Muditaa to you, Cheang Oo,

Thanks for the clarification: now I'm more sure which text and translation is better.

It's also clear from the context that if the word is taken as sabbatthataaya, it
would be redundant as sabbadhi is already mentioned earlier (even if it were a
repetition for emphasis, but which would be out of character here).

Sukhi.

P.

cheangoo wrote:

> Dear Piya,
>
> I met the same problem on this word some time ago but managed to get
> it cleared up by Ven. Sujato. Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation is
> correct. The root word is sabbatta [sabba + atta]. the addition of
> the suffix -taa [sabbattataa] converts the word to its abstract noun
> form i.e. all-and-self becomes "all-and-selfness". The final word
> sabbattataaya of course is the dative case making the meaning "to all-
> and-selfness" or as bhikkhu bodhi translates it - "to all as to
> himself".
>
> With mettaa
> Cheang Oo
>
> --- In Pali@..., Piya Tan <libris@...> wrote:
> > Dear Pali friends,
> >
> > The Kesaputtiya Sutta in the Anguttara (A 1:192,8) has an
> interesting
> > word in the description of the Four Brahmaviharas from this passage:
> >
> >
> > Iti uddha.m adho tiriya.m sabbadhi sabbattataaya sabbaavanta.m
> loka.m
> > mettaa,sahagatena cetasaa...
> >
> > which is repeated for each of the other three Brahmavihara.
> >
> > PED 681 has sabbatthataaya "on the whole" (references given).
> >
> > However, Bhikkhu Bodhi (Numerical Discourses of the Buddha, 1999:66
> has
> > "to all as to himself", where he apparently reads the word as
> > sabbattataaya. Am I right? I think this reading is better but cannot
> > substantiate it.
> >
> > Could someone please throw more light on this interesting point.
> >
> > Thanks & sukhi.
> >
> > P.
>
>
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