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

帕利文学会（PTS，牛津）迄今已系统地出版了许多重要的帕利经典文本，包括本生经、毗沙门经和大乘经。然而，几乎所有的文本都没有完整的词汇索引。即使对案文编制了一些索引，但它像往常一样是不正确的，包含许多错误。因此，许多学者都希望有一个完整的词汇索引来研究佛教。我们利用个人计算机编制了帕利语经典文本的词汇索引，并于1997年由PTS出版了《Digha-nikaya》的词汇索引。我们一直在编纂本生本生的文字索引，作为上一个项目的延续。该索引于2003年由临时技术秘书处出版，共有729页，A4尺寸比正常B5尺寸宽。另一份重要文件《Visuddhi-magga》的文字索引也已付印，将于2004年3月在临时秘书处出版。我们现在正在通过检查初步制作的单词索引来准备Majjhima-nikaya的单词索引。该索引将从临时秘书处出版，直至2004年9月。在这部作品中，我们正在与临时秘书处合作编写Majjhima-nikaya的更正文本。此外，我们还完成了以下研究工作：（1）出版了索引编制的计算机工具手册，并将执行文件制成光盘;（2）2003年出版了索引，即《摩诃瓦斯图》第一卷的词索引和逆词索引。这篇文章在研究佛教混合梵语方面非常重要。

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.