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100			_aWickremeratne, Ananda
245		0	_aGenesis of an Orientalist : _bThomas William Rhys Davids in Sir Lanka / _cAnanda Wickremeratne
260			_aDelhi : _bMotilal Banarsidass, _c1984.
300			_axxviii, 246 p. : ill. ; _c23 cm.
520			_aThis scholarly biography examines the life and intellectual development of Thomas William Rhys Davids, one of the pioneers of Pāli and Buddhist studies in the West. The book focuses on his years in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), where his experiences as a colonial civil servant led to a lifelong engagement with Buddhism and Pāli literature. It explores the colonial context, the emergence of Orientalist scholarship, and Rhys Davids' contribution to Buddhist studies and the founding of the Pali Text Society
650			_aOrientalists--Great Britain -- Biography.
650			_aPali philologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
650			_aSri Lanka -- Intellectual life
942			_cRBK
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