[palistudy] two study projects

Dear Phra Yuttadhammo,

> I'd be happy to help with such a project as you mention... I have
> some computer skills, but I'd take some explaining to
> understand what exactly the project requires...

Thanks for your offer of help. I hope I've understood you correctly in
that you would like some explanation of what exactly the project
requires.

This is hard for me to answer as I'm not exactly sure myself. I think
the Kaccaayana study project should probably be re-introduced. I
believe the last posting for it was Dec. 1 of last year when a
difficult paragraph from the Mukhamattadiipanii (Mmd) was posted for
translation. Later the same month, Rett began a translation series on
the Kaccaayana suttas from the first ka.n.da of the Sandhikappa on the
other Pali list which carried on for a little while but then stopped.
Sometimes I take a long break from list participation and did so over
the past winter and resumed posting in late March and then the
Saddatthabhedacintaa was introduced by Ven. Dhammanando at my
suggestion and became a secondary study project but neither project
seems to be making much headway lately.

What I'm interested in doing with Kaccaayana's grammar is to study it
in conjunction with the following grammatical commentaries:
Mukhamattadiipanii (also known as Nyaasa), Suttaniddesa,
Kaccaayana-va.n.nanaa, and Ruupasiddhi with its .tiikaa. All the texts
are in Pali and there are no available translations in English (at
least for me) except for the introductory verses and the first few
suttas of Kacc. The work involves preparing pages from these texts for
study and translation for the list and some of this has already been
done. I can post small portions of the text with a translation along
with my remarks. However, if you or anyone else is interested in
translating some grammatical passages you could discuss this with me
offlist (I'll look for easy passages). You can also help with
problem-solving of difficult words or phrases that I report. I don't
think there's too much you can do just now and I may only need your
help in small ways later on.

Do you or your Wat library have any of the texts (on paper) that I
mentioned above?

<< Thought you might like to know that Ven. Dhammanando is in a cave
for the > rains retreat (probably one of the few Pali scholars who can
beat your $5000 > CAD a year!), so yes it will probably be a while
before he gets cave-side > internet access to respond.  On the other
hand, who knows :) >>

Thanks for updating me. How I envy Ven. Dhammanando! It makes me feel
like I'm living a life of excess.

> Anyway, let me know if I can ever be of help - my formal Pali
studies here > have not come to much after all... I've started
self-study again, reading > the Anguttara in Pali and English, and am
also reading Thai texts on > Vipassana.

Thanks again! I wish you well in your self-study. That's the way I
studied Pali for the most part. You just have to keep at it.

Best wishes,
Jim

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