Chattha Sangayana CD-ROM Version 3

Released 1999

By Vipassana Research Institute, Igatpuri, India

Dedicated to Sayagyi U Ba Khin in his birth Centenary year

Chattha Sangayana CD-ROM Versions 1.0 and 1.1 were released in 1997. They were a landmark in the history of Tipitaka publication over the centuries around the world. This CD-ROM attempted to preserve the Buddha's words and other Pali literature which is a precious cultural heritage of India, in an easy electronic media. Version 2 released in 1998 contained more volumes, and several extra features.

Now Vipassana Research Institute is presenting version 3 in the birth Centenary year of Sayagyi U Ba Khin. This version is more powerful, and contains a total of 217 volumes of Pali texts, many of which are rare and unavailable in printed form. These volumes contain a rich cultural history of India, and this CSCD will serve as a valuable research tool for the Pali scholars, and those interested in ancient social and cultural heritage.

Highlights of the CSCD Version 3:

	1. The text of the Tipitaka authenticated in Chattha Sangayana held in Yangon(Myanmar) in the years 1954-1956 has been used. This is the most authentic text of Tipitaka, atthakathas, and Tikas available in modern times, as this was reviewed by a congregation of Bhikkhus from all over the world.
	2. This is the first publication of the Pali literature, including many unavailable rare volumes, in the versatile electronic media of CD-ROM, which has following facilities:
	a. The text can be viewed in seven scripts:
		a. Devanagari
		b. Roman
		c. Myanmar
		d. Thai
		e. Sinhalese
		f. Khmer
		g. Mongol
	b. There is extensive navigation facility to look at any portion of the voluminous text conveniently, and also search for any word.
	c. There are 217 volumes of Pali text in the CSCD. A complete list of the volumes is available in the file manual.rtf in the root directory of the CSCD disk. Text files of some of these volumes were graciously provided to us by Venerable Bhikkhu Mettavihari of Sri Lanka Tipitaka Project, 380/9 Sarana Road, Colombo 7. These volumes are included in the section "Other Texts" under subheading "Sinhala Gantha Sangaho".

	3. A new facility has been provided to open any Sutta directly from the Sutta drop down list.

	4. Besides the Pali-Hindi dictionary, this version has a Pali-English dictionary, to help readers all over the world understand the Pali texts.

Installation Procedure:

The Chattha Sangayana CD has to be installed on your hard disk before it can be operated. The main data remain on the CD, only some important files are copied into the working directory of your Hard disk. Before starting the installation, please check the minimum system requirement for your computer hardware under the heading System Requirements. There are both 16 Bit and 32 Bit version of the CSCD software, and the Installation wizard will install the proper version according to your system.

From Explorer(for Windows 95) or File Manager(for Windows 3.x), select drive D:(or whatever is the disk designation of your CD-ROM drive). Click SETUP.EXE. The installation software on the CD-ROM will initiate the process to install the required files on your hard disk.

A Warranty Disclaimer window will be displayed. The user is required to read the notification and Accept the same before proceeding with the installation. If not acceptable, the user has a choice to abort the installation by clicking on exit.

During the installation process, you will be allowed to specify the directory where you wish to install the system. This could be either the local hard disc or a network drive. A minimum of 20 MB free disk space is required for proceeding with the installation.

The directory where you choose to install the system, will be used by the Chattha Sangayana CD for its internal operation. Also any saved files will also be stored in the sub-folder TEMP within this folder. For example if you create a print file or save a file, the Chattha Sangayana CD will file it in the folder C:\CSCD\TEMP where C:\CSCD is the folder where you have chosen to install the system.

After you accept the displayed message, SETUP will install the required data on the hard disk. After the installation you will be given the choice to EXIT or to continue to use the CSCD.

Manual Installation:

If you have any difficulty in installing through SETUP.EXE or wish to install on a network drive, use the following procedure:

1] Install the fonts manually using the Windows Control Panel. If you are using the English Windows or the Thai Windows, the fonts can be found in the Fonts sub-directory of the CD-ROM. On the other hand, use the fonts in the \FONTS\FONTS_SP sub-directory of the CD-ROM if you are a Chinese Windows user. The name of the font and its corresponding file names are as follows:

