Dear Rett and friends,

thanks for what you have written. I am enjoying what I am currently
doing, while trying to find time for other interests. As you can see,
I am even finding it hard to reply to Nina's posts.

I am glad that you are still working on traditional grammar. I can't
stop anyone from posting useful material to the group. However, I
think that it would be better if your posts on traditional grammar is
done on a regular basis.

I agree with you that traditional grammar can be dry, and few in this
group will be keen to follow a grammar text sequentially.
Furthermore, the arrangement and progess of the contents of these
ancient texts may be very different from ours. I agree that it is
more realistic and more suitable for the group to look at selective
topics of interest as they are treated in traditional grammar.

I also think that it will be beneficial to yourself and the group if
this is done on a regular basis. I am looking at a fixed interval,
but low frequency postings. And I am suggesting a quality post on
traditional grammar once in a fortnight. What do you think?


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, rett wrote:

> Rett, you have discontinued postings on traditional grammar for
quite some time. I am writing to see if you are keen to continue or
restart it again. Hope to hear good news from you.

About the Kacc series, I was gladdened by the scale of the positive
response those postings produced, both here and off-list. I enjoy
traditional grammar, but thought it might be a bit too dry for most
people.

I started the series because a poster here, who is also subscribed to
Jim Anderson's Pali Study group, found the level there a bit daunting
and asked whether I might provide a user-friendly introduction to the
topic. Since then I've been continuing my explorations of Kaccaayana
and other grammatical works but have mostly been using other chapters
than the Sandhikappa, which is why I haven't produced any more posts
in that series. If I take it up again, I'd like to look at diverse
short passages from different works that could be interesting for the
group, assuming that's okay by you.

Traditional grammar is a bit tricky to get started with, and I'm
still just starting out. Jim's help and encouragement has been
invaluable. Luckily there is quite a lot of expertise on the topic
gathered here at this time who might be able to answer questions that
stump the rest of us.