Dear Alan,

I'm only now getting a chance to wade through back-messages on this
list, and please ignore this if your question has already been answered.

sa"nkhaaraa, vi~n~naa.na.m, bhavo are all nominative. The first is
nominative plural (formations), the others nominative singular. Note
that some of the terms are neuter-a nouns (thus ending in -a.m in
nominative), some are masc-a (-o ending), and feminine-aa (-aa ending,
as in ta.nhaa).

paccayaa is ablative, and the compounds in paccayaa are Tappurisa.
E.g. "ta.nhaapaccayaa upaadaana.m" is literally "from the condition of
craving, [there is (hoti is implied)] clinging". Simiilarly,
"upaadaanapaccayaa bhavo" - "from the condition of clinging, there is
becoming".

Hope this helps.

Metta,
John

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Alan McClure" <alanmcclure3@...> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Sorry to come out of left field with this one, but I am struggling
through
> this section of SN XII.1 using my very newly aquired knowledge of
the Pali
> language, and I'm having some trouble. I can't manage to figure out
the
> cases of the final words in each phrase (ex. sa"nkhaara, vi~n~naa.na.m,
> bhavo, etc.) since they all seem to be different. At first I
thought it was
> Nominative, then I thought accusative, then I couldn't decide at all
since
> it seems all mixed up (I have placed '?' where appropriate to
specify what
> exactly is confusing me).
>
> Additionally, the compounds: ex. avijjapaccayaa, I can't figure out
what
> type they are, I have looked at the five different types of
compounds and
> can't figure out which they should be. Are they adjectival
compounds as
> described by Narada Thera? Anyway, I'll post what I have so far, and I
> really hope that someone could give me a push in the right direction.
>
> Metta,
>
> Alan
>
> Avijjaa[f-aa/sg] ignorance
>
> paccayaa [m-a/nom/pl] as conditions
>
> Avijjaapaccayaa[compound] with ignorance as conditions
>
> bhikkhave,[m-u/voc/pl] bhikkhus
>
> sa"nkhaaraa; [m-a/?/pl] kammic formations.
>
>
>
> sa"nkhaara[m-a/sg] kammic formations
>
> paccayaa [m-a/nom/pl] as conditions
>
> Sankhaarapaccaya[compound] with kammic formations as conditions
>
> vi~n~naa.na.m; [m-a/?/sg] consciousness
>
>
>
> vi~n~naa.na[m-a/sg] Consciousness
>
> paccayaa [m-a/nom/pl] as conditions
>
> vi~n~naa.napaccayaa[compound] with consciousness as conditions
>
> naamaruupa.m; [m-a/?/sg] body and mind
>
>
>
> naamaruupa[m-a/sg] body and mind
>
> paccayaa [m-a/nom/pl] as conditions
>
> naamaruupapaccayaa[compound] with body and mind as conditions
>
> sa.laayatana.m; [m-a/?/sg] the six sense organs
>
>
>
> sa.laayatana[m-a/sg] the six sense organs
>
> paccayaa [m-a/nom/pl] as conditions
>
> sa.laayatanapaccayaa [compound] with the six sense organs as conditions
>
> phasso;[m-a/?/sg] sense contact
>
>
>
> phassa[m-a/sg] Sense contact
>
> paccayaa [m-a/pl] as conditions
>
> phassapaccayaa[compound] with sense contact as conditions
>
> vedanaa; [f-aa/?/sg] feeling/experience
>
>
>
> vedanaa[f-aa/sg] Experience
>
> paccayaa [m-a/nom/pl] as conditions
>
> vedanaapaccaya[compound] with experience as conditions
>
> ta.nhaa; [f-aa/?/sg] craving
>
>
>
> ta.nhaa[f-aa/sg]Craving
>
> paccayaa [m-a/nom/pl] as conditions
>
> ta.nhaapaccayaa[compound] with craving as conditions
>
> upaadaana.m; [m-a/?/sg] clinging
>
>
>
> upaadaana[m-a/pl] Clinging
>
> paccayaa [m-a/nom/pl] as conditions
>
> upaadaanapaccayaa[compound] with clinging as conditions
>
> bhavo; [m-a/?/sg] becoming
>
>
>
> bhava[m-a/sg] becoming
>
> paccayaa [m-a/nom/pl] as conditions
>
> bhavapaccayaa[compound] with becoming as conditions
>
> jaati; [f-i/?sg] birth
>
>
>
> jaati[f-i/sg] birth
>
> paccayaa [m-a/nom/pl] conditions
>
> jaatipaccayaa[compound] with birth as conditions
>
> jaraamara.na.m [m-a/?/sg] old age and death
>
>
>
> soka[m-a/sg]sorrow
>
> parideva[m-a/sg] lamentation
>
> dukkha[m-a/sg] physical pain
>
> domanassu[m-a/loc/pl] mental distress
>
> sokaparidevadukkhadomanassu[compound] (all of) this sorrow,
lamentation,
> physical and mental distress
>
>
>
> paayaasaa[paay I/] proceed ?
>
> sambhavanti. [sam+bhu I/pres act/ 3rd pl] they are arisen