op 30-04-2003 14:30 schreef Ong Yong Peng op ypong001@...:

> 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?

N: I doubt it whether a relative like that can be added to bhaava, the place
would be strange. I still think also bhaava can mean development. And the
suffix -to: means: by, or with reference to. It is only the aya, which is
difficult, but somewhere it is said that aya is like aa?
Y: 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.
>

Y: ? Rahula, cultivate the earth-like mental development.
N:I also thought of cultivate, to avoid twice: develop the development.
Nina.