Re: paññaavuddhisutta.m.

Ok Jim Thanks. Please give all your other work priority and just
look at anything I post if you have inclination.
--- Jim Anderson <jimanderson_on@...> wrote:
> 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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