Production by Computer of Index to Majjhima-nikaya and Reconstruction of the Text

到目前为止，巴利文学会(PTS，Oxford)已经系统地出版了许多重要的巴利文经典文本，包括《本生经》、《毗苏迪-玛加》和《摩吉希玛-尼卡亚》。然而，还没有对几乎所有的文本产生任何完整的词索引。即使将一些索引汇编成文本，它也像往常一样是不正确的，并包含许多错误。因此，许多学者都希望能为佛教研究提供完整的词索引。我们一直在用个人计算机编制巴利文经典文本的词索引，并于1997年从PTS出版了Digha-nikaya的词索引。作为前一个项目的延续，我们一直在编制本生梵语的单词索引。这一索引是由PTS于2003年发布的，它有729页A4尺寸的页面，比正常的B5尺寸要宽。另一个重要文本Visuddhi-Magga的索引现在也在印刷中，将于2004年3月从临时秘书处出版。我们现在正在通过检查初步制作的单词索引来准备到Majjhima-nikaya的单词索引。这一索引将从临时秘书处发布到2004年9月。在这部作品中，我们正在与临时秘书处合作，编写《马吉玛-尼卡亚》的更正文本。此外，我们还完成了以下研究：(1)出版了索引编制的计算机工具手册，并将执行文件放在光盘上；(2)出版了2003年的索引、《摩哈瓦斯图》第一卷的字词索引和倒排字索引。本文对佛教混合梵文的研究非常重要。

The Pali Text Society (PTS, Oxford) has systematically published many important Pali canonical texts so far, including Jataka, Visuddhi-magga and Majjhima-nikaya. However, any complete word index have not yet been produced to almost all texts. Even if some index was compiled to the text, it was, as usual, incorrect and contained many errors. Thus many scholars have desired the complete word index for the study of the Buddhism.By using a personal computer we have been compiling the word index to the Pali canonical texts, and have published the word index to the Digha-nikaya in 1997 from PTS. We have been compiling the word index to the Jataka as a continuation from the previous project. This index was published in 2003 from PTS, which has 729 pages in A4 size being wider than normal B5 size. The word index to another important text, Visuddhi-magga is also now in print and will be published from PTS on March, 2004. We are now preparing the word index to the Majjhima-nikaya by checking the word index produced preliminarily. This index would be published from PTS until September 2004. On this production we are collaborating with PTS regarding preparation of the corrected text of Majjhima-nikaya. Thus we could achieved almost all purposes in this project.Furthermore, we have accomplished the following studies : (1) publication of the manual for computer tools of the compilation of the index, with the execution files on CD-ROM ; (2) publication of the indexes in 2003, the word and reverse word index to the Mahavastu, Vol.I. This text is very important in the study of the Buddhist hybrid Sanskrit.