--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ong Yong Peng" <pali.smith@...> wrote:

>
> Dear Diedrik,
>
> you may like to write to the Pali Study Group. The folks there may

be

> able to help you.
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palistudy/
>
> metta,
> Yong Peng.
>

Dear Yong Peng and Diedrik,

The best way to contact the Pali Study Group is to click on the
following link:

http://ca.geocities.com/palistudy

Non-members will probably find the other link inaccessible.

Yong Peng, sorry for this belated response. I didn't have access to
the Internet at the time you posted your message over a month ago and
it wasn't until yesterday that I caught up with it. I was aware of
Diedrik's fearlier message but didn't respond due to my lack of
familiarity with the Ekakkharakosa text. About 25 years ago, I
photocopied 8 pages of this small text of over 100 verses in the
Devanagari script but didn't copy it all, unfortunately. The
arrangement of the syllables is according to the Pali order of
letters. What I have, runs from verse 13 (part of "a") to verse 117
(part of "sa.m"). Most of the syllables are open (vowel or
consonant+vowel). The syllables are often described as a verbal root,
suffix, or prefix.

For a sample of the text, here's verse 50 for "ti" and "tu":

ti dhaatumhi paccaye sa.mkhyaaya ca pakittito //
tukaaro paccaye 'vyaye pavattati yathaaraha.m // 50 //

There is also a .tiikaa (commentary) that might shed more light on
the reason(s) for composing such a work.

Best wishes,
Jim