Latin is very much like Pali, if we take Greek to be close to Sanskrit.

Both are beautiful in their simplicity and accuracy. However, I am no
Latin scholar, although the interest was there when I was very young.
My time is not consumed by Pali.

With metta,

Piya

On Jan 22, 2008 1:55 AM, P G Dave <pgd2507@...> wrote:

> Dear Piya,
>
> very interesting.
>
> since, like you say that age has gone, it wud be lovely if u put up a
> whole
> compilation of such telling latin stories in pali along with their latin
> and
> english translations.
>
> metta
> _________________________________
>
> On 1/21/08, Gunnar Gällmo <gunnargallmo@... <gunnargallmo%40yahoo.se>>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- Piya Tan <dharmafarer@... <dharmafarer%40gmail.com><dharmafarer%40gmail.com>> skrev:
>
> >
> > > Dear Johan,
> > >
> > > There is a small joke I often tell my friends: if
> > > you find any Latin
> > > translation in the
> > > Pali translations don't ask about it as it is about
> > > something unspeakable,
> > > esp to
> > > the Victorian scholars of yesteryears.
> >
> > I think the first Western translation from Pali was
> > Fausböll's version of the Dhammapada - into Latin.
> >
> > Probably the first and last of its kind, however. When
> > the same scholar translated the Suttanipata, he did it
> > into English.
> >
> > Gunnar
> >
> > http://metrobloggen.se/esperanto
> >
> >
> >
> >
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