Reserved Translator Codes
These four-byte codes are used in the translator code sub-field of a filename. This table is from Access to Insight which maintains the list.
| Code | Translator | Identifying info |
|---|---|---|
| agga | Aggacitta Bhikkhu | Received higher ordination at Mahasi Meditation Centre, Rangoon, Myanmar, in 1979. |
| agku | Aggacitta Bhikkhu & Kumara Bhikkhu | Translations done jointly by these two individuals. |
| amar | Amaravati Saṅgha | Any of the monks or nuns affiliated with the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, England. |
| bodh | Bodhi, Bhikkhu | b. Jeffrey Block in New York City, 1944. |
| bpit | Burmese Pitaka Association | Ven. Dr. Ashin Candasiri, Mahaganthavacakapandita (Asst. Rector, Sitagu International Buddhist Academy, Sagaing Hills, Sagaing, Myanmar), by way of Vilasa Bhikkhu. |
| budd | Buddharakkhita, Ven. Acharya | Founder of the Maha Bodhi Society in Bangalore, India. |
| chlm | Chalmers, Robert | b. 18 August 1858 (where?). |
| edmn | Edmunds, Albert J. | ??? |
| faus | Michael Viggo Fausbøll | 1821-1908 Professor of Sanskrit in Copenhagen. |
| gogr | Daniel J. Gogerly | 25 August 1792 – 6 September 1862) was a British Wesleyan Methodist missionary and scholar, who served in Ceylon and provided one of the first translations of the Pāli text into English. |
| hare | Hare, E.M. | b. 4 March 1893 (where?). |
| harv | Harvey, Peter | Now at the School of Social and International Studies, University of Sunderland, Sunderland SR2 7EE, UK. (jtb 070328). |
| heck | Hecker, Hellmuth | ??? |
| hekh | Hecker, Hellmuth & Khema, Ayya (Group) | Translations done jointly by both individuals. (Hecker: Pāḷi to German; Khema: German to English). |
| horn | Horner, I.B. | b. in Walthamstow, England, 1896; d. 1981. |
| irel | Ireland, John D. | b. in London, 1932; d. 1998. |
| jnss | Johansson, Rune E.A. | b. Sweden (when?); d. (when?). Author: The Dynamic Psychology of Early Buddhism; Pāḷi Buddhist Texts: An Introductory Reader and Grammar (1998). |
| kant | Kantasilo Bhikkhu | ??? |
| kell | John Kelly | b. 1952. |
| khan | Khantipalo Bhikkhu | b. Laurence Mills, 1932 (where?). |
| khem | Khema, Ayya | b. Ilse Kussel in Berlin, 1923; d. 1997. |
| ksw0 | John Kelly, Sue Sawyer, & Victoria Wareham (Group) | Translations done jointly by these three individuals. |
| kuma | Kumara Bhikkhu | b. Liew Chin Leag in Malaysia, 1972. |
| lupt | Lupton, Walter James | b. 1871; d. 1955 (?dates unconfirmed?). |
| mend | Dr. N.K.G. Mendis | b. (when?) Sri Lanka. |
| msyd | Mahasi Sayadaw | b. Aug 14, 1904 at Seikkhun, Burma; d. Aug 14, 1982. |
| mulr | F. Max Müller | 1823-1900. Editor of Sacred Books of the East, translator of the Dhammapada. |
| nana | Ñanananda, Bhikkhu | b. in Sri Lanka (year?). |
| nara | Narada Thera | b. in Kotahena, Sri Lanka, 1898; d. 1983. |
| niza | Nizamis, Khristos | b. Adelaide, South Australia 1961. Independent philosopher, meditator, and scholar. |
| norm | Norman, K.R. | Vice-president, Pāḷi Text Society. |
| ntbb | Ñanamoli Thera & Bhikkhu Bodhi (Group) | Translations done jointly by these two individuals. (Ñanamoli: Pāḷi to English; Bodhi: Pāḷi to English & editor.) |
| nymo | Ñanamoli Thera | b. Osbert Moore in England, 1905; d. 1960. |
| nypo | Nyanaponika Thera | b. Siegmund Feniger in Germany, 1901; d. 1994. |
| nysa | Nyanasatta Thera | b. in Czechoslovakia (year?). |
| nyva | Ñanavara Thera | Born Harold Edward Musson, 1920, Aldershot, England, a.k.a. Somdet Phra Buddhaghosacariya |
| olds | Olds, Michael | b. USA 1941; writing from New York and Los Altos. AKA 'Obo'. |
| olen | Olendzki, Andrew | Executive director of the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. |
| piya | Piyadassi Thera | b. Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 1914; d. 1998. |
| pnji | Punnaji, Mahathera Madewela | b. Sri Lanka (when?); recommended by M.O. |
| rdho | Rhys Davids, T.W. and Hermann Oldenberg | |
| rhyc | Rhys Davids, C.A.F. | b. Caroline Augusta Foley in Wadhurst, England, 1857; d. 1942 |
| rhyt | Rhys Davids, T.W. | b. in Colchester, England, 1843; d. Chipstead, England 1922. |
| soma | Soma Thera | b. Victor Emmanuel Perera Pulle in Sri Lanka, 1898; d. 1960. |
| soni | Soni, R.L. | Resided in Mandalay, Burma in the 1950's. |
| stor | Story, Francis | b. in England 1910; d. 1972. |
| than | Thanissaro Bhikkhu | b. Geoffrey DeGraff in USA, 1949. |
| upal | Upalavanna, Sister | 1886-1982 Born Else Buchcholz, Hamburg, Germany. |
| vaji | Vajira, Sister | b. in Germany. |
| vaka | Ñanavara Thera & Kantasilo Bhikkhu (Group) | Translations done jointly by these two individuals. |
| wlsh | Walshe, Maurice O'Connor | b. in London 1911; d. 1998. |
| wood | Woodward, F.L. | b. 1871; d. 1952. |
| wrrn | Warren, Henry Clarke | b. in Boston 1854; d. 1899. (Recommended by M.O. 060719.) |
| yaho | Yahoo! Pāḷi Group (Group) | Translations done jointly by participants of the Yahoo! Pāḷi Group, an online forum. |