Dear John,
op 12-05-2004 14:56 schreef John Kelly op palistudent@...:
N:Phandana: P.T.S. note has: Comyy for candana sandalwood , also Tiika.
Another note: A. III, 7, § 69: The name phandana (quivering) signifies an
aspen, poplar or bo-tree.
I would prefer this note. Their leaves quiver in the wind.
jaata: can also mean genuine, natural. Jaata.m (n) means characteristic.
P.T. S. has: sorts of trees. It could be: kinds of trees.
Nina.

> Seyyathaapi bhikkhave yaani kaanici rukkhajaataana.m
> phandano tesa.m aggamakkhaayati, yadida.m mudutaaya
> ceva kamma??ataaya ca. Evameva kho aha.m bhikkhave na
> a??a.m ekadhammampi samanupassaami, ya.m eva.m
> bhaavita.m bahuliikata.m mudu ca hoti kamma??a?ca
> yathayida.m citta.m. Citta.m bhikkhave bhaavita.m
> bahuliikata.m mudu ca hoti kamma??a?caati.
>
> I've currently translated this as:
> Just as, monks, of all the trees that grow(?) the
> phandana(?) is declared to be the softest and most
> pliable;