Re: PTS dict vol 1

Dear Teng Kee,

>Hi,
>I like to  inform that pts new dict. vol 1 is on sale
>for 25 pounds now.(20%discount for member)I hope this
>is not like the old one which has sanskrit root and
>stem instaed of pali.

Thank you for this information. Judging from a peek preview of M. Cone's
New Pali-English Dictionary in her article published in JPTS Vol. XXII
1996: Lexicography, Pali and Pali Lexicography, it appears that information
on word formation given in square brackets are very brief and the
corresponding Sanskrit, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, and Prakrit forms are
given. Compare:

NPED:
akkhaati and akkhaayati-1, pr. 3 sg. [S. aakhyaati], declares, announces;
tells, tells about, teaches; Vin II 202,5* (asandiddho ca ~aati); . . .

PED:
akkhaati [aa + khyaa, Idg. *sequ; cp. Sk. aakhyaati, Lat. inquam, Gr.
enneko, Goth. saihvan, Ger. sehen etc. See also akkhi & cakkhu] to declare,
announce, tell Sn 87, 172; . . .

I would prefer to see the prefix and Pali root included eg. aa (meaning?) +
khaa (pakathane, cl. 1). The inclusion of Pali synonyms culled from the
commentaries would also be helpful.

Jim



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