Dear all,

Here is the pali phrase that made me think of the question I'm about to ask:

"Avijjaaya tveva asesaviraaganirodhaa sa’nkhaaranirodho"


Regarding the first compound "asesaviraaganirodhaa," is it possible to
say with complete certainty, based on the grammar alone, whether it means:

"asesaviraagaa ca nirodhaa ca"
or
"asesaviraaganaa ca asesanirodhaa ca"

In other words, are two-member dvanda compounds with the addition of a
preceding adjective taken to be "kammadhaaraya+noun" or
"kammadhaaraya+kammadhaaraya," or could it be either, meaning that we
must look to the context.

I have scanned through my grammar books and it seems that the best I can
find is in Coulson's "Teach Yourself Sanskrit" where it seems, though
I'm not certain, like he is saying that a compound of this form would
normally be glossed as "asesaviraaganaa ca nirodhaa ca" though it might
not always be so.

Thank you for your help.

With metta,

Alan