--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, nina van gorkom wrote:
> > (2) DN4 Sonadanda Sutta para.303 (PTS 1.113)
> > "Bhava~nhi so.nada.n.do a.d.dho mahaddhano mahaabhogo pe
> > bhava~nhi - ???
> N: My PTS: bhava is birth and this pertains to the foregoing: .. no
reproach in respect to birth.
From the PTS edition, bhava~nhi = bhava.m + hi. Is it possible to
regard the word as a form of greeting? [Warder: bhava.m (ind.) good
fortune! best wishes! (greeting, with acc. of person and imperative
of 'as'): Pali-English Vocabulary]
metta,
Yong Peng