Hello Alan,
thank you. I thought of another example of adj +subst, , using santa:
namely, the word saddhamma, the good dhamma. Things become a little clearer
now.
It is helpful if others think of Pali examples, in that way we remember.
Nina.
op 18-09-2005 21:20 schreef alanmcclure3 op alanmcclure3@...:

> 1) Akaalamegho: untimely cloud
> 2) Sammaapatthipanna: rightly disposed, rightly seen (as in right view)
> 3) Paa.nasama: lit: `The same as life', hence: 'dear as life'.
> 4) Raajisi: "king-sage" (there is elistion of the –an)
>
> (a) In kammadhaaraya compounds, the adjective: mahanta assumes the
> form: mahaa, and, if the consonant which follows is reduplicated, the
> form: maha.
> (b)The word: santa, good, being, takes the form; sa (Sanskrit sat).