Re: VRI CSCD version = CS version? (Re: [Pali] which is better?)

My eyes have a sparkle in them!!! Where can I get hold of the CDROM of the
Khmer tipitika? The hard copy edition seems impossible to get (and I
couldn't afford it at the moment anyway.

Cheers

Robert Didham.

>From: "Ong Teng Kee" <otengkee@...>
>Reply-To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: VRI CSCD version = CS version? (Re: [Pali] which is better?)
>Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:56:55 +0000
>
>
>I did ask about this cdrom in Religious affairs ,yangon but they said that
>don't know anything about it.It seems that from internet silananda is in US
>for many years.I have to mention that in france they do cdrom of Cambodia
>tipitaka in scan format from the book which should be the only way instead
>of retyping the text into roman script.
>Why we need a cdrom so badly ?Silananda will be doing real dhamma job if he
>can edit those never published books like Jataka tika and
>gantipada,Anguttara purana tika,Saccasankhepa purana-nava
>tika,namarupapariccheda purana-nava tika ,Nettigantipada or translate pali
>grammar text into english for those hardtoread texts like
>niruttisaramanjusa,or publish unpublished grammar texts like mahanirutti.
>
>
>
>
> >From: "tzungkuen" <tzungkuen@...>
> >Reply-To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
> >To: <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
> >Subject: Re: VRI CSCD version = CS version? (Re: [Pali] which is better?)
> >Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 22:12:00 +0800
> >
> >Dear Ven Kum�ra
> >
> >
> >you mentioned that
> >"This is confirmed by Sayadaw U Silananda (Rector of ITBMU, Yangon;
>student
> >of Mahasi Sayadaw), who was one of the editors at the CS, says the VRI
> >CSCD's version is not the CS version, yet they call it so. So, he's
>working
> >on producing the *real* CS version."
> >
> >Could you tell me more about the CS Version on which Sayadaw U Silanada
>is
> >working? I am eager to know about it.
> >
> >Thank you in advance
> >
> >with metta
> >
> >Tzungkuen
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Kumaara Bhikkhu
> > To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 3:52 PM
> > Subject: VRI CSCD version = CS version? (Re: [Pali] which is better?)
> >
> >
> > At 07:12 PM 25-10-02, Ong Teng Kee wrote:
> > >The one by vri are from sixth council edition publication 40 years
> >
> > You're right to say that the VRI CSCD version is *based* on the
>Chattha
> >Sangayana (CS) version. However, we found out that the two are not
>entirely
> >the same. There are some changes which are obviously deliberate and not
> >typos. Off the cuff, I can mention that the CS uses "sa.mgha" while the
>VRI
> >CSCD (up to version 3) have it as "sa.ngha". (I prefer the latter though.
> >My teacher told me that the preference for "sa.mgha" is due to the way
> >Burmese pronounce the word.) We came across some others, and suspect many
> >more.
> >
> > This is confirmed by Sayadaw U Silananda (Rector of ITBMU, Yangon;
> >student of Mahasi Sayadaw), who was one of the editors at the CS, says
>the
> >VRI CSCD's version is not the CS version, yet they call it so. So, he's
> >working on producing the *real* CS version.
> >
> > Also, in a reply to one of my error reports to VRI, I was told that
>they
> >are receiving a lot of feedback on apparent errors. They suspect errors
>in
> >their source. If they're trying to re-proofread it, it's going to take
> >quite a while. I'm looking forward to it's "fourth"coming. [Hope they'd
> >include the Pali-Chinese dictionary as planned.]
> >
> > FYI, there's another "CS" version of the texts by Sitagu Buddhist
> >Academy. Someone showed me the manuscript before it was printed and I've
> >had a comparison made between their first 15 pages of their Majjhima
>Nikaya
> >and that of CSCD. I found some errors and discrepancies particularly in
>the
> >footnotes on variant readings. Despite my informing and urging to the
> >Sayadaw to have it re-proofread (considering the frequency of suspicious
> >elements) they went ahead to print it anyway. Some people are sometimes
> >very hard to understand!
> >
> > So, when quoting from the VRI CSCD, I rather not say that it's the CS
> >(i.e., Sixth Council) version, because it may not be the same.
> >
> > peace
> >
> > Ven Kum�ra
> >
> >
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