Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c4.17

v1.c4.17

For all deficiencies in this Dictionary—I am profoundly conscious of them—and for all errors of omission and commission I sincerely apologise. It has meant very strenuous work for nearly four years without a break of any sort, work undertaken in addition to the duties which devolved upon me as a full-time teacher in charge of a department of studies at the Ceylon University College. In these circumstances it was inevitable that the following pages should contain numerous imperfections. The fact that printing has been going on all the time the Dictionary was in progress has also been a great drawback to its uniformity in various features. If I had been allowed ten years within which to complete the work, I might, perhaps, have made a better job of it, but everybody intimately concerned with the undertaking was anxious that it should be finished with the least possible delay. I only hope that my efforts will in some slight degree help in the exploration of that wonderful culture and civilisation which lie enshrined in Pāli tradition.