Dear Jim,

thank you for your reply. It is quite pleasant to learn of a Pali
grammar in Devanagari script.

Would you be able to give us a quick review of the ancient Pali
grammar materials. I know CSCD contains the following list:

[Byaakara.na gantha-sa`ngaha : Collection of grammar texts]
(byakarana, or vyakarana in Sanskrit, means grammar)
. Kaccaayanabyaakara.na
. Moggallaanabyaakara.na
. Saddaniitippakara.na (padamaalaa)
. Saddaniitippakara.na (dhaatumaalaa)
. Padaruupasiddhi
. Moggallaanapa~ncikaa
. Payogasiddhipaa.tha
. Vuttodayapaa.tha
. Abhidhaanappadiipikaapaa.tha
. Abhidhaanappadiipikaa.tiikaa
. Subodhaala`nkaarapaa.tha
. Subodhaala`nkaara.tiikaa
. Baalaavataara ga.nthipadatthavinicchayasaara

Abhidhaanappadiipikaapaa.tha, a book of synonyms?
Baalaavataara, elementary grammar?

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Jim Anderson wrote:

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.