From vjroebuck at MACUNLIMITED.NET  Fri Sep  1 06:58:29 2006
From: vjroebuck at MACUNLIMITED.NET (Valerie J Roebuck)
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 06 07:58:29 +0100
Subject: 'Treasurer'
Message-ID: <161227078248.23782.8545506784307392937.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Does anyone know of any research that has been done on the figure of 
the seTThi or zreSThin, usually translated as 'Treasurer',  in 
Buddhist texts?  I am particularly interested in the development in 
the Dhammapada commentary, where he in fact seems to function as a 
wealthy banker or money-lender (though without the usual negative 
connotations of the latter), but with almost magical powers over 
money, as a result of kamma/karma in previous lives.

Valerie J Roebuck
Manchester, UK




From athr at LOC.GOV  Fri Sep  1 15:01:01 2006
From: athr at LOC.GOV (Allen W Thrasher)
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 06 11:01:01 -0400
Subject: Hermann Kulke contact information
Message-ID: <161227078255.23782.17660809382760292448.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Does anyone have a currently valid email or other contact information for Hermann Kulke?  The email listed on the Kiel university web site is invalid.
 
Thanks,
 
Allen Thrasher
 
 
Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D., Senior Reference Librarian
South Asia Team, Asian Division
Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150
101 Independence Ave., S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-4810
tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr at loc.gov
The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress.




From slaje at T-ONLINE.DE  Fri Sep  1 11:39:00 2006
From: slaje at T-ONLINE.DE (Walter Slaje)
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 06 11:39:00 +0000
Subject: 'Treasurer'
In-Reply-To: <web-35948165@uni-bonn.de>
Message-ID: <161227078252.23782.12575421641123649071.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

See also:

Fiser, Ivo: The problem of the setthi in Buddhist Jatakas. In: ArOr 22(1954), S.
238-266.

Best,

WS


>   Valerie J Roebuck <vjroebuck at MACUNLIMITED.NET> wrote:
> > Does anyone know of any research that has been done on 
> >the figure of the seTThi or zreSThin, usually translated 
> >as 'Treasurer',  in Buddhist texts?  I am particularly 
> >interested in the development in the Dhammapada 
> >commentary, where he in fact seems to function as a 
> >wealthy banker or money-lender (though without the usual 
> >negative connotations of the latter), but with almost 
> >magical powers over money, as a result of kamma/karma in 
> >previous lives.

---------------------------------
Prof Dr Walter Slaje
Hermann-Loens-Str. 1
D-99425 Weimar (Germany)
Tel/Fax: +49-(0)3643 501391
www.indologie.uni-halle.de

Ego ex animi mei sententia spondeo ac polliceor
me studia humanitatis impigro labore culturum et provecturum
non sordidi lucri causa nec ad vanam captandam gloriam,
sed quo magis veritas propagetur et lux eius, qua salus
humani generis continetur, clarius effulgeat.
Vindobonae, die XXI. mensis Novembris MCMLXXXIII.




From pwyzlic at UNI-BONN.DE  Fri Sep  1 11:17:33 2006
From: pwyzlic at UNI-BONN.DE (Peter Wyzlic)
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 06 13:17:33 +0200
Subject: 'Treasurer'
In-Reply-To: <a06110401c11d8a5d80fa@[80.225.120.13]>
Message-ID: <161227078250.23782.15741133943905451216.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 07:58:29 +0100
  Valerie J Roebuck <vjroebuck at MACUNLIMITED.NET> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any research that has been done on 
>the figure of the seTThi or zreSThin, usually translated 
>as 'Treasurer',  in Buddhist texts?  I am particularly 
>interested in the development in the Dhammapada 
>commentary, where he in fact seems to function as a 
>wealthy banker or money-lender (though without the usual 
>negative connotations of the latter), but with almost 
>magical powers over money, as a result of kamma/karma in 
>previous lives.

A classic on Indian social history is Richard Fick's "Die 
sociale Gliederung im nord?stlichen Indien zu Buddha's 
Zeit" (published originally Kiel 1897, reprinted Graz 
1974). Fick deals at some length also with setthi, 
merchant guilds and so on. His main textual basis are the 
Jataka stories. In 1920, an English translation of Fick's 
monograph appeared under the title: The Social 
Organization in North-East India in Buddha's Time, 
Calcutta 1920.

Works on ancient and medieval Indian social and economic 
history generally devote some pages on setthi / zreSThin 
(or at least mention that). One example that may be a bit 
difficult to trace: Otto Stein's posthumously published 
work "Jinist Studies" (ed. by Jinavijaya Muni, Ahmedabad 
1948) deals with Jaina sources for nigama- and 
nagaraseTThi (p. 86 seqq.).

The sociologist Max Weber in his study on Hinduism and 
Buddhism deals also with setthi but, of course, not based 
on original text study, rather on sources like Fick and 
others.

I hope it helps.

Peter Wyzlic

--
Indologisches Seminar der
Universit?t Bonn
Regina-Pacis-Weg 7
D-53113 Bonn
Deutschland / Germany




From witzel at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Fri Sep  1 21:59:52 2006
From: witzel at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Michael Witzel)
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 06 17:59:52 -0400
Subject: Another Crushing Defeat of Hindutva forces in  California Court
Message-ID: <161227078257.23782.10897050879000496653.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

HINDUTVA GROUPS DEFEATED IN CALIFORNIA COURT
IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO SAFFRONIZE TEXTBOOKS

                                                               
Sacramento, California, Sept. 1, 2006, 2:40 p.m. PST

As we have been predicting for long, the California court has ruled 
*against*  the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) and *for* the State 
Board of Education (SBE)  and the California Department of Education 
(CDE) in all matters of the content of the current (2006) textbooks.

The judge sums up, in Legalese: ?..  the Court has not found that the 
content of the textbooks challenged in this action violates applicable 
legal standards, the writ shall not include any provision requiring 
respondent [SBE/CDE] to rescind its approval of those textbooks or 
otherwise take steps to remove them from use.?

This denial of the HAF petition concerns all points regarding the caste 
system, position of women, description of Hindu gods/goddesses, and the 
so-called ?Aryan invasion? or  Aryan immigration.     (See HIGHLIGHTS 
below)

Thus, the court has upheld the current version of the textbooks, 
already printed and in the school districts.

In addition, the court  has ordered the State Board of 
Education/Department of Education to come up, during a suitable period 
of time,  with  more detailed  rules for ALL future adoptions of 
textbooks. This does not affect the current textbooks (now in use for 
the next 6 years).

This  order will be very beneficial for future cases, as SBE/CDE are 
not required to accept any proposed edits, never have so in the past, 
and in fact have made a mistake bending over backwards for such groups. 
That for sure *will not* happen again.

In sum:   HAF, VF, and HEF have lost on all counts  as far as the 
textbooks are concerned. Their current printed version will stand.

