Dear John,
Yes, you are right, it must be imaani, thank you,
Nina.
op 28-04-2003 23:35 schreef John Kelly op palistudent@...:

> However, I don't think that's what's happening here.
> I interpreted tiini'maani as tiini (three) + imaani
> (these), both nominative plural.
> Hence:
> Tii.ni?maani, bhikkhave, nidaanaani kammaana.m
> samudayaaya.
> There are these three causes for the arising of karma.