Just in case, you are not aware , there is a Wikipedia in Pali.
http://wikimedia.in/wiki/List_of_Indian_language_wiki_projects#Pali_.E2.80.…
http://pi.wikipedia.org
So can we assume Pali Wikipedia got one more contributor from today ?
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Basavaraj Itnal
<basavarajitnal(a)yahoo.com>wrote;wrote:
1. Till the Britsh Raj, Brahmins kept a large part of
Indian society out of
bounds from knowledge which was in Sanskrit. They had provisions to pour
molten lead into the ears of non-brahmins (including all women) who even
heard a word of sanskrit. knowledge contained in that language is now
available in English and Sanskrit only symbolises tyranny. Do we need
Wikipedia in Sanskrit with the support of govt funding?
2. Why cannt we have a wikepedia in Pali as well, the language which was
used by Budha and which can give us an alternate view on life to that of
vedic view?
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