GRAY, James. 1849 — 1905. British Indologist (Pāli Scholar) in Burma. From 1872 teacher at Akyab school under H. D. Gray, possibly his father, , later on schoolmaster in Moulmein (1878). Then taught many years as Professor of Pāli at Rangoon High School. No further details found.
Publications: First lessons in Pali. 36 p. Rangoon 1878; Elements of Pāli Grammar. 6+126 p. Rangoon 1883; Elementary Pāli Grammar, or Second Pāli Course. Rangoon 1905; First Pāli Delectus or Companion Reader to the Pāli Course. 92 p. Rangoon 1905.
– The Dhammapada. Transl. from Pāli. Rangoon 1881, 2nd ed. 45 p. Calcutta 1887.
– Ancient Proverbs and Maxims from Burmese Sources: or, the Nîti Literature of Burma. 179 p. L. 1886 (translation of the Lokanīti, Dhammanīti, Rājanīti, and Suttavaḍḍhanīti); edited & transl. Dhammanīti. 165 p. Rangoon 1884.
– Buddharakkhita: Jinālaṅkāra or “embellishment of Buddha”. Edited with introd., transl. and notes. 112 p. L. 1892, repr. as S.B.B. 36. L. 1981.
– Edited & transl. Mahāmaṅgala: Buddhaghosuppatti or the Historical Romance of the Rise and Career of Buddhaghosa. 6+75+36 p. L., P.T.S. 1892.
– Also wrote on Burmese language and history.
Sources: Briefly mentioned by Kirk in Br. Biogr. Archives 1st Series; years of life in data.bnf.fr and worldcat.org; L.E. Bagshawe, A Literature of School Books. M.A. thesis, S.O.A.S., 105f. (online).
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