2006/3/15, Jacques Huynen <jhuynen@...>:

>
> But I wonder if the Sanskrit that the Buddha spoke, if
> he did, must not have been closer to a still very
> "Vedic" dialect (Ardha Magadhi?) rather than classical
> Sanskrit as Panini who definitely stabilized Sanskrit
> is posterior to the Buddha by about 2 centuries.
>
>

What would that change if you knew this? It's likely that it was this way
but there's no way to prove it. The Pali language of the canon has been
modified to fit specific circumstances.

Stefan


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