user7290: What is called "Buddhism" is a whole range of different schools, sects, practices etc. that has in common that they are based on the teachings of Siddharta Gautama/the Buddha.  But is the name "Buddhism" used as a name for these teachings anywhere else than in the "West"? How and when did the name "Buddhism" appear? 

user-1: Good question! The Buddha introduced his "religion" as (this) Dhamma- (this) Vinaya, Dhamma-Vinaya (Teaching & Discipline) and there is and was also the use of Buddha Sasana (the teaching of the Buddha).
The "ism"-isation is actually already against his teachings, especially such nuances as "my", "our" Buddhism, and indicates even much lack of respect, since the teaching of the Buddha, the Dhamma, is just for an Arahat his own and even so, a person who actually owns it, would not refer to it other than Buddha-Sasana.
As far as Atma knows, this name firstly came up about 1850 in UK (you find certain dates or orign and hints in older English dictionaries) and his actually a label of and everything that likes to use the Buddhas reputation for mainly wordily purposes, attachment, (wrong) views and identifications, so really not a good label if one seeks for the good teachings. 

user7082: I don't think I understand your question. It's simply an '-ism' made from what should be referred to as "Buddhadhamma". All schools agree that Buddha showed a way to nibbana which anybody can follow by critically understanding every step themselves. All schools also agree that their minute differences are mainly in the monastic rules and conduct which themselves are nothing but a raft used to reach a state, Buddha refers to Dhamma itself.

user254: How and when did the name "Buddhism" appear?
I'm not an expert, but here's what I found this evening: the article  SCHOPENHAUER AND BUDDHISM by Peter Abelson says,

When  the tenets  of Buddhism  became  known  in Europe  during  the third and fourth  decade  of the nineteenth   century

... and says that Schopenhauer referenced work by Isaak Jacob  Schmidt.
Wikipedia's article for Isaac Jacob Schmidt says that one of his publications was titled,

Über die Verwandtschaft der gnostisch-theosophischen Lehren mit den Religions-Systemen des Orients, vorzüglich des Buddhaismus, Leipzig 1828

And this book Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West quotes Isaac Schmidt as saying,

So according to Isaac Jacob Schmidt,

The peoples of that faith call themselves followers of the teachings of the Buddha.

According to Wikipedia he was living in Russia and studying Mongolian and Tibetan history.

His scientific work became noted after the publication of a work on the history of Mongols and Tibetans in 1824. ... Until his death in 1847, Schmidt published a multitude of works on Mongolian and Tibetan studies


7290: <p>What is called "Buddhism" is a whole range of different schools, sects, practices etc. that has in common that they are based on the teachings of Siddharta Gautama/the Buddha.  But is the name "Buddhism" used as a name for these teachings anywhere else than in the "West"? How and when did the name "Buddhism" appear? </p>
 -1: <p>Good question! The Buddha introduced his "religion" as (this) Dhamma- (this) Vinaya, Dhamma-Vinaya (Teaching &amp; Discipline) and there is and was also the use of Buddha Sasana (the teaching of the Buddha).</p>

<p>The "ism"-isation is actually already against his teachings, especially such nuances as "my", "our" Buddhism, and indicates even much lack of respect, since the teaching of the Buddha, the Dhamma, is just for an Arahat his own and even so, a person who actually owns it, would not refer to it other than Buddha-Sasana.</p>

<p>As far as Atma knows, this name firstly came up about 1850 in UK (you find certain dates or orign and hints in older English dictionaries) and his actually a label of and everything that likes to use the Buddhas reputation for mainly wordily purposes, attachment, (wrong) views and identifications, so really not a good label if one seeks for the good teachings. </p>
 7082: <p>I don't think I understand your question. It's simply an '-ism' made from what should be referred to as "Buddhadhamma". All schools agree that Buddha showed a way to <em>nibbana</em> which anybody can follow by critically understanding every step themselves. All schools also agree that their minute differences are mainly in the monastic rules and conduct which themselves are nothing but a raft used to reach a state, Buddha refers to Dhamma itself.</p>
 254: <p><strong>How and when did the name "Buddhism" appear?</strong></p>

<p>I'm not an expert, but here's what I found this evening: the article  <a href="http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/peter2.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SCHOPENHAUER AND BUDDHISM by Peter Abelson</a> says,</p>

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  <p>When  the tenets  of Buddhism  became  known  in Europe  during  the third and fourth  decade  of the nineteenth   century</p>
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<p>... and says that Schopenhauer referenced work by Isaak Jacob  Schmidt.</p>

<p>Wikipedia's article for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Jacob_Schmidt" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Isaac Jacob Schmidt</a> says that one of his publications was titled,</p>

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  <p>Über die Verwandtschaft der gnostisch-theosophischen Lehren mit den Religions-Systemen des Orients, vorzüglich des <strong>Buddhaismus</strong>, Leipzig 1828</p>
</blockquote>

<p>And this book <a href="https://books.google.fr/books?id=3i1OCgAAQBAJ&amp;lpg=PA24&amp;ots=lCDeh_VXOL&amp;dq=Isaac%20Jacob%20Schmidt%20buddhism&amp;pg=PA24#v=onepage&amp;q=Isaac%20Jacob%20Schmidt%20buddhism&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West</a> quotes Isaac Schmidt as saying,</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/NLVex.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/NLVex.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>So according to Isaac Jacob Schmidt,</p>

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  <p>The peoples of that faith call themselves followers of the teachings of the Buddha.</p>
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<p>According to Wikipedia he was living in Russia and studying Mongolian and Tibetan history.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>His scientific work became noted after the publication of a work on the history of Mongols and Tibetans in 1824. ... Until his death in 1847, Schmidt published a multitude of works on Mongolian and Tibetan studies</p>
</blockquote>
