... in India rather than resorting to look for one outside your country. I am very surprised foreigners (non-Indians) are taking a perilious journey there to...
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hjor9
Mar 25, 2006 12:56 pm
Howdy all, I believe the consensus in the academic world is that Pali and Maghadi are not the same. After converting to Buddhism, King Asoka (ca. 250 BCE)...
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Dhammanando Bhikkhu
dhammanando_...
Mar 25, 2006 1:02 pm
Hi Florent, ... There is a typo in the book; it should be ka~n~naayo. ... Correct mis-spellings: sa > saa; thaanaa > .thaanaa. ... I suggest it be treated as...
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nina van gorkom
nilovg
Mar 25, 2006 3:12 pm
Venerable Bhante, thank you very much. That solves the question. With respect, Nina. op 25-03-2006 10:14 schreef Dhammanando Bhikkhu op...
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Lennart Lopin
lenni_lop
Mar 26, 2006 9:48 am
Hi, Isn't the academic consensus also that Buddhas words were never really "translated" into Pali, because the language in which the Buddha spoke and the...
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Dmytro O. Ivakhnenko
oselok
Mar 26, 2006 2:21 pm
Hello Thomas, Let me answer you with the words of the known Pali scholar Wilhelm Geiger: "A consensus of opinion regarding the home of the dialect on which...
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Kåre A. Lie
karealbertlie
Mar 26, 2006 2:54 pm
In this seemingly never-ending discussion about the origins of Pali there is one point that I have never seen brought up. I find this rather puzzling, since...
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hjor9
Mar 26, 2006 8:59 pm
Howdy, My name is Thomas and I'm a university (undergrad) student here in Texas. I just started learning Pali yesterday and decided to join this group. I...
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Piya Tan
libris@...
Mar 26, 2006 9:01 pm
Friends in Dharma, There is a text that says if one makes a giving alone, the karmic result is such that one would be rich but with few friends in future...
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George Bedell
gdbedell
Mar 26, 2006 9:06 pm
Since I have not contributed to this discussion group before, perhaps a brief self introduction will not be out of place. I taught linguistics at the...
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Adin Eichler
adineichler
Mar 26, 2006 9:06 pm
Hello, dear fellow Dhamma-farers! Does anyone know of a CD Rom for learning Pali that is currently on the market? Thanks in advance! Adin Hertfordshire England...
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hjor9
Mar 26, 2006 9:20 pm
Howdy, I'm on Lesson 4 now of da Silva's Pali Primer and I had a question about word order when you have two accusatives. In the English->Pali translation...
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lighthisertim
Mar 26, 2006 9:21 pm
... (snip) ... Theravada Tipitika." Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. (pages 1-2 talk about the Girnar edict and Pali). Professor Oberlies also has an excellent...
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Neung Nang
tedxprada2004
Mar 26, 2006 9:23 pm
Dmytro: How intelligent your analytical explanation on Pali language is! What is "Windisch";? "Dmytro O. Ivakhnenko" <aavuso@...> wrote: Hello Thomas, Let...
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Alan McClure
alanmcclure3
Mar 27, 2006 12:30 am
... Prof. Ernst Windisch was a Pali scholar in the late 19th century. With metta, Alan...
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flrobert2000
Mar 27, 2006 10:30 am
... and also page 56 of "The New Pali Course" by Buddhadatta where the exercises come from. Florent...
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flrobert2000
Mar 27, 2006 10:34 am
Hi Rett, Thanks you for spotting this mistake. Actually my problem was the tense agreement. If I write "sits down" does it agree with "went crying"? Or should...
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flrobert2000
Mar 27, 2006 10:42 am
Dear Bhante, Thank you very much for spotting the typos and for your suggestions. I have made the according changes. Kind regards, Florent ... your...
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flrobert2000
Mar 27, 2006 10:49 am
Dear all, One question regarding sentence 10. Should it not be ekaaya.m (feminine locatif singular)? Is "ekaaya" a typo or is it an acceptable form for that...
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hjor9
Mar 28, 2006 2:49 am
Lennart, Well, as Dmytro pointed out to me, perhaps the answers my research dug up aren't "consensus" afterall :). It's really good to hear all these ...
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hjor9
Mar 28, 2006 3:06 am
Dmytro, Thanks for sharing this argument with me. If I understand Geiger correctly, he thinks: 1)that the Buddha taught in an artificial language that had...
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hjor9
Mar 28, 2006 3:18 am
Kare, First of all, I apologize for misspelling your name. I don't know how to type the 'a' with the little circle on top. I hope you won't hold it against...
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hjor9
Mar 28, 2006 3:27 am
tl, Thanks for pointing me to this article. My university library has a couple copies of this book too. I'm taking an "Indo-European Languages and Cultures"...
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Priyadarshi Telang
priyadarshi73
Mar 28, 2006 3:30 am
Hi, According to Bhante Sangharakshita, He says, 'Pali is not the name of a language at all. The word means, literally, 'a line, a row (of letters)' and thus,...
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yifertw
Mar 28, 2006 3:48 am
Dear Pali folks, On my way to examine the idea of "Parinaama" in Chinese tipitaka, I assumed "Parinaama" and "Dakkhi.naa" carrying some sort of similar meaning...
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nina van gorkom
nilovg
Mar 28, 2006 10:14 am
Dear Thomas (hjor 9), welcome here. I have a go at it, but those who are well read in the texts may complement what I write. You remarks are interesting. ... ...
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Khemaramsi
tzungkuen
Mar 31, 2006 2:27 am
Dear Nina and friends Could you provide me whith the informaion on where to order a set of the Tipitaka and it's commentaries in Thai characters, as well as...
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nyanatusita
Mar 31, 2006 11:02 am
Dear all, Recently I found an old file with the first 64 pages of the /Guide through the Abhidhamma/ by Nyanatiloka in the BPS computer file backups. This is...
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nina van gorkom
nilovg
Mar 31, 2006 6:59 pm
... N: It is an excellent book, most helpful as an intro also to books of the Abhidhamma that are not so well known such as the Yamaka. I am unable to help...
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nina van gorkom
nilovg
Mar 31, 2006 6:59 pm
Dear Tzung Kuen, I bought my copies at the Mahaamongkut university library, Sumera road, opposite the Temple Bovornives, in Bangkok. Lately they were less...
