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{{Short description|British philologist}}
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'''Kenneth Roy Norman''' [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] (1925–2020){{r|w|g|c}} was a British [[Philology|philologist]]. He was Professor Emeritus of Indian Studies at the [[University of Cambridge]],{{r|b}} and was a leading authority on [[Pali]] and other [[Middle Indo-Aryan languages]].

==Life==
Norman was educated at [[Taunton School]] in [[Somerset]].{{r|w}} After military service in [[India]] and [[British Malaya|Malaya]],{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} he was admitted to [[Downing College, Cambridge]], where he studied [[classics]], receiving his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in 1954.{{r|w}}

{{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}}}}

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}}

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}}

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}}

==Notable works==
===Translations===
*''Elders' Verses: Vol. I'' (1969, 2nd ed. 2007), a translation of the [[Theragatha|Theragāthā]]
*''Elders' Verses: Vol. II'' (1971, 2nd ed. 2007), a translation of the [[Therigatha|Therīgāthā]]
*[https://pdfhost.io/v/FbiS1SMg_The_Word_of_the_Doctrine.pdf ''The Word of the Doctrine''] (1991), a translation of the [[Dhammapada]]
*[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''.}}
*''Pātimokkha'' (2001), a translation of the [[Pāṭimokkha|Pātimokkha]]
*''Overcoming Doubts: Vol. I: The Bhikkhu-Pātimokkha Commentary'' (with P. Kieffer-Pülz and W. Pruitt, 2018), a translation of the [[Atthakatha|Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī]]

===Other books===
*[https://archive.org/details/PaliLiterature ''Pali Literature''] (1983)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/A%20Philological%20Approach%20to%20Buddhism_TBFVol5_Norman_1994.pdf ''A Philological Approach to Buddhism: The Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Lectures 1994''] (1997)
*''Collected Papers: Vols. I{{ndash}}VIII'' (1990{{ndash}}2007)

===Papers===
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25202112 Samprasāraṇa in Middle Indo-Aryan] (1958)
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25202955 Notes on Aśoka's Fifth Pillar Edict] (1967)
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25203159 Dr. Bimala Churn Law] (1969)
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/613328 Some Aspects of the Phonology of the Prakrit Underlying the Aśokan Inscriptions] (1970)
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25203233 Notes on the Bahapur Version of Aśoka's Minor Rock Edict] (1971)
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25203367 Notes on the Greek Version of Aśoka's Twelfth and Thirteenth Rock Edicts] (1972)
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25203598 Aśoka and Capital Punishment: Notes on a Portion of Aśoka's Fourth Pillar Edict, with an Appendix on the Accusative Absolute Construction] (1975)
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/615021 Two Pali Etymologies] (1979)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/A%20Note%20on%20Atta%20in%20the%20Alagaddupama%20Sutta_Norman_LDS_1981.pdf A Note on Attā in the Alagaddūpama-sutta] (1981)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/The%20Nine%20Treasures%20of%20a%20Cakravartin_vol11_art10_NORMAN.pdf The Nine Treasures of the Cakravartin] (1983)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/The%20Pali%20Language%20and%20the%20Theravadin%20Tradition_Norman_1983.pdf The Pāli Language and the Theravādin Tradition] (1983)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/Pratyeka-Buddha%20in%20Buddhism%20and%20Jainism_Norman%201983.pdf The Pratyeka-Buddha in Buddhism and Jainism] (1983)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/The%20Origin%20of%20Pali%20and%20its%20Position%20among%20the%20Indo-European%20Languages_JPBS_Norman_1988.pdf The Origin of Pāli and Its Position among the Indo-European Languages] (1988)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/Aspects%20of%20Early%20Buddhism_Norman_WSC_1990.pdf Aspects of Early Buddhism] (1990)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/Pali%20Philology%20and%20the%20Study%20of%20Buddhism_Norman_1990.pdf Pāli Philology and the Study of Buddhism] (1990)
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25182325 Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aśoka] (1991)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/On%20Translating%20from%20Pali_Norman.pdf On Translating from Pāli] (1992)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/Theravada%20Buddhism%20and%20Brahmanical%20Hinduism_Brahmanical%20Terms%20in%20Buddhist%20Guise_TBF_Norman.pdf Theravāda Buddhism and Brahmanical Hinduism: Brahmanical Terms in a Buddhist Guise] (1992)
*[https://pdfhost.io/v/SXwfLvbn_Solitary_as_Rhinoceros_Horn.pdf ‘ Solitary as Rhinoceros Horn ’] (1996)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/The%20Four%20Noble%20Truths_Norman_PTS_2003.pdf The Four Noble Truths] (2003)
*[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/Articles/Why%20are%20the%20Four%20Noble%20Truths%20Called%20Noble_Norman_PTS_2008.pdf Why are the Four Noble Truths Called “Noble”?] (2008)

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=b>[https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/kenneth-norman-FBA "Professor Kenneth Norman FBA"] ([[British Academy]]).</ref>
<ref name=c>[https://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/news/prof-kr-norman-1925-2020 "Prof. K.R. Norman (1925–2020)"] ([[University of Cambridge]], 9 November 2020).</ref>
<ref name=d>[http://www.royalacademy.dk/da/Members/Norman-Kenneth "Professor Emer. Kenneth Norman"] ([[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters]]).</ref>
<ref name=g>[https://networks.h-net.org/node/6060/discussions/6716311/kr-norman-1995%E2%80%932020 "NOTICE OF PASSING> K.R. Norman (1995–2020)"] ([[Rupert Gethin]], ''H-Buddhism'', 8 November 2020).</ref>
<ref name=j>[http://www.palitext.com/JPTS_scans/JPTS_2007_XXIX.pdf ''Journal of the Pali Text Society: Vol. XXIX''] (2007).</ref>
<ref name=p>[http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/A%20Philological%20Approach%20to%20Buddhism_TBFVol5_Norman_1994.pdf ''A Philological Approach to Buddhism: The Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Lectures 1994''] (1997).</ref>
<ref name=w>[https://pdfhost.io/v/I09rFkkA_Kenneth_Roy_Norman.pdf "NORMAN, Prof. Kenneth Roy"] (''[[Who's Who]]'', 1 December 2019).</ref>
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