Asoka pillar
From: Nina van Gorkom
Message: 386
Date: 2001-09-04
Dear Jim, in a few weeks I shall see the Asoka pillar at Lumbini. It would
inspire me very much if you could say something about the Pali text on the
pillar. A few months ago you mentioned this text. I have the Pali and
English in an old book we bought in India, by V.A.Smith, Low Price
Publications. I can type it out if you do not have it at hand, but it would
be nice if you explain more about it. Lodewijk and I will also visit Kuru,
the place of the preaching of the satipatthana sutta where there is also a
stone slab, and New Delhi museum where there is a copy of the stones with
Asoka's edict.
Now back to corrections. Superscript 2,3, this may be because I work from my
document (Apple works) and paste it to e mail.
The accusative and then vuccati which is passive. Still, I think that
vuccati refers to all those accusatives. Can it be: with reference to?I
looked at Warder, p. 17. And hotu maybe just in between like va: maybe.
Yamki~nci I understood: whatever, whatever colour. From the to particle I
learnt that cases may overlap, not so strict. Because of its purity: could
extend to all those colours and no colour. Your corrections were very
helpful as always. Thank you very much. Nina.