Lamotte, É.

PersonType	Category:Authors of French Works Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Étienne
LastName / namelast	Lamotte
MainNamePhon	Étienne Lamotte
SortName	Lamotte, Étienne
bio	Étienne Paul Marie Lamotte (21 November 1903 – 5 May 1983) was a Belgian priest and Professor of Greek at the Catholic University of Louvain, but was better known as an Indologist and the greatest authority on Buddhism in the West in his time. He studied under his pioneering compatriot Louis de La Vallée-Poussin and was one of the few scholars familiar with all the main Buddhist languages: Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan. His first published work was his PhD thesis: Notes sur le Bhagavad-Gita (Paris, Geuthner, 1929). In 1953, he was awarded the Francqui Prize in Human Science. He is also known for his French translation of the Mahāprajñāpāramitāupadeśa (Chinese: 大智度論, English: Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom), a text attributed to Nāgārjuna. Lamotte felt that the text was most likely composed by an Indian bhikkhu from the Sarvāstivāda tradition, who later became a convert to Mahāyāna Buddhism. Lamotte's translation was published in five volumes but unfortunately remains incomplete, since his death put an end to his efforts. In addition to the Mahāprajñāpāramitāupadeśa, Lamotte also composed several other important translations from Mahāyāna sūtras, including the Śūraṃgamasamādhisūtra, and the Vimalakīrtisūtra. (Source Accessed Sep 30, 2022)
YearBirth	1903
YearDeath	1983
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Lamotte, Étienne