Re: Dhammasenapati's Pali Grammar?

On 25 Mar 2005, at 8:07 am, Jim Anderson wrote:

> This Kaarikaa is listed as the 14th of the 14 minor texts in the CPD
> bibliography (Epilegomena, 1948). Here's the complete entry:
>
> "5.4.14 Kaarikaa (:Dhammasenaapati, Pi.t-sm 393, PLB p.15-16, Saas
> 75,22, Gv 73,21), Be as 5.4.1, Ce, with editor's sannaya, Vaelito.ta,
> 1897 (~Naa.natilaka Naayaka-Thera)."
>
> As noted, details for the Burmese edition are found at 5.4.1
> (Saddatthabhedacintaa) as follows:


Regarding the Saddatthabhedacintaa, during vassa last year I was
studying
this text with a visiting Burmese sayadaw. As far as I know no romanized
edition of it has been published. If anyone is interested, I have made a
transcription of it from the Mahachula University edition and placed a
copy
in the files page of this group. It is a zip file with three documents:
a
plain text version in velthuis, and two Acrobat versions, one in Thai
and
the other in the Normyn font.

As this is the first time I have made a pdf file, I should appreciate
it if
someone would check whether the Normyn and Thai versions are readable on
non-Macintosh systems.

Later I shall make a digital version of the main .tiikaa to it, the
Saddatthabhedacintaa-diipanii. A .tiikaa is essential for understanding
the
Saddatthabhedacintaa, for the author has attempted to convey a great
deal
in just 400 gaathaa and so his manner of expression is highly terse and
compressed.

I append here a list of the main .tiikaas to this work as given in the
Mahachula edition. My thanks go to Suan Lu Zaw for assisting with the
identification of the Burmese authors.


       .Tiikaas in Pali:

1) Saddatthabhedacintaa-diipanii
U Vicittaala`nkaara (Shwekuu Sayadaw)
Shwekuu Monastery (also called Suva.n.naguuhaa), Salin Township
(1362)

2) Saaratthasa`ngaha
U Abhaya (Tipi.takadhara Abhaya Thera)
Pagan
(mediaeval, but uncertain date)

3) Saddatthabhedacintaa-mahaa.tiikaa
U Vimala (Vimalava.msaala`nkaara Thera;  Talaikyaung Sayadaw)
Mahaa Aung Myae Bhon Thaa Monastery (also called Mahajayapathavii),
Pakhan
(1902)

       .Tiikaas in Burmese:

1) Saddatthabhedacintaa-nissaya
U Dhammaabhinanda (Bagaraa Sayadaw)
Bagaraa Monastery, Angwa City
(author lived 1738-1800)

2) Anudiipanii
U Jayantaabhiva.msa (Kan Oo Sayadaw)
Kan Oo Monastery (also called Saramukhaaraama), Yangon
(1932)

3) Saddatthabhedacintaa-bhaa`saa.tiikaa
U Janakaabhiva.msa (Gandhaayom Sayadaw)
Gandhaayom Monastery, Amarapuura City
(1961)

4) Saddatthabhedacintaa-ga.n.thi
U Upatissa
Lwanpin Monastery, Zwesan Village, Ma-hlai Province
(1964)

5) Saddatthabhedacintaavabodhi
U Pa.n.ditaabhiva.msa
Mahaabodhi Monastery, Yankin, Yangon
(1982)

6) Saddatthabhedacintaa-navanissaya
U Indava.msaabhiva.msa
Ve.luvan Monastery, Yangon
(1988)

       .Tiikaas in Thai:

1) Saddatthabhedacintaa: cheung wikro waiyakawn baalii
Phra Mahaa Nimitr Dhammasaaro
Wat Savastivaariisiimaaraama (Khae Samsen), Bangkok
(2002)

Best wishes,

Dhammanando