Re: some thoughts on studying the texts

Hi Jim:

I have talked briefly with Piya Tan in Singapore. He also said that
CSCD has a lot of errors. Based on FAQ on VRI website, it contains
about 2% error.

When you say grammatical texts, are you referring to the Scriptures
or the accompanying 'Pali Primer' in Help section? If it is the
former, how do you mean: wrong declension, tense, conjugations ..etc?
I have been using CSCD for my Pali self-study with Warder. Should I
continue to us it or find another source.

Best Regards,
jaran


>
> Many of the grammatical texts available on the CSCD disk and from
SLTP
> are not in the best shape and in order to ensure the accuracy of the
> texts I have to go through the ones I have and look for obvious
typos
> and render the text suitable for email use. For the
> Kaccaayana-vyaakara.na and Buddhappiya's Ruupasiddhi, I have three
> editions with which to compare. I believe that one of the best ways
to
> learn a grammatical text is to memorize the suttas or short
aphorisms
> at the very least. Unfortunately, this is not a standard approach
for
> most Westerners (who also don't usually like grammar either).
Without
> knowing a grammar really well it is very hard to find one's way
around
> and locate a specific sutta that applies to your grammatical
question
> without the aid of indices and tables which are not available
online.
> Effort can be made in the preparation of such indices and tables for
> this group. I got started on listing the kit (pimary) affixes in
> Kaccayana -- similar to the one I made for the Saddaniti. I can
think
> of all kinds of study projects to help us better understand and work
> with these remarkable texts. Kaccayana's grammar contains 673 suttas
> divided into 23 ka.n.das. The main divisions are: sandhikappo,
> naamakappo (which includes syntax, compounds, and taddhita affixes),
> aakhyaatakappo (verbs), and kibbidhaanakappo (primary affixes). More
> to come...
>
> Jim