Sujato/John Kelly Pali Courses: Resources

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Somehow I am finding it much faster and more intuitive to access the Digital Pali Dictionary through the Tipitaka Pali Reader. This app is very fast to search, includes the DPD and other dictionaries, and has the tipataka and quite a few commentary texts in pali. The managers seem to be actively improving this app, built on Bhante Yuttadhammo’s work from years ago. Tipitaka Pali Reader | American Monk: Life with Buddha, Dhamma and Saṅgha

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Thank you Ayya. I’ll add the pronoun sheet to the class resources in the OP, and the others to the thread on chanting.

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New Resource, A Dictionary of Pali now available in free digital format. Pasting the announcement from H-Buddhism.

A new Announcement has been posted in H-Buddhism.

RESOURCE> A Dictionary of Pāli now available online

Submitted by Rupert Gethin on 03/25/2024 - 4:45am
Announcement Type
Online Digital Resources
Date
March 25, 2024
Dear Colleagues,
The Pali Text Society is pleased to announce the availability of the first three volumes of A Dictionary of Pāli (covering a – bh) online on Gandhari.org/dop. The Dictionary is free for all to search and use.

A Dictionary of Pāli is an ongoing project of the Pali Text Society, entirely funded by the Society. The first three volumes are the work of Dr Margaret Cone and were published in hard copy in 2001, 2010, and 2020. The 4th and final volume is currently being prepared by Dr Martin Straube.

Preparing the three published volumes of the Dictionary for release online has itself been a task that has required considerable time, care, attention, and expertise. The Pali Text Society is particularly grateful to Dr Stefan Baums and Dr Andrew Glass for hosting the Dictionary on Gandhari.org. There it joins the Pali Text Society’s earlier Pali-English Dictionary as well as a collection of other dictionaries of South Asian Buddhist languages (Sanskrit, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit, and Gāndhārī), all of which can be conveniently used side by side. The Society hopes that the scholarly community will find the online Dictionary useful.

Hard copies of the 3 published volumes (as well as other PTS publications) are available for purchase via the PTS website (https://palitextsociety.org/). Please visit the site and consider becoming a member and supporting the PTS.
With best wishes,
Rupert Gethin
President of the PTS

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This is wonderful news! Thank you very much, Ven Sobhana.

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This post will probably only be seen by students in John’s class. Do you intend it for the whole Forum community?

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It was already announced more widely here

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…Thank you. :pray:

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What is your best/favorite reference textbook on pāli grammar. I have been looking at these three, especially to understand syntax and usage. Just recently opened Duroiselle and finding it most clear & helpful (at my level):

Duroiselle, Charles. A Practical Grammar of the Pali Language. (1906) 3rd ed (1997): html version: A Practical Grammar of the Pali Language by Charles Duroiselle. pdf verion: https://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/paligram.pdf

Perniola, V. Pali Grammar (PTS Oxford 1997). [There is a pdf version online but probably a bootleg against copyright]

A. Bhikkhu (2023): Māgadhabhāsā (Pāḷi) A Compendious Grammar on the Language of Pāḷi Buddhism (Second Edition) Māgadhabhāsā (Pāḷi) – A Compendious Grammar on the Language of Pāḷi Buddhism – Sāsanārakkha Buddhist Sanctuary

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I could not see it either but if you search Pali there is a list of flashcards:

https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks?search=pali

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For whatever it’s worth, the DictTango app now supports importing a dictionary from file within the app, so it no longer requires a rooted Android or hooking up to a laptop :partying_face:

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I strongly recommend Steven Collins, A Pāli Grammar for Students. It’s a grammar reference book (not a teaching textbook). Published by Silkworm Books, 2005.

If your monastery, Dhammadharinī, doesn’t have a copy already in its library, Ayya, it would be my honour to donate one and have it sent to you. Please let me know.

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@johnk @stephen

what do you think of this book?

https://www.amazon.com.au/New-Course-Reading-Pali-Entering/dp/812081441X/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_1/356-6872581-2563806?pd_rd_w=Jl3He&content-id=amzn1.sym.e2b370ed-976d-41a5-9f5c-edef0e1c0e0e&pf_rd_p=e2b370ed-976d-41a5-9f5c-edef0e1c0e0e&pf_rd_r=CXAETJPXWTEYYQK1C3NT&pd_rd_wg=SWgFq&pd_rd_r=c5d45380-4223-49f4-8951-4cd549e0df46&pd_rd_i=812081441X&psc=1

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That looks to me to be the textbook you’re currently using

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Yes, that’s the Gair and Karunatillake (with a new cover!)

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And I thought it was another book!

Thank you. :pray:

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Thank you. :pray: :sunflower:

:mushroom:

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Thank you! I had forgotten about Collins. We do have one copy at our monastery.

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I might get tomatoes thrown at me for sharing this, given the recent hostility to AI many here have shown, but I have created a custom GPT to help tutor Pali. I have been using it to help myself parse out phrases and understand the origin of certain words and have found it very helpful.

Here is it if you want to use it (note you need a ChatGPT subscription): Pali Language Tutor

Here’s an example of a chat session I had with it today while studying lesson three from G&K (all can view this link, I think): Parsing Lesson III, Part I

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There should be a ‘wow’ emoji of reactions!

Very impressive!

Would love to exploit your kind invention, but it requires ‘ChatGPT Plus’, which we need to pay for subscription. :cry:

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Please keep in mind the guideline around AI content on the forum:

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