Hello Ole, all,

Can you or anyone else recommend something that would more clearly explain
the difference between a tappurisa and a bahubbiihi than Warder's book then?

I have just reread the first portion on bahubbiihi compounds (in Warder) and
still can't figure out why this would be a tappurisa compound. Since I
don't doubt your answer, then this means that I am obviously still confused.
Any direction would be appreciated.

From what I currently understand, a tappurisa acts as a noun and a
bahubbiihi as an adjective. My gloss of the meaning of
"dhammaanudhammappa.tipanno " is the following:

`dhammaanudhamma[m-a] the Dhamma in its fullness

ppa.tipanno [pa.ti+pad III/pp/nom/m/sg] practicing/entering upon

dhammaanudhammappa.tipanno[compound] entering upon the complete [path of
the] Dhamma.

This seems to me to be an adjective referring to the bhikkhu who can be said
to be doing this.

Thus, my gloss of the compound must be wrong.

Any comments and clarifications on my misunderstandings are greatly
appreciated.

Metta,

Alan

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From: "Ole Holten Pind"
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It is a determinative compound hence a tatpurusa, if anything. pa.tipanno is
constructed with dhammaanudhamma.