Dear Nina and friends,

sorry for any confusion. Perhaps I should say that bhaavaya.m takes
the declension of adjectives ending in -vantu and -mantu? Kindly
enlighten me. Thanks.

metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, nina van gorkom wrote:
> "te bhaavayato"
>
> te = dative of tumha, for you
>
> then, 'bhaavayato' is 'bhaavaya.m' declined to 'te' which is
dative, singular, masculine(?).
> > Y: I take it that 'bhaavaya.m' is declined similarly to araha.m
[see Duroiselle Chpt.5 (167)]
Araha.m > Dat. Sing. > Arahato
Thus,
bhaavaya.m > Dat. Sing. > bhaavayato
> N: I am afraid to say so, because then we are comparing a noun
with a verb form, the present participle.