Pali Text Society

text publication society founded in 1881 by Thomas William Rhys Davids for the study of Pāli texts
Organization text_publication_society Q2007062
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Pali Text Society

Summary

Pali Text Society is a text publication society[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of text_publication_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pali Text Society's field of work was Pali[3].
  • Pali Text Society's instance of is recorded as text publication society[4].
  • Pali Text Society's founder is recorded as Thomas William Rhys Davids[5].
  • Pali Text Society's ISNI is recorded as 0000000109412798[6].
  • Pali Text Society's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128460670[7].
  • Pali Text Society's GND ID is recorded as 1010216-4[8].
  • Pali Text Society's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50082483[9].
  • Pali Text Society's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 125327292[10].
  • Pali Text Society's IdRef ID is recorded as 034586792[11].
  • Pali Text Society's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA02015847[12].
  • Pali Text Society's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36141627[13].
  • Pali Text Society's chairperson is recorded as Rupert Mark Lovell Gethin[14].
  • +1881-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pali Text Society[15].
  • Pali Text Society's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.455663099999676, 'lon': -2.582353764418411}[16].
  • Pali Text Society's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rcv5[17].
  • Pali Text Society's official website is recorded as http://www.palitext.com/[18].
  • Pali Text Society's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 90618472[19].
  • Pali Text Society's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2004014947[20].
  • Pali Text Society's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Pali-Text-Society[21].
  • Pali Text Society's RERO ID is recorded as A003666379[22].
  • Pali Text Society's NE.se ID is recorded as pali-text-society[23].
  • Pali Text Society's National Library of Poland MMS ID is recorded as 9812404705005606[24].
  • Pali Text Society's Vatican Library VcBA ID is recorded as 494/33029[25].
  • Pali Text Society's Canadiana Name Authority ID is recorded as ncf11104686[26].
  • Pali Text Society's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007266376505171[27].

Body

Founding

Pali Text Society's founder is recorded as Thomas William Rhys Davids[5]. +1881-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[15].

Leadership

Pali Text Society's chairperson is recorded as Rupert Mark Lovell Gethin[14].

Industry

Pali Text Society's field of work was Pali[3].

Why It Matters

Pali Text Society ranks in the top 8% of text_publication_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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