[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › People › Thomas William Rhys Davids # Thomas William Rhys Davids British Pāli scholar, founder of the Pali Text Society (1881); translator of the Dīghanikāya, Milindapañha and Vinaya texts. ## Translations (6) - [Buddhist Birth Stories (Nidanakatha and Jatakas 1–40) (Buddhist Birth Stories (Nidānakathā and Jātakas 1–40))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana~en-rhysdavids) — English; 1880 CE - [Vinaya Texts, Part I: The Patimokkha (SBE 13) (Vinaya Texts, Part I: The Pātimokkha (SBE 13))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.patimokkha~en-rhysdavids-oldenberg) — English; 1881 CE - [Vinaya Texts, Parts I–II (SBE 13, 17)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga~en-rhysdavids-oldenberg) — English; 1881–1882 CE - [Vinaya Texts, Parts II–III (SBE 17, 20)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.cullavagga~en-rhysdavids-oldenberg) — English; 1882–1885 CE - [The Questions of King Milinda (Sacred Books of the East 35–36)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.milindapanha~en-rhysdavids) — English; 1890–1894 CE - [Dialogues of the Buddha (Sacred Books of the Buddhists 2–4)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha~en-rhysdavids) — English; 1899–1921 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/person/rhysdavids-tw](https://indike.org/pramana/person/rhysdavids-tw) · Pramāṇa