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Pali Text Society Summary
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PALI TEXT SOCIETY. In 1881 British scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids (1843–1922) founded the Pali Text Society (PTS) to facilitate the study of Theravāda Buddhism by producing editions in roman characters of the Theravāda texts...
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Pali Text Society : Buddhist Terms
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Founded in London in 1881 by Professor and Mrs Rhys Davids (q.v.) to publish Pali texts and commentaries in Roman script, and to publish English translations. The whole work is now almost complete. The Canon of the Theravāda was in fact available...
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Stede, Dr William : Buddhist Terms
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Born 1882. German Pali scholar who spent his life in England. Bst. and Theosophist. Lecturer in School of Oriental Studies 1926–49. Compiled with Professor Rhys Davids the Pali-English Dictionary pub. by P.T.S. President of P.T.S. 1950 to death...
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Pali Text Society Information
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The Pali Text Society was founded in 1881 by T.W. Rhys Davids "to foster and promote the study of Pali texts". Pali is the language in which the texts of the Theravada school of Buddhism is preserved. The Pali texts are the oldest collection of Buddhist...


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