Re: Scholarly appraisal of the Indian edition?

Dear Eisel,

I don't know of any scholarly critique/review of the Indian edition of the
Tipitaka but perhaps I can make a few comments about this edition since I
have the complete set (less one volume). I received my first shipment from
Motilal Banarsidass in January, 1977 at $1.21 per volume including the
postage. It's in the Devanagari script and each volume comes with a general
preface (by S. Radhakrishnan) and an introduction in both Hindi (i think)
and English. There is also a Devanagari-Roman transliteration table. The
general editor of this edition is Bhikkhu J. Kashyap and it was first
published by the Pali Publication Board (Bihar Government) in the late
1950's and into the early 1960's. It is based mostly on the Burmese
Chatthasangayana edition and has variant readings for the PTS, Burmese,
Sinhalese, and Thai printed editions in  the fottnotes. I have found this
edition to be quite reliable and free of typos. J. Kashyap knew Kaccaayana's
grammar by heart and even published an Indian edition of this work. The
founder of FWBO, Sangharakshita, studied Pali with him. I believe the
Nalanda College of Buddhist Studies in Toronto has the Indian edition that
was reprinted in Taiwan.

Best wishes,
Jim