The Innovative Musical Notation of Pāḷi Sound from the Phonetic Tipiṭaka (Saj-jhā-ya Tepiṭaka)

Abstract

The Innovative Musical Notation of Pāḷi Sound from the Phonetic Tipiṭaka (Sajjhā-ya Tepiṭaka) transformed Pāḷi phonetics into musical notes and the standard western notation method. Precise writing of Pāḷi sound, according to the Pāḷi phonetics system, led to the integration between linguistics and musicology. The results were Pāḷi notation and the international standard note notation method. Reciting Saj-jhā-ya according to this Pāḷi notation method will bring in harmony and punctuality as a standard of group chanting. Moreover, it can interpret all the Pāḷi sounds in the Tepiṭaka which written with at least 20 million different alphabets in 40 books. The innovative musical notation for Pāḷi sound is an integration of many fields of study; Tepiṭaka, linguistics, Pāḷi language, Buddhism and musicology. This breakthrough innovation is for studying and practicing to improve the recitation of Sajjhā-ya sound. Also, it is for conserving the sound of Pāḷi. To broaden the civilization which inherited by sound to international stage. This innovation is not only change the pattern of sound writing but also pave a way to a new dimension of Pāḷi phonetics. It makes Pāḷi easier to understand and to study. In short, the readers can clearly recite Pāḷi words and, later, form a great meditation which is the goal and good deeds of this modern Pāḷi recitation.