Hi John,

Long time ago, I read somewhere (sorry can't remember who, might have been a
Rhys Davids?) that the Pali Canonis about 11 times the Bible (that is the
conventional one, I suppose).

Sukhi.

Piya

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kelly" <palistudent@...>
To: "Pali" <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 16 March, 2003 2:41 AM
Subject: [Pali] size of Pali canon


> Friends,
>
> I have a trivia question that I don't know the answer
> to, but I figured somebody on this list would. I am
> giving a short talk tomorrow night to my local sangha,
> giving an overview of the Pali Canon and sutta study.
> Does anyone know approximately what is the total size
> of the 3 parts of the Tipitaka - either in approximate
> number of pages, or words, or even more usefully
> perhaps to this audience, in comparison to the
> Christian bible, e.g., three times the size, or ten
> times the size or whatever it might be.
>
> Thank you!
> John
>
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