--- Dear Teng,
A very good point. I like your approach to this question.
Robert

In Pali@..., "Ong Teng Kee" <ongtk@...> wrote:

> The buddha want us to retain the magadhi and also tran it.If the pali

is lost by now but just tran,how can we be sure the tran is correct.We
can be sure mahinda and buddhaghosa tran correctly but what about
modern tran?

> Example Norman and bodhi tran maggajina as knowing the path

follow sanskrit.It is tran as jina -conquer the path by buddhghosa in pali
which for me is correct because in pali the maggannu is knowing the
path.So pali -magadhi cannot be destroy > .com/wp.epl?a=2716