Re: paññaavuddhisutta.m.

Dear Rob,

The PTS's PED is the one I use most of the time. There is a new PED due out
anytime soon which will supersede the old one. This is the one by Margaret
Cone but only the first volume: A-KH is being printed and I don't know when
the remaining volumes will be out (could be years away). I think the old
dictionary will serve you well as it has for me and I would recommend it as
well as the new dictionary as it becomes available. The most authoritative
Pali-English dictionary is the Critical Pali Dictionary from Copenhagen. I
have the first two volumes covering all the vowels but it is very expensive
(might be around $300 usd) and it comes in small fascicles making it
difficult to use. The Dictionary of Pali Proper Names is an excellent
dictionary but seems awfully expensive at the price you quote. I bought my
set from PTS in 1979 for less than $60 usd including postage.

You're welcome to post short Pali passages for translation and study from
the 4th vol. of the Samyuttanikaya if you like.

I will answer Sukin's and your earlier post on meta-language soon. I'm often
slow in responding to messages. A lot depends on how busy I am with other
messages that come in and some of them require research for the answers and
that takes time.

Jim

>I should add i'm ordering the Pali- english dictionary (Rhys and
>stede) on my uni. budget (takes 3 months to get here). Is that
>the best one? I was going to order the malaseekera 2 vol set of
>pali proper names but it comes in at about US280 dollars here in
>japan! Is it worth it?
>rob




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