Derek, Buddhadatta (A Concise Pali-English Dictionary) explains okkamma as an absolutive, "having gone aside from". From the context of the word, I think we...
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Dimitry Ivakhnenko
koleso@...
Aug 1, 2001 7:24 am
Hi, Pali people, ... DC> from 'passati' DC> I treat this as disvaa + na or disvaa + ena, i.e., "having seen it" 'disvaana' is listed both in Rhys Davids...
Hi Paula, if you are considering to learn Pali, we are starting an elementary book soon. You are welcome to join us then. The book is Pali Primer by Dr. Lily...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001@...
Aug 1, 2001 8:47 am
I have started working on a site for newbies to Pali - Pali Companion. It will be specially crafted for people with completely no background in linguistics....
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Dimitry Ivakhnenko
koleso@...
Aug 1, 2001 9:04 am
While the cavalry rescues the 3rd sentence and scouting party investigates the 4th, let's send a postal pigeon to the 5th, since it is rather long and requires...
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Derek Cameron
derekacameron@...
Aug 1, 2001 9:29 am
Good point. The useful table at the back of A.K. Warder lists disvaa as the gerund/absolutive of passati, and kamma as the gerund/absolutive of kamati. So...
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Derek Cameron
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Aug 1, 2001 9:45 am
... gahapatikañña.m ... upanipajjeyya ... Something like this: What do you think, monks? Which is better? Having embraced that large, burning, blazing,...
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Piya Tan
libris@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:00 am
Sadhu to that, Yong Peng, looks like many people are rather quiet on this site now. I was wondering what we can do for the newbies. P....
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Ong Teng Kee
ongtkee@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:26 am
Hi, I find my english grammar book gives ex.having gone to(gantva) as compound gerund for this pubbakiriya in pali. Action noun like swimming etc is call...
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Dimitry Ivakhnenko
koleso@...
Aug 1, 2001 12:12 pm
... DC> Something like this: DC> What do you think, monks? Which is better? Having embraced that DC> large, burning, blazing, glowing mass of fire, to sit or...
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koleso@...
Aug 1, 2001 12:37 pm
Hi, Ong Teng Kee wrote: OTK> I find my english grammar book gives ex.having gone OTK> to(gantva) as compound gerund for this pubbakiriya in OTK> pali. OTK>...
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Derek Cameron
derekacameron@...
Aug 1, 2001 8:25 pm
Hi, folks, I've used up all my ISP time package so I'll be offline till around Aug 8 or 9. Derek....
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Henry J. Grossi
grossi@...
Aug 2, 2001 1:57 am
Dear friends, I'm happy to find an active Pali group again. The others seemed to have dies a quiet death. to tell the members something about myself: 1. Are...
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Piya Tan
libris@...
Aug 2, 2001 3:47 am
Welcome Henry! Piya....
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Peter Masefield
masefiel@...
Aug 2, 2001 3:48 am
... Metre is not my strong point; but you would be better to check Warder's Pali Metre, rather than his Introduction to Pali. ... No; bhikkhuno is much more...
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äÍÉÔÒÉÊ é×ÁÈÎÅÎ...
koleso@...
Aug 2, 2001 3:56 am
Dear friends, Learning Pali, I find that sometimes I don't remember the words I already learned, and declension paradigms are not easy to remember. Have...
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Peter Masefield
masefiel@...
Aug 2, 2001 4:09 am
... I am sorry to say that I do not entirely understand the question. The oral revelation, known as the anupubbikathaa, is constantly documented throughout...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001@...
Aug 2, 2001 7:10 am
Dear Henry, welcome to the group. Yong Peng. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Äìèòðèé Èâàõíåí...
koleso@...
Aug 2, 2001 9:00 am
... PM> I am sorry to say that I do not entirely understand the question. The oral PM> revelation, known as the anupubbikathaa, is constantly documented...
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Ong Teng Kee
ongtkee@...
Aug 2, 2001 11:33 am
Hi, Do you have a copy of Intro to pali by Warder.He put gerund (compound gerund for me and undeclineable /absolutive for many other teachers) for pubbakiriya...
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Peter Masefield
masefiel@...
Aug 2, 2001 1:53 pm
... In the third chapter of my book, I give textual references for five distinct ways in which this seems to have taken place: (1) by hearing a further...
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äÍÉÔÒÉÊ é×ÁÈÎÅÎ...
koleso@...
Aug 2, 2001 4:33 pm
Hi, OTK> Do you have a copy of Intro to pali by Warder. No. OTK> He put gerund (compound gerund for me and undeclineable OTK> /absolutive for many other...
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Äìèòðèé Èâàõíåí...
koleso@...
Aug 2, 2001 4:33 pm
Peter Masefield wrote: PM> In the third chapter of my book, I give textual references for five distinct ways in which PM> this seems to have taken place: ...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001@...
Aug 3, 2001 12:46 pm
Hi Dimitry, the information you provide are interesting and useful. Thanks. Personally, I feel a good way of learning a new language is through practising and...
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Dimitry Ivakhnenko
koleso@...
Aug 3, 2001 2:27 pm
Hi Pali friends, I have read somewhere that after first nins have been ordained and bhikkhuni (nuns) sangha has been established, Buddha told that his teaching...
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Bruce Burrill
brburl@...
Aug 3, 2001 3:25 pm
Vin. Cv Kh. 10; AN VII 51. And in the commentaries to these texts, it states that the Dhamma will last five thousand years rather than five hundred. Sp 1291....
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Piya Tan
libris@...
Aug 3, 2001 4:28 pm
Dimitry, The account of the inception of the Bhikkhu.nii Order is given is the Vinaya at Cullavagga X. The exact reference is V 2:255: "Since, Aananda, women...
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koleso@...
Aug 3, 2001 7:18 pm
Hi Yong Peng, OYP> Personally, I feel a good way of learning a new language is OYP> through practising and interacting with a group. A group likes OYP> ours...
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Y Win
y_winuk@...
Aug 3, 2001 8:37 pm
Hi everyone I am sending this email message to introduce myself. I am a young buddhist who have recently become interested in learning Pali, so that I may...
