Re: Sorting Pali in Tibetan Script

Here is a more authoritative answer:

!. Pali is a subset of Sanskrit
2. The Sanskrit sorting order is as Monier-Wiliams gives and it matches
vyAkaraNa books.
http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/tamil/index.html

You can place dark el where ever you want to because Sanskrit does not have
it.

Please respect the tradition.

Thank you.

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Naena Guru <naenaguru_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry to disconcert you. sir.
>
> I just gave the Singhala order. Singhala is the script of Pali. The l
> and ḷ together makes sense. It is not inSanskrit anyway. But the <aṃ>,
> <a>, <ā> order is not Singhala or Sanskrit order, not in any grammar book.
> Anusvara comes after vowels and diphthings. But you are determined to apply
> your own order. That's your choice. This I wrote generally for others to
> note.
>
> On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Richard Wordingham <
> richard.wordingham_at_ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 17:43:41 -0500
>> Naena Guru <naenaguru_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > This is the Pali sorting order in PTS Pali. The Last letter is the
>> > retroflex L:
>> > a ā i ī u ū
>> > e o
>> > aṃ aaṃ iṃ iiṃ uṃ uuṃ
>> > eṃ oṃ
>> > k kh g gh ṅ
>> > c ch j jh ñ
>> > ṭ ṭh ḍ ḍh ṇ
>> > t th d dh n
>> > p ph b bh m
>> > y r l v
>> > s h
>> > ḷ
>>
>> Disconcertingly, no. <ḷ> follows <l>, sorted as a primary difference.
>> Otherwise, the consonants do follow the normal Indic script order.
>>
>> Also, the first three vowels are <aṃ>, <a>, <ā>.
>>
>> This information wasn't what I needed, but thank you for the attempt
>> to help.
>>
>> Richard.
>>
>>
>>
>
Received on Sun Jul 08 2012 - 19:35:30 CDT