Re: CPED

Ole,

Thanks for the observations.  I suppose I was thinking more of monks
than lay people...  Some monks are able to do amazing things without
getting paid for them. I suppose it was simple naivety to think that
very many such monks still exist today :)

Best wishes,

Yuttadhammo

Ole Holten Pind wrote:
> <I'm currently wrestling with the whole idea, as I have an electronic
> edition of the PTS PED that would be really useful for others, but for the
> existence of a society founded by the dead authors of the dictionary.
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> Best wishes,
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> Yuttadhammo>
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> We need good Pali grammars i.e. grammars in the traditional sense including
> a large section on syntax. Such grammars do not exist. We need good Pali
> dictionaries. Unfortunately good grammarians and lexicographers in this
> field are as rare as the Tathagatas. And the few in existence would, not
> surprisingly, like to get payed for their laborious and time consuming work.
> To the best of my knowledge the new PED is still incomplete. The old one is
> useful but dated; it is accessible on the net. The CPD will never be
> finished and the comprehensive Pali-Burmese dictionary will probably never
> be completed either.
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> Best wishes,
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> Ole Pind
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