Exercises and Answers for “A New Course in Reading Pali” by Gair and Karunatillake Answers developed by John Kelly, January 2002 to February 2003. Exercises taken from: A New Course in Reading Pali: Entering the Word of Buddha James W. Gair, W.S. Karunatillake Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited Delhi 1998 © James W. Gair All Rights Reserved I am very grateful for the very helpful feedback and insights that have been provided by Henry Grossi and Dimitry Ivakhnenko. I am also deeply grateful to Dimitry Ivakhnenko for providing me with the Pali text and base references from his Russian translation of the above book, for converting the entire Pali text to the CN-Times Unicode font, and for proof-reading this document. However, I claim full responsibility for all errors of translation and of copying of the exercises. John Kelly ([email protected]) For free distribution only. Version 1.2 Last revised March 9, 2003 A New Course in Reading Pali – Exercises Page 1 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1.......................................................................................................................4 CHAPTER 1.......................................................................................................................4 Readings 1 ......................................................................................................................4 Readings 1 ..........................................................................................................................4 Further Readings 1..........................................................................................................6 Further Readings 1..............................................................................................................6 CHAPTER 2.......................................................................................................................9 CHAPTER 2.......................................................................................................................9 Readings 2 ......................................................................................................................9 Readings 2 ..........................................................................................................................9 Further Readings 2........................................................................................................11 Further Readings 2............................................................................................................11 CHAPTER 3.....................................................................................................................14 CHAPTER 3.....................................................................................................................14 Readings 3 ....................................................................................................................14 Readings 3 ........................................................................................................................14 Further Readings 3........................................................................................................16 Further Readings 3............................................................................................................16 CHAPTER 4.....................................................................................................................20 CHAPTER 4.....................................................................................................................20 Readings 4 ....................................................................................................................20 Readings 4 ........................................................................................................................20 Further Readings 4........................................................................................................23 Further Readings 4............................................................................................................23 CHAPTER 5.....................................................................................................................28 CHAPTER 5.....................................................................................................................28 Readings 5 ....................................................................................................................28 Readings 5 ........................................................................................................................28 Further Readings 5........................................................................................................31 Further Readings 5............................................................................................................31 CHAPTER 6.....................................................................................................................34 CHAPTER 6.....................................................................................................................34 Readings 6 ....................................................................................................................34 A New Course in Reading Pali – Exercises Page 2 Readings 6 ........................................................................................................................34 Further Readings 6........................................................................................................38 Further Readings 6............................................................................................................38 CHAPTER 7.....................................................................................................................42 CHAPTER 7.....................................................................................................................42 Readings 7 ....................................................................................................................42 Readings 7 ........................................................................................................................42 Further Readings 7........................................................................................................46 Further Readings 7............................................................................................................46 CHAPTER 8.....................................................................................................................49 CHAPTER 8.....................................................................................................................49 Readings 8 ....................................................................................................................49 Readings 8 ........................................................................................................................49 Further Readings 8........................................................................................................51 Further Readings 8............................................................................................................51 CHAPTER 9.....................................................................................................................55 CHAPTER 9.....................................................................................................................55 Readings 9 ....................................................................................................................55 Readings 9 ........................................................................................................................55 Further Readings 9........................................................................................................57 Further Readings 9............................................................................................................57 CHAPTER 10...................................................................................................................60 CHAPTER 10...................................................................................................................60 Readings 10 ..................................................................................................................60 Readings 10 ......................................................................................................................60 Further Readings 10......................................................................................................63 Further Readings 10..........................................................................................................63 CHAPTER 11...................................................................................................................66 CHAPTER 11...................................................................................................................66 Readings 11 ..................................................................................................................66 Readings 11 ......................................................................................................................66 Further Readings 11......................................................................................................70 Further Readings 11..........................................................................................................70 CHAPTER 12...................................................................................................................76