Those who have fought this Hindutva onslaught since last November, even 
in the face of numerous  smear campaigns, are totally vindicated. As 
major smear campaigner Rajaram un-prophetically wished recently: Let 
the courts decide!

The court decision  also does not bode well for future Hindutva 
initiatives in other states.

My congratulations and warm thanks to all involved.

Michael Witzel

-------------------------------


HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COURT DECISION of 9/1/2006
Quoted verbatim (except for my headings and a few [comments] ):

Court finds that the challenged texts comply with the applicable legal 
standards.

Petitioners  [HAF] claim that there are a number of significant 
inaccuracies .. The Court finds that petitioners have not demonstrated 
that respondent's [SBE/CDE] approval of the challenged texts should be 
invalidated on this basis  ..  the inaccuracies have been corrected in 
the final versions of the texts


CASTE SYSTEM

The caste system is a historical reality, and indisputably was a 
significant feature of ancient Indian society.
..  it appears to the Court that to omit treatment of the caste system 
from the teaching of ancient Indian history would itself be grossly 
inaccurate.

Just as the regulation does not require textbooks to ignore unpleasant 
historical realities, it does not require them to present such 
realities in an unnaturally positive light.  Moreover, nothing in the 
challenged texts uses the discussion of the caste system as a take-off 
point for comparing Hinduism unfavorably with other religions, or for 
advocating other religions over Hinduism.  In this respect, the texts 
therefore have satisfied the requirement of neutrality.


WOMEN AND DEITIES

...  status of women in ancient Indian society, and their description 
of Hindu religious belief in numerous deities as multiple aspects of 
the absolute divinity.

These discussions appear on their face to be neutral, objective, 
dispassionate, factually accurate, not derogatory or accusatory in 
their tone, and not such as would instill prejudice against the Hindu 
religion or believers.  Such passages are descriptive and do not 
advocate certain religions over others.
..   The law does not insure against negative reactions or prejudices, 
it merely requires that the textbooks not instill them.  The challenged 
books meet that requirement

[Petitioners, HAF] have not demonstrated that the textbooks' 
description of Hindu theology are grossly inaccurate.

In the Court's view, the books broadly and accurately describe the 
outlines of Hindu religious belief, which is all the law requires.

..  the Court finds that the manner in which the books treat the Hindu 
religion does not violate this standard.

..  the Court finds nothing in the way of derogatory language or 
examples from sacred texts or other religious literature that could be 
classified as derogatory, accusatory or that would instill prejudice 
against the Hindu religion or its faithful

..  Nothing in this discussion appears to the Court to violate the 
applicable standard. ..  Similarly, petitioners have not persuaded the 
Court that the textbooks tend to favor religions such as Christianity 
or Judaism over Hinduism


?ARYAN INVASION?

.. so-called "Aryan invasion" or "Aryan migration" theories ..

..  First, it appears from the evidence submitted by respondent 
[SBE/CDE] that the publishers of the challenged textbooks have in fact 
been directed to recognize the ultimate uncertainty of these theories, 
at least in general terms.

More fundamentally, even if such direction had not been given, the 
texts would not be invalid for that reason.  While some scholars may 
question the Aryan invasion or migration theories, there is no showing 
that such theories are not widely or even generally accepted at this 
point, such that presenting them without significant qualification 
would be grossly inaccurate.

Moreover ..   the History-Social Science Content Standards for 
California Public Schools specifically require sixth-grade students to 
study and recognize the significance of the Aryan invasions of India.

The Court therefore does not find that the references to Aryan 
invasions or migrations make the textbooks grossly inaccurate or 
otherwise in violation of law.


IN GENERAL

..  the essential inquiry is whether the texts appear to be neutral.  
In this case, the Court finds that they are, and thus do not violate 
the applicable standards.

Based on the foregoing, the Court finds that petitioners have not 
demonstrated that the challenged textbooks violate applicable legal 
standards.

..  the Court has not found that the content of the textbooks 
challenged in this action violates applicable legal standards, the writ 
shall not include any provision requiring respondent to rescind its 
approval of those textbooks or otherwise take steps to remove them from 
use.


LEGALESE PROCEDURAL  part:  [requirement to prepare more detailed 
regulations for *future* textbook adoptions]

The Court grants the petition for writ of mandate based upon its 
finding that respondent has not complied with a specific statutory 
mandate that it enact regulations governing its textbook approval 
process as formal regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedures 
Act.  A writ of mandate shall issue to require respondent to comply 
with that statutory mandate within a time certain, such time to be 
established by the Court, along with any other terms required to 
preserve the status quo in the interim.

Since the ruling on the APA [Administrative Procedures Act] issue 
addresses the validity of the entire existing textbook adoption 
process, the Court declines to address the violations of the Open 
Meeting Act that petitioners allege took place during that process.

Finally, because the Court has not found that the content of the 
textbooks challenged in this action violates applicable legal 
standards, the writ shall not include any provision requiring 
respondent to rescind its approval of those textbooks or otherwise take 
steps to remove them from use.

=================

PS. The CAPEEM case.

There remains another case, precariously suspended like Trita in the 
well. It is based on some very general items  (the 14th and 1st 
constitutional amendments: equal protection and free speech/free 
association).

It was brought by a new, so-called parent group (CAPEEM) that was 
founded only after the decision of the State Board of Education on 
March 8. The case  had first been registered at the Federal Court in 
Seattle on March 14, but  had to be re-registered  in California as the 
group itself did not even legally exist when their lawyer  brought the 
case to court.

The lawsuit  is now in animate suspension in  the Eastern District 
Court of California.  On August 11, the judge did *not allow* the case 
to go forward against the State Board and the Dept. of Education. 
Instead, gave  CAPEEM 20 days time to reformulate their complaint  
against *individual* members of the Board and Department, that is, 
until yesterday.

Specialists think that this case is even weaker  than the HAF one, and 
quite amateurish at that (as above history clearly indicates). 
Amusingly, some Hindutvavadins since  January, have touted this then 
already prepared lawsuit as ?professionally planned.?

We await the eventual decision of the court  in all serenity.

M.W.

