Thomas William Rhys Davids

Thomas William Rhys Davids ( born May 12, 1843 in Colchester, Essex, England; † December 27, 1922 in Chipstead, Surrey, England ) was a British researcher and founder of the Pali Pali Text Society in London, an association for scholarly edition and translation of texts of the Buddhist Pali Canon. The Association was the first organization that has transcribed and translated this canon in a large scale.

Bibliography

  • Buddhist India
  • The Sects of the Buddhists By T. W. Rhys Davids. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. ( 1891), pp. 409-422
  • Asoka and the Buddha relics By T. W. Rhys Davids. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. (1901 ) pp. 397-410

Printed texts

  • With Victoria Charles: 1000 Buddhas, editors of the German edition: Klaus H. Carl. Parkstone International, New York, NY 2009, ISBN 978-1-84484-665-8.
  • Translated from the Pali into English Original title: Tripitaka. Excerpts: Buddhist Suttas, reprint. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, Varanasi, Patna in 1968.
  • Vinaya Texts, reprint. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, Varanasi, Patna,
  • Reprint based on the last English Reprint of 1917: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, Varanasi, Patna, Bangalore, Madras, 1987, ISBN 81-208-0425-2 paperback.
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