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and unsystematic that it is neither possible to memorize them, nor 

 worth the while, if possible ; and one set of them has, as a rule, nothing 

 to do with another set. — 2. In other cases, the mss. are designated 

 with reference to the groups to which they belong, but the group-letters 

 are in part ill-chosen and the choices of different editors disagree. 

 C is used for Cingalese and Kambodian, and S is used for Cingalese 

 and Siamese. Or, to put it the other way, Cingalese is designated by 

 C and S ; Kambodian, by C and K ; and Siamese, by S and K and Si. 

 The details follow. 



Digha-nikaya. — In vol. I. (1890) the readings of the Burmese mss. 

 were designated by B with exponents, and those of the Cingalese mss. 

 by S with exponents. This was in accord with the principle stated in 

 1886 in the preface to D.cm. (reprinted above, p. 703). When vol. II. 

 (1903) appeared, the Royal Siamese ed. had meantime become available, 

 and it was necessary to cite its readings. Instead of changing from S 

 to C for Cingalese (so as to have S free to use for Siamese), the editor 

 stuck to his short-sighted error, and, quite forgetting his promise 

 (above, p. 703) to use K for Kambodian, he designated the Siamese 

 readings by K, because, forsooth, they are (preface to D., II., p. viii) 

 "the readings of mss. written in the Kambojian character " ! Since a 

 new edition in Kambodian characters is now expected from Bangkok, 

 it remains to see how confusion will be still further confounded. 



Majjhima-nikaya. — In vol. I., Trenckner designated his Burmese ms. 

 by M, and his Cingalese ms. by A. In vols. II. -III., his successor, 

 Chalmers, adopting the correct principle (as in D.cm.), but with the 

 faulty application, changed the sigla and designated his Burmese ms. 

 by B m , his Cingalese by S k S 1 , and the Siamese ed. by Si. 



Sarjyutta-nikaya. — Feer designated his Burmese mss. by B 1 B 2 , his 

 Cingalese mss. by S 1 S 2 S 3 , and his ms. of S.cm., "in Siamese-Cambod- 

 gian characters," by C. 



Afiguttara-nikaya. — In vol. I. (1885)Morris designates his Burmese 

 ms. by Ph (= Phayre) ; his Cingalese mss. by T (Tumour), Ba and Bb 

 (British Museum), D (Davids), Tr (Trenckner) ; and his Cingalese mss. 

 of the A.cm. by Com. In vol. II. (1888) he changes his system of des- 

 ignations, probably in deference to the views of the ed's of D.cm. 

 (given above, p. 703) : here his Burmese ms. is B.K. and his Cingalese 

 mss. are S.T., S.D., S.Tr., S.M. — typographically most awkward. In 

 vol. III. the lamented Hardy designates his Burmese authorities as M., 

 Ph., M 8 ; and his Cingalese as T., M G , M 7 , M 9 , Mi , Ti ; and adds new 

 confusion by introducing S with the meaning, not of Cingalese, but of 

 Siamese. In short, the whole system (or rather hotch-potch) of sigla 

 is so desperately muddled as almost wholly to defeat the purpose of an 

 apparatus criticus. 



