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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

Facts

7 properties

Identity

Instance of
text publication society
Official website
www.palitext.com[6]

Status and dates

Inception
1881[5]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1881 BnF data 1882 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗

Location

Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.456°, -2.582°

Industry and activity

Field of work
Pali[2]

People

Founder
Thomas William Rhys Davids[3]
Chairperson
Rupert Mark Lovell Gethin[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pali Text Society en PTS en The Pali Text Society hi पालि ग्रन्थ समिति ja パーリ聖典協会 ko 빠알리성전협회 ru Pali Text Society ru Общество палийских текстов th สมาคมบาลีปกรณ์ tr Pali Metin Topluluğu zh 巴利聖典協會 zh 巴利聖典學會 zh 巴利聖典會
🔖 Identifiers · 27
ISNI
0000000109412798
VIAF cluster ID
128460670
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50082483
GND ID
1010216-4
BIBSYS ID
90618472
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
125327292
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11104686
CiNii Research ID
1140563741817188480
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
2tLaVw
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
569819
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Pali-Text-Society
Freebase ID
/m/01rcv5
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Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
obshchestvo-paliiskikh-tekstov-763fd1
IdRef ID
034586792
J9U entity ID
987007266376505171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
1010216-4
Libraries Australia ID
36141627
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02015847
NE.se ID
pali-text-society
NUKAT ID
n2004014947
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001225529
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9812404705005606
RERO ID (legacy)
A003666379
UIA Open Yearbook organization website ID
1100059227
Vatican Library VcBA ID
494/33029
Wellcome Collection concept ID
rfykpa95
Yale LUX ID
group/ec8cdc6e-5830-4527-8a11-c47e9e2011d3
📚 Sources · 1
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🔗 Connections
Field of work 1
Pali
Founder 1
Thomas William Rhys Davids
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Summary

Pali Text Society is a text publication society[1].

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 2tLaVw
    Instance of → text publication society
    Chairperson → Rupert Mark Lovell Gethin
    Field of work → Pali
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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