Chaṭṭhasaṅgīti Piṭaka series in Sri Lanka
From: Chris Clark
Message: 3798
Date: 2014-02-15
Dear Pali readers,
I find it interesting that immediately after the sixth Buddhist council (1954-1956), the Buddhajayantī Tripiṭaka series began to be published (1957–1989) in Sri Lanka. The fact that this was a new version with readings that differed from the Chaṭṭhasaṅgīti Piṭaka series (as opposed to a simple transliteration from Burmese script into Sinhala script) implies that the Chaṭṭhasaṅgīti Piṭaka series was not well embraced in Sri Lanka. Can anyone tell me whether the Chaṭṭhasaṅgīti Piṭaka series has ever been used much in Sri Lanka? Is the Buddhajayantī Tripiṭaka series the most widely used version of the Pāli canon there? Have any of you heard the Chaṭṭhasaṅgīti Piṭaka series discussed in Sri Lanka and, if so, what was said?
Best regards,
Chris
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Chris Clark
PhD candidate
University of Sydney