Dear Ole,

i was just thinking as I referred to the CPD a while ago. Is there any chance we
could get copies (facsmile even) of the remaining unpublished sections of the CPD.

I am fortunate to have the CPD right up to KAA.

Sukhi

Piya

Ole Holten Pind wrote:

> Dear freinds,
>
> Before you decide to tear the PED apart and throw it away, consider such
> words as nika.t.thacittta etc. This word evidently means "depressed." The
> notion of being debased is meaningless. However, the general idea of "being
> low" is correct. Cf. Sanskrit ni + the root k.r.s.
>
> Ole Pind
>
>
> >The PED renders "nika.t.tha" as "debased" or "brought
> >low". But this is the complete opposite of what the
> >sutta seems to signify.
> >Is this one of those errors in the PED that
> >list-members were talking about earlier?
>
> I just looked even more closely at what the PED says. You're right; the PED
> is not just incomplete there, it's just plain wrong when it takes up this
> example and says that nika.t.tha refers to a kind of puggalo who is debased
> (in mind). So yes, I would think this is one of the PED errors. Nice catch!
>
> /Rett
>
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