--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...> wrote:

>
> Dear Mahinda,
> Thank you very much. Yes, as to attha.mgama, this must belong
> together, because attha alone does not make much sense here.
> Just wondering what type of compound it is. Recently I went over the
> subject of compound and I get quite lost, especially about all the
> subclasses of each compound. I checked Warder and some old posts.
> Nina.

Yes, one can easily get lost in this branch of Pali grammar; but I think
most people get misled by the emphasis that grammar books put on it.
Most times if the meaning of a compound appears clear, one needn't worry
about classification.

In this particular expression of course, how to get the meaning is not
so evident. It seems to be : endowed (samannaagato) with insight
(pa~n~naaya) leading to [the understanding of] "rise and demise".
Assuming a middle term ("understanding" in this case) is sometimes
necessary when dealing with compounds.

If my understanding is right (I am open to correction), there is a
complex of 2 compounds here. First a copulative "udayattha" (rise AND
fall); then an accusative tappurisa (udayatth.m gaaminii). The
accusative sign (.m) is lost in compounding.

Mahinda