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'''Kenneth Roy Norman''' |
'''Kenneth Roy Norman''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|FBA}} (21 July 1925{{snd}}5 November 2020) was a British [[Philology|philologist]] at the [[University of Cambridge]] and a leading authority on [[Pali]] and other [[Middle Indo-Aryan languages]]. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Norman was educated at [[Taunton School]] in [[Somerset |
Norman was born on 21 July 1925, and was educated at [[Taunton School]] in [[Somerset]] and [[Downing College, Cambridge]], receiving his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in 1954.{{r|w}} |
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{{quote|text=I was trained as a classicist and studied classical philology, in the form which was current in my student days, i.e. the investigation of the relationship between [[Latin]], [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] and [[Sanskrit]] in particular, and between other [[Indo-European languages]] in general. I went on to study Sanskrit and the dialects associated with Sanskrit—the [[Prakrit]]s—and was appointed to teach the Prakrits, or [[Middle Indo-Aryan languages|Middle Indo-Aryan]], as they are sometimes called, lying as they do between Old Indo-Aryan, i.e. Sanskrit, and New Indo-Aryan, i.e. the modern Indo-Aryan languages spoken mainly in North India.{{r|p}}}} |
{{quote|text=I was trained as a [[classicist]] and studied [[classical philology]], in the form which was current in my student days, i.e. the investigation of the relationship between [[Latin]], [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] and [[Sanskrit]] in particular, and between other [[Indo-European languages]] in general. I went on to study Sanskrit and the dialects associated with Sanskrit—the [[Prakrit]]s—and was appointed to teach the Prakrits, or [[Middle Indo-Aryan languages|Middle Indo-Aryan]], as they are sometimes called, lying as they do between Old Indo-Aryan, i.e. Sanskrit, and New Indo-Aryan, i.e. the modern Indo-Aryan languages spoken mainly in North India.|author=K. R. Norman|title=''A Philological Approach to Buddhism''{{r|p|p=6}}}} |
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The whole of his academic career was spent at Cambridge. He was appointed Lecturer in Indian Studies in 1955, Reader in 1978, and Professor of Indian Studies in 1990. He retired in 1992.{{r|w}} |
The whole of his academic career was spent at Cambridge. He was appointed Lecturer in Indian Studies in 1955, Reader in 1978, and Professor of Indian Studies in 1990. He retired in 1992.{{r|w}} |
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From 1981 to 1994 he was President of the [[Pali Text Society]],{{r|j}} and from January to March 1994 he was the Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Visiting Professor at the [[SOAS University of London|School of Oriental and African Studies]].{{r|p}} |
From 1981 to 1994 he was President of the [[Pali Text Society]],{{r|j|p=xi}} and from January to March 1994 he was the Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Visiting Professor at the [[SOAS University of London|School of Oriental and African Studies]].{{r|p|p=vii}} |
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He was made a Foreign Member of the [[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters]] in 1983{{r|w|d}} and a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] in 1985.{{r|b}} |
He was made a Foreign Member of the [[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters]] in 1983{{r|w|d}} and a [[Fellow of the British Academy]] in 1985.{{r|w|b}} |
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He died on 5 November 2020, at the age of ninety-five.{{r|w|g|c}} |
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==Notable works== |
==Notable works== |
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===Translations=== |
===Translations=== |
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*''Elders' Verses: Vol. I'' (1969, 2nd ed. 2007), a translation of the [[ |
*''Elders' Verses: Vol. I'' (1969, 2nd ed. 2007), a translation of the [[Theragāthā]] |
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*''Elders' Verses: Vol. II'' (1971, 2nd ed. 2007), a translation of the [[ |
*''Elders' Verses: Vol. II'' (1971, 2nd ed. 2007), a translation of the [[Therīgāthā]] |
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*[https://pdfhost.io/v/FbiS1SMg_The_Word_of_the_Doctrine.pdf ''The Word of the Doctrine''] (1991), a translation of the [[Dhammapada]] |
*[https://pdfhost.io/v/FbiS1SMg_The_Word_of_the_Doctrine.pdf ''The Word of the Doctrine''] (1991), a translation of the [[Dhammapada]] |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150911084708/http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/SuttaNipata_Norman_1997-2001.pdf ''The Group of Discourses''] (1992, 2nd ed. 2001), a translation of the [[Sutta Nipata|Suttanipāta]]{{efn|Published in paperback as ''The Rhinoceros Horn and Other Early Buddhist Poems''.}} |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150911084708/http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/SuttaNipata_Norman_1997-2001.pdf ''The Group of Discourses''] (1992, 2nd ed. 2001), a translation of the [[Sutta Nipata|Suttanipāta]]{{efn|Published in paperback as ''The Rhinoceros Horn and Other Early Buddhist Poems''.}} |