--------------- ity alam Hindutvadroghena!----------



________________________________________________
Michael Witzel
Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University
1 Bow Street , 3rd floor, Cambridge MA 02138
1-617-495 3295           Fax: 496 8571
direct line:       496 2990
<http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/mwpage.htm><
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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indo-Eurasian_research/>
< http://users.primushost.com/~india/ejvs/>




From H.J.H.Tieken at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL  Sat Sep  2 08:13:57 2006
From: H.J.H.Tieken at LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL (Tieken, H.J.H.)
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 06 10:13:57 +0200
Subject: 'Treasurer'
Message-ID: <161227078259.23782.7488531271340002280.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

There is a brief article on the sresthin by Sheo Bahadur Singh, "Sresthin in Epigraphy", Journal of the Epigraphical Society of India [Bharatiya Purabhilekha Patrika] (Being vol. X of Studies in Indian Epigraphy) Vol. ten: 1993, 104-107. The author also refers, albeit very briefly, to some Buddhist sources.
Herman Tieken
 
Herman Tieken
Lecturer in Sanskrit and Tamil
Kern Institute/Department of South and Central Asian Studies
University of  Leiden
 
Postal address/private:
Garenmarkt 3
2311 PG Leiden
The Netherlands
Ph.: 31 (0)71 5226732

________________________________

From: Indology on behalf of Valerie J Roebuck
Sent: Fri 9/1/2006 8:58 AM
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: 'Treasurer'



Does anyone know of any research that has been done on the figure of
the seTThi or zreSThin, usually translated as 'Treasurer',  in
Buddhist texts?  I am particularly interested in the development in
the Dhammapada commentary, where he in fact seems to function as a
wealthy banker or money-lender (though without the usual negative
connotations of the latter), but with almost magical powers over
money, as a result of kamma/karma in previous lives.

Valerie J Roebuck
Manchester, UK




From drm8 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Sat Sep  2 19:50:40 2006
From: drm8 at COLUMBIA.EDU (David Rustin Mellins)
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 06 15:50:40 -0400
Subject: Indological Taurinensia
In-Reply-To: <web-35948165@uni-bonn.de>
Message-ID: <161227078261.23782.11986134122445012009.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear All,

Would someone happen to know the current contact and address of
Indologica Taurinensia? Thanks for any information.

                          David Mellins, Ph.D.
                          Rutgers University




From drm8 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Sat Sep  2 20:43:49 2006
From: drm8 at COLUMBIA.EDU (David Rustin Mellins)
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 06 16:43:49 -0400
Subject: Indologica Taurinensia
In-Reply-To: <1157226640.44f9e090bc1b6@cubmail.cc.columbia.edu>
Message-ID: <161227078263.23782.71480969658010953.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Pardon

Quoting David Rustin Mellins <drm8 at columbia.edu>:

> Dear All,
>
> Would someone happen to know the current contact and address of
> Indologica Taurinensia? Thanks for any information.
>
>                           David Mellins, Ph.D.
>                           Rutgers University
>




From ghezziem at TIN.IT  Sun Sep  3 18:49:16 2006
From: ghezziem at TIN.IT (Daniela Rossella)
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 06 20:49:16 +0200
Subject: Indologica Taurinensia
In-Reply-To: <1157229829.44f9ed0536d54@cubmail.cc.columbia.edu>
Message-ID: <161227078265.23782.18137986812301312337.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear David, you con write to this address:
cesme at tin.it
Or, eventually, to my friend professor Victor Agostini, who works both for
Cesmeo and for the Assosiazione Italiana di Studi Sanscriti: victorag at tin.it
All the best, Daniela

******************************************************************
Ph.D. Dr. Daniela Rossella
home address: piazza Buzzati, 5
43100 PARMA (Italy)
fax: +39.0521.773854
e-mail: ghezziem at tin.it
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/data/indiv/area/idsas/ROSSELLA,Daniela.htm
******************************************************************





> Pardon
> 
> Quoting David Rustin Mellins <drm8 at columbia.edu>:
> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> Would someone happen to know the current contact and address of
>> Indologica Taurinensia? Thanks for any information.
>> 
>>                           David Mellins, Ph.D.
>>                           Rutgers University
>> 




From garzilli at ASIATICA.ORG  Mon Sep  4 09:26:37 2006
From: garzilli at ASIATICA.ORG (Enrica Garzilli)
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 06 11:26:37 +0200
Subject: National Indology Conference, Kala Academy, Goa, 8-10 Feb, 2007
Message-ID: <161227078267.23782.8975781305254951526.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

[sorry for cross-post]

Dear Colleagues,

On the beahalf of Dr. Anjali Mohan Rao anjarao at gmail.com , 
raoanjali at dataone.in I fwd the announcement for
a 3-day National Indology Conference titled "Ancient Wisdom Brought to 
Modern Times-Pathway to Higher Consciousness"

Where: Kala Academy, Goa, India
When: February 2007 (between 8-10th)

* The complete accouncement: http://www.asiatica.org/ *

Best,

eg

**********************************************************
Dr. Enrica Garzilli
University of Macerata, (Italy)
Editor-in-Chief IJTS-JSAWS, Asiatica Association
http://www.asiatica.org
********************************************************** 




From toke_knudsen at MAC.COM  Mon Sep  4 21:26:23 2006
From: toke_knudsen at MAC.COM (Toke Lindegaard Knudsen)
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 06 17:26:23 -0400
Subject: Job posting: Das Professor of Sanskrit at Brown University
Message-ID: <161227078269.23782.13428567509362258057.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

The below might be of interest to members of the list.

Sincerely,
Toke


-----

The Department of Classics at Brown University has been authorized to 
announce a search for the Das Professor of Sanskrit. The Das Professor 
will teach Sanskrit language as well as courses in translation, and we 
anticipate that he or she will establish connections with other 
colleagues and units at Brown focused on South Asia and on the ancient 
world. Prerequisites for consideration include distinction in 
scholarship and teaching in any aspect of Sanskrit language and 
literature and the cultures of South Asia associated therewith. 
Candidates should submit a letter of application and a curriculum 
vitae, including the names and contact information of at least five 
references.

Applications should be sent, preferably by November 1, 2006, to: Chair 
of the Sanskrit Search Committee, Department of Classics, Brown 
University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. Review of applications will 
begin immediately and continue until the position is filled or closed. 
Finalists will be invited to campus for interviews early in 2007. 
Inquiries may be directed to John_Bodel at brown.edu.  Brown University is 
committed to diversity in its faculty and encourages applications from 
qualified women and under-represented minority candidates.




From lmfosse at CHELLO.NO  Fri Sep  8 09:37:04 2006
From: lmfosse at CHELLO.NO (Lars Martin Fosse)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 06 11:37:04 +0200
Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
In-Reply-To: <4501043A.1050705@anu.edu.au>
Message-ID: <161227078273.23782.7763276531404987861.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

I don't think EndNote handles special fonts like that, at least none of my
versions did. This is actually quite frustrating. 

