Dear Yong Peng
Thank you very much.

op 05-04-2003 08:15 schreef Ong Yong Peng op ypong001@...:

> pa.ti (prefix) specifically.
> virata (pp. of viramati) abstaining from.
> pa.tivirata - abstaining specifically from.

N: I came up before with this meaning, but on reflection, I wonder in this
context whether pa.ti is something else. It has several meanings and the
grammar Saddaniti could give us details. Pa.ti also has the meaning of
against , such as pa.ti viruddha, contrary. When you abstain you go against
something. Perhaps pa.tivirata could just be tr as: abstaining from. I
looked at B.B. translation.
Nina.

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