Kacc page images from Kandy

Dear members,

Yesterday, Ole and myself both received a large file (about 7 Mb)
containing 14 page images varying in size from 110 Kb to 585 Kb of two
old Kaccaayana texts in the Sinhala script that Ven. Nyanatusita
discovered in a nearby library. It appears that one of the texts, the
Kaccaayana-sutta-paa.tho published in 1895, is complete in 8 images;
but the other one, the Kaccaayana-vyaakara.na published in 1886, was
sent only in part with 6 images covering the work up to Sutta 26.

I have uploaded the title page (192 Kb) of the first one to the
group's photo section (Kaccayana folder) at:

http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/palistudy/lst

I will be adding more pages later whenever I can get a good internet
connection as my computer has been too slow on the Yahoogroups website
and I'm on metered time.

FYI, I quote the following from Ven. Nyanatusita's message:
". . . .the antique Kaccayanasuttapatha edition by Jinaratanatissa of
1896 and a few pictures of the Kaccayana edition by M. Gunaratana,
revised by Hikkaduve Sumangala, of 1886. Both are in a leather tome
which originally belonged to Vajira~naana thera, a famous scholar monk
in Sri Lanka. His signature can be seen on the first page of the
Kaccaayanasuttapaatha edition, and his margninal are found throughout
the tome. I will inquire whether the introductions give an indication
about the school affiliations of the editors. If they belong to the
Amarapura Nikaya then it could well be that the text is based on
copies of Burmese MSS. If they belong to the Siam Nikaya then they
might be based on Siamese MSS. They might also be based on original
Sinhalese MSS traditions. The bya-/vya- forms can give an indication.
I had no time to do the scan the whole Kacc and the rest of the
grammars in the tome, but I could try to ask someone to do so if there
is sufficient interest."

Perhaps Eisel could photograph the rest of the tome when he visits Sri
Lanka. At any rate, I'm in no hurry for more as there is quite enough
for me to work on and besides, I have to learn to read the Sinhala
script.

Best wishes,
Jim

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