--- In Pali@..., "Äìèòðèé Èâàõíåíêî (Dimitry Ivakhnenko)"
<koleso@...> wrote:
> On suggestion of my friend I looked up a.t.tha in the dictionary,
> and
> it turned out that 8 (as well as 4) has certain subjective
> significance.
And what about Patañjali's presentation of yoga as having 8 limbs,
beginning with morality and ending with concentration meditation.
Sound familiar? :-)