Re: paññaavuddhisutta.m.

Thanks teng and jim and sarah,
I'll take it all on board. Fortunately my Uni. gives me a book
budget so I can use that for these books (can't take them with
me when I leave the uni. though). Good point about the english
grammar words Teng.
robert
--- Ong Teng Kee <ongtkee@...> wrote:
> Dear Robert,
> I gave away pts dict long time ago because I think it
> has too many mistakes and is a sanskrit-like dict.Read
> and use Buddhadatta dict will be more than enough(book
> from Buddhist Cultural centre in Sri lanka).Use
> buddhadatta's 3 books on Pali grammar(also from sri
> lanka) which is an easy to read book than others eng.
> pali grammar like Warder,geiger and perniola etc.
> The address to order critical
> dict---direct@...
> Ask them to give you Denmark Krone only but not USD
> will be cheaper
>
> --- Robert Kirkpatrick
> <robertkirkpatrick@...> wrote:
> > 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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