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

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.
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>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.
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>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.
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I have a PDF to Word converter which neatly converts any PDFs to Word
documents keeping intact the formatting, even encrypted PDFs. I will
convert it and send it to you. Do you have a copy of the original book
to compare it with? I have two editions here:  A cyclostyled 1906
edition originally belonging to Nyanavira thera, this probably is the
first edition, and a photocopy of the 1921 3d edition. The latter seems
to be the appropriate one to use.

>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" should be the fifth case.
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>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.
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  I agree with you. The order is strange. To me it would be fine to
change it back to the traditional order if you mention it in the
preface. It does not appear to me to  be changing the contents in a
major way. Maybe other members of the group have can give their opinions
about what is proper and not in this case.

Best wishes,
                     Bh. Nyanatusita

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