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Levi, Sylvain (sh)




born March 26, 1863, Paris, France
died Oct. 30, 1935, France

French scholar of Eastern religion, literature, and history.

He taught at the Sorbonne (1889-94) and later for many years at the College de France (1894-1935). In 1929, with Takakusu Junjiro, he published a classic dictionary of Buddhism. His other writings include the standard treatise The Indian Theater (1890), Nepal (1905-08), and India and the World (1926); he also carried out pioneering studies of the Tocharian languages.