One question regarding sentence 10. Should it not be ekaaya.m
(feminine locatif singular)? Is "ekaaya" a typo or is it an acceptable
form for that case? According to Buddhadatta eka is declined like ya
which has the forms yassa.m and yaaya.m in the fem. loc. sing but not
yaaya.
Regards,
Florent
9.Siiha.m disvaa bhaayitvaa dhaavamaanaa te migaa asmi.m vane
aavaa.tesu pati.msu.
lion / having seen / having feared / running / these / deers / [in]
this / forest / [in] pits / fell
Having seen and feared the lion, these running deers fell in the pits
in this forest.
10.Imasmi.m gaame vasantaana.m purisaana.m eko pharasu.m aadaaya
vana.m gacchanto ekaaya (??? strange this should be locatif???)
kaasuya.m pati.
[in] that / [in] village / [of] living / [of] people / one / axe /
took / [to] forest / going / a / [in] pit / fell
In that village where people are living, one having taken an axe fell
in a pit while going to the forest.
11.Nisiidantiyaa naariyaa putto rodamaano tassaa santika.m gamissati.
[of] sitting / [of] woman / son / crying / her / near / will go
The son of the sitting woman will go near her while crying.
12.Yaacakaa bhatta.m pacanti.m itthi.m disvaa ta.m aahaara.m yaacantaa
tattha nisiidi.msu.
beggars / rice / cooking / woman / having seen / her / food / begging
/ there / sat down
Having seen a woman cooking rice, the beggars sat down there while
begging her for food.
13.Vanamhaa daaruunii aaharantii kaññaa ekasmi.m paasaa.ne udaka.m
pivamaanaa niisiidi.
[from] forest / firewoods / bringing / girl / [on] a / [on] stone /
water / drinking / sat down
The girl who was bringing firewoods from the forest sat down on a
stone while drinking water.
14.Vaa.nijaa bha.n.daani ki.nantaa vikki.nantaa ca gaamesu nagaresu ca
aahi.n.danti.
merchants / goods / bying / selling / and / [in] villages / [in]
cities / and / wander about
The merchants wander about in villages and cities (while) buying and
selling goods.
15.Daana.m dadanto so dhanavaa siilavante gavesati.
charity / giving / that / rich one / virtuous ones / seeks
Giving charity that rich man seeks the virtuous ones.