--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Fernquest" <bayinnaung@...> wrote:

>
> Dear List;
>
> "King's of the Buddha's Time" (1983) by Bhikkhu Amritananda of Nepal
> (now deceased)
>
> This is a really fantastic book that I would recommend to anyone
> interested in Pali literature.
>
> It is full of useful background information and puts Jataka stories
> into context.
>
> Often you hear names when reading the Tipitaka that can sometimes

not

> have meaning for the reader due to limitations in knowledge. This

book

> weaves together disparate parts of the Tipitaka into biographies and
> narratives and provides this background info.
>
> It only cost 80 baht (2.5 US dollars) at the bookstore across from

Wat

> Benjamapopit (sorry for spelling) which leads me to believe that the
> price was set more to cover the cost of paper than to make any

profit,

> with an aim to disseminating this work as widely as possible.
>
> Which leads me to conclude that a lot of authors of works probably
> would be open to making their work available on the internet, if

asked

> politely with objective of non-profit dissemination made clear.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jon

Jon,

How would somebody from the U.S. go about getting a copy? When I
search for it online it leads me back here to this post!

-DaveK