--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Alan McClure" <alanmcclure3@...> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to figure out what is going on here:
>
> Micchaapa.tipada~nca vo bhikkhave desissaami sammaapa.tipada~nca.
>
> I am having trouble discerning the cases of:
>
> 'Micchaapa.tipada~nca' and 'sammaapa.tipada~nca'
>
> I assume that the 'ca' at the end of each word should be separate

as 'and'

> but then the endings of 'a~n' still leave me confused. As far as I

know,

> pa.tipadaa is feminine ending in 'aa', but this doesn't give me any

clues.

Hi Alan,

'Micchaapa.tipada~nca' can also be written as 'Micchaapa.tipada.m ca'
and are both pronounced the same. The 'micchaapa.tipada.m' has the
accusative singular feminine ending and functions as the object or
patient of 'desissaami'. The same applies to 'sammaapa.tipada~nca'.

A sandhi rule (Kc 31: vagganta.m vaa vagge) states that a vagga nasal
("n ~n .n n m) can optionally be substituted for a niggahita (.m)
before a vagga consonant ie. "n before a guttural, ~n before a
palatal, and so on. The vagga consonants beginning with 'k' and
ending in 'm' are 25 in number (5 groups of 5).

Jim