From: Piya Tan
Message: 12878
Date: 2008-09-30
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Jon Fernquest <bayinnaung@...> wrote:
> Dear Nyanatusita;
>
>
> "Did you try the Thesaurus of Pali Gatha on the same website? It
> seems to me that it is not finished yet."
>
> I have never heard about it before til I saw it on that site.
> If anyone knows about it, sure would be interesting in learning more.
> There is also the Pali Tipi.taka.m Concordance of 1952 by Woodward and
> others, dated to 1952 and "in progress" in Warder's bibliography.
> Wonder what this did and what became of it? Warder says it is a "basic
> tool for the study of the grammar and lexis of the canon" and
> definitely sounds like something that computers excel at.
>
> Seems like with a comprehensive online dictionary database, a
> thesaurus would be another useful reference work that could be created
> at least in a rough form, fairly quickly, and then be improved upon
> gradually.
>
> [Thank you again Piya Tan for the help. Will send personal thank you
> later when I am completely finished so as not to use everyone's bandwidth]
>
> With metta,
> Jon
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, Nyanatusita
> <nyanatusita@...> wrote:
> >
> > Nyanatusita wrote:
> > Dear Jon,
> >
> > Thanks for the info about Dines Andersen's glossary. My normal (un-)
> > zip program (called TUGzip, a freeware) had no problems opening it and
> > there was no need for a special Japanese program.
> > Did you try the Thesaurus of Pali Gatha on the same website? It seems
> > to me that it is not finished yet.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bh. Nyanatusita
> >
> >
> > Glossary for Dines Andersen Pali Reader available online:
> > http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~pali-bud/sub3.html<http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/%7Epali-bud/sub3.html>
> >
> > Need special Japanese unzip utility;
> > http://www.altools.com/Downloads/ALZip.aspx
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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