Heinrich Julius Eggeling (1842–1918) was professor of

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

from 1875 to 1914, second holder of its Regius Chair of Sanskrit, and Secretary of the

Royal Asiatic Society The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as the Royal Asiatic Society, was established, according to its royal charter of 11 August 1824, to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encourag ...

, London. Eggeling was translator and editor of the

Satapatha Brahmana The Shatapatha Brahmana (, , abbreviated to 'SB') is a commentary on the Śukla Yajurveda. It is attributed to the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya. Described as the most complete, systematic, and important of the Brahmanas (commentaries on the Vedas), it ...

in 5 volumes of the monumental

Sacred Books of the East The ''Sacred Books of the East'' is a monumental 50-volume set of English translations of Asian religious texts, edited by Max Müller and published by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It incorporates the essential sacred texts ...

series edited by

Max Müller Friedrich Max Müller (; 6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900) was a German-born British comparative philologist and oriental studies, Orientalist. He was one of the founders of the Western academic disciplines of Indology and religious s ...

, author of the main article on

in the

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, and curator of the University Library from 1900 to 1913. In August 1914 he left for a vacation in his native

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, but because of

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, he was unable to return before his death in 1918. He lived on Brunstane Road in Joppa, Edinburgh.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1909

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* 1842 births 1918 deaths British Indologists Academics of the University of Edinburgh German emigrants to Scotland {{UK-university-stub