Does Pāli have a "Prātiśākhya" ?

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Watana
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Does Pāli have a "Prātiśākhya" ?

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Since the pronunciation guides here contain false informations, I assume that it does't have any.
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Re: Does Pāli have a "Prātiśākhya" ?

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In the ancient Pali grammars, starting with Kaccāyana, the function of a prātiśākhya is performed by the sandhikappa with which most grammars commence. Whether there are any Pali texts that are exclusively prātiśākhyas, I don't know. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were, as it's the sort of thing one could easily imagine a Sanskrit-literate mediaeval Burmese monk composing, but I don't know of any actual examples.

Aleix Ruiz Falqués has much to say on the subject in his Role of Pāli Grammar in Burmese Buddhism.

https://kabbasetu.com/wp-content/upload ... rammar.pdf
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