RE: two study projects

Dear Jim,

Thank you, I was thinking the same thing.  Anyhow, I went digging through
the decaying "library" here and found a Thai translation of a grammatical
text called the "Padaruupasiddhi", I assume to be the text you called the
"Ruupasiddhi"  Big book, lots of grammatical info.  It is translated into
Thai by a monk from Wat Ta Ma O, and the original author is said to be
"Buddhappiya Thera" or "Coliyamedha'nkara Thera", an Indian monk.

I imagine the rest of the texts you are looking for could be found in Wat Ta
Ma O.  Were you looking for them, or just asking if I had access to them for
my own benefit?

Best wishes,

Yuttadhammo

-----Original Message-----
From: palistudy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:palistudy@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Jim Anderson
Sent: August 10, 2005 7:24 PM
To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [palistudy] two study projects

Dear Phra Yuttadhammo,

> >>>Do you or your Wat library have any of the texts (on paper) that
I > mentioned above?
>
> The state of ancient manuscripts in Thailand is beyond me.  Our
monastery
> here used to be a great center for learning, but it has declined in
that
> regard recently.  I imagine finding preserved grammatical texts to
be
> difficult - I'll try to find out for you though and let you know.

I think Ven. Dhammanando knows a lot about the state of Pali learning and
the Pali grammar situation in Thailand. In recent years a number of new
publications of rare Pali grammatical texts (mostly with a Thai
gloss) have appeared. Buddhaghosa College has a wide selection for sale and
Dhammanando made a list for me from their webpage. Wat Tha Ma O, Lampang
also has a good reputation for the study of traditional Pali grammar.

Best wishes,
Jim

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