What about "doctrine" for vaada? The opinion of single, but authoritative theras often is described by vaada.

Best Wishes,
Petra



"paulocuana" <paulocuana@...> schrieb:

> Hi John,
>
> Thanks again for sharing your answers.
>
> > vaada.m vadanti
> > statement / they speak
> > They utter the statement
> Warder has "debate, argument, statement" for "vaada" which seems
> to agree with the PED which uses "vaada" for "emphatic or formulated
> speech". My own answer was "They make a statement." but Warder in his
> answer key has the stronger, "They speak (state) an argument."
>
> > sama.ne attha.m pucchanti
> > ascetics / meaning / they ask
> > They ask the ascetics the meaning
> How do you feel about "philosopher" for "sama.na"?
> It seems that the only "sama.na's" worth talking about
> today were of the "philosopher" variety.
> Best Wishes,
> Paul O Cuana
>
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