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1、38,,,NewStudiesonBuddhismviaLessonsonPaliContentsIntroduction2LessonOne3PresentTense5Sentenceformationandwordorder6LessonTwo8Transitiveverbs10Intransitiveverbs10LessonThree12GrammaticalNotesonAdjectivesandGenderdifferences13LessonFour15NotesonPaliLesson
2、No.118LessonNo.219LessonNo.321ExercisesinGrammarandTranslationintoEnglish21LessonNo.422LessonNo.4a24LessonNo.52538,,,LessonNo.626LessonNo.728∼❦∽IntroductionManystudentsofBuddhismfromdifferentpartsoftheworldwhowishtoshareideaswithusshowanamazinglykeenint
3、erestinthestudyofPali.ThemorewedelveintothesubjectofstudyofBuddhism,themorewefeelconvincedoftheneedtochecktheauthenticityofthemanystatementsmadeaboutBuddhismbypersonsfromvariouswalksoflifewhosecredentialsattimesarequestionable.Timeandagainwehavetoreturn
4、totherelevantoriginaltextxsforverification.WiththecomputerizedBuddhisttextsnowbeingmadeavailableontheinternet,itisverymeaningfulthatavastmajorityofworldscholarshipareturninginthisdirection.Weconsideritourboundendutytoofferfreelywhateverassistancewecould
5、fromthispartoftheworld.Hencetheofferofthisnewseriesoflessons,withparticularstressontheirdoctrinalcontent.Asalanguage,PaliisasecondaryderivativeonecalledPrakrit[owingitsorigintoanearlierIndianone]inwhichpresumablyoneoftheoldestversionsoftheBuddha'steachi
6、ngsorTipitaka[nowreferredtoinEnglishasthePaliCanon]isrecordedandpreserved.Itisnotsurprisingatallthat,withadeepsenseofclanloyalty,PaliwriterscallitthelanguageofMagadha[saaMaagadhii],thatbeingthelandoftheBuddha.Theyalso38,,,categoricallyassertthatitisthef
7、irst,aswellastheoldestlanguageofthepeolpleofthe'thenknownworld'[muulabhaasaapajaayaaadikappikaa].TodayonecanlayhandsonnearlyadozengoodbookswritteninEnglish,bothintheeastandthewest,whichendeavourtoteachthelanguage.Theapproachestakentotheteachingandthestu
8、dyofitsnot-so-simplegrammaticalstructurearenumerous.Ofthese,theancientandclassicalonesappearsomewhatoverweightedandirksometothemodernstudentofthespaceagewhowishestocompletealongflightinaverylimitedshortdurationoftime.Itisalsoequa
