[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c4.1 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c4.1 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c4.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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. - [Previous: v1.c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c3.2) - [Next: v1.c4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c4.2) - [Up: v1.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c4.1) · Pramāṇa