Dear Rett, Ole and group
Ole wrote
>The Kaccayanasutta mentioned above presupposes Panini
>III.4:21. There are,of course, instances where the
>action denoted by the gerund is simultaneaous
>with the action of the finite verb. A favorite
example >cited by the Sanskrit grammarians on this
Panini sutra is >vyaadaaya svapiti "he sleepswith his
mouth open"
I read a book where Ven. U Nyanuttara, the chief
editor of Pali-Burmese Dictionary, says the gerund
also denotes 'a posterior to the main verb'. The
example he gives is dvaara.m aritvaa pavisati. Could
we find a rule relevant in any old grammar book?
best regards,
Tzung Kuen
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