Dear Nina and friends,

thanks, Nina. Do you think it is alright if I take tappaccayaa as "by
that reason"? Thanks.

metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, nina van gorkom wrote:
> tappaccayaa=tad+paccayaa [see Duroiselle Ch.3/§65]
> 1. What does tad mean?
N: demonstrative neutre , meaning <that>, can be nom. or accusative.

> 2. Can we take paccayaa instead of paccaya to be part of the
original sandhi? paccayaa (abl.) caused by, by reason of, by means of
[see PED paccaya]
N: Yes, I think so. They are together as one word and the second one
takes the abl ending.