Lars Martin Fosse
 

From: 
Dr.art. Lars Martin Fosse 
Haugerudvn. 76, Leil. 114, 
0674 Oslo - Norway 
Phone: +47 22 32 12 19 Fax:  +47 850 21 250 
Mobile phone: +47 90 91 91 45 
E-mail: lmfosse at chello.no 
http://www.linguistfinder.com/translators.asp?id=2164



 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of 
> McComas Taylor
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 7:49 AM
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
> 
> priyANi mitrANi
> 
> sarvebhyo namo namaH
> 
> I wonder if anyone has any experience of getting Sanskrit 
> diacritics in a font like URW Palladio to work in the Endnote 
> package. I look forward to hearing back from you.
> 
> iti bhavadIyaH
> 
> McComas
> 
> --
> ===============================
> Dr McComas Taylor
> Centre for Asian Societies and Histories Faculty of Asian 
> Studies The Australian National University ACTON ACT 0200
> 
> Tel: +61 2 6125 3179
> Fax: +61 2 6125 8326
> 
> Email: mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au
> 
> Location: Room E4.26 Baldessin Precinct Building




From shayne.clarke at YAHOO.CA  Fri Sep  8 15:52:43 2006
From: shayne.clarke at YAHOO.CA (shayne clarke)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 06 11:52:43 -0400
Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
In-Reply-To: <010601c6d32a$58365240$6271d154@Winston>
Message-ID: <161227078275.23782.5253940826043355254.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

There is no problem using Sanskrit diacritics in Endnote (at least  
not on a Mac). Problems may arise, however, if you are downloading  
records from the Library of Congress or any other library catalog  
that goes through the LoC gateway. It seems that the LoC gateway does  
not yet support UTF-8.

Two alternatives to Endnote that may be of use to Mac users are  
Bookends and Sente. Both of these handle Sanskrit (and other CJK)  
diacritics with ease, and are much cheaper than Endnote.

Kindest regards,
Shayne Clarke
-------------------

Department of Religious Studies
McMaster University
University Hall, Room 104
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S 4K1
CANADA
Phone: 905 525 9140, ext. 23389
Fax: 905 525 8161
clarsha[at]mcmaster.ca




From shayne.clarke at YAHOO.CA  Fri Sep  8 16:19:43 2006
From: shayne.clarke at YAHOO.CA (shayne clarke)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 06 12:19:43 -0400
Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
In-Reply-To: <016901c6d360$66b75590$6271d154@Winston>
Message-ID: <161227078282.23782.2912734337701782222.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Lars Martin Fosse (and other interested list members),

I do not, as a rule, use Endnote, but I have tried the demo version  
of Endnote X (just released a few weeks ago) and can confirm that  
there seem to be no problems with Sanskrit diacritics. I usually use  
the Gentium font (with Asian Extended UK as a keyboard input). I hope  
this helps.

Kindest regards,
Shayne Clarke

-------------------

Shayne Clarke
Department of Religious Studies
McMaster University
University Hall, Room 104
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S 4K1
CANADA
Phone: 905 525 9140, ext. 23389
Fax: 905 525 8161
clarsha[at]mcmaster.ca



On 8-Sep-06, at 12:04 PM, Lars Martin Fosse wrote:


> Dear Shayne Clarke,
>
> Since I have never been able to get Sanskrit diacritics in EndNote,  
> may I
> ask which version of the program you use, and which font?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lars Martin Fosse
>
>
> From:
> Dr.art. Lars Martin Fosse
> Haugerudvn. 76, Leil. 114,
> 0674 Oslo - Norway
> Phone: +47 22 32 12 19 Fax:  +47 850 21 250
> Mobile phone: +47 90 91 91 45
> E-mail: lmfosse at chello.no
> http://www.linguistfinder.com/translators.asp?id=2164
>
>




From ajaykrao at UCHICAGO.EDU  Fri Sep  8 18:47:01 2006
From: ajaykrao at UCHICAGO.EDU (ajaykrao at UCHICAGO.EDU)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 06 13:47:01 -0500
Subject: HIndi position
Message-ID: <161227078285.23782.10819664648504170922.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear colleagues and friends,
Please take note of the following job advertisement.
Thank you,
Ajay.



The South Asian Studies Program at New College, University of
Toronto, invites applications for a teaching-stream position
in Hindi Language at the rank of Lecturer. This is an exciting
opportunity to join an expanding program located within one of
the most progressive and dynamic colleges at the University of
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We would be grateful if you brought this opening to the
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The text of the advertisement follows: 

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This position is renewable annually for up to four years;
review for promotion to Senior Lecturer may take place in the
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From mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU  Fri Sep  8 05:48:42 2006
From: mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU (McComas Taylor)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 06 15:48:42 +1000
Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
Message-ID: <161227078271.23782.3997339953649696715.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

priyANi mitrANi

sarvebhyo namo namaH

I wonder if anyone has any experience of getting Sanskrit diacritics in 
a font like URW Palladio to work in the Endnote package. I look forward 
to hearing back from you.

iti bhavadIyaH

McComas

-- 
===============================
Dr McComas Taylor
Centre for Asian Societies and Histories
Faculty of Asian Studies
The Australian National University
ACTON ACT 0200

Tel: +61 2 6125 3179
Fax: +61 2 6125 8326

Email: mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au

Location: Room E4.26 Baldessin Precinct Building




From lmfosse at CHELLO.NO  Fri Sep  8 16:04:01 2006
From: lmfosse at CHELLO.NO (Lars Martin Fosse)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 06 18:04:01 +0200
Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
In-Reply-To: <57BE39C9-1FAE-458E-8DA1-333E1FF5044F@yahoo.ca>
Message-ID: <161227078278.23782.15792991269065231655.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Shayne Clarke,

Since I have never been able to get Sanskrit diacritics in EndNote, may I
ask which version of the program you use, and which font?

Best regards,

Lars Martin Fosse
 

From: 
Dr.art. Lars Martin Fosse 
Haugerudvn. 76, Leil. 114, 
0674 Oslo - Norway 
Phone: +47 22 32 12 19 Fax:  +47 850 21 250 
Mobile phone: +47 90 91 91 45 
E-mail: lmfosse at chello.no 
http://www.linguistfinder.com/translators.asp?id=2164



 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of 
> shayne clarke
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 5:53 PM
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
> 
> There is no problem using Sanskrit diacritics in Endnote (at 
> least not on a Mac). Problems may arise, however, if you are 
> downloading records from the Library of Congress or any other 
> library catalog that goes through the LoC gateway. It seems 
> that the LoC gateway does not yet support UTF-8.
> 
> Two alternatives to Endnote that may be of use to Mac users 
> are Bookends and Sente. Both of these handle Sanskrit (and 
> other CJK) diacritics with ease, and are much cheaper than Endnote.
> 
> Kindest regards,
> Shayne Clarke
> -------------------
> 
> Department of Religious Studies
> McMaster University
> University Hall, Room 104
> 1280 Main Street West
> Hamilton, Ontario
> L8S 4K1
> CANADA
> Phone: 905 525 9140, ext. 23389
> Fax: 905 525 8161
> clarsha[at]mcmaster.ca




From pwyzlic at UNI-BONN.DE  Fri Sep  8 16:07:10 2006
From: pwyzlic at UNI-BONN.DE (Peter Wyzlic)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 06 18:07:10 +0200
Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
In-Reply-To: <010601c6d32a$58365240$6271d154@Winston>
Message-ID: <161227078280.23782.5668066063538016668.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Am 08.09.2006 um 11:37 schrieb Lars Martin Fosse:
>> McComas Taylor:
>> I wonder if anyone has any experience of getting Sanskrit
>> diacritics in a font like URW Palladio to work in the Endnote
>> package. I look forward to hearing back from you.

