I cannot provide the article right now, but the point Prof. Smith was making  was that

the Buddha wasn't talking about languages at all. He was mainly saying the his disciples and followers should

render his words as they were spoken by him and refrain from all interpretations, additions, 'explanations'  etc.

It is quite a sensible point in my view. And it makes all discussion about what language the Buddha himself actually

spoke rather irrelevant, however interesting per se.

Best

Stella Sandahl

P.S. I'll get the article in question when I can go in to the library.

On Mar 20, 2017, at 3:23 AM, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei@uchicago.edu> wrote:

Might anyone be able to share a pdf of the article mentioned by Prof. Sandahl?

with thanks as ever,
Matthew

Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago

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From: Stella Sandahl [stella.sandahl@gmail.com]
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The most original interpretation of this famous passage is by the late Ronald Morton Smith.
"What Was One's Own Language? Vinaya 2.139". The article can be found in
Contacts between Cultures: South Asia 2 (Selected Papers  from the 33rd International Congress
of Asian and North African  Studies (Toronto, Aigust 15-25, 1990). Ed. by  K.L. Koppedrayer,
Lewiston 1992, pp, 240-241

Best regards to all
Stella Sandahl
University of Toronto

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