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

巴利文学会（PTS，牛津）至今已系统地出版了许多重要的巴利文经典，包括《加塔卡》、《毗示陀玛迦》和《Majjhima-nikaya》。然而，几乎所有的文本还没有完整的词索引。即使将一些索引编译到文本中，它也像往常一样是不正确的，并且包含许多错误。因此，许多学者都希望有完整的佛学词汇索引。我们利用个人电脑编制了巴利文经典的词索引，并于1997年从PTS出版了《地经》的词索引。作为前一个项目的延续，我们一直在编制Jataka的单词索引。该索引由PTS于2003年出版，共有729页，A4尺寸比正常的B5尺寸更宽。另一个重要文本Visuddhi-magga的词索引现在也在印刷中，并将于2004年3月由PTS出版。我们现在正在核对初步产生的词索引，准备《Majjhima-nikaya》的词索引。该指数将从PTS发布到2004年9月。在这部作品中，我们正在与PTS合作，准备《Majjhima-nikaya》的更正文本。因此，我们可以在这个项目中实现几乎所有的目的。此外，我们还完成了以下研究：(1)出版了编制索引的计算机工具手册，并将执行文件存储在CD-ROM上；(2) 2003年出版的《词与逆词索引》至《马哈瓦斯图》vol . 1；这一文本在研究佛教混合梵文中非常重要。

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.