--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "dukkhe" <dukkhe@...> wrote:

Hello Dukkhe,

Are you still with us? Sorry to be so long in getting
back to your questions. To continue...


> 2) Parse and explain grammatically 5 of the following words:

> i. sihacammam

Cha.t.thii-tappurisa-samaasa (genitive dependent determinative compound)

siihassa (m. gen. sg) + camma.m (n. nom. sg)
of a lion / skin

= siihacamma.m (n. nom. sg)
= skin of a lion, lionskin

> ii. yadaniccam

ya.m (n. rel. pr.) + anicca.m (n. adj)
[that] which / impermanent

Euphonic substitution of 'd' for niggahiita:

yadanicca.m = "[that] which is impermanent..."


> iii. evamavuso

eva.m (indecl) + aavuso (indecl)
thus / friend

Euphonic change of niggahiita to 'm':
evamaavuso = "Yes, friend,"


> iv. vandeham

vande (1st pers. ind. pres.* of vandati) + aha.m (pr. 1st pers. nom. sg)
salute / I

Loss of initial 'a' in aha.m by saralopa (vowel elision):
vandeha.m = "I salute"

* conjugational ending -e is actually middle voice present
(attanopada), but here (as is usually the case in Pali) it
fuctions as a deponent verb (i.e. a verb with a passive or
middle voice form but active meaning).

> v. dasasilam

Samaahaara-digu-samaasa (numerical compound with collective members)

dasa + siilaani (n. nom. pl)
ten / precepts

Make into a digu-samaasa by changing its form to a neuter singular noun:

dasasiila.m = ten precepts.

> vi. jitindriyo

Tatiyaa-bahubbiihi-samaasa (relative compound governed by instrumental case)

jitaani (pp. nom. pl) + indriyaani (n. nom. pl) + yena (m. rel.pr. instr.)
mastered / faculties / [he] by whom

= jitindriyo (m. nom. sg)
= [He] by whom the faculties have been mastered

= Master of the faculties

> vii. devamanussaa

Asamaahaara-dvanda-samaasa (copulative compound with discrete members)

devaa ca manussaa ca
gods (m. nom. pl) / and / humans (m. nom. pl) / and

= devamanussaa
"gods and men"

Best wishes,

Dhammanando