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Synopsis The Pali-English Dictionary of the Pali Text Society has given stems of some Pali nouns with consonantal endings, viz ; satthar, pitar, brahman; but I have not followed this method as none of the Pali Grammarians have adopted it. They have always given these stems with vowel endings. "The Secondary Derivatives ending in ta are included in the feminine; they have their neuter forms ending in tta and ttana; but for the sake of brevity only one form, either ending in ta or tta is given in one place. "A Pali-English Dictionary for use by students in schools and colleges has been a long-felt need. The only available Pali English lexicon--the work of Childers being long out of print--is the famous publication of the Pali text society, but this too is fast becoming rare and difficult to procure.