> I don't think EndNote handles special fonts like that, at least  
> none of my
> versions did. This is actually quite frustrating.

That may depend on outdated releases. Recent versions of Endnote (v.  
9 for Windows and Endnote X for Mac OS) are said to be capable to  
manage unicode input. I have just installed the 30 day trial version  
on my Mac and played with it. Actually, it seems to work. It is  
possible to input Latin scripts with all relevant diacritics as well  
as Asian alphabets (I have tried Japanese).
Here a screenshot:
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/898/ 
bildschirmfoto20060908155942wk8.jpg

Export in unicode encoding (UTF-8) also works.

Hope it helps
Peter Wyzlic

--
Peter Wyzlic
pwyzlic at uni-bonn.de




From lmfosse at CHELLO.NO  Sun Sep 10 11:19:45 2006
From: lmfosse at CHELLO.NO (Lars Martin Fosse)
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 06 13:19:45 +0200
Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
In-Reply-To: <00ae01c6d4b7$b8cb1b20$b380000a@ad.urnet.com.au>
Message-ID: <161227078289.23782.6185493448635397490.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Yes, I see, this would seem to work. If you copy text into Word, you get the right characters. All you have to do, is to adjust the font choice for each title on the list. CSX+, for instance, gives the wrong characters for titles in German. The weakness of the system is, of course, that you cannot adjust the font for each field in the bibliographic record. 

Lars Martin
 

From: 
Dr.art. Lars Martin Fosse 
Haugerudvn. 76, Leil. 114, 
0674 Oslo - Norway 
Phone: +47 22 32 12 19 Fax:  +47 850 21 250 
Mobile phone: +47 90 91 91 45 
E-mail: lmfosse at chello.no 
http://www.linguistfinder.com/translators.asp?id=2164



 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of 
> Jenni Cover
> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:01 AM
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
> 
> priya McComas-mahodaya,
> 
> In Endnote 9 on a PC, selecting Edit, Preferences and Display 
> fonts allows you to change to any font you have installed.
> 
> ku?ala? bh?y?t
> Jenni
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of 
> McComas Taylor
> Sent: Friday, 8 September 2006 3:49 PM
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
> 
> priyANi mitrANi
> 
> sarvebhyo namo namaH
> 
> I wonder if anyone has any experience of getting Sanskrit 
> diacritics in a font like URW Palladio to work in the Endnote 
> package. I look forward to hearing back from you.
> 
> iti bhavadIyaH
> 
> McComas
> 
> --
> ===============================
> Dr McComas Taylor
> Centre for Asian Societies and Histories Faculty of Asian 
> Studies The Australian National University ACTON ACT 0200
> 
> Tel: +61 2 6125 3179
> Fax: +61 2 6125 8326
> 
> Email: mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au
> 
> Location: Room E4.26 Baldessin Precinct Building




From jenni.cover at URNET.COM.AU  Sun Sep 10 09:01:29 2006
From: jenni.cover at URNET.COM.AU (Jenni Cover)
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 06 19:01:29 +1000
Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
In-Reply-To: <4501043A.1050705@anu.edu.au>
Message-ID: <161227078287.23782.420462594921078474.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

priya McComas-mahodaya,

In Endnote 9 on a PC, selecting Edit, Preferences and Display fonts allows you to change to any font you have installed.

ku?ala? bh?y?t
Jenni

-----Original Message-----
From: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of McComas Taylor
Sent: Friday, 8 September 2006 3:49 PM
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote

priyANi mitrANi

sarvebhyo namo namaH

I wonder if anyone has any experience of getting Sanskrit diacritics in 
a font like URW Palladio to work in the Endnote package. I look forward 
to hearing back from you.

iti bhavadIyaH

McComas

-- 
===============================
Dr McComas Taylor
Centre for Asian Societies and Histories
Faculty of Asian Studies
The Australian National University
ACTON ACT 0200

Tel: +61 2 6125 3179
Fax: +61 2 6125 8326

Email: mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au

Location: Room E4.26 Baldessin Precinct Building




From ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK  Mon Sep 11 07:56:20 2006
From: ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK (Dominik Wujastyk)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 06 08:56:20 +0100
Subject: Advertisement: NIA languages job at the British Library
Message-ID: <161227078294.23782.13540560136394945756.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>


The full text of the advertisement, with links, is given at

   http://tinyurl.com/s5l5c

---------------------------------------------------------------

Job Details
Curator of North Indian Languages


Ref 	DR42
Location 	London, St Pancras
Directorate 	Scholarship & Collections

Job Description

Grade B:           ?26,357 - ?32,988 pa



Closing Date: 30 September 2006 (This closing date has been extended from 
15 Sep 06)



This is a full time, permanent position based in St. Pancras, London.



A vacancy exists for a Curator of North Indian languages in the British 
Library?s Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections.  The North Indian 
collections comprise both manuscripts and printed books, serials and 
newspapers in eight languages: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, 
Marathi, Nepali, Oriya and Panjabi, and the Library?s collection of 
manuscripts and printed books in these languages is the best in the world 
outside the subcontinent.



You will be part of the Library?s close-knit team of South Asian language 
specialists, whose tasks are to develop, document and make available the 
national collection of works in South Asian languages.  Your principal 
duties will therefore include: managing and documenting the manuscript 
collections; establishing and monitoring an acquisitions programme; 
selecting current research-level publications; MARC-cataloguing of new 
acquisitions; identifying material for conservation and reprography; and 
providing information to users, both on-site and remote, about the 
collections and about the history, religion and culture of the Indian 
subcontinent more generally.  You will be expected to undertake occasional 
enquiry desk duties in the Asian and African Studies Reading Room.  You 
will also be expected to represent the Library at external conferences and 
library groups.



You must have a degree or equivalent qualification/experience in a North 
Indian language, preferably Hindi or Bengali, and a knowledge of the 
literature, history, religion and culture of the Indian subcontinent to 
degree level.  In addition, a knowledge of another North Indian language, 
familiarity with MARC-cataloguing, a qualification in librarianship, 
and/or experience of working in a research library, will all be 
advantages.

Requirements

Of prime importance:

     * a degree or equivalent qualification/experience in a North Indian 
language (preferably Hindi or Bengali) and a knowledge of the relevant 
literature, history, religion and culture to degree level.

