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Other editions and translations

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This section contains references and downloads of other editions and translations of Kaccāyana and related texts.

  • Palm Leaf editions, published by Buddhist Digital Resource Center, Nonthaburi, Thailand : Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation, available on archive.org
  • Kaccāyana-vaṇṇanā B/W Burmese Edition 1916, available on archive.org
  • Kaccayana Vyakarana (1962)ac 4751, available on archive.org and alternate
  • The Mukhamattadipani With The Kaccayana, available on archive.org and alternate
  • Kaccâyanappakaraṇae, specimen alterum, by Ernestus W. A. Kuhn, available on archive.org and alternate
  • Kaccāyana and Kaccāyanavutti, new ed. by O. Pind, Index by S. Kasamatsu & Y. Ousaka, 2013, available at Pali Text Society
  • Kaccâyana et la littérature grammaticale du pâli. Ire partie. Grammaire pâlie de Kaccâyana: sûtras et commentaire, publiés avec une traduction et des notes par M.E. Senart, available for download on archive.org and alternate
  • Kaccâyana et al littérature grammaticale du pâli, available on archive.org
  • Káchcháyano’s Páli Grammar, by Francis Mason, available on archive.org
  • A Pali Grammar, on the basis of Káchcháyano, by Francis Mason, available on archive.org
  • An Introduction to Kachchàyana’s Grammar of the Pàli Language, by James D’Alwis, available on archive.org and alternate; reproduced on this site as a reading edition, D’Alwis: Kaccāyana (1863).
  • Satis Chandra Acharyva, Widyabhusana, Kaccayana’s Pali Grammar, The Mahabodhi Society, Calcutta (1901), available on archive.org
  • Phramaha Thiab Malai, Kaccāyana-Vyākarana: A Critical Study, Department of Sanskrit and Pali Studies, University of Pune (1997)
  • U Silananda, U Nandisena, Kaccāyanabyākaraṇaṁ, Institudo de Estudios Buddhistas Hispano (IEBH) (2005, 2017), available on archive.org
  • Phramaha Sriporn Rachiwong, Rūpasiddhi: A Study of Some Aspects, Ph.D. thesis, University of Pune (1995): a study of Buddhappiya’s Padarūpasiddhi with an English translation of its Nāmakaṇḍa, Samāsakaṇḍa and Ākhyātakaṇḍa; reproduced on this site as a reading edition, Rachiwong: Rūpasiddhi (1995).
  • KACCĀYANA VYĀKARAṆAṀ (Kaccāyana’s Pāḷi Grammar) by Ven. Kaccāyana Mahāthera, Department of Pali International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University Yangon, Myanmar May 25, 2007
  • A. Thitzana, Kaccāyana Pāli Vyākaraṇaṁ Volumes 1 and 2, Pariyatti Press (2016), available on Pariyatti

Six articles by Aleix Ruiz-Falqués are reproduced as pages in this section, each with a link to its PDF. Two more are available as PDFs only:

  • Aleix Ruiz-Falqués, “The Role of Pāli Grammar in Burmese Buddhism”, Journal of Burma Studies 21.1 (2017), pp. 1–96 — PDF (0.6 MB)
  • Aleix Ruiz-Falqués, “Silent Mastery: The Concealed Art of Buddhist Writing”, Numen 71 (2024), pp. 303–314 — PDF (0.2 MB)