	VriRomanPali CB	VRIRPCB_.TTF
	VriRomanPali CN	VRIRPCN_.TTF
	VriMYanmar CB	VRIMYCB_.TTF
	VriMYanmar CN	VRIMYCN_.TTF
	VriDeVnagari CB	VRIDVCB_.TTF
	VriDeVnagari CN	VRIDVCN_.TTF
	VriTHai CB	 	VRITHCB_.TTF
	VriTHai CN	 	VRITHCN_.TTF
	VriSiNhala CB	VRISNCB_.TTF
	VriSiNhala CN	VRISNCN_.TTF
	VriKHmer CB	 	VRIKHCB_.TTF
	VriKHmer CN	 	VRIKHCN_.TTF
	VriMOngol CB	VRIMOCB_.TTF
	VriMOngol CN	VRIMOCN_.TTF

2] Copy CSCD.INI into the Windows directory. Change the entry of 'Tempfile' to any directory of your choice and create the same. All files saved by you will be put into this directory. In addition change the entry of 'AppPath' to the directory where you wish to copy the system.

3] Create any directory of your choice where you wish to operate the system from. If you are a Windows 95/98/NT user, copy the contents of \32bit from the CD-ROM into the directory that you have just created. If you are a Windows 3.1 user, copy the contents of \16bit directory of the CD-ROM into the directory that you have just created.

4] Create a new group or a shortcut(for Windows 95) and change the properties as follows:

For Windows 95

Target : <application path>\CSCD.EXE

Start in : <CD-ROM drive>:\CSCD

For Windows 3.1

Command Line      :<application path>\CSCD.EXE
Working Directory :<CD-ROM drive>:\CSCD

where <application path> is the directory which you have created and copied the files into it and <CD-ROM drive> is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive of your computer.

You could also put in the icon CSCDGRP.ICO which is copied into the hard disk drive by using the Change Icon option in the Properties.

Minimum System Requirements:

The Chattha Sangayana CD from Dhammagiri (CSCD) needs the following minimum configuration of the computer in order to operate properly. Higher specifications than the minimum required will yield better results.

1. Hardware: Although the CSCD is known to work on a 386 system, it will operate very slowly. Recommended is Personal Computer 486 or better (Pentium Recommended).
		16 MB RAM or more(32 MB recommended)
		SVGA colour or Monochrome monitor.
		CD-ROM drive 4x or better
		10MB free space on hard disk.
		Mouse

2. Software: Windows 95 installed. (works with Windows 3.1 with reduced capability)

3. Display:	The software has been set for best viewing under Windows 95 with Colour SVGA monitor, set at 800 x 600 DPI, and display colour set to 16 Bit high colour

Operating Manual:

Help for using the CSCD is available under Help Topics in the software, which can also be printed for convenient reading. There is also a Manual.rtf file, containing the user guide in the root directory of the CSCD disk, which can be opened in any word processor and read or printed. However, some characters with diacritical marks are used in this file, and to read them correctly you will first have to install the VriRomanPali font as described above.

(c)Copyright:

All texts, software and other contents of the Chattha Sangayana CD-ROM is the property of:

	Vipassana Research Institute,
	Dhammagiri, Igatpuri  422 403
	India
	Fax: [91-2553] 84176

The copyright is protected by National and International copyright laws, and no material may be reproduced without our express permission. 

The Fourteen True Type fonts supplied with this CD have been developed by Vipassana Research Institute and are distributed as public domain fonts, which may be copied and re-distributed. These may not, however be used for commercial gains.

Further development:

We hope to continue to develop the CSCD further, in order to make it more versatile, and to include more texts. We have already included in this version many Pali texts which are rare and are not available in printed form. We will continue to make more such volumes available in future for the benefit of Pali scholars.

We also have plans to put the Tipitaka volumes on internet in due course for easy accessibility.

We welcome any suggestions for improvements or information about any errors found in the text, so that these may be incorporated in future. Suggestions may be sent to us.

For latest developments and information, or guidance and tips please visit our official website.

This site will also provide any updates of the software in future.

Vipassana Research Institute
Dhammagiri, Igatpuri 422 403
India
Fax: [91-2553] 84176

Mumbai(Bombay) office:
Vipassana Research Institute
Green House, second Floor
Green Street
Mumbai 400 023
India
Fax: [91-22] 266 4607
Tel: [91-22] 266 2113

Website: http://www.vri.dhamma.org
email: <webmaster@vri.dhamma.org>

Cost of the Chattha Sangayana project:

The Chattha Sangayana CD-ROM has been produced with the generous donations of grateful Vipassana meditators and others interested in making freely available the words of the Buddha. On support of such contributions, we have been able to distribute this CSCD free of cost.

Those who want to lend support this project, can send their contributions by Bank draft or cheque to us as follows:

Vipassana Research Institute
Green House, 2nd floor
Green Street
Mumbai 400 023.  India
Fax: [91-22]266 4607.

May All Beings Be Happy