Dear Dr. Pind

Thanks a lot, again for your informative reply. I will
try to get the Saddaniiti of PTS edition.

But there is still some confusion, please clarify it.

You says the pali root of jhaayati, to meditate, is
jhaa, but Warder's grammar and Saddaniiti (CSCD) seem
to have jhe. What is the differene between jhe and
jhaa? And is the Pali root for the verb 'to meditat'
and 'to burn' the same?

In PED 287, the sanskrit root of dhyaayati is dhii,
but what you have is dhyaa. Both roots mean 'to
think', but it seems dhyaa is the real root for
dhyaayati according to Whitney's book about Sanskrit
root. So, is PED wrong in this case?

with metta

Tzung-Kuen




--- Ole Holten Pind <oleholtenpind@...> 說：


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I forgot to mention that the root of jhaayati to burn
is jhaa. The corresponding Sanskrit root is k.saa. In
Middle Indic languages k.s becomes jh. This explains
the Paali root jhaa and the verb jhaayati. Since
Sanskrit dhy becomes jh in Paali, the root jhaa to
meditate from Sanskrit dhyaa, and the root jhaa to
burn have become indistinguishable.

Regards,

Ole Pind

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Dear friends

What is the Pali root of jhaayati which means to burn,
not to meditate? PED gives only Sanskrit root.
Is there any reference book by looking into which we
can know the root of a Pali verb?

with metta

Tzung-Kuen

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