Re: to Sukin: book suggestions

Thankyou Jim.
Sukin

Jim Anderson wrote:

> Dear Sukin,
>
> I think the PTS dictionary and Warder's Introduction to Pali may be all you
> need at the present time if you're only just beginning to study Pali. A
> number of us here also have these two very valuable books so you could just
> ask us about anything in them for clarification and feedback. A lot depends
> on what information you're interested in. If you find Warder or the
> dictionary doesn't offer all what you're looking for then you might consider
> obtaining more books for further study. For these books I'd  recommend
> Geiger's A Pali Grammar as a useful one for finding rare Pali words. It
> also has many declensional and conjugational tables but nothing on syntax.
> Another book you might want to consider is Perniola's Pali Grammar. I
> haven't seen the book yet but it is one I intend to get for myself. Both of
> these books are available from the PTS. The book that I consult as my main
> authority on the Pali language is the Saddaniti (928pp) which has not been
> translated into English so you'd have to know some Pali in order to make any
> sense of it. Teng Kee recently mentioned to me that there is a Thai
> translation of it. Even the Saddaniti doesn't explain everything and one
> might then have to study Panini's famous Sanskrit grammar to fill in the
> gaps. I started with just Warder and it wasn't until about seven years later
> that I got started on the Saddaniti.
>
> Wishing you success in your Pali studies,
> Jim
>
> >Dear Jim and all,
> >Thanks a lot for the welcome.
> >Judging from my accumulations I do not fit so well in here, since I
> >have never been a studious person.
> >But life is short, and at any time death might make a visit.
> >Buddhadhamma is important, Pali is important too.
> >I have the 'Introduction to Pali' by Warder, ant the PTS pali/english
> >dict. And so if anyone can please suggest me any other books that
> >would help me with the study I'd appreciate greatly.
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Sukin.
>
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