Re: SV: [Pali] frequency sorted Pali word list

The CPD is historically and academically the best Pali dictionary we have,
but we seem to take many lives to complete such projects :) The project
started just a couple of years before I was born, I invested a small
fortuine to procure the whole set (in stages and with some difficuties). I
do not know anywhere else in Singapore where there is a CPD, not even the
Buddhist Library here.

Pali House (my residence and Dharma workhouse) very blessed to have the
presence of such dedicated and focussed scholarship in my study and which I
am able to refer to for my work. We also have one of the most complete
(perhaps the most complete) Pali Canon (including some Sanskrit) texts in
Singapore.

It is a mosty compassionate and expedient idea to open the CPD files the
internet, esp the large collection of unpublished materials. This will
surely benefit many (like myself) who enjoying translating the Buddha Word
as part of our spiritual growth.

Sadhu, ciram. tit.t.hatu buddhasaasanam.

Piya

On 10/8/06, Lennart Lopin <lenni_lop@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Ole,
>
> Thank you for your positive feedback! First of all its quite sad to hear
> that the CPD is "officially" going to be discontinued but then - progress
> was very slow during the recent years, wasn't it? At least i did not hear
> much about it. Secondly: it would be a great honor for me if i could lend
> you a hand and make any helpful contribution. We can discuss any details
> about extraction of words from the Patimokkha if you like (please reply to
> palireader [at] gmail [dot] com for off - newsgroup discussion) . I think it
> wont be such a difficult task because - due to the development of the Pali
> Text Reader - we already developed some pali specialized corpus handling
> tools (i.e. our pali-alphabetical sorting algorithm etc.)
>
> Some questions for a starter:
>
> 1.) which editions you are going to use (it might be necessary to make an
> automated diff-list to see, which words differ in those editions of the
> Patimokkha) - VRI, Thai and Sinhalese editions are all electronically
> available, so they could be used
>
> 2.) Extraction of unique terms is no problem. I could also generate a
> reverse sorted list, so its easier to edit them according to "grammatical
> class"
>
> Finally, i have a question regarding the licensing of the CPD. Is it or
> will it be "open source". I am asking, because till now, we use the
> Buddhadatta's dictionary for instance in the Pali Text Reader because the
> PED is still "closed for redistribution" due to copyright issues. Does the
> same apply to the CPD? Or wont it be a problem to use the CPD later on in
> open source applications?
>
> mettâya,
>
> Lennart
>
> ----- Ursprüngliche Mail ----
> Von: Ole Holten Pind <oleholtenpind@... <oleholtenpind%40mail.dk>>
> An: Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>
> Gesendet: Freitag, den 6. Oktober 2006, 12:56:50 Uhr
> Betreff: SV: [Pali] frequency sorted Pali word list
>
> Many thanks Lennart. I am planning to continue the Critical Pali
> Dictionary,
> Copenhagen 1924-, which, unfortunately, is to be discontinued. At the
> moment I am involved in making the CPD available on the server of the
> University of Copenhagen and turning the project into a netbased
> dictionary.
> This will take some time, but it should be available in the near future.
> My
> plan is continue the CPD covering the complete vocabulary of one canonical
> text at the time. In this way one gets around the problem of not covering
> the complete vocabulary of the canon before the last volume has been
> published in the remote future. My first choise is the vocabulary of the
> Patimokkha. Would it be possible for you to extract the total vocabulary
> of
> this important text ? That would be an important contribution to Pali
> lexicography. It could be published as an overview of the vocabulary, and
> serve as an introduction to the subsequent lexicographical treatment.
>
> Ole Pind
>
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>
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> lenni_lop
> Sendt: 6. oktober 2006 01:38
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> Emne: [Pali] frequency sorted Pali word list
>
> Dear friends in Dhamma,
>
> Just uploaded a zip file containing a comprehensive Pali word list
> sorted by frequency. Anyone interested, feel free to download and use
> for whatever purpose:
>
> http://www.nibbanam
> <http://www.nibbanam .com/pali_ language_ tools.html# freqList>
> .com/pali_language_ tools.html# freqList
>
> mettâya,
>
> Lennart
>
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