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IO3E0 (Ocur) KoBAJEBCKHM O POI BYAAM3MA B KH3HH MOHFOJIBCKHX HAPOJOB IIEPBOÚ IIOJIOBHHBI XIX B.
to the study of Buddhism, especially its northern branch — Lamaism. J. Kowalewski
paid special attention to the religious worldview of the Mongols, he was one of the
first, who considered the dogmas of Buddhism. In 1835 his work Buddhist Cosmo¬
logy devoted to the analysis of Buddhist ideas was published. Relying on Tibetan
and Mongolian sources, the scientist presented in detail the Buddhist views on the
cosmos, creation of the world, earth, sun, stars, water, and air. J. Kowalewski first
in Europe attempted to study the ideological basis of Buddhism, reveal the reasons
for its rapid spread in Asian countries. The knowledge of Mongolian and Tibetan
languages allowed him to draw several significant conclusions that were highly app¬
reciated by his contemporaries. In 1857 the well-known Turkologist I. N. Berezin
had stressed that J. Kowalewski’s works laid the foundations of Buddhist Studies,
but, unfortunately, European Orientalists hushed up it.
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