> members of H-Buddhism list too, - so I would like to share this valuable
> recent discussion on the first occurrence of the term 'Buddhism', as kindly
> summarized by Susanne Ott. Hope it helps.
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> BW,
> EC
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> First occurrence of the term "Buddhism": SUMMARY (Ott)
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> *From: *"Susanne Ott" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject: **QUERY>First occurrence of the term "Buddhism": SUMMARY*
> *Date: *20 April, 2015 at 1:34:53 PM PDT
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> Dear list members,
>
> I thought it would be nice to share the summary of my recent query.
>
> Kind regards,
> Susanne Ott
>
> PhD candidate
> Asien-Afrika-Institut
> Universität Hamburg, Germany
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> *Time**Event**Reference*215 CEThe first mention of Buddha (Boutta;
> Βούττα) is found in Clement of Alexandria (d. c. 215) in his Stromata,
> 1.15: “There are among the Indians those who follow the instructions of
> Boutta, whom because of his extraordinarily august stature they honor as
> God.” Clement’s teacher Pantaenus (died ca. 200 CE) “is the first Christian
> to mention Buddhism” (Chadwick 2002 [1966], 32).
> The account is given also in Eusebius (340 CE), Ecclesiastical History
> (V.19), which recounts that one of Clement’s most cherished teachers,
> Pantaenus, a former Stoic and now Christian, who went to India where he
> both found Christians already in place and also came to cherish Indian
> wisdom. Pantaenus is reckoned to have died ca 200, but he is known only
> from Eusebius’ story about him.
> Also from Chadwick, Henry, *Early Christian Thought and the Classical
> Tradition* (Oxford: Oxford University 1966; 2002), 32
> [Email John P. Keenan, Middlebury, VT]
> 11th century
> See the 11th century drama Prabodhacandrodaya by Kṛṣṇamiśra, It was edited
> together with two commentaries as early as 1845 even in Europe from Leipzig
> by Hermann Brockhaus (1806–1877) and read much during the 19th century.
> “Here, in the third act, the Bauddhāgama is to be played by an actor
> wearing the robes of a Buddhist monk as his costume, and he appears ‘book
> in hand’. The slightly satyrical presentation of Buddhism is accompanied by
> highly interesting remarks of the learned commentators, particularly
> Nāṇḍila Gopa, a well known Vijayanagara scholar living around 1500, when he
> most likely was still able to observe a South Indian Saṃgha in decline. Of
> course, the concept of Buddhism has been present long before these dates,
> particularly in philosophical literature, and in other dramas such as the
> Mattavilāsa or the Bhagavadajjuka as well.”
> (von Hinüber 2002, 267)
> Oskar von Hinüber, Indo-Iranian Journal 45.3 (2002), p. 267.
> [Email Rupert Gethin, Bristol]
>
> 11th centuryIn the legend *Barlaam and Josaphat* a translated version of
> Buddha becomes a Catholic saint.
> Paul Carus (compiler). 2004. *The Gospel of Buddha According to Old
> Records*. Introduction by Martin Verhoeven, Foreword by Donald S. Lopez.
> Chicago: Open Court.
> [Email John Whalen-Bridge, Singapore]
> 1603The Jesuit dictionary *Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam* (1603), a
> Japanese-Portuguese dictionary employed the term buppō (i.e., Buddhism) for
> entries related to Buddhist terms
> Perreira, Todd. 2012. “Whence Theravadā? The Modern Genealogy of an
> Ancient Term” in *How Theravadā is Theravadā?*edited by Peter Skilling et
> al.
> [Email Todd Perreira, San José, CA]
> 1667“Xaca’s religion” is used in Athanasius Kircher’s *China Illustrata* (1667),
> in reference to the Brahmans of India who he and other Jesuits associated
> with Buddhism.
> Perreira 2012 ?
> [Email Todd Perreira, San José, CA]
> Late 1600s“Buddha” comes into usage in English
> Oxford Dict.
> [Email Charlotte Galloway, Canberra]
> 1740„Les bauddhistes“ appear in a 1740 letter by father Jean-François
> Pons.
> Lubac, Henri de. 2000. *La rencontre du bouddhisme et de l'Occident* (Œuvres
> complètes [en 50 volumes], Sect. 6 Bouddhisme, XXII [des Gesamtwerks], p.
> 116).Paris: Éd. du Cerf.
