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flrobert2000
Sendt: 10. oktober 2005 17:04
Til: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Emne: [Pali] Re: Difference between stem and root

Hello,

Actually by looking a few chapters ahead in the second part of Buddhadatta
(p74) I found the following explanation which kind of makes sense:

<<A root is a primitive element of the language, expressing an abstract
idea. It is incapable of any grammatical analysis

A. It is common in European languages to express the idea contained in the
root by means of the Infinitive, e.g., Bhuu (to be); but it must be borne in
mind that the root is not an Infinitive, but a primary element expressing a
crude idea.

B. the Classical Pali Grammarians give all roots ending in consonants with a
euphonic vowel at the end, e.g., Pac(a) = to cook; Gam(u)=to go. This vowel
however, does not really belong to the root.>>

It is, unfortunately, somewhat more complicated. The /u/ of gam(u) is not a
euphonic vowel, but a so-called anubandha, an attached letter, indicating
inflectional pecularities of a specific root. In the case of gam(u), the /u/
corresponds to Sanskrit /.l/. /u/ was introduced by the Pali grammarians
because pali disallows the consonant cluster /m.l/. This anubandha indicates
that the aorist of the root gam is a so-called root aorist, i.e., that it is
derived from the root gam plus augment and inflectional endings. The canon
actually records a few examples of the root aorist, e.g., agama.m 1. sg.,
and agama.msu 3. sg.
Hope this clarifies a tiny bit of the somewhat esoteric field of pali
grammar as reflected in the works of the pali grammarians.

With kind regards,

Ole Pind




With Metta,

Florent







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