Re: Pali Roots

Ven. Yuttadhammo:
> My venerable pali teacher has asked that I find information about any
> extent
> list of pali roots that might be more or less complete.  He says there
> should be
> at least 1000 roots, but that he has never seen any list so complete. 
> I have
> seen lists of Sanskrit roots, even on the Internet, but never pali
> ones.

Bhante,

For a digital list you could perhaps use your computer
skills to extract all the roots given in the CSCD's
_Saddaniiti Dhaatumaalaa_.

As for a hard copy, I mostly use a modern Thai work, the
Dhaatuppadiipikaa by Luang Thep Darunanusit, first published
in 1925. It can be ordered from the Mahamakut Bookshop. In
its 600 pages it lists 1864 roots, comprising all those
found in the Dhaatumaalaa, along with many others omitted by
Aggavamsa. The entry for each root gives its augment, the
main finite verbs derived from it, along with kitakas etc.,
and then Thai translations.

In this connection there are two other shorter dictionaries
your teacher might also look out for, both by Major General
Prayut Long Somboon:

_Phajanaanukrom kiriyaakitaka_ (a dictionary of verbal
derivatives in -anta, -tavantu, -taavii, -aniiya, -tabba,
-.nya, -labbhaa, -sakkaa, -teyya, -aani, -maana, -tva, and
-tvaana -- with a separate chapter for each suffix).

_Phajanaanukrom kiriyaa aakhyaata_ (a dictionary of finite
verbs)

They will be worth his while getting because they list many
verbs that are omitted in the standard Pali-Thai
dictionaries, giving the root and construction of each one.
Both books are (or used to be) distributed by the Ruang Panya
Bookshop at Tha Phra Chan.

Best wishes,
Dhammanando