Hi Piya,

Yes, I will def. let this list know about their progress...the last I have
heard is that they are going to either get the Sri Lankan government or some
publishers on the boat as the copyright of many of these old texts is quite
unclear.

much metta,

Lennart

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Piya Tan <dharmafarer@...> wrote:

> Dear Lennart,
>
> Thanks for the usefukl information. It's time that the SHB texts be
> digitalized. The DPPN
> often refers to it, and it is frustrating when we are unable to locate the
> citations when we
> dfo not have the SHB serries, Very often I need to do a search or look for
> the reference
> by turning each page till I find what I need.
>
> Do keep me informed of this development.
>
> Thanks again Lennart,
>
> With metta,
>
> Piya
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Lennart Lopin <novalis78@...>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi Tomo,
> >
> > I know of a group of Sri Lankan Buddhists who are trying to work out a
> deal
> > with Google to actually get these and other old Sinhalese Buddhist texts
> > scanned and digitized. If you like more on their efforts, drop me an
> email.
> >
> > Besides that, the only thing you can really do is look for these books at
> > online bookstores like
> >
> > Redins Antiquariat
> > redins.se
> > http://www.redins.se/indo.html
> >
> > But as Nina mentioned, if you are just looking for no particular Pali
> > edition and just the text then www.tipitaka.org will have what you need.
> > Here the direct link:
> > http://tipitaka.org/romn/cscd/s0507a.att0.xml
> >
> > much metta,
> >
> > Lennart
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
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