Thank you, Rett. I'll look up optative myself ;).
peace,
connie

> yassatthaaya
> yassa atthaaya
> 'for the purpose of which'
> seveyya
> 3rd person optative < sevati
> 'he should practice, he might practice, he would practice'
> Here the optative is being used to discuss hypotheticals.
> svevassaa
> Not sure. One would expect a correlate to yassa, such as tassa or assa.
> perhaps along the lines of su + eva + assa 'of precisely that' ??? (su =
> sma)
> best regards,
> /Rett