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| Author(s) : Malalasekera, G P |
| Publishers Price : £35.95 |
| Wisdom Price : £35.95
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| ISBN : 8120830202 | | EAN : 9788120830202 | | Cover : Hardback | | Size : 220 x 146mm | | Publisher : Motilal Barnasidass | | Published : 2002 |
Category : Pali Language
Category 2 : Reference and Resources
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Synopsis:
Indian edition. An invaluable reference work for the Buddhist and particularly Pali scholar.
Writing about this book with praise Stephen Batchelor s, "The key to unravelling the complexities of Siddhartha Gotama's life lay hidden in the pages of a book I had long heard about...The book was titled a Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, written by the Sri Lankana scholar and diplomat Dr.G.P.Malalasekera, and was first published in 1938 under the auspices of the British Raj...A Dictionary of Pali Proper Names is not a dictionary at all. It is a densely printed, three volume encylopedia of 1,370 pages, with an entry on every proper name (i.e.person, place, or text) that appears anywhere in Pali literature. Look up Pasenadi, for example, and you will find six pages of text that give a biography of the king, referencing every occasion in the Canon where he is mentioned and highlighting in bold every other character to whom he is connected and for whom the "dictionary" has an entry. This invaluable sourcebook saved me a huge amount of time. Instead of having to trawl through numerous discourses in search of a mention of one of my characters - Mahanama, Mallika, Bandhula, etc - all I had to do was look the person up in the Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, then go straight to the relevant text in the Canon." |
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