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===Other books=== |
===Other books=== |
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*[https://archive.org/details/PaliLiterature ''Pali Literature''] (1983) |
*[https://archive.org/details/PaliLiterature ''Pali Literature''] (1983) |
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*[https://ahandfulofleaves.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/a-philological-approach-to-buddhism_norman_tbf_1997.pdf ''A Philological Approach to Buddhism: The Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Lectures 1994''] (1997) |
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*''Collected Papers: Vols. I{{ndash}}VIII'' (1990{{ndash}}2007) |
*''Collected Papers: Vols. I{{ndash}}VIII'' (1990{{ndash}}2007) |
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<ref name=j>{{cite journal|first=Oskar von|last=Hinüber|author-link=Oskar von Hinüber|year=2007|title=Preface|url=https://palitextsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/JPTS_2007_XXIX.pdf|journal=[[Journal of the Pali Text Society]]|volume=XXIX|pages=ix–xiv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221183720/https://palitextsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/JPTS_2007_XXIX.pdf|archive-date=21 February 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> |
<ref name=j>{{cite journal|first=Oskar von|last=Hinüber|author-link=Oskar von Hinüber|year=2007|title=Preface|url=https://palitextsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/JPTS_2007_XXIX.pdf|journal=[[Journal of the Pali Text Society]]|volume=XXIX|pages=ix–xiv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221183720/https://palitextsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/JPTS_2007_XXIX.pdf|archive-date=21 February 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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<ref name=p>{{cite book|first=K. R.|last=Norman|year=1997|title=A Philological Approach to Buddhism: The Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Lectures 1994|url=https://ahandfulofleaves.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/a-philological-approach-to-buddhism_norman_tbf_1997.pdf|location=London|publisher=School of Oriental and African Studies |
<ref name=p>{{cite book|first=K. R.|last=Norman|year=1997|title=A Philological Approach to Buddhism: The Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Lectures 1994|url=https://ahandfulofleaves.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/a-philological-approach-to-buddhism_norman_tbf_1997.pdf|location=London|publisher=School of Oriental and African Studies|isbn=0-7286-0276-8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221185052/https://ahandfulofleaves.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/a-philological-approach-to-buddhism_norman_tbf_1997.pdf|archive-date=21 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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<ref name=w>{{Who's Who| |
<ref name=w>{{Who's Who|title=Norman, Prof. Kenneth Roy|id=U29663|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U29663}}</ref> |
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[[Category:British philologists]] |
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[[Category:Fellows of the British Academy]] |
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[[Category:Linguists of Pali]] |
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[[Category:Pali]] |
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[[Category:People educated at Taunton School]] |
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Latest revision as of 15:55, 3 August 2024
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| Born | Kenneth Roy Norman 21 July 1925 |
| Died | 5 November 2020 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | British |
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Pamela Raymont (m. 1953) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Discipline | Philologist |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge (1952–1992) |
| Main interests | Pali and other Middle Indo-Aryan languages |
Kenneth Roy Norman FBA (21 July 1925 – 5 November 2020) was a British philologist at the University of Cambridge and a leading authority on Pali and other Middle Indo-Aryan languages.
Life
[edit]Norman was born on 21 July 1925, and was educated at Taunton School in Somerset and Downing College, Cambridge, receiving his M.A. in 1954.[1]
I was trained as a classicist and studied classical philology, in the form which was current in my student days, i.e. the investigation of the relationship between Latin, Greek and Sanskrit in particular, and between other Indo-European languages in general. I went on to study Sanskrit and the dialects associated with Sanskrit—the Prakrits—and was appointed to teach the Prakrits, or Middle Indo-Aryan, as they are sometimes called, lying as they do between Old Indo-Aryan, i.e. Sanskrit, and New Indo-Aryan, i.e. the modern Indo-Aryan languages spoken mainly in North India.
