Eugène Obermiller

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Eugene Obermiller (1901–1935) was a Buddhist scholar and translator who lived in Russia.

As a Buddhist scholar, inherited the tradition of Ivan Minayev (1840-1890), the founder of Russian school of Indology and Buddhist studies through his teacher Fyodor Ippolitvich Shcherabatskoy (1866–1942), who was a pupil of Minayev. After obtaining his PhD from the University of Leningrad, he joined Academy of Sciences at Leningrad as an Under Secretary to the Director of the Bibliotheca Buddhica.[1]

He translated the Ratnagotravibhāga and other works.[2]

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  1. Tsadra commons icon.jpg Tsadra editors, Eugène Obermiller(1901 - 1935), Buddha Nature: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative
  2. Eugene Obermiller, Goodreads