Re: Pali composition

Namaskara Venerable Acariya,

The text is in my office. I will be back there from a family vacation next week. I can send the information then. I may also have more than one copy. If so, would you like me to mail one to you?

Respectfully,
justin

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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm@...


---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:28:31 +0530
>From: Nyanatusita <nyanatusita@...> 
>Subject: Re: [palistudy] Pali composition 
>To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
>
>   Dear Justin,
>
>   Thanks for the reply. Please send me the details
>   (author, name of work,
>   and year of publication) so that I can include it in
>   my list of Pali
>   literature (see
>   http://www.bps.lk/other_library/reference_table_of_pali_literature.pdf).
>   It will also be put on a German scholarly website
>   soon.
>
>   Regards,
>   Bhikkhu Nyanatusita
>
>   justinm@... wrote:
>   >
>   > A new Pali chronicle was composed by the present
>   Sangharaja of
>   > Thailand. I think he wrote it in the early 1980s.
>   I have an edition of
>   > this if anyone wants more details.
>   > Thank you,
>   > justin
>   > ____________ __
>   > Dr. Justin McDaniel
>   > Dept. of Religious Studies
>   > 3046 INTN
>   > University of California, Riverside
>   > Riverside, CA 92521
>   > 951-827-4530
>   > justinm@... edu <mailto:justinm%40ucr.edu>
>   >
>   > ---- Original message ----
>   > >Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:25:31 +0530
>   > >From: Nyanatusita <nyanatusita@ gmail.com
>   > <mailto:nyanatusita%40gmail.com>>
>   > >Subject: [palistudy] Pali composition
>   > >To: palistudy@... ps.com
>   <mailto:palistudy%40yahoogroups.com>
>   > >
>   > > Hello,
>   > >
>   > > Does anyone know whether any new Pali books have
>   > > been written during the
>   > > last fifty years?
>   > > As far as I know the last works in Pali were
>   > > composed in Burma in the
>   > > 1950s, i.e. the Visuddhi~naa. nakathaa (Burma,
>   > > Mahaasi Sayaadaw, 1950)
>   > > and the Visuddhimagga- nidaanakathaa (Burma,
>   > > Cha.t.tha-sa" ngiiti-bhaara- nitthaaraka-
>   sa"ngha-samitiya ,
>   > > 1950s.). In Sri
>   > > Lanka the last work was probably composed in
>   1935:
>   > > the
>   > > Mahaanekkhamma- campu by Widurupola Piyatissa.
>   The
>   > > fake Vimuttimagga was
>   > > probably composed after that but I am not sure
>   if
>   > > this can qualify as an
>   > > official Pali work.
>   > > If it is a fact that no new Pali compositions
>   were
>   > > written during the
>   > > last fifty years, then this indicates that Pali
>   is
>   > > now a real dead
>   > > language. It could be that some works have been
>   > > written in Burma though.
>   > > Regards,
>   > > Bhikkhu Nyanatusita
>   > >
>   > >
>   >
>   >
>
>