Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c4.1

v1.c4.1

DR. STEDE, the illustrious editor of the Pāli Text Society’s Pāli-English Dictionary, having said, in his Afterword to that great work: “It will be worth the trouble to explore more thoroughly that range of civilisation which lies enshrined in the Pāli Canon,” added in a footnote, “In connection with this I may point out that one of the greatest needs of Pāli scholarship is a Dictionary of Names . . . the Name Dictionary will be an indispensable supplement to the Word Dictionary.” That was in 1925, when I was yet a student at the School of Oriental Studies, with the privilege of having Dr. Stede as one of my teachers.