Hi,

When people in the west from pali text society first want to edit the pali
text from leaves into roman script ,they have to use sinhala,burmese,thai
leaves(cambodia script)etc.There are no such things like pali text been kept
in devanagari and roman script in those palm leaves.Nowadays if you want to
edit a text ,you still have to learn from those leaves.

>From: "Gabriel Bittar, PhD, Geneva University" <buddhayatana@...>
>Reply-To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Pali] Pali script
>Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:06:22 +1030
>
> >A couple of questions:
> >
> >Does Paali have sandhi between words, as does Samskrta? (It would seem
>not,
> >from what I've seen, but I just want to check that out.)
> >
> >In which script is Paali most usually written? I am familiar with the
> >Devanagari script, but I've seen Sri Lankan websites where the Paali is
> >written in Sinhala script. *Is* there a "normal" script for Paali, or is
>it
> >simply written in whatever script the writer normally uses, i.e. Sinhala
> >script for Sinhala-speakers, Devanagari script for speakers of
> >Samskrta/Hindi-speakers, and presumably Roman script for speakers of
> >European languages?
> >
> >Metta,
> >Doug
>
>Dear Doug, welcome. From the way I understand the somewhat complex history
>of P�li, it is mainly a vernacular language which has been put into writing
>in different places using the main local script available at the time. So I
>do not think there is a "normal" script, but there is the point that some
>of the most ancient texts available, or those serving to define the Canon,
>are indeed written in Sinhala or Burmese or Sanskrit etc.
>
>Mett�-cittena
>
>Gabriel J�vasattha Bittar
>
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