Re: Textual criticism of Pali writings

PS Several leading scholars of Buddhism contributed to a 2007 Paris
volume on Sylvain LEVI (1863-1935): Etudes indiennes, histoire
sociale, discussing his methods and results in critically approaching
Indic Buddhist texts.

Pe duminică, 24 aprilie 2011, Eugen Ciurtin <eu.s.ciurtin@...> a scris:
> Dear Bryan,
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> Thank you for your kind reply. I would like to add the following to
> other helpful suggestions:
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> As far as I know the Thai journal is not available online, you may
> nevertheless check with Dr Alexander Wynne. If necessary I can provide
> a scan.
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> The first SOAS lecture (and passim) in Norman.s A Philological
> Approach to Buddhism, 2nd ed. 2006, and K Crosby.s review in BSR.
> Gleanings from his Collected Papers would be of help, as his largest
> bibliography published recently in the JPTS.
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> O von Hinueber.s articles, as well  as some CPD reviews, repr. in his
> Kleine Schriften (2009).
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> J W de Jong.s dozens of critical reviews in IIJ on pali/sk texts, not
> republished, sometimes with crucial, unsurpassed insights.
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> L Alsdorf.s article on Vess in the 1st volume of WZKS, repr. 1974/2001
> in his KS, and O von Hinueber.s monograph on Entstehung u. Aufbau d.
> Jataka-Sammlung, with several important reviews.
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> Colette Caillat.s forthcoming Opera minora, ed. Nalini Balbir, PTS.
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> Silk.s inaugural lecture for his chair in Leiden, once available on its website.
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> As I was able to see the archive of Burnouf in BNF, Paris, and prepare
> an article on his unfinished projects, I would like to postpone a bit
> a more comprehensive reference. See however Akira Yuyama.s 2000
> monograph on the beginnings of philological study of Buddhism.
>
> Sorry for being hectic, having now only mobile access due to Easter
> holyday in this part of Europe.
>
> Yours,
> Eugen
>
>
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> Pe duminică, 24 aprilie 2011, Bryan Levman <bryan.levman@...> a scris:
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>>       Dear Steven,
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>> Thanks for this suggestion; I am not familiar with the article and I will get it,
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>> Best, Bryan
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>> --- On Sat, 4/23/11, Steven Collins <scollins951@...> wrote:
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>> From: Steven Collins <scollins951@...>
>> Subject: Re: [palistudy] Textual criticism of Pali writings
>> To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
>> Received: Saturday, April 23, 2011, 7:46 PM
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>> There is also Margaret Cone's article 'caveat lector' in JPTS XXIX 2007.
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>> Steve Collins
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>> --- On Sat, 4/23/11, Bryan Levman <bryan.levman@...> wrote:
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>>> From: Bryan Levman <bryan.levman@...>
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>>> Subject: Re: [palistudy] Textual criticism of Pali writings
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>>> To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
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>>> Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011, 1:42 PM
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>>> Dear Eugen,
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>>> Thanks very much for your response and helpful suggestions.
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>>> Of course I am very familiar with Norman and von Hinueber's
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>>> work. Von Hinueber was in Toronto this past weekend at a
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>>> Conference on Buddhist Nuns sponsored by the Numata and I
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>>> discussed some of the problems with him.
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>>> The articles you recommended in the Thai Journal look right
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>>> on topic. I was not able to locate the journal articles on
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>>> the net. Do you know if they're available?
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>>> Do you know where Norman makes the plea for re-editing the
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>>> PTS? I have his complete works here. Also any other
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>>> references you can give for the works of Silk or Burnouf on
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>>> textual criticism would be appreciated. As someone whose
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>>> primary work is with Buddhist texts (my area of research is
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>>> the earliest recoverable language of Buddhism and the
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>>> process of its transmission) I have long accepted the state
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>>> of our texts as a "given", but it is becoming more and more
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>>> apparent to me, that we can not just leave it at that,
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>>> Warm regards, Bryan
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>>> --- On Sat, 4/23/11, Eugen Ciurtin <eu.s.ciurtin@...>
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>>> From: Eugen Ciurtin <eu.s.ciurtin@...>
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>>> Subject: Re: [palistudy] Textual criticism of Pali
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>>> To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
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>>> Received: Saturday, April 23, 2011, 12:49 PM
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>>> Dear Bryan,
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>>> To offer a (small indeed) suggestion to your (so broad!)
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>>> like to point out the first, 2009 issue of the *Thai
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>>> of Buddhist Studies*, especially the contributions by
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>>> Richard Gombrich, which are among the freshest and as a
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>>> most excellent and up to date. Prof. Balbir's article
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>>> thoughts on this crucial topic, including a more feasible
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>>> critically editing *separate* suttas for which we do have
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Institute for the History of Religions, Romanian Academy
Calea 13 Septembrie no. 13 sect. 5, Bucharest 050711
Phone: +40 733 951 953 or +40 721 877 659
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