--- Jon Fernquest <bayinnaung@...> skrev:

> George D Bell wrote: "I remain skeptical that Pali
> is any different
> from Latin, Sanskrit or Classical Chinese in matters
> of (language)
> life or death."

One difference, perhaps not a matter of life or death,
is the fact that Pali literature is much more
specialized, so much that I am not quite sure if Pali
can really be regarded as a complete language. I think
it is difficult to find a Pali text not connected in
one way or another to Theravada Buddhism (even if
only, as in the case of the Pali Bible, to convert
Theravadins to another doctrine).

Latin has been used for all themes imaginable,
religious and secular alike; and I think it is the
same with Sanskrit and Classical Chinese. I think all
three, plus Classical Greek, have been used for
theatre (which Theravada Bhikkhus are not supposed to
deal with); I have never heard about a Pali
playwright.

Gunnar

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