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From mvyut-skt-tib-c5.txt v.0.1a_03:

  ============ mvyut ============
  This file was converted from the original database on:
            Wed Aug 11 10:04:08 2004
  
  The original data is available from:
       http://homepages.comnet.co.nz/~r-mahoney/links/links.html
  
  The original data was distributed with the notice shown below. No
  additional restrictions are claimed.  Please redistribute this changed
  version under the same conditions and restriction that apply to the
  original version.
  
  ================================================================================
  COPYRIGHT NOTICE
  
   THE `MAHAVYUTPATTI' FILES ARE COPYRIGHT (C) 2000 BY MITSUHARA, HOSHU.
   ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  
  ================================================================================
  CLASSIFICATION
  
  Name:
  
   mvyut.dict.dz / mvyut.index
  
  Version:
  
   0.1a_03
  
  Last updated:
  
   Wed Aug 11 09:57:54 NZST 2004
  
  Description:
  
   Preliminary word lists containing Tibetan-Sanskrit Buddhist
   Terminology based on the `MahAvyutpatti'. Can be used
   with the Dictionary Server Protocol (DICT):
  
   http://www.dict.org/links.html
  
  Usage:
  
   See Installation below
  
  Dev. Platform:
  
   osname=freebsd, osvers=4.10-stable, archname=i386-freebsd
  
  Remarks, bug reports &c.:
  
   Richard Mahoney 
  
  
  ================================================================================
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
   The author would like to thank Dr Hoshu MITSUHARA & Tooru AIBA for
   allowing him to manipulate their electronic versions of the
   `MahAvyutpatti'. The author's sole contribution has been to extract,
   filter & sort the file.
  
  
  ================================================================================
  SOURCES
  
  i.)
   
   mvyut.dict.dz / mvyut.index are derived from Tooru AIBA's version
   (mvyut-2000.a1.2-wk), which is based on Dr Hoshu MITSUHARA's
   version. For further details see:
  
   http://texa.human.is.tohoku.ac.jp/aiba/archive/
  
   Dr Hoshu MITSUHARA's version is based on:
  
   SAKAKI, Ryozaburo, ed., `Honyaku Myogi Daishu (MahAvyutpatti)'
   (Kyoto: Shingonshu Kyoto Daigaku, 1916)
  
  
  ================================================================================
  INSTALLATION ON UNIX OR UNIX-LIKE SYSTEM (e.g. on FreeBSD)
   
  i.) install `dictd', `dict' and `dictd-database' :
   
   e.g. on FreeBSD
   
   [root@mahoney] ~ $ cd /usr/ports/net/dictd
   
   [root@mahoney] ~ $ make clean && make && make install && make clean
   
   [root@mahoney] ~ $ cd /usr/ports/textproc/dict
   
   [root@mahoney] ~ $ make clean && make && make install && make clean
   
   [root@mahoney] ~ $ cd /usr/ports/net/dictd-database
   
   [root@mahoney] ~ $ make clean && make && make install && make clean
   
   
  ii.) create and edit `dict.conf' :
   
   e.g. on FreeBSD
   
   [root@mahoney] ~ $ touch /usr/local/etc/dict.conf
   
   or
   
   [rbm49@mahoney] ~ $ touch ~/.dictrc
   
   then add the following to `dict.conf' or `~/.dictrc' :
   
   server localhost
   server dict.org
   
   
  iii.) download archive (mvyut_DICT_current.tar.gz) :
   
   e.g. on FreeBSD
   
   [rbm49@mahoney] ~ $ wget \
   
  http://homepages.comnet.co.nz/~r-mahoney/links/mvyut_DICT_current.tar.gz
   
   
  iv.) uncompress and untar archive (mvyut_DICT_current.tar.gz) :
   
   e.g. on FreeBSD
   
   [rbm49@mahoney] ~ $ gunzip -qc mvyut_DICT_current.tar.gz | tar xvf -
   
   
  v.) place `mvyut.dict.dz' and `mvyut.index' in a suitable directory:
   
   e.g. on FreeBSD
   
   [root@mahoney] ~ $ cp mvyut.dict.dz /usr/local/lib/dict/
   
   [root@mahoney] ~ $ cp mvyut.index /usr/local/lib/dict/
   
   
  vi.) edit `dictd.conf' :
   
   e.g. on FreeBSD add the following to `/usr/local/etc/dictd.conf' :
   
   database mvyut { data "/usr/local/lib/dict/mvyut.dict.dz"
   index "/usr/local/lib/dict/mvyut.index" 
   
   
  vii.) stop and start `dictd' :
   
   e.g. on FreeBSD
   
   [root@mahoney] ~ $ /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dictd.sh stop
   
   [root@mahoney] ~ $ /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dictd.sh start
   
   
  viii.) test that `mvyut' is available :
   
   e.g. on FreeBSD
   
   [rbm49@mahoney] ~ $ dict -D
   Databases available:
   web1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
   wn WordNet (r) 1.7
   gazetteer U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
   jargon Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
   foldoc The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (09 FEB 02)
   elements Elements database 20001107
   easton Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
   hitchcock Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
   vera V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001
   devils THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
   world95 The CIA World Factbook (1995)
   mw Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Version: 0.1a_8.
   mvyut MahAvyutpatti Sanskrit-Tibetan Terms. Version: 0.1a_01.
   
  ix.) read the `man' pages :
   
   e.g. on FreeBSD
   
   [rbm49@mahoney] ~ $ man dictd
   
   [rbm49@mahoney] ~ $ man dict
   
   
  x.) search at will ;-)
   
   
  ================================================================================
  INSTALLATION ON MICROSOFT WINDOWS OR MACINTOSH SYSTEM
   
   Consult `Client Software Compiled for MicroSoft Windows' and `Client
   Software Compiled for the Macintosh' at :
   
   http://www.dict.org/links.html
   
   
  ================================================================================
  RELEASE NOTES
  
  RCS file: RCS/mvyut-skt-tib-c5.txt,v
  Working file: mvyut-skt-tib-c5.txt
  head: 1.2
  branch:
  locks: strict
  	rbm49: 1.2
  access list:
  symbolic names:
  keyword substitution: kv
  total revisions: 2;	selected revisions: 2
  description:
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  revision 1.2	locked by: rbm49;
  date: 2004/08/10 21:51:45;  author: rbm49;  state: Exp;  lines: +22553
  -22553
  pa'm --> pa 'm &c.
  ----------------------------
  revision 1.1
  date: 2004/08/10 21:49:55;  author: rbm49;  state: Exp;
  Initial revision
  ----------------------------
  
  RCS file: RCS/mvyut-skt-tib-c5.txt,v
  Working file: mvyut-skt-tib-c5.txt
  head: 1.3
  branch:
  locks: strict
  	rbm49: 1.3
  access list:
  symbolic names:
  keyword substitution: kv
  total revisions: 3;	selected revisions: 3
  description:
  ----------------------------
  revision 1.3	locked by: rbm49;
  date: 2004/06/10 01:05:00; author: rbm49; state: Exp; lines: +10207
  -10207
  "H$" --> ""
  
  "H_" --> "_"
  
  "h$" --> ""
  
  "h_" --> "_"
  ----------------------------
  revision 1.2
  date: 2004/06/10 00:49:34; author: rbm49; state: Exp; lines: +1170 -1170
  'am --> 'm
  
  'an --> 'n
  
  'a --> A (x2)
  ----------------------------
  revision 1.1
  date: 2004/06/10 00:46:22; author: rbm49; state: Exp;
  Initial revision (Version 0.1a_01)
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