Dear Dimitri and friends,

A few years ago i read that achaeologists in Varanasi (isipatane) found a
stone which carried parts of the sutta-pitaka in pali. It was discovered
that this stone dated from Asokas time.
Back then scientists discussed, whether the pali canon was already arranged
in Asokas time in the same way which we have it now. Thus suggesting that
pali really had been Buddhas tongue or at least was known in Asokas time.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Дмитрий Алексеевич Ивахненко (Dimitry A. Ivakhnenko)"
<koleso@...>
To: "Robert Eddison" <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 1:57 PM
Subject: [Pali] Paishaci version


> Dear Pali friends,
>
> One can read in the article:
> http://www.thebuddhistsociety.org.uk/dev_ind_budd_tl_02.htm
>
> "The Theravada in western India in the area of Ujjaini recited the
> scriptures in the Paishac¦ language, a variety of prakrit very close
> to Pali."
>
> and on the website:
> http://www.manjushri.com/TEACH/Sthaviravada.html
>
> "The Abhidharma is the glory of the Sthaviravada school and consists of
> 7 treatises. All the versions of the Pitaka were actually based upon
> one common original in Magadhabhasa (the dialect used by the Buddha).
> Therefore the Pali version of the Tripitaka was not the original
> version. Pali is a literary form of Paisaci that is supposed to be the
> spoken dialect of Ujjayini (therefore the home of Paisaci is at
> Ujjayini or more accurately about the Vindhya mountains). Because
> there was a version of the Pitaka in Paisaci therefore the Pali
> Tripitaka is probably based upon this version."
>
> an opinion that Pali originated from Paishaci prakrit,
> spoken in Ujjaini (western India).
>
> Can you please tell more about the Paishaci language and the
> feasibility of this version?
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Dimitry
>
>
>
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