Saint Jerome and Buddha (was: NON INDOLOGY BUT URGENT ACTION etc.)!

[Enrica Garzilli]

On Sun, 14 Apr 1996, Peter Wyzlic wrote:
> 
> I think this passage of Saint Jerome is well known since long and often  
> cited. Among the indologists H.H. Wilson cites it in his essay on Buddhism  
> (sorry, I have the exact reference not at hand) and, of course, E.  
> Windisch in his "Buddha's Geburt" (Leipzig 1908, p. 220 seq.).
> 
> \bye
> Peter Wyzlic
> 
> 
The new thing is the whole info: Buddha as the founder of the sect, 
born from a vergin, etc. (He re-elaborates themes well known by Cicero -- 
one of the writers on sahagamana, on the wise Indians, etc., and by Origen)

Enrica Garzilli