Re: Saddatthabhedacintaadiipanii, verse 1

Dear Ven. Dhammanando,

Thank-you for posting the opening verse along with your translation
and its Pali commentary. I look forward to your translation of some
introductory notes from Phra Maha Nimitr. Thanks also for the great
description of the two books you are working with. I'm going to see if
I can get a hard copy of the first book containing the two Pali texts.

From my initial impressions of Saddatthabhedacintaa, it strikes me as
a work that is more suitable for the advanced student who is already
well-acquainted with a traditional grammar and its linguistic
concepts. It also seems to me more of a philosophical/theoretical work
along the lines of Bhart.rhari's Vaakyapadiya. The great attention
paid to sadda and attha and the relation between the two suggests a
connection to the four profound pa.tisambhidas.

Since you're posting the Pali commentarial text untranslated, I
thought this could be an opportunity for any member to offer comments
on or to have a go at translating parts of the text if desired.

Best wishes,
Jim

> Greetings all,
>
> Here is the opening verse to the Saddatthabhedacintaa and
> the commentary to it by Vicittaala`nkaara (Shwekuu Sayadaw).
>
> I don't know if my underlining of the sa.mva.n.niya words
> will work on Yahoo Groups, so I have taken the precaution of
> indicating them with asterisks.