http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/ The Pali Collective :: Mailing List Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:45:55 GMT Ong Yong Peng http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14415 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14415 Oops, the characters did not show up correct. I shall try a second and final time: ?"???? metta, Yong Peng. ... Japanese also referred to China as Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:31:37 GMT Ong Yong Peng http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14414 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14414 Dear Lennart, thank you. According to Chinese scholars, the term probably derived from Mahachinasthana, which was used by ancient Indians to address the Great Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:29:33 GMT Ong Yong Peng http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14413 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14413 Bhante, thanks for sharing your encounters in Pune, India. I am glad to learn of your successful lecture and the new acquaintances you made. metta, Yong Peng. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:17:58 GMT Bryan Levman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14412 Hi Thomas & Ardavarz, According to the Monier Williams dictionary, saha is the name of a division of the world, which occurs with lokadhaatu and means "the Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:46:40 GMT ashinpan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14411 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14411 Dear members, Sorry, I failed to mention one interesting fact in the previous post. My lecture was presided over by Venerable Dhammadipa, a Czech monk. He Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:25:22 GMT ashinpan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14410 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14410 Dear members, I am writing this message from Pune, India just to let you share some of my experiences. After arriving here on 31st Jan., I met Prof. Deokar at Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:11:09 GMT Lennart Lopin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14409 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14409 Cīna So for instance in Milindapanha: ‘‘Yathā, mahārāja, sadhano nāviko paṭṭane suṭṭhu katasuṅko mahāsamuddaṃ pavisitvā vaṅgaṃ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:38:06 GMT Ong Yong Peng http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14408 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14408 Dear friends, I hope this is not a hard one for us. What is Pali for China, the country in Asia? Thank you. metta, Yong Peng. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:22:02 GMT Магуб&#1072 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14407 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14407 Dear Thomas, You can check the article about Sahampati in Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:32 GMT Dhivan Thomas Jones http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14406 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14406 Dear Thomas, I did some research a few years back on Brahmā Sahampati, and concluded that the name 'Sahampati' did not directly mean anything. Only in the Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:58:10 GMT frank http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14405 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14405 Wow! Fantastic work Lennart. Just installed and tested a few paragraphs, looking good so far. I'll do some heavy testing on it...It would have taken me several Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:22:16 GMT thomaslaw03 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14404 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14404 Dear Pali friends, I have some questions regarding Brahmaa Sahampati. Hope you can help? Does the term, Sahampati, have any meaning? Is it just a individual Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:54:46 GMT Lennart Lopin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14403 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14403 Hi Frank, Please find below a proof of concept-type program based on your idea of using a dictionary search for (semi)automated translation. This is a very Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:47:57 GMT frank http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14402 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14402 I just noticed today that DPR has the english to pali dictionary as well. i had been using a website for that, now I know the easier way. I just looked up Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:36:35 GMT frank http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14401 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali/message/14401 Hi Ria, DPR is a great tool. I like how it can access several pali dictionaries, and tries to break down compounds, often with success. The limitation is the