Re: Kaccayana edition

Hi Rett,

Thanks for the book info. I checked the U of Toronto catalogue and
they have it as well. In 1983 I photocopied Kaccayana's Sandhikappa
from an Indian edition in the same library but I don't have the title
page or the name of the author who edited it. I have a strong feeling
that it's from the same book as the only other edition listed in the
library is Senart's. I had a look at my photocopy which goes from
pages 3 to 39 (unfortunately I'm missing pages 10 & 11). It's in the
Devanagari script (can you read this script?) and has the Pali text
with a non-English translation (likely Hindi). I was delighted to find
an excerpt from the Pali commentary (Kaccaayana-va.n.nanaa) on the two
introductory verses which had given me a lot trouble in trying to
understand and translate. Now that I have this excerpt, I should
probably go back and try again. I'll transcribe and post this
page-long Pali cty in the near future. This photocopy is coming in
handy as it can serve as a 4th version for me to work with.

Also in the U of T collection are two other more recent publications
on Kaccayana from India. They are Bhikkhu Sakyapaala's ed. of
Vimalabuddhi's Kaccaayana-nyaasa and Tiwari's ed. of Mahaavijitaavi's
Kaccaayanava.n.nanaa (priced at 80 ruupees). Both volumes are
commentaries and were published in 1992 so there's a good chance they
are still available for purchase. I would like to try and get them.

In JPTS 1882 there is a catalogue of Mss. in the India Office Library
prepared by H. Oldenberg which has a lot of grammatical treatises
listed as well as sample extracts from them. That'll certainly be
another project for me in transcribing some of it for this group.

Best wishes,
Jim

> I came across the following reference when looking for editions of
> Kc, but I don't know more about it than what's below. I'm trying to
> get a hold of a library copy, but I thought the reference might be
of
> interest right away. If anyone has seen a review of it I'd be
> interested in hearing about it.
>
> best regards
>
> /Rett
>
>
>
> Author:Kaccayana
>
> Title: Bhadanta Acarya Kaccayana Mahathera's Kaccaayana vyakarana /
> critically ed., transl. and annot. with notes & indices by Lakshmi
> Narayan Tiwari and Birbal Sharma
>
> Edition: 1. ed.
>
> Location/publisher: Varanasi : Tara publications
>
> Date of publication: 1962
>
> Length: 454 s.
>
> Additional titlel: Kaccayana vyakarana : Pali grammar