RE: Digital Pali Reader

 

Dear Bryan,

 

I downloaded the CSCD from http://www.tipitaka.org/ onto my PC HD, both desktop and laptop, and find it quite fast.

 

Regarding the PTS editions, the Dhammakaya produced a CD-ROM of them some years ago Pali Text Version 1.0 (Khlong Luang: Dhammakaya Foundation, 2006[?]), which had quite a few errors (I wrote a review of it). They were working on a second edition but think that was shelved in the light of their producing an edition of the Tipiṭaka.

 

Mahidol University produced a CD-ROM of the Thai Syamraṭṭha edition in 1997, but you must buy that: Budsir IV for Windows: A Digital Edition of Buddhist Scriptures (Bangkok: Mahidol University Computing Center, 1997) http://www.mahidol.ac.th/budsir/budsir-main.html.

 

The Sri Lankan Buddha Jayanti Tripiṭaka edition of Pali texts is available from several sites, e.g. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sltp/index.html

There was an issue in the past with it containing many errors. Don’t know what it is like now.

 

SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net/) based its e-versions on the World Tipiṭaka Edition, which is no longer available online it seems. Think the latter was based on the Be CS.

 

Of course, all e-versions should be checked against the printed versions.

 

Pdfs of the Sri Lankan editions are available:

 

Buddha Jayanti Tipiṭaka Series:

http://www.sjp.ac.lk/news/download-theravada-tripitaka/

 

Simon Hewavitarane Bequest editions:

http://dharma-records.buddhasasana.net/texts/complete-pali-commentaries-in-sinhala-script-published

 

Scans of the Be used to be available, but I cannot now find the link.

 

Scans of the Thai King Chulalongkorn are available on archive.org, e.g. https://archive.org/details/tipitaka15banguoft

(see https://standrewsrarebooks.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/cataloguing-efforts-uncover-a-royal-gift-to-the-university-of-st-andrews-from-the-king-of-siam-in-1896/)

 

Don’t think scans of the other Thai editions are publically available.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Regards

Mark

 

 

From: palistudy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:palistudy@...com]
Sent: Thursday, 14 December 2017 4:14 AM
To: Pali Study Group
Subject: [palistudy] Digital Pali Reader

 

Dear Pali Friends,

 

Digital Pali Reader no longer works with Firefox and I'm wondering what digital programs you are all using to read the canon and commentaries? I do have a version (4) of the Chattha Sangayana Tipitaka but the search engine on it is very slow and it only has one dictionary. I wonder if anyone has anything better and whether the PTS or Sri Lankan canon is available digitally (including of course the commentaries and tikas),

 

Thanks for your help,

 

Best wishes,

 

Bryan