— K. R. Norman, A Philological Approach to Buddhism[2]: 6
The whole of his academic career was spent at Cambridge. He was appointed Lecturer in Indian Studies in 1955, Reader in 1978, and Professor of Indian Studies in 1990. He retired in 1992.[1]
From 1981 to 1994 he was President of the Pali Text Society,[3]: xi and from January to March 1994 he was the Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Visiting Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies.[2]: vii
He was made a Foreign Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in 1983[1][4] and a Fellow of the British Academy in 1985.[1][5]
He died on 5 November 2020, at the age of ninety-five.[1][6][7]
Notable works
[edit]Translations
[edit]- Elders' Verses: Vol. I (1969, 2nd ed. 2007), a translation of the Theragāthā
- Elders' Verses: Vol. II (1971, 2nd ed. 2007), a translation of the Therīgāthā
- The Word of the Doctrine (1991), a translation of the Dhammapada
- The Group of Discourses (1992, 2nd ed. 2001), a translation of the Suttanipāta[a]
- Pātimokkha (2001), a translation of the Pātimokkha
- Overcoming Doubts: Vol. I: The Bhikkhu-Pātimokkha Commentary (with P. Kieffer-Pülz and W. Pruitt, 2018), a translation of the Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī
Other books
[edit]- Pali Literature (1983)
- A Philological Approach to Buddhism: The Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Lectures 1994 (1997)
- Collected Papers: Vols. I–VIII (1990–2007)
Papers
[edit]- Samprasāraṇa in Middle Indo-Aryan (1958)
- Notes on Aśoka's Fifth Pillar Edict (1967)
- Dr. Bimala Churn Law (1969)
- Some Aspects of the Phonology of the Prakrit Underlying the Aśokan Inscriptions (1970)
- Notes on the Bahapur Version of Aśoka's Minor Rock Edict (1971)
- Notes on the Greek Version of Aśoka's Twelfth and Thirteenth Rock Edicts (1972)
- Aśoka and Capital Punishment: Notes on a Portion of Aśoka's Fourth Pillar Edict, with an Appendix on the Accusative Absolute Construction (1975)
- Two Pali Etymologies (1979)
- A Note on Attā in the Alagaddūpama-sutta (1981)
- The Nine Treasures of the Cakravartin (1983)
- The Pāli Language and the Theravādin Tradition (1983)
- The Pratyeka-Buddha in Buddhism and Jainism (1983)
- The Origin of Pāli and Its Position among the Indo-European Languages (1988)
- Aspects of Early Buddhism (1990)
- Pāli Philology and the Study of Buddhism (1990)
- Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aśoka (1991)
- On Translating from Pāli (1992)
- Theravāda Buddhism and Brahmanical Hinduism: Brahmanical Terms in a Buddhist Guise (1992)
- ‘ Solitary as Rhinoceros Horn ’ (1996)
- The Four Noble Truths (2003)
- Why are the Four Noble Truths Called “Noble”? (2008)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Published in paperback as The Rhinoceros Horn and Other Early Buddhist Poems.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Norman, Prof. Kenneth Roy". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U29663. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b Norman, K. R. (1997). A Philological Approach to Buddhism: The Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Lectures 1994 (PDF). London: School of Oriental and African Studies. ISBN 0-7286-0276-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2014.
- ^ Hinüber, Oskar von (2007). "Preface" (PDF). Journal of the Pali Text Society. XXIX: ix–xiv. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Professor Emer. Kenneth Norman". Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019.
- ^ "Professor Kenneth Norman FBA". British Academy. Archived from the original on 14 May 2023.
- ^ Gethin, Rupert (8 November 2020). "NOTICE OF PASSING> K.R. Norman (1995–2020)". H-Buddhism. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Prof. K.R. Norman (1925–2020)". University of Cambridge. 9 November 2020. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020.