Essential

     * ability to work as part of a small, close-knit specialist team.

     * experience and ease of working with computers (word-processing, 
database searching, using the Internet).

     * ability to deal diplomatically and courteously face-to-face with 
readers and other enquirers, understanding and interpreting their needs.

Highly Desirable

     * previous experience of working in a research library or archive, and 
a professional qualification in librarianship or information science

     * enthusiasm and high self-motivation.

     * ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, 
with people at all levels within the organisation and outside.

     * aptitude for collections-based research with potential to undertake 
original research and publication relating to the Library?s North Indian 
language collections.

     * ability to direct and advise support staff in acquisitions, 
conservation, reprographics, etc.

     * knowledge of more than one North Indian language would obviously be 
an advantage.


For further information please see the attached job profile and/or contact 
Michael O'Keefe on 0207 412 7654 for an informal discussion about this 
role.




From mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU  Sun Sep 10 23:26:54 2006
From: mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU (McComas Taylor)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 06 09:26:54 +1000
Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
In-Reply-To: <00ae01c6d4b7$b8cb1b20$b380000a@ad.urnet.com.au>
Message-ID: <161227078292.23782.11618720153488370118.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Many thanks for all those friends who helped me with this problem.

McComas

Jenni Cover wrote:
> priya McComas-mahodaya,
>
> In Endnote 9 on a PC, selecting Edit, Preferences and Display fonts allows you to change to any font you have installed.
>
> ku?ala? bh?y?t
> Jenni
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of McComas Taylor
> Sent: Friday, 8 September 2006 3:49 PM
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: Sanskrit diactitics in Endnote
>
> priyANi mitrANi
>
> sarvebhyo namo namaH
>
> I wonder if anyone has any experience of getting Sanskrit diacritics in 
> a font like URW Palladio to work in the Endnote package. I look forward 
> to hearing back from you.
>
> iti bhavadIyaH
>
> McComas
>
>   


-- 
===============================
Dr McComas Taylor
Centre for Asian Societies and Histories
Faculty of Asian Studies
The Australian National University
ACTON ACT 0200

Tel: +61 2 6125 3179
Fax: +61 2 6125 8326

Email: mccomas.taylor at anu.edu.au

Location: Room E4.26 Baldessin Precinct Building




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From: arganis at TODITO.COM (Horacio Francisco Arganis Juarez)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 06 20:38:20 +0000
Subject: For neutral social researchers only
Message-ID: <161227078296.23782.2702087445279020042.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

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From ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK  Wed Sep 13 10:14:43 2006
From: ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK (Dominik Wujastyk)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 06 11:14:43 +0100
Subject: FAQ: How do I type and display Sanskrit on my PC/Mac?
Message-ID: <161227078299.23782.2490674262373191037.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

See:

http://digitalclassicist.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/FAQ/sanskrit




From ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK  Mon Sep 18 07:55:21 2006
From: ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK (Dominik Wujastyk)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 06 08:55:21 +0100
Subject: Online Rigveda (fwd)
Message-ID: <161227078301.23782.805037217248380783.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Karen Thomson <kthomson at dircon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:25:14 +0100
Subject: Online Rigveda

The Linguistics Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin has 
recently added a revision of van Nooten and Holland's metrically restored 
edition of the text of the Rigveda to its online resources, at 
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/RV/index.html - a joint project 
undertaken by Karen Thomson and Jonathan Slocum, with the encouragement of 
Professor Winfred Lehmann of the Center.

Van Nooten and Holland's edition, in making clear for the first time the 
original poetic form and linguistic style of the Rigveda, constituted a 
watershed in Rigvedic scholarship, but the book has been out of print for 
a number of years. The primary purpose of the Texas online edition is to 
make van Nooten and Holland's restored text generally accessible, and in a 
form that is easy to read. In addition, in doing so we hope to facilitate 
its further improvement and correction by scholars, and very much welcome 
all comments and contributions to this end.




From mmdesh at UMICH.EDU  Mon Sep 18 13:03:23 2006
From: mmdesh at UMICH.EDU (Deshpande, Madhav)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 06 09:03:23 -0400
Subject: Online Rigveda (fwd)
Message-ID: <161227078303.23782.5561789809840739229.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

The Online Rigveda text is wonderful and provides easy access.  I wish someone working on this excellent website would provide the traditional received text of the RV side by side with the reconstructed text for easy comparison.  


Madhav M. Deshpande


-----Original Message-----
From: Indology on behalf of Dominik Wujastyk
Sent: Mon 9/18/2006 3:55 AM
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: Online Rigveda (fwd)
 
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Karen Thomson <kthomson at dircon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:25:14 +0100
Subject: Online Rigveda

The Linguistics Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin has 
recently added a revision of van Nooten and Holland's metrically restored 
edition of the text of the Rigveda to its online resources, at 
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/RV/index.html - a joint project 
undertaken by Karen Thomson and Jonathan Slocum, with the encouragement of 
Professor Winfred Lehmann of the Center.

Van Nooten and Holland's edition, in making clear for the first time the 
original poetic form and linguistic style of the Rigveda, constituted a 
watershed in Rigvedic scholarship, but the book has been out of print for 
a number of years. The primary purpose of the Texas online edition is to 
make van Nooten and Holland's restored text generally accessible, and in a 
form that is easy to read. In addition, in doing so we hope to facilitate 
its further improvement and correction by scholars, and very much welcome 
all comments and contributions to this end.




From Gerard.Huet at INRIA.FR  Tue Sep 19 12:41:52 2006
From: Gerard.Huet at INRIA.FR (=?utf-8?Q?G=C3=A9rard_Huet?=)
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 06 14:41:52 +0200
Subject: Release of XML SKT morphology
Message-ID: <161227078305.23782.14355528050289035634.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

To scholars interested in interoperable Sanskrit computerization.

I have now released my Sanskrit morphology databases in XML format,
conformant to a simple DTD specifying the allowed morphological tags.
Please visit the page http://sanskrit.inria.fr/DATA/XML/ which gives
some explanations.

All comments (and of course error reports) will be gratefully  
appreciated.

