Dear Nina and friends,

Nina, many thanks for keep up with Maharahulovada Sutta.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, nina van gorkom wrote:
> Words:
> sama, the same, like
> bhaavanaa (f) increase, development
> bhaava becoming, nature, condition, mental development.
> bhaavayato ??: *to* is suffix for ablative: by. aya a lengthening?
Or:
> bhaava+aya.m +to: by this mental development ?

I have found three related words:
1. bhaava (m.) condition; nature; becoming.
2. bhaavanaa (f.) meditation; increase; development by means of
thought.
3. bhaaveti (v.) to develop, cultivate, increase.

There is also yato (ind.) from where; whence; since; because; on
account of which.

Is it possible that bhaavayato = bhaava+yato, because of the
condition?

bhaavana.m (sg. acc.) development.
bhaavehi (2nd person imperative of bhaavati) cultivate.

> ``pathaviisama.m, raahula, bhaavana.m bhaavehi.
> /earthlike/ Rahula/ development/develop
> Apply yourself to the mental development that is like the earth,
Rahula.

? Rahula, cultivate the earth-like mental development.

metta,
Yong Peng