Anyone know of any tool for Unicode to Velthuis conversion? kb...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Mar 3, 2013 4:42 am
digital pali reader does conversion both ways u->v, and v->u. it's tricky to find those features though. i tried it out just now, the way i got it to come up...
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John Kelly
palistudent
Mar 4, 2013 4:26 am
I have some Word doc macros that convert from Unicode to Velthuis and vice versa. Would you like me to send you those or perhaps even load them to the the...
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alexgenaud
Mar 4, 2013 12:08 pm
Hi Kumara Bhikkhu, I have written several such conversions. Most likely, I can convert your text as well. It's not as straight forward as simply saying...
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alexgenaud
Mar 4, 2013 12:26 pm
Venerable Kumara, The menu on the top of this page may present a more obvious example. Indeed, is this your own translation? Pañc'ime bhikkhave caŋkame...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 8, 2013 10:53 pm
Thanks, Frank. Yes, I've seen and used that before, when I had an older version of DPR on my old computer. I don't have DPR now, as I don't want to install...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Mar 8, 2013 11:33 pm
I think it's definitely worthwhile to install firefox just to have DPR. They always seem to keep adding nice new features, and the bugs your teacher are...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 8, 2013 11:33 pm
Hmm... sounds tempting.... :-) I'll give it a serious thought. Maybe I'll download the smallest version Firefox that it's compatible with....
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 9, 2013 8:57 am
Thanks for the offer, but I don't have Word. on this new notebook, and not plan to getting it. Would be a good to share it on the files section though....
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 9, 2013 9:04 am
Interesting. Thanks for your kind offer. My requirement is simply converting occasional texts. Nina pointed me to...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Mar 10, 2013 5:15 pm
Dear friends, the demise of the late Professor A K Warder is a great loss to the world. A highly learned scholar, Professor Warder dedicated his life to the...
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Stephen Hodge
kiciyel
Mar 10, 2013 5:47 pm
... And his wife, who curiously also died around the same time, such that their funerals/memorial services were held together. Best wishes, Stephen Hodge...
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alexgenaud
Mar 14, 2013 12:13 am
Hello again Kumara Bhikkhu, I welcome you to try this javascript solution: http://genaud.net/2013/03/convert/ <http://genaud.net/2013/03/convert/index.html> ...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 15, 2013 11:08 am
Cool! At first I was wondering where to click. Then somewhat intuitively I just clicked. Haha! Well done! I appreciate it very much....
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alexgenaud
Mar 16, 2013 4:41 am
Thanks. I hope it works for you, otherwise let me know how it could be improved, other characters like Sanskrit, other transliterations, or whatever. When I...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Mar 16, 2013 5:45 pm
Dear Ven. Kumara, I'm not advanced enough to analyze the Pali itself, but here are how Thanissaro and John Ireland translated that section in their respective ...
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Chanida
jchanida072
Mar 16, 2013 5:48 pm
Dear Frank, I understand your confusion. Things can appear very contradictory. But how would you think about the following story? (My example is perhaps out of...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Mar 20, 2013 10:31 am
Dear Nina, ... So trying to deliberately murder a Samma Sambuddha, and failing only because the Buddha stopped him, is not considered heinous? Just a petty ...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 20, 2013 10:32 am
Very well said, Chanida. Sadhu! About the Ven Nanda's story, I'd like to add that Buddha probably saw what would happen. One might say that it's somewhat...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 20, 2013 3:19 pm
Dear Frank, ... N: Conditions, conditions. We cannot understand all conditions thoroughly. We have to consider which factors make akusala kamma a heinous...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 22, 2013 8:03 pm
The arrangement makes more sense, and the interface is more user-friendly. I think adding a concise instruction would be good. Suggestion: Instruction 1. Enter...
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stefan_karpik
Mar 23, 2013 4:09 pm
What Nina says is somewhat supported by Richard Gombrich in 'How Buddhism Began'. He argues that Angulimala was a Kali devotee and his murders were part of his...
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Chanida
jchanida072
Mar 24, 2013 2:17 pm
Dear Frank, On preparing for the Sunday dhamma study class, I incidentally came across this relevant reference, being another version of the Buddha's guarantee...
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Stephen Hodge
kiciyel
Mar 28, 2013 11:40 pm
Dear All, This may be of interest: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21936656 Best wishes, Stephen Hodge...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 30, 2013 7:11 am
... Not quite how I see it. If one is absorbed in a single object (ekarammane), as mentioned in the Visuddhimagga, how would it go along with the similes that...
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alexgenaud
Mar 30, 2013 6:19 pm
Hello Kumara, Thank you for the tips. I have updated the converter as per your suggestions. Javascript will be mentioned only if disabled, the instructions can...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Mar 31, 2013 12:20 am
Dear Chanida, The diacritics in your pali quotes are not coming out correctly through the pali email subscription or looking at the message itself on the yahoo...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Apr 6, 2013 12:01 am
I wonder if it's because this group is set to text only (i.e, no html). Yes, Velthuis is the safest bet here....
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Apr 6, 2013 9:16 pm
Well thought out. Minor correction: m-dot-above is represented in Velthuis as "m. (This is in keeping with the guttural nasal (n-dot-above) being represented...
