As I reported in March of this year we have been preparing image files of the Pali Commentaries from the Simon Hewavitarne Trust series for publication online, and I am happy to say that work is now finished, and for the first time the Sinhala version of the commentaries are freely available to a wider audience.
The SHB version of these texts, which were published beginning in the 1910s, marked in fact the first time the commentaries were available in print, but they are one of the last to made available online. They were printed owing to a bequest made by the brother of Anagārika Dharmapāla, Simon Hevawitarne and his widow Somavati Hevawitarne, who spent a large part of their fortune on this good work.
The commentaries now accompany the publication of the Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series which I published online a few years back, and I am hopeful that we may now be able to continue with publishing some of the ancillary works, like the grammars, chronicles and other literature from the vast store of Pali works still waiting to be made available.
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- Publication of Old Javanese Metres
- New Album: Buddhas and Bodhisattvas on Level 1 at Borobudur
- Update of the Gaṇḍavyūha Reliefs at Borobudur
- Text and Translation of the Bhadra-cari-praṇidhānam
- Publication of Romesh Dutt’s Condensed Translations of the Indian Epics
Tripitaka is guding me to understanding of Buddhism.
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Greate work.Hewavitharana Kuddhakaatthakatha can’t Download. but others Ok.
Thanks for your appreciation, can you tell me which volume of Khuddakaṭṭḥakathā you are having problems with as all seem to be working?
Ven. Sir,
Great Work, Thanks
There are three books could not download Buddhavamsa Atthakatha etc.
Please Check this problem.
Thanks
Thanks hasantha for the info, all links are fixed now.
Ven. Sir.
This is very good and meritorious work. I’m very happy. Thank you so much. I wish you all the best.
Ven. Dr . U. Ananda
Thank you very much for your valuable endorsement, Venerable Sir.