Re: Saddatthabhedacintaadiipanii, verse 1

Re:

> From my initial impressions of Saddatthabhedacintaa...
> It ... 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.

This, along with other comments, brings to mind a comparison to the
Nettipakarana attributed to Kaccayana --i.e., not a grammatical work, but a
"hermenutical" work on the interpretation of text, and the arising of
meaning from various factors.  I have read a great deal about the Netti, but
have never read the text itself --it will have to wait until my current
projects subside, and I'm both more able in Pali and in Lao.

Other news: Volume 1 of my book is now complete (vol. 2 is Kaccayana's
original text with translation), and I am going to look into the possibility
of mailing out a few copies to a few interested parties.  The "manuscript"
is a joy to look at, as it's typeset in parallel Burmese & Sinhalese,
however, the cost and difficulty (and uncertainty!) of sending anything from
Vientiane inclines me to share the text only with those who are seriously
interested in using it as a textbook, or reading it through for the sheer
joy/misery of disputing/error checking the text.  Anyone interested may get
in touch with me off-list.

In other news: having already escaped the decadence of Bangkok, it seems I
may soon escape the (diminished) decadence of Vientiane for a small town
circa 100 kilometers north of here --this is another reason for my rushing
to mail out the manuscript of Vol. 1, as I may soon be in a small town with
no post office (etc.).

E.M.


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