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Kenneth Roy Norman (21 July 19255 November 2020) was a British philologist at the University of Cambridge and a leading authority on Pali and other Middle Indo-Aryan languages.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: Ancient Greek, Atthakatha, British Academy, Classics, Dhammapada, Downing College, Cambridge, Fellow of the British Academy, Indo-European languages, Latin, Master of Arts, Middle Indo-Aryan languages, Pali, Pali Text Society, Pāṭimokkha, Philology, Prakrit, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Sanskrit, SOAS University of London, Somerset, Sutta Nipata, Taunton School, Theragatha, Therīgāthā, University of Cambridge.

  2. British philologists
  3. Linguists of Pali
  4. Pali
  5. Pali–English translators

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Atthakatha

Aṭṭhakathā (Pali for explanation, commentary) refers to Pali-language Theravadin Buddhist commentaries to the canonical Theravadin Tipitaka.

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British Academy

The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.

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Classics

Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity.

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Dhammapada

The Dhammapada (धम्मपद; Dharmapada) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures.

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Downing College, Cambridge

Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 950 students.

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Fellow of the British Academy

Fellowship of the British Academy (post-nominal letters FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences.

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Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

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Middle Indo-Aryan languages

The Middle Indo-Aryan languages (or Middle Indic languages, sometimes conflated with the Prakrits, which are a stage of Middle Indic) are a historical group of languages of the Indo-Aryan family.

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Pali

Pāli, also known as Pali-Magadhi, is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent.

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Pali Text Society

The Pāli Text Society is a text publication society founded in 1881 by Thomas William Rhys Davids "to foster and promote the study of Pāli texts." Pāli is the language in which the texts of the Theravada school of Buddhism are preserved. K. R. Norman and Pali Text Society are Pali.

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Pāṭimokkha

In Theravada Buddhism, the Pāṭimokkha is the basic code of monastic discipline, consisting of 227 rules for fully ordained monks (bhikkhus) and 311 for nuns (bhikkhuṇīs).

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Philology

Philology is the study of language in oral and written historical sources.

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Prakrit

Prakrit is a group of vernacular Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE.

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Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (or Videnskabernes Selskab) is a Danish academy of science.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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SOAS University of London

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Sutta Nipata

The is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.

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Taunton School

Taunton School is public school, now co-educational, in the county town of Taunton in Somerset in South West England. K. R. Norman and Taunton School are People educated at Taunton School.

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Theragatha

The Theragatha (Verses of the Elder Monks) is a Buddhist text, a collection of short poems in Pali attributed to members of the early Buddhist sangha.

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Therīgāthā

The Therīgāthā, often translated as Verses of the Elder Nuns (Pāli: therī elder (feminine) + gāthā verses), is a Buddhist text, a collection of short poems of early enlightened women who were elder nuns (having experienced 10 Vassa or monsoon periods).

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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See also

British philologists

Linguists of Pali

Pali

Pali–English translators

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._R._Norman

Also known as K R Norman, K.R. Norman, KR Norman, Kenneth R. Norman, Kenneth Roy Norman.