> [Email Jérôme Ducor, Lausanne]
> 1751-1772In France, the *Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des
> sciences, des arts et des métiers* was published. Use of the word
> “Budsoïstes” under the heading “Les Japonois” (entry by Denis Diderot). The
> French encyclopédistes took their information from the reports of the
> Jesuits.[Email Francis Brassard, Dubrovnik]1759Samuel Johnson’s *Rasselas* (first
> published 1759) is a stoic version of the Buddha’s life.[Email John
> Whalen-Bridge, Singapore]1795Michael Symes’ ‘Embassy to the kingdom of
> Ava in 1795’ mentions (in a footnote) “Budsdoism” in Japan
> Michael Symes’ ‘Embassy to the kingdom of Ava in 1795’ (reprint Asian
> Educational Services New Delhi Madras 1995); footnote ref p.300
> [Email Charlotte Galloway, Canberra]
> 1800First occurrence of English “Buddism”, in a translation from the
> French original from 1799 which used “Buddisme”. The translated work:
> Volney, C. F. 1800. Lectures on history, delivered in the Normal School of
> Paris, v. 133.
> Oxford English Dicitionary (OED) online
> [Email Rupert Gethin, Bristol]
> Early 19th century“Buddhism” [or something similar] is a frequently used
> term in early 19th century. The term “Boudhou” was used first; we also come
> across the word “Budun” as god of Ceylon.
> [Email Diwakar K Singh, Delhi]
>
> 1810Occurrence of Italian “buddismo” in *Instituzioni di Geografia fisica
> e politica di Luigi Galanti*, vol. (tomo) 3. Napoli. 1810
> Google Ngram search “The earliest of these occurrences in Italian seem to
> be due to OCR mistakes or wrong bibliographic info, but the 1810
> `Instituzioni di Geografia' seems right”
> [Email Patrick Mc Allister, Heidelberg]
> 1817First occurrence of French „bouddisme“ in the work of
> Michel-Jean-Francois Ozeray
> Droit, Roger-Pol. 2003. *The Cult of Nothingness: The Philosophers and
> the Buddha*. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press, 12–13.
> [Email Matthew Kapstein, Chicago]
> 1820s“Buddhism” appeared in scholarly journals
> Almond, Philip C. 1988. The British Discovery of Buddhism. Cambridge
> University Press.
> [Email Jens Schlieter, Bern]
> 1829First book with “Budhism” in the title: Upham, Edward. 1829. *The
> history and doctrine of Budhism*. Popularly illustrated. London.
> Almond, Philip C. 1988. The British Discovery of Buddhism. Cambridge
> University Press
> [Email Jens Schlieter, Bern]
> 1820sIn the German language, the concept “Budhaismus” was popularized
> through journals in the 1820s, too.
> See, e.g.,Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung, vol. 2, 1817, 518-519
> [Email Jens Schlieter, Bern]
> 1830sEncyclopedia[s ?], journals and various official correspondence
> among British officials mention the term Buddhism.
> [Email Diwakar K. Singh, Delhi]
>
> Middle 19th centurySchopenhauer (died 1860) called himself a “Buddhaist”
> Probably: App, Urs. 2012. *The Cult of Emptiness*.
> Surely also in: App, Urs. 1990er. *Schopenhauer Jahrbuch*
> [Email Sven Bretfeld, Trondheim]
>
> See also:
>
>
>    - Carter, John R. 1993. “The Origin and Development of 'Buddhism' and
>    'Religion' in the Study of the Theravāda Buddhist Tradition.” (pp. 9–25
>    “The Coming of 'Early Buddhism' to Sri Lanka.” (pp. 27–35). In *On
>    Understanding Buddhists: Essays on the Theravāda Tradition in Sri Lanka*,
>    edited by John R. Carter,. SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies. Albany: State
>    University of New York Press.
>    [Email John R. Carter, Colgate/Hamilton, NY]
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>    - http://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/event/donald-lopez-4-3
>    <https://3c.gmx.net/mail/client/dereferrer?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffairbank.fas.harvard.edu%2Fevent%2Fdonald-lopez-4-3>
>    *2012 Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures *
> *When the Buddha Was an Idol Donald S. Lopez, University of Michigan   *
>    [Email Justin Fifield, Harvard/Cambridge]
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> Pali terms such as "Buddhasāsanaṁ" (religion of the Buddha) appear in the
> Sela Sutta of the Majjhima Nikāya (MN 92) [Email Metteyya Brahmana]
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