RARE collection of papers on Pali grammar and lexicography by the eminent Indologist Oskar von Hinüber (b.1939), formerly Professor of Indology at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. This collection contains an English translation of Hinüber`s papers that were originally published in German. Contents: 1. Pali ulloka-. 2. Vedic nivate and Pali nivatake. 3. Gatha anacchariya pubbe assutapubba. 4. Remarks on the Critical Pali Dictionary (I). 5. The `Threefold` Effect of Karma. 6. Traces of the Reduplicated Aorist in Pali. 7. Linguistic Observations on the Structure of the Pali Canon. 8. On the History of the Name of the Pali Language. 9. Pali Gotrabhu: The Origin and Early Linguistic History of a Philosophical Term. 10. The Vidyadhara`s Sword. 11.Pali kathati: a Contribution to the History of the Transmission of the Theravada Canon. 12. Three Buddhist Legal Terms: issaravata, giva and bhandadeyya. 13. Remarks on the Critical Pali Dictionary (II). 14. The Development of the Clusters -tm-, -dm- and -sm- in Middle and New Indo-Aryan. 15. On the Perfect in Pali. 16. The Oldest Literary Language of Buddhism. 17. Pali samaya and Sanskrit samaja. 18. Buddhist Law and the Phonetics of Pali. Includes word, subject and cited passages indices. 220x142mm. 242 pages. Hardcover with gilt spine. Spine edges bumped. Previous owner`s small stamp on front whitepage upper corner. This extremely rare collection of studies by one of the most influential 20th-century scholars of Indo-Aryan languages is in very good condition.