Re: Burmese Abhidhanappadipika edition arrived

Eisel,

I'm glad to hear you've received this book.

> Thanks to Jim for this edition of the Abhidhanappadipika (henceforth
> abbreviated as: ADP) --it arrived yesterday, with a fine stamp from
> the Burmese censor (viz., "No offense").

The standard abbreviation and reference for this work is Abh (used by CPD
and Cone) + gaathaa number. The two parcels I received were both stamped
with "NO OBJECTION". Unlike the parcels I've received from Thailand, Canada
Customs appears not to have opened these ones from Burma. This is probably
because one can see the books through a window at one end.

I appreciate your description of the book. You will have noted the useful
index to the words found in Abh and there are two other small Pali works
included at the back, i.e. Subodhaala"nkaara & Vuttodaya. Three of the five
books I received have hard covers (Kacc, Mogg, and the Niruttidiipanii). The
last one (Nir-diip?) is the largest, best-bounded, and most modern (composed
by the Ledi Sayadaw in 1903) with some 875 pages. I will post more details
on this and other books later on when I'm done with going over them. The two
other ones I received were Abh (2003) and Padaruupasiddhi-.tiikaa (1969).

Jim

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