Dear Yong Peng,
op 21-03-2004 13:08 schreef Ong Yong Peng op ypong001@...:

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> DN16 Mahaparinibbana Sutta CSCD193/PTS2.129

> Venerable sir, what will five hundred carts, seven hundred carts,
> eight hundred carts, nine hundred carts, a thousand carts, or a
> hundred thousand carts do?

N:Comparing translations: PTS (2, 131): this adds six hundred, and adds: in
comparison: what in comparison, lord, can these five hundred carts do...
etc.
Wheel 67-69: What, O lord, are five hundred carts- nay six, seven...
etc...compared with this?
I think this addition of comparison is made because of the context.
From another stem there is nava with the meaning of: new.
Nina.