First Buddhist text translated into a Western language

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There are Greek versions of several of Askoka's inscriptions, erected during Ashoka's lifetime. He died in 232 BC.

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The Dhammapada: Being a collection of moral verses in Pali (trans. into Latin) (Copenhagen, 1855) by [Viggo Fausböll][1] seems to be the earliest Theravada text i have found so far. This was the basis of the translation by Max Müller in the Sacred Books of the East series. This question: What was the first Buddhist text to be translated into English? cites some Mahayana sources also throug restricted to the English language.

Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena 36960

📝 Do we sense the mental stream (santāna)
📝 Conflict between theistic religious belief and Buddhist practice?
📝 Is this sexual misconduct?
📝 Thoughtlessness
📝 How does cause depend on its effect?
📝 Was is the difference between "uparujjhati" & "nirujjhati"?
📝 Defilements or misperceptions that arise because of correct insight attainment
📝 significance of buddhism in this age of terrorism tyrannies and insolence
📝 If sex is prohibited, how do we survive?
📝 Does duḥkha apply to animals too?
📝 Can Buddhists be good workplace leaders?
📝 Does Buddhism have a concept of avatars?
📝 Is kasina meditation based on the suttas or was it invented in the Visuddhimagga?
📝 If Buddhism is about moderation, then why is it that you can attain nirvana only after renouncing worldly possessions?
📝 What makes people care about others behind their backs?
📝 What is dry insight?
📝 If Buddha is able to predict the future of other sentient beings how can freewill be possible as its very nature is that of unpredictability?
📝 Disclosing Spiritual Experiences
📝 How does practicing restraint and performing actions of merit purify the mind?
📝 Why is Buddhism a venture of a limited few?
📝 What does "joy" mean in the phrase "dharma gate of great ease and joy"
📝 Is eating an apple from a tree planted right next to a granddad's tomb not permitted?
📝 Is nirvana a conceptual construction?
📝 Is it right to use the term rebirth in the Buddhist context?
📝 How to juggle between the need for Prosperity and Desires for a Samsaric mind?
📝 What do Venerable Cha Mo's similes on the Flower's Scent and the Perfumed Rag mean with regard to satkāyadṛṣṭi?
📝 Has Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance got anything to do with Zen?
📝 Vitakkasanthana Sutta
📝 How to achieve consciousness in nirvana?
📝 Can Cyborg/ Trans-human reach enlightenment? When enlightenment is depended on a Human Body

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