Re: Kacc.: Date & Origin

Dr. Pind,

> In my opinion the assumption that
> there are maagadhisms in the canon is based upon a flawed linguistic
> analysis and flawed analyses entails flawed inferences.

I agree profoundly.  Two thoughts: (1) I managed to find one of the standard
articles on "Magadhisms in the AP's KV" (in Bangkok) recently, and I found
it very flawed and unconvincing (as you say), (2) I recently read an article
about heretofore ignored "Sinhalo-Prakritisms" in the suttapitaka
  --apparently just two passages have been positively identified as having
phrases in Sinhalese Prakrit, but this may entail that many "exotic"
theories about Magadha could be more directly explained by Sinhalese Prakrit
creeping into the text (KV would be a pretty obvious text for this to be
true of...).

Quote:
"These four stanzas seem to be ambiguous and meaningless only if they are
considered as Pali compositions. As pointed out by the Venerable Pragnarama,
they are composed in Sinhala Prakrit. He was led to this remarkable
discovery by the word "vadanake" found in each of the four stanzas"
Source: http://www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/ebdha308.htm

For all I know, this theory may also be flawed: I have not evaluated the
strength of the Sinhalese Prakrit argument --but I have evaluated the
weakness of the Maghada Prakrit argument, and I am very open to new
explanations of this kind.

Best wishes for a full recovery,

E.M.


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