Man with a dha ?

PUFF · 11th March 2007, 09:23 AM

Pali uses its "host" country 's alphabet. It could be written in Thai, Lanna, Mon, Burma or even Sinhala alphabet. There 's a story that Siam, Srilanka and Burma monks talk Pali in an international Buddhist meeting for they could not understand others native language.

Mark · 12th March 2007, 03:02 PM

Ah, I see. That is very interesting. Again, sort of like Latin in the early Christian church, which permitted communication across native languages.

11th March 2007, 09:23 AM	#1
PUFF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 30 miles north of Bangkok, 20 miles south of Ayuthaya, Thailand Posts: 224	Pali uses its "host" country 's alphabet. It could be written in Thai, Lanna, Mon, Burma or even Sinhala alphabet. There 's a story that Siam, Srilanka and Burma monks talk Pali in an international Buddhist meeting for they could not understand others native language.

12th March 2007, 03:02 PM	#2
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	Ah, I see. That is very interesting. Again, sort of like Latin in the early Christian church, which permitted communication across native languages.