GH




From deviprasad at IFPINDIA.ORG  Wed Sep 20 05:19:53 2006
From: deviprasad at IFPINDIA.ORG (Deviprasad)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 06 10:49:53 +0530
Subject: None
Message-ID: <161227078307.23782.3606905823845582475.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear All,
There is professor post advertisement in pondicherry university, if any one like it you can apply. The website is www.pondiuni.org

with best wishes and regards 
yours
deviprasad

Deviprasad Mishra, 
Researcher
French Institute,
# 11 Saint Louis Street
P. B - 33, Pondicherry 605 001
Ph: +91-413-2331307/2334168
Cell - 09443068996
Fax: +91-413 2339534
www.ifpindia.org




From deviprasad at IFPINDIA.ORG  Wed Sep 20 05:22:55 2006
From: deviprasad at IFPINDIA.ORG (Deviprasad)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 06 10:52:55 +0530
Subject: None
Message-ID: <161227078310.23782.2339042199560176264.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear All,
There is Sanskrit professor post (belonging to any area) advertisement in pondicherry university, if any one like it they can apply. The website is www.pondiuni.org

with best wishes and regards 
yours
deviprasad

Deviprasad Mishra, 
Researcher
French Institute,
# 11 Saint Louis Street
P. B - 33, Pondicherry 605 001
Ph: +91-413-2331307/2334168
Cell - 09443068996
Fax: +91-413 2339534
www.ifpindia.org




From nlpdept at YAHOO.CO.IN  Wed Sep 27 10:27:18 2006
From: nlpdept at YAHOO.CO.IN (Srinivasa Varakhedi)
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 06 11:27:18 +0100
Subject: Workshop on Parsing English: A Paninian view.
In-Reply-To: <000c01c6dc74$d8701920$a8c809c0@ifpindia.org>
Message-ID: <161227078312.23782.8198846167822591480.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear Members,
   
  Here is an announcement of a Workshop from Hyderabad central University, India. Interested persons may contact concerned people. The document followes....
   
    Department of Sanskrit Studies
  University of Hyderabad
   
  A National workshop on 'Parsing English: A Paninian view'
   
  Duration: One Week (13th Nov, 2006  - 18th Nov, 2006)
  No  of Participants: 30
   
  Eligibility Criterion:
  NLP Researchers, Computational Linguists working in the area of NLP.
   
  Objective:
  The workshop aims at looking at different existing English parsers from Paaninian view point, and provide a uniform format for producing the output of these parsers based on Paninian Grammar  
  a) to facilitate comparison of different parsers,
  b) for easy plugging-in of these parsers to a Machine Translation System, and 
  c) a shabdabodha interface for easy understanding of English sentences.
   
  Area and Scope:
  A good number of parsers for English language are available. But they follow  different formalisms. The native format of these parsers is largely governed by the formalisms they follow. In case of Statistical parsers it is governed by the annotations they use. However, there is a growing trend of producing the output in Dependency Format also. But there is no unique or standard Dependency format. Therefore, even if the outputs are in the dependency format, it is not possible to compare them automatically.
   
  We believe that Paaninian grammar, which is also described as the first Dependency grammar,  has the potential to provide a standard or guidelines to present the output. These guidelines will be helpful in presenting different parsers outputs in an uniform format.
   
  In this workshop we plan to look at various  cases where the English parser outputs differ and look at them from Paaninian Grammar point of view in order to provide a standard.
   
  Modality and the Outcome:
  The Grammarians will present their theory in brief to prepare a ground for common terminology for the discussion. There will be intense dialogs/discussions among the NLP researchers and the Grammarians on the problems mentioned above.  It is expected that at the end of the workshop, NLP researchers will have solutions to some of their problems, better understanding of some of issues involved, and at the same time the Sanskrit Grammarians will have many more issues to seek the answers for, within their discipline.
   
   
   
   
  Sanskrit Scholars available for discussions:
  Prof. K. V. Ramkrishnamacharyulu, Vice Chancellor, J R Sanskrit University, Jaipur
  Prof. Lalit Kumar Tripathi, Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Allahabad
  Dr. Srinivas Varkhedi, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupathi
   
   
  How to Apply:
  Interested scholars are requested to send their CV to the undersigned preferably by email before 10th October, 2006.
   
  Amba Kulkarni
  Head,
  Department of Sanskrit Studies,
  School of Humanities,
  University of Hyderabad,
  Hyderabad 500 032
   
  email: apksh at uohyd.ernet.in or ambapradeep at gmail.com
  Telephone: 040 23133300(O)
                9440893578(M)
             040 23001978(R)
   
  Note: Accommodation and food will be provided to the outstation participants in the university guest house. No TA will be provided.
   
  Organizers
   
  Department of Sanskrit Studies
   
  in association with
   
  Center for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, and
  Department of Telugu
   
  University of Hyderabad
  Hyderabad
   
  (An NLPAI activity)


 				
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From gthomgt at ADELPHIA.NET  Thu Sep 28 14:57:14 2006
From: gthomgt at ADELPHIA.NET (george thompson)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 06 10:57:14 -0400
Subject: Burmese palm leaf ms?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.64.0609180854540.5964@Caraka>
Message-ID: <161227078314.23782.16123777886880521311.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear List,

A colleague who is a poet would like to identify the script, the 
language, and the content of the palm leaf manuscript pages which can be 
seen in these photos:

http://www.asondheim.org/manu22.jpg
http://www.asondheim.org/manu23.jpg

He possesses the cover and the first five pages, of which these two are 
the last.  He has been led to believe that the text may be Buddhist.  Is 
anyone able to read these pages?

He would be most grateful for any help. Thanks in advance.

George Thompson




From huntington.2 at OSU.EDU  Thu Sep 28 16:57:54 2006
From: huntington.2 at OSU.EDU (John C. Huntington)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 06 12:57:54 -0400
Subject: Burmese palm leaf ms?
In-Reply-To: <451BE2CA.6080100@adelphia.net>
Message-ID: <161227078316.23782.11887131782669127808.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear george,

  I cannot identify the language and script but I can tell you that  
the material is not palm leaf. It is a thin cloth with some sort of  
thick black sizing on it. The gold letters are then written on the  
black sizing.  The structure can be seen very clearly in the fold of  
the second item you have posted. This technique may have implications  
in dating the manuscript.

I hope tis helps

John
John C. Huntington, Professor
(Buddhist Art and Methodologies)
http://tinyurl.com/kjyjk
Please also visit our research site
http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu
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The Ohio State University
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On Sep 28, 2006, at 10:57 AM, george thompson wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> A colleague who is a poet would like to identify the script, the  
> language, and the content of the palm leaf manuscript pages which  
> can be seen in these photos:
>
> http://www.asondheim.org/manu22.jpg
> http://www.asondheim.org/manu23.jpg
>
> He possesses the cover and the first five pages, of which these two  
> are the last.  He has been led to believe that the text may be  
> Buddhist.  Is anyone able to read these pages?
>
> He would be most grateful for any help. Thanks in advance.
>
> George Thompson




From s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.PLUS.COM  Thu Sep 28 17:50:24 2006
From: s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.PLUS.COM (Stephen Hodge)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 06 18:50:24 +0100
Subject: Burmese palm leaf ms?
Message-ID: <161227078319.23782.9581566700812125357.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear George,

It does looks like Burmese to me.  I'll ask a specialist Pali group for you.

