JPTS XXX Dec

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Journal of the Pali Text Society

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The Journal of the Pali Text Society
Vol. XXX (2009)

CONTENTS

Primoz Pecenko, 1947–2007
by Mark Allon 1
The History of the Nikåya Subcommentaries (†¥kås) in
Påli Bibliographic Sources
by Primoz Pecenko 5
Sus¥ma’s Conversation with the Buddha: A Second Study
of the Sus¥ma-sutta
by Bhikkhu Bodhi 33
On Translating Literally
by K.R. Norman 81
K.R. Norman: Bibliography 99

The Buddha’s Truly Praiseworthy Qualities: According

to the Mahåsakuludåyi-sutta and Its Chinese Parallel
by Bhikkhu Anålayo 137
A Small Problem of Tense and Person:
Dhammapada 306 and Its Parallels
by Jonathan Silk 161
Corrigenda et postscriptum for “On the Correspondence of
Helmer Smith and Gunnar Jarring”
by Siegfried Lienhard 177
An Index to JPTS, Volumes IX–XXX 179
Contributors to this volume 189

Primoz Pecenko1
1947–2007
Dr Primoz Pecenko died suddenly following a heart attack on the
evening of the 1 August 2007 while out walking with his family and
dog. This was a few days short of his 60th birthday.
Primoz was Senior Lecturer in Eastern Religions and Co-Director
of the Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Queensland; he

was also an Executive committee member of the Australasian Associa-
tion of Buddhist Studies (AABS), a friend to many of us, and an
important contributor to that organization.
Primoz, who completed a Masters degree at Pune in India and a
PhD at the Australian National University, was a major figure in
Buddhist studies in Australia and his passing represents a great loss to
our discipline. He and his wife, Dr Tamara Ditrich, with whom he
shared the positions at the University of Queensland, have worked
tirelessly to maintain Buddhist Studies at the University of Queensland
and to promote Buddhist Studies in Australia.
Primoz’s specialization was in P!li commentarial literature,
particularly the sub-commentaries (†¥kås), a field that has been little
researched. One of his major contributions to this field is his edition of
the sub-commentary on the A!guttara-nikåya (A!guttara-nikåya-†¥kå,
three volumes to date (Oxford: Pali Text Society, 1996, 1997, 1999)). A

fourth volume was in progress. This represents only the second critical
edition of a Påli sub-commentary. Primoz also contributed to our
understanding of this class of Påli literature through several important
articles, including “Såriputta and His Works” (Journal of the Pali Text
Society, Vol. XXIII (1997), pp. 159–79) and “L¥natthapakåsin¥ and
Såratthamañjuså: The Puråˆa†¥kås and the †¥kås on the Four Nikåyas”

(Journal of the Pali Text Society, Vol. XXVII, (2002) pp. 61–113).

1Adapted from an obituary first posted on H-Buddhism on 6 August 2007.
The Journal of the Pali Text Society, Vol. XXX (2009), pp. 1–3
2 Primoz Pecenko
Primoz presented a stimulating paper in the AABS seminar series on
Påli commentarial literature, entitled “Pali Texts and Their Manu-
scripts: A Case of ‘Lost’ Manuscripts Mentioned in old Pali Biblio-

graphic Sources,” in April, 2006.
Many of Primoz’s publications are in his native tongue, Slovenian.
This includes numerous Slovenian translations of P!li texts, such as the
Dhammapada (2001) and Milindapañha (1989, 1990), plus translations
of individual suttas, such as the Mahåsatipa††håna-sutta (1988).
At the time of his death, Primoz was engaged in several important
and interesting research projects. One entailed editing a Påli commen-
tarial text that was previously thought to have been lost, but was dis-
covered by him in Burma.2 Apart from making this text available to
scholars in the form of a critical edition, this work promised to throw
light on the creation of commentaries, the nature of the commentarial
project, and other hitherto little understood aspects of this field. Another
research project entailed the study of the Kuthodaw Pagoda Inscrip-
tional Complex in Burma, which would have helped to establish the
relationship between this “edition” of the P!li canon and other versions
current in the Theravada Buddhist world. It further promised to contri-
bute towards our understanding of textual authority in Buddhist
communities. Primoz was also working on Buddhist meditation in
theory and practice and P!li bibliographic texts.
Much of Primoz’s research was funded by grants from such presti-
gious bodies as the Pali Text Society, the Australian Research Council,
and ANU and University of Queensland research fellowships.
At the University of Queensland Primoz taught P!li, Sanskrit, and
courses on Buddhism, Hinduism, and World Religion, and supervised

numerous postgraduate students including many international students.
He was well-respected and liked by his students and will be greatly
missed.

2The Pali Text Society hopes to publish Dr Pecenko’s edition of the
ManorathapËraˆ¥-puråˆa-†¥kå in 2010.
The History of the Nikåya Subcommentaries 3
Primoz’s premature death robs us of a wonderful colleague, an
admired teacher, and a great Påli scholar, who undoubtedly would have
gone on to improve our understanding of P!li texts, specifically P!li
commentarial literature.
Dr Mark Allon
Department of Indian Sub-continental Studies
University of Sydney