Re: Kc-va.n.n: intro. verse 1

Dear Justin,

No, I'm afraid I won't be there but perhaps other list members will.
The last time I was in London was in May, 1972 at the beginning of
what was to become a seventeen-month walking tour around the UK and
Iceland with long stops here and there. I'm not a professional
academic -- just an aspiring Palicist living in a small cottage in the
woods of Ontario who rarely goes anywhere. But lately I've been
getting interested in travelling to SE Asia, so perhaps we might meet
up there sometime.

Sorry for not having yet posted the remaining verses with a
translation and notes. This is because my attention has turned to
learning more about the authors that Mahaavijitaavii pays homage to in
his remaining verses and this has led me to dig into the Gandhava.msa,
Saasanava.msa, and Saasanava.msadiipa. I also just finished reading M.
Bode's article _Early Pali Grammarians in Burma_ JPTS 1908. What a
wonderful period for the writing of Pali grammatical works that was in
12th and 13th century Pagan, Burma.

I recently received a notice of an upcoming IB Horner Memorial Lecture
at SOAS, London on September 11 following the AGM of PTS. The subject
is "Stretching the Vinaya Rules and Getting Away With It" by Dr. Petra
Kieffer-Pulz. I imagine this will be published in the next volume of
JPTS.

Best wishes,
Jim

> Dear Jim,
> I will be in London next week at the IABS conference. Will
> you be there?
> Best,
> justin



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