Dear Nina and friends,

thanks, Nina, for all the help. Now, we have the complete sense of
the compound:

subhaasita-dubbhaasitaanam-attha-ma~n~naatu.m.
well spoken-ill spoken-the meaning-to think
to think of the meaning in what is well spoken and ill spoken.

bhaasita - spoken, said;
subhaasita - well spoken;
dubbhaasitaana.m - ill spoken;
anamattha - attha - meaning;
ma~n~naatu.m - to think, to deem (PED ma~n~nati).

However, for the case-ending -aana.m, should it be pl. dative
instead of locative? If so, it would render the phrase to be:

to think of the meaning for what is well spoken and ill spoken.

metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, nina van gorkom wrote:
> > ??? Nina, can you show me how to break
up 'anamatthama~n~naatu.m', please. Thank you.
> N: We have to take the whole: subhaasita-dubbhaasita-
anamatthama~n~naatu.m
>
> I start at the back: ma~n~naatu.m: to think, attha: meaning. This
is together with ma~n~naatum and therefore no declination.
> we come to dubbhaasitaanam: in the ill spoken sayings, ending:
aanam (pl. locative)
> Subhaasita: no ending since it is together with (sandhi)
dubbaasitaanam.
> Abeautiful long compund, Warder, ch 22, with du and su, in the
case of nouns, kammadhaaryas. But these are within another compound,
bahubbiihis?