Re: Canonical quotations in Kacc. (Ole Pind's article)

Hello Dr. Pind,

   Of my two Burmese editions (one being in Thai script...) both have the
common feature of constantly citing the Rupasiddhi --viz., showing where the
equivalent verse or phrase appears.  However, I do not beleive that either
of them make much of an attempt at citing canonical sources of quotations (
e.g., no footnote on some of the really obvious quotes from the K.N. and
Dhp).

   It may be that my memory is slightly exaggerating this --or it may be that
my 2005 Burmese edition of Kacc. is different from your (earlier?) edition
of Kacc. --at least in the footnotes.

   I do not recall that any of my Sinhalese sources try to name the source of
such quotatios ... however, several of them have the interesting habit of
trying to cite internal references within Kacc.-v, viz., where one verse or
example relates to another elsewhere in the book.  This is a contrast to the
Burmese, who only/always cite *other* grammars (esp. Rup.).

   I would not be surprised if this were more thoroughly treated in (e.g.) an
edition of the MMD (= "The Nyasa") ... but if your source is the Burmese
edition of Kacc.-v, I shall duly note the fact.

E.M.


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