Re: Paali

Dear Jim an all,

"As an exercise in lexicography, it might be worthwhile for the group to
collaborate on producing a scholarly dictionary-grade article on the word
"pāḷi" (also in compounds) starting with the canonical usage followed by the
commentarial usage" [Jim Anderson].

Thank you. I have already done a fair amount of work on the subject, It will take me about one month to produce a draft of the justification. The skeleton I have, I need to add

We could sart with the Dictionary at Oxford Dictionaries website. Definition in the OD are given in the following format: Definition of Pali in English; pronunciation; ˈpɑːliː; noun, mass noun; [the definition]; origin.

Where the real work begins is developing the "definition".

The OD definition gives the origin thus: from Pali pāli(-bhāsā) 'canonical texts'.

I would translate bhāsā as speech rather than texts.

What is your opinion?

Best wishes

D.C.

PS: I have no access to OED. However, OD (Website) gives the current usage of the word, At the end of the day the definition along with its justification must appear in a peer-reviewed journal, Then the work will be not in vain.

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 1:09 AM, 'Jim Anderson' jimanderson.on@... [palistudy] <palistudy@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Dear D.C. and all,

As an exercise in lexicography, it might be worthwhile for the group to
collaborate on producing a scholarly dictionary-grade article on the word
"pāḷi" (also in compounds) starting with the canonical usage followed by the
commentarial usage. We could also study and discuss the entries in Childers,
PED, Buddhaddatta and NED & OED. I heard that OED has just come out with a
2014 edition.

<< The sound paali is given in the commentaries (Theravada). PTSD is of the
opinion that Paali is the "literaray language" of the early Buddhists. This
I do not think is correct [Early Buddhists didn't have a literary
language]. However, to establish beyond doubt what it means it is necessary
to write a full-length paper with all the trappings of a scholarly paper. >>

Best wishes,

Jim

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