... Hi Rene, Thanks for the question. In this post I try to provide some basic background to the study of Kc. Not much is known for sure about the author of...
Hi Nina, ... The vowels a > uu go from back to front, then e and o start a new back to front series (the 'dipthongs'). Similarly, the consonants start again at...
Dear Nina, Thank you for your kindness and for making my day. I was feeling a bit upset about something else not related, but you've cheered me up. Thank you...
Thank you again, Rett, for your very informative post regarding Kc. So, despite the traditional identification of him with one of the Buddha's important...
... I haven't learned Thai script, but I have learned Devanagari and am presently struggling with Sinhalese. I'd like to add some tips that I've found helpful....
I am fascinated by what seems to be a common ancestry of modern scripts. Such as Thai, Lao, Khmer, Burmese, Devanagari, Tibetan, Suddham, and many many other ...
Hi Rett, I appreciate your posting of this translation. Just one comment... ... Considering how often the expressions -aadi and -anta are used in the ancient...
AG, I have not ventured that far along this trail, although I did have a plan to do that: see the Adam's Apple section of the CD. My primary interest is not in...
... Agreed. Practice writing the characters this way, go slowly and methodically, and you will soon get thoroughly familiar with the script. The Thai script...
Venerable Bhante, that is a good solution to avoid the tiresome and so on, or etc. which occurs endlessly. Thank you very much, Nina. op 17-12-2004 13:04...
More Pali - Every few days - [C195] Warder - Exercise 19 (page 145) Passages for Reading 2 (Part 16 of 19) eva.m vutte braahma.na purohito braahma.no...
... Hi Jim, Indeed, that line is not in my copy of Senart. I find it a bit odd since all the other rules in this ka.n.da which define a set of syllables list...
Exploring Traditional Pali Grammar 4 Kaccaayana sutta 6 We're now more than halfway through the first section (ka.n.da) of the Sandhikappa of the Kaccaayana....
Hi Nina, I promised to get back to your translations. I think they're very ... This would be a bit tricky without knowing that it's a reference to another...
Many people say kaccayana was one of the disciples of Buddha who was known as mahakaccayana. But many people dont agree to this opinion. ... From: "rsalm"...
... As far as I can see, the runes are not included there; but these are relatively new, and probably derived mainly from Latin and Greek letters. Most...
Hi Rett, << Indeed, that line is not in my copy of Senart. I find it a bit odd since all the other rules in this ka.n.da which define a set of syllables list...
Hi Rett, Thank you very much. I looked up in Warder niggahita, p. 217. I am glad you tell me that it is .m, this was not clear before. Warder has examples:...
Hi Nina, ... These are retroflex consonants, so just curl the tip of your tongue backwards and touch the roof of your mouth when saying those letters. It ...
I've hacked together a little tool to convert between some scripts and transliterations: http://alex.voodooglobe.com/2547/c19/ Some of the conversions require...
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Anglosaxonrunes.JPG And a more extensive treatment of the subject at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic_alphabet Gunnar ...
Hi Alex, a> Dimitry, I can not seem to resolve the address: a> http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/evolalpha.html a> Do you recall the jist of the content? There's a...
Respected members of this forum, My name is Sukhdev Singh, male aged 44, living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I learnt about this forum through the Theravada-my...
