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Thomas William Rhys Davids

1843 - 1922

Thomas William Rhys Davids (12 May 1843 - 27 December 1922) was a British scholar of the Pāli language and founder of the Pali Text Society.

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  • Cover of: Buddhist suttas

    First published in 1881 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The history and literature of Buddhism

    First published in 1952 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Buddhist birth stories: or, Jātaka tales. The oldest collection of folk-lore extant: being the Jātakatthavaṇṇanā, for the first time edited in the original Pali

    First published in 1880 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The questions of King Milinda.

    First published in 1963 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Early Buddhism

    First published in 1910 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by some points in the history of Indian Buddhism

    First published in 1891 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Yogavacara's manual of Indian mysticism as practised by Buddhists.

    First published in 1896 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Buddhism: its history and literature

    First published in 1926 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Vinaya texts

    First published in 1881 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by some points in the history of Indian Buddhism

    First published in 1906 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Cosmic law in ancient thought

    First published in 1917 1 edition — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Buddhism, History, Buddha and Buddhism, Buddha (The concept), Sacred books, Buddhist literature, Civilization, Gautama Buddha, ASIA, Birth, Bouddhisme, Buddhism - History, Buddhist stories, Doctrines, General, History and criticism, India, Livres sacrés, Milindapanha, Numismatics, Origin, Pali Jataka stories, Pre-existence, Religion, Religion & Spirituality / Buddhism
Places
India, Sri Lanka
People
Gautama Buddha
Time
324 B.C.-1000 A.D., Early period, to ca. 250, Early period, to ca. 250 B.C., To 1200, To 324 B.C.

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  • T. W. Rhys Davids
  • Rhys Davids
  • T. W. Rhys (Thomas William Rhys) Davids
  • T W Rhys 1843-1922 Davids
  • Rhys Davids T.W.

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April 25, 2022 Edited by Charles Horn Edited without comment.
April 25, 2022 Edited by Charles Horn merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 18, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import