Re: Sinhala Kaccayana Grammar editions

Dear Bh. Nyanatusita,

This is quite a good find. All the books you describe are of interest
to me as well. In association with the project of creating an online
catalogue of Pali grammatical literature, any publication data for
these books is much appreciated. I'm not aware of just how troublesome
this may be but it would be great if some digital images of the title
pages, and the first and last pages of the books could be produced and
uploaded to the photo section of the group's home page for members to
download.

I think a good solution for making such rare and valuable books
readily available for the international community would be to
digitally photograph or scan the pages and place the image files on CD
or DVD disks for distribution. I see that DVD disks now come in 8.5
gigabytes sizes.

Best wishes,
Jim

> In the library next door I just found an old 1895 printed Sinhala
editon
> of the Kaccaayana-sutta-paa.thaa by Jinaratanatissa thera (11 pages)
and
> a 1886 Kaccaayana-vyaakara.na edition by M. Gunaratana, revised by
the
> reknown scholar Hikkaduve Suma''ngala (135 pages). Are these of
interest
> to any of you? Bound together with these in the same leather cover
are
> also an edition of the Baalaavattaaraya (1901, Devamitta),
Padasaadhana
> (1887, Dhammaananda), and a Moggalaanaya-vyaakara.na (1899,
Devamitta).
> I noticed is that there seem to be quite a few copies, MSS as well
as
> printed editions, of the Padasaadhana, so it seems that it is or was
a
> popular grammar here alongside the Baalaavataaraya. The latter is
still
> studied in monastic schools by young monks but  I am not sure about
the
> Padasaadhana. I was told that the only part of the Kaccaayana still
> studied is the Dhaatuma~njusa.
> Best wishes,
>                     NT


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