<"Sata~nca dhammo na jara.m upetii"ti ettha nibbaane vattati.
In the passage ³And true dhamma is not susceptible to decay², here dhamma
means nibbaana...>
We read further on:
<Tatra yaa nissattataa, saa eva nijjiivataa.
Here what is devoid of a living being, that is indeed without a soul.>
<Yo ca hetu, so eva paccayo.
What is a cause, that is indeed a condition.>
N: The terms hetu and paccaya are often used together, for example in the
³Kindred Sayings²(IV, XXXV, § 93, Duality: yo pi hetu, yo pi paccaya...so pi
hetu, so pi paccaya.. : that condition, that relation...
The Saddaniti ends with a summary in verse:
Icceva.m-
Thus indeed the word dhamma occurs with reference to the following words:
Pariyattipaccayesu, gu.ne nissattataaya ca;
scriptures and conditions, virtue and what is devoid of a living
being;
sabhaave ceva pa~n~naaya.m, pu~n~ne pa~n~nattiyampi ca.
what has its own characteristic and wisdom, merit and also concept.
Aapattiya.m vikaare ca, paccayuppannakepi ca;
disciplinary offense and alteration, and also what is conditioned;
saccasamaadhipakati-~neyyesu yuttiyampi ca;
truth, concentration and nature, what is to be known and also what is
suitable;
visaye ceva nibbaane, dhammasaddo pavattati.
object and nibbaana, thus the word dhamma occurs.
Keci pana dhammasaddassa pavattivisayaana.m dasadhaava pariccheda.m vadanti.
Some teachers, however, indicate the classification of the applications of
the word dhamma by way of tenfold:
Neyyamagge ca nibbaane, sabhaave atha jaatiya.m;
What is to be known, the Path, nibbaana, what has its own nature, and
also birth;
mane visayapu~n~nesu, bhaave paavacanepi ca;
mind-door, object and merit, nature and also the scriptures;
imesu dasasvatthesu, dhammasaddo pavattati.
in these ten applications the word dhamma occurs.
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(The end.)
With thanks to Jim and Dimitri, who inspired me to carry on this study.
Nina.