Dear Ole and Jim,
I replied to your message a few days ago, but now noticed that my
message did not get through for some reason. Here it is again.
Dear Ole,
I sent Tamara Ditrich's email address to your private address. It might
still work but it seems to me that she has moved from the University of
Queensland to the University of Sydney. So in that case you will need to
ask her email address the Buddhist Studies Department of that University.
Perhaps there is a Pegu Edition of the Tipitaka available here in Sri
Lanka. Perhaps in the library of the Temple of the Tooth or in the
Burmese Rest in Kandy. I will make inquiries. There are many Burmese
monks in Sri Lanka who might be able to help.
However, I think that it will be more interesting and useful to
digitalize the Burmese Pali manuscripts scattered in various temple
libraries in Sri Lanka. Many of them would predate the Fifth Council. If
some institute is willing to support it, then perhaps some of the
Burmese monks studying here could find the manuscripts and photograph them.
If a Pegu edition is found then I could arrange that it is photographed
or scanned and put online at GRETIL.
The Pali text of the Buddha Jayanthi edition of the Digha Nikaya has
been scanned in at the BPS and Dr Gruenendahl put it online at
http://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1.20/SET=5/TTL=2/FAM?PPN=605304203
The rest of the Sutta Pitaka is being prepared by him and Dr
Kieffer-Pulz for putting online and should be on the website soon. I
will keep you informed.
Regards,
Bhikkhu Nyanatusita
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Anderson" <jimanderson.on@...
> <mailto:jimanderson.on%40gmail.com>>
> To: <palistudy@yahoogroups.com <mailto:palistudy%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 3:05 PM
> Subject: [palistudy] Tipitaka queries
>
> > Dear Members,
> >
> > One of our members, Ole Holten Pind, is seeking information on
> > libraries that have the Pegu edition of the Tipitaka. This is related
> > to work on the CPD. The following is what Ole wrote:
> >
> > << I am trying to find information on libraries that might have copies
> > of the Burmese Pegu edition of the Pali canon. According to my
> > information it was published by the Hanthawaddy Press ca. 1890-1900.
> > Thus, it is earlier than the present chattasangayana edition, and
> > presumably differs from it on some points, although no one knows
> > exactly on which. If you have any information on this valuable edition
> > I would very much appreciate to have it. >>
> >
> > Also, does anyone know where one could acquire a complete set of the
> > digital images of the Tipitaka engraved on 729 marble slabs that are
> > based on the revision of the 5th Council held at Mandalay in 1871? It
> > is believed that the widow of the late Dr. Primoz Pecenko has such a
> > set. Does anyone know how to contact her?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
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Jim Anderson wrote:
>
>
> Dear Members,
>
> One of our members, Ole Holten Pind, is seeking information on
> libraries that have the Pegu edition of the Tipitaka. This is related
> to work on the CPD. The following is what Ole wrote:
>
> << I am trying to find information on libraries that might have copies
> of the Burmese Pegu edition of the Pali canon. According to my
> information it was published by the Hanthawaddy Press ca. 1890-1900.
> Thus, it is earlier than the present chattasangayana edition, and
> presumably differs from it on some points, although no one knows
> exactly on which. If you have any information on this valuable edition
> I would very much appreciate to have it. >>
>
> Also, does anyone know where one could acquire a complete set of the
> digital images of the Tipitaka engraved on 729 marble slabs that are
> based on the revision of the 5th Council held at Mandalay in 1871? It
> is believed that the widow of the late Dr. Primoz Pecenko has such a
> set. Does anyone know how to contact her?
>
> Best wishes,
> Jim
>
>