Dear all,
I have 2 questions as below:
1. The Latin letters system for Pāḷi was exactly an invention of T.W Rhys Davids or not, if not, could you please suggest me its origin
2. For Pāḷi as well as language in general, how people make a dictionary for it. I mean, for example. How the Western scholars define the meaning of a Pāḷi word as an equal English word, they just merely translate from Sinhalese - cause I know that Sri Lanka was a British colony, or they use another more comprehensive & systematic method? In case that there's no fixed word-meaning system of Pāḷi, how can we define a meaning of a Pāḷi word in a particular context of a text?
In our Vietnam country, as I know, the Vietnamese meaning of Pāḷi words is just translated from English
Hope to receive your responses
Sincerely yours,
Huynh Trong Khanh