(New e-text of) Narada; & Duroiselle?

Bhante,

> Very good. Do you mind if it is put on the Metta Lanka website...

I would be delighted to see it on the Metta website.

> Couldn't you do something similar with the Duroiselle grammar?
> As far as
> I remember the digital edition made some years ago was not properly
> proofread and could be improved.

Indeed, it could be improved, and I am already quite familiar with the book
from comparative reading that I carried out in composing my own tables.

I currently do not have a source text of Duroiselle (i.e., I have only .PDF,
and I would need a .TXT, .DOC, or .HTML file to begin revising the text); if
Metta.lk kept a copy of the source text, please do send it to me.

One of the problems with Duroiselle (in my opinion) is the non-traditional
order that he gives to ... everything.  Declensions, conjugations, etc., are
not in their "ordinal" sequence --and this makes the Pali names for the
cases (etc.) nonsensical.  I'm a "traditionalist" in that I assume
"Pa~ncami" sould be the fifth case.

Thus, while I would be happy to revise Duroiselle, there would be a question
as to what extent it is proper to transform the tables.

E.M.

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