Re: Num : orientation

Dear Num,

>Jim, finally, I just got a Pali-Thai dictionary, shipping from Thailand, 2
>days ago.  My question is why the dictionary starts the first vocabulary
with
>"Assa" and the last word is "Hora...".  I am used to Thai and English
>alphabetical order.  I scanned through the dictionary last night, I could
not
>come up with how the Pali alphabetical order goes. I ordered Pali-English
>dictionary but it will take about another month to be ready to ship to me.

Better check that dictionary again! I think the 'assa' is most likely
'a.msa'. The order of the niggahiita (.m) is a letter that confuses many in
looking up words in a Pali dictionary. The .m comes between the vowels and
y, r, l, v, s, h (mostly in cases with the prefix sa.m before y, r, etc.)
which is dealt with first before it goes into k kh g gh etc. Which
Pali-English dictionary did you order? I'd be interested to know the
differences between the Thai-Pali and the Pali-English dictionary when you
have both and also the general layout and content of the Thai entries and
how far it goes explaining the derivation of Pali words (prefix, root,
affixes).

Jim
High Priest of the Pali Order