PALI CLASS INFORMATION
- Class Started September 01, 2008
- Class Ended January 15, 2009
- Class Met on Skype: Most Monday and Thursday Mornings from 8 AM to 9:30 AM Beijing, China time zone time. There were a few classes that needed to be canceled because of schedule conflicts.
- Class Text: The New Pali Course - Parts 1 and 2, By Ven. Prof A.P. Buddhadatta Maha Nayaka Thero
- Class Instructor: The Ven. Sumana is a monk in the Theravada Buddhist tradition from Sri Lanka.
- Class would normally meet on Skype about ten (10) minutes before start of class.
- The goal was to start the skype conference call about five (5) minutes before start of class
TABLE OF CONTENTS (Click below on the web link of the section you want to see)
- PALI FONTS
- LESSON 1 - September 01, 2008 - Monday
- LESSON 2 - September 04, 2008 - Thursday
- LESSON 3 - September 08, 2008 - Monday
- LESSON 4 - September 11, 2008 - Thursday
- LESSON 5 - September 15, 2008 - Monday
- LESSON 6 - September 18, 2008 - Thursday
- LESSON 7 - September 22, 2008 - Monday
- LESSON 8 - September 25, 2008 - Thursday
- LESSON 9 - September 29, 2008 - Monday
- LESSON 10 - October 2, 2008 - Thursday
- LESSON 11
- LESSON 12
- LESSON 13
- LESSON 14
- LESSON 15
- LESSON 16
- LESSON 17
- LESSON 18
- LESSON 19
- LESSON 20 - November 17, 2008 - Monday
- LESSON 21 - November 20, 2008 - Thursday
- GENERAL PALI REFERENCE
- PRONUNCIATION REFERENCE
- GRAMMAR - GENDER
- GRAMMAR - DECLENSION OF NOUNS
- GRAMMAR - CONJUGATION OF VERBS
- INTERNET RESOURCES
- TO REACH COURSE INSTRUCTOR
PALI FONTS
- "Times Ext Roman (TrueType)" Pali Font to be Used with Most Files on This Site (unless otherwise noted) - http://palilanguage.info/font/timesx.ttf
- "VriRomanPali CB Bold (TrueType)" Font to be used with some files (if recommended) - http://palilanguage.info/font/vrirpcb_.ttf
LESSON 1 - September 01, 2008 - Monday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 2 - September 04, 2008 - Thursday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 3 - September 08, 2008 - Monday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 4 - September 11, 2008 - Thursday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 5 - September 15, 2008 - Monday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 6 - September 18, 2008 - Thursday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 7 - September 22, 2008 - Monday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 8 - September 25, 2008 - Thursday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 9 - September 29, 2008 - Monday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 10 - October 2, 2008 - Thursday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 11
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 12
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 13
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 14
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 15
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 16
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 17
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 18
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 19
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 20 - November 17, 2008 - Monday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- PTS Dictionary Search of the word "accaya" - http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=pali&query=+accaya&matchtype=exact&display=utf8
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
LESSON 21 - November 20, 2008 - Thursday
- Outline of Lesson - To Be Completed
- PALI WORD FILE (Review of Lesson 7) - http://palilanguage.info/sumana/palienglish/files/lesson07-.doc
- VIEW/DOWNLOAD AUDIO/DOCUMENT FILES FOR LESSON - Quick index of all pali/english audio and document files.
GENERAL PALI REFERENCE
- PTS (Pali Text Society) Online Pali-English Dictionary - http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/
- PALI-GRAMMAR WORD FILE (kaccayana-vyakarana) - http://palilanguage.info/files/-ref-kaccayana-vyakarana-CSCD-roman.doc
- PALI-GRAMMAR WORD FILE (Moggallanasuttapatho) - http://palilanguage.info/files/-ref-moggallanasa-byakarana-anya-CSCD-1.doc
PRONUNCIATION REFERENCE
- GUTTURAL WEB LINK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guttural
- PALATAL WEB LINK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal_consonant
- ALVEOLO-PALATAL CONSONANT WEB LINK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolo-palatal_consonant
- CEREBRAL (RETROFLEX) CONSONANT WEB LINK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex_consonants
- DENTAL CONSONANT WEB LINK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_consonant
- INTERDENTAL CONSONANT WEB LINK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdental_consonant
- LABIAL CONSONANT WEB LINK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labial_consonant
- LABIAL-VELAR_CONSONANT WEB LINK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labial-velar_consonant
GRAMMAR - GENDER
- GENDER (Masculine, Feminine, Neuter) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender
GRAMMAR - DECLENSION OF NOUNS
- Declension - wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declension
- Declension - thefreedictionary - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/declension
- CASE 1 - pathamaa - nominative - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_case
---------- nominative - thefreedictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nominative
- CASE 2 - dutiyaa - accusative - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusative_case
- CASE 3A - tatiyaa - ablative (of agent) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_case#Ablative_of_Agent
- CASE 3B - kara.na - ablative (of instrument) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_case#Ablative_of_Instrument
- CASE 4 - catutthi - dative - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dative_case
- CASE 5 - pancami - ablative (of separation) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_case#Ablative_of_Separation
- CASE 6 - chatthii - genitive - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitive_case
- CASE 7 - sattamii - locative - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locative_case
- CASE 8 - aalapana - vocative - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocative_case
GRAMMAR - CONJUGATION OF VERBS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_conjugation
- Conjugation - wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_conjugation
- Conjugation - thefreedictionary - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/conjugation
INTERNET RESOURCES
- W3Schools - A collection of free HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, XML, XHTML, WAP, ASP, SQL tutorials with lots of working examples and source code.
- Wikipedia - Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. J. Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
TO REACH COURSE INSTRUCTOR
If you would like to contact the course instructor to ask a question about the Pali language then he may be able to be reached at:
sumanaathale@gmail.com