Dear Jim and Florent,
Please refer to my "Pali Grammar and Grammarians IV.2.6." which deals with
the Manjusa based upon a study of available Pali fragments. The work may
still be found in ms. form in Burma.
Ole Holten Pind
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Anderson" <jimanderson.on@...>
To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [palistudy] Mmd-p.t obtained
> Dear Florent,
>
>> Regarding the Niruttima~njuusaa this is what I found note 6 p55 in Mabel
>> Bode's "The Pali literature of Burma":
>>
>> A work with a nearly similar title (Niruttimanjusa), mentioned in the
>> Gandhavamsa (pp. 60 and 70), is a tika on the Cullanirutti of Kaccayana.
>
> Thanks for this info. I was wondering what this work was about.
>
>> I will upload the rest of the files as soon as the Internet connection
>> starts working normally again, which according to the latest news here in
>> Myanmar should not happen before April 1st (and let's hope this is not a
>> joke!). I actually can't resist copying and pasting this update:
>
> About the files. I think 2.7 mb per file is larger than it need be. I
> found
> that if I save one of these files under a different name in a viewer such
> as
> Irfanview the jpg file shrinks to about 600 kb (less than a quarter of the
> size) and there is no difference in the 150 dpi resolution.
>
> I received the complete Nyaasa etext file from Ven. U Nandisena yesterday.
> This is the one that was on the late Ven. U Silananda's computer which he
> himself edited. It appears to be in very good shape as it is but the
> editing
> is not quite finished. I'm waiting to hear back from Ven. U Nandisena on
> whether I can share this file with the group. The problem is that the
> editing still remains unfinished and editors or translators don't seem to
> like having their unfinished work distributed without their consent. He
> has also raised concerns about his unfinished translation of Kaccaayana's
> grammar.
>
> I will be busier than usual over the coming days as I prepare to head back
> to the cottage on April Fool's Day. This is where I'll be spending most of
> my time until mid-December. Like last year, I will probably be cutting
> back
> on my involvement with emails and cyberspace and tune in more to my
> immediate surroundings, studying Pali, and sitting quietly.
>
> Best wishes,
> Jim
>
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