Memoir on the History of The Tooth-Relic of Ceylon: With a Preliminary Essay on the Life and System of Gautama Buddha.
GERSON DA CUNHA, José.
Memoir on the History of The Tooth-Relic of Ceylon: With a Preliminary Essay on the Life and System of Gautama Buddha.
"It may not perhaps be generally known that, like the two Kalidasas, there are two historical personages who alike claim the honour of being Gautama Buddha": First edition of José Gerson da Cunha's Memoir on the History of The Tooth-Relic of Ceylon
London: W. Thacker & Co, 1875.
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First edition of renowned Goan orientalist José Gerson da Cunha’s authoritative history of the Sacred Relic of the tooth of Buddha. Octavo, original cloth, gilt morocco spine label, 4 engraved plates with tissue guards. In near fine condition.
Goan physician, orientalist, and numismatist José Gerson da Cunha achieved international renown as a distinguished expert in areas as diverse as obstetrics, archaeology, numismatics, and Sanskritology. In addition to his affiliation with various medical associations in Bombay, his prolific contributions to Indian history and linguistics earned him the fellowship of the Instituto Vasco da Gama in Goa in 1871, and of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bombay in 1873. One of his best-known works, Memoir on the History of The Tooth-Relic of Ceylon documents the history of the Sacred Relic of the tooth of Buddha, retrieved from the funeral pyre by his disciple Khema according to Sri Lankan legend.
