From: Aleix Ruiz Falqués
Message: 5018
Date: 2018-03-23
Dear Aleix,
Besides misspellings in the MS, there are grammatical problems to solve as well. In Sadd, ‘ākhyātaṃ’ is explained with ‘kiriyaṃ akkhāyati’. Is kiriyaṃ’ nom. or acc.? And is ‘akkhāyati’ not a passive verb? To help solve some of the problems with ‘ākhyātaṃ’, I’ve started looking into the Amarakoṣa commentaries for some Sanskrit interpretations if the meaning as a verb is there.
In the ṭīkā, there is this:
kiriyanti gamena vacanādikaṃ kiriyaṃ.
I find gamena odd which I take is the root gam in the instrumental case. I think it should have an iti after it (gamenāti). And since the root form is usually gamu with the indicatory letter u, gamunāti might be better.
I’m pleased to hear that U of T will be hosting the U Pho Thi pdf collection of Burmese MSS. I was the one who suggested U of T to Bill Pruitt two years ago and got him in touch with Prof. Emmrich. Another digital collection being prepared that may be of interest to Prof. Emmrich are some 500 rare Tibetan Buddhist MSS. They are on 10 reels of microfilm photographed in the 60s with the help of the Canadian High Commissioner to India and kept in a safe in Toronto and only just now being digitized (3 reels so far).
I certainly would love to know more about the first part of Sadd-ṭ. It sounds like it exists. I understand that the whole text is quite rare and for a while thought not to exist. The first 2 paricchedas would be helpful in the readings of the ākhyātakappo and its problems.
Best wishes,
Jim
From: palistudy@yahoogroups.com <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: March 22, 2018 9:51 AM
To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [palistudy] kariyā
Dear Jim and friends,
I think the systematic wrong speling is one of the big issues that many times are overlooked in modern Pali grammars. As you suggest, if the misspelling is consistent, we would consider it an "oscillation" and kariyā would be a synonym of kiriyā or kriyā. So why not considering it a correct spelling? But in any case the meaning should be "action" (kriyā), in my opinion.
Regarding the Sadd-ṭīkā, first part: I do not have access to the manuscripts at this moment but next month I will have a look. The entire collection of manuscripts in pdf format is expected to be online soon thanks to Professor Emmrich and the Centre for Buddhist Studies in Toronto. The final version of the catalogue is being revised at the moment.
With best wishes and mettā,
Aleix