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge 




From DCL33 at CORNELL.EDU  Thu Sep 28 23:48:20 2006
From: DCL33 at CORNELL.EDU (Dietrich Christian Lammerts)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 06 19:48:20 -0400
Subject: Burmese palm leaf ms?
In-Reply-To: <INDOLOGY%200609290000151257.12D3@LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
Message-ID: <161227078321.23782.324039531582009474.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Hi,
Looking briefly at this mss, it is not Burmese. It is written in a Tai
script, probably of eastern Shan States in Myanmar or Northern Thailand,
perhaps Tai Khoen. The Pali seems to be an ordination text (sunatu me bhante
sangho, etc). The support is saa paper, known in Burma as "parabaik", which
is very common. 

Christian



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From magier at COLUMBIA.EDU  Fri Sep 29 16:40:40 2006
From: magier at COLUMBIA.EDU (David Magier)
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 06 12:40:40 -0400
Subject: Burmese palm leaf ms? (fwd) (fwd)
Message-ID: <161227078324.23782.15475844379049725143.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Colleagues,
I had forwarded Goerge Thompson's query to the Committee on Research 
Materials on South East Asia (CORMOSEA). Here are some of the initial 
gleanings from their feedback on the manuscript.

David Magier

------------ Forwarded Message ------------
Date: Friday, September 29, 2006 9:23 AM -0700
From: Christopher Miller <Christopher.A.Miller.1 at asu.edu>
To: David Magier <magier at columbia.edu>
Subject: RE: CORMOSEA: Burmese palm leaf ms? (fwd)

Hi David,

With all due respect to Doug's assistant, I'm going to insist that it's
Lanna. I would be interested to see an Old Burmese (scripted) text that
looks anything like this. (And a good explanation as to why anything
this recent would be written in Old Burmese.) That it's in Pali language
and Theravada is certain. Please do let me know if the owner is
seriously interested in identifying the text or needing a transcription.

Best,
Christopher

-----Original Message-----
From: David Magier [mailto:magier at columbia.edu]
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 4:58 AM
To: doug at th.net
Cc: CORMOSEA
Subject: Re: CORMOSEA: Burmese palm leaf ms? (fwd)

Thanks Doug.

David

--On September 29, 2006 6:47:17 PM +0700 Doug Cooper <doug at th.net>
wrote:

> My Burmese assistant Lwin Moe says that it is a Buddhist
> inscription written in Pali using Old Burmese script.
>
>    Doug
>
>
>> ------------ Forwarded Message ------------
>> Date: Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:57 AM -0400
>> From: george thompson <gthomgt at adelphia.net>
>> To: indology at liverpool.ac.uk
>> Subject: Burmese palm leaf ms?
>>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> A colleague who is a poet would like to identify the script, the
>> language, and the content of the palm leaf manuscript pages which can
be
>> seen in these photos:
>>
>>  <http://www.asondheim.org/manu22.jpg>
>>  <http://www.asondheim.org/manu23.jpg>
>>
>> He possesses the cover and the first five pages, of which these two
are
>> the last.  He has been led to believe that the text may be Buddhist.
Is
>> anyone able to read these pages?
>>
>> He would be most grateful for any help. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> George Thompson
>>
>> ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------




From s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.PLUS.COM  Fri Sep 29 16:59:10 2006
From: s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.PLUS.COM (Stephen Hodge)
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 06 17:59:10 +0100
Subject: Burmese palm leaf ms? (fwd) (fwd)
Message-ID: <161227078326.23782.16077258057340809383.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear George,

My Pali contact has this to say:

> It isn't Burmese, the script is Lao ("Lao-Tham"/"Lao-Dhamma"), which
> effectively means that it comes from no further west than Northern
> Thailand (i.e., it certainly doesn't look Shan).

>  It also doesn't look very old --notwithstanding the holes bored away
> by the termites. I would presume it's of entirely modern origin.

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge




From jkirk at SPRO.NET  Sat Sep 30 17:05:58 2006
From: jkirk at SPRO.NET (jkirk)
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 06 11:05:58 -0600
Subject: Money
Message-ID: <161227078332.23782.9832998013711153810.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear John,

Here goes:

The Huntington Archive is invaluable as an online research collection, more 
especially considering that thousands of us scholars do not have the funds 
to travel to all the various museums and foundations that house these arts. 
In addition, no publishing house would print books encompassing such a large 
collection in color, and if they did, nobody could afford it. My work 
benefits from using the archive on many an occasion.

Joanna Kirkpatrick, PhD
Bennington College, retd.




Best, Joanna
===================================================


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John C. Huntington" <huntington.2 at OSU.EDU>
To: <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 9:45 AM
Subject: Money


> My sincere apologies for cross listing!
>
> We have an unusual (large) funding opportunity for the Huntington  Archive 
> from a private Endowment. As part of our communication with  the 
> foundation a few appreciatory notes from senior members of the  two lists 
> about the value of the Archive would be very useful right  now. Nothing 
> elaborate, a couple of lines at the most. You might  mention a feature of 
> it that you like if you care to but it is not  necessary.
>
> Thank you all
>
> John
> John C. Huntington, Professor
> (Buddhist Art and Methodologies)
> http://tinyurl.com/kjyjk
> Please also visit our research site
> http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu
> Department of the History of Art
> The Ohio State University
> Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
>
>
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From huntington.2 at OSU.EDU  Sat Sep 30 15:45:19 2006
From: huntington.2 at OSU.EDU (John C. Huntington)
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 06 11:45:19 -0400
Subject: Money
Message-ID: <161227078328.23782.15469503518194142573.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

My sincere apologies for cross listing!

We have an unusual (large) funding opportunity for the Huntington  
Archive from a private Endowment. As part of our communication with  
the foundation a few appreciatory notes from senior members of the  
two lists about the value of the Archive would be very useful right  
now. Nothing elaborate, a couple of lines at the most. You might  
mention a feature of it that you like if you care to but it is not  
necessary.

Thank you all

John
John C. Huntington, Professor
(Buddhist Art and Methodologies)
http://tinyurl.com/kjyjk
Please also visit our research site
http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu
Department of the History of Art
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, U.S.A.




From s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.PLUS.COM  Sat Sep 30 16:43:54 2006
From: s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.PLUS.COM (Stephen Hodge)
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 06 17:43:54 +0100
Subject: Burmese palm leaf ms? (fwd) (fwd)
Message-ID: <161227078330.23782.12028927704278302827.generated@prod2.harmonylists.io>

Dear George,

Another snippet of information from my informants on the PaliStudy list:

>The text is the standard kammavaacaa formula recited by the sangha when 
>imposing 6-day >maanatta on a bhikkhu who has committed a sanghaadisesa 
>offence. Kammavaacaa collections >seem to form a very high proportion of 
>the bai laan that end up in the tourist markets.

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge