text Asoka
From: Nina van Gorkom
Message: 399
Date: 2001-09-07
Dear Jim, thank you for the texts. I looked up the words as far as I could,
but it is difficult. It starts with an abl. absolutum. mahiiyate: from
mahati. When an i is inserted I think of passive, but this Pali is
different, and maybe we should not go too much into details. Silaathabhe: I
found: thambo, pillar. laajina, raajina, interesting, because l and r , like
in Thai, are almost the same, people mix them. Several words I could not
find, but anyway, I have a general impression of the text on the pillar.
Nina.