Re: to Jim, Meanings of Dhamma

Dear Nina,

> Now as to ``saha dhammena niggayhaa''tyaadiisu kaara.ne. aadinaa
> samaya~n~nuupamaahi.msaadiisupi dhammo.
>
> niggayhaa: censuring.
> censuring with dhamma?

"refuting with dhamma" or "refuting with reason" are other
possibilities. I was unable to find "saha dhammena niggayha" anywhere
else on the CSCD disk but there is something that comes fairly close
to it in the Mahaaparinibbaanasutta at D II 104:

...uppanna.m parappavaada.m saha dhammena suniggahiita.m niggahetvaa
sappaa.tihaariya.m dhamma.m desessantiiti.

At Sv II 552, Buddhaghosa explains "saha dhammena" with "sahetukena
sakaara.nena vacanena".

> the simile of the right sacrifice that is with non-violence.
> Is this referring to the Kuttadanta sutta? Is this a meaning of

dhamma? The

> true sacrifice that is dhamma, namely all kinds of kusala?

I'm not clear at all about the
phrase "samaya~n~nuupamaahi.msaadiisupi dhammo". The "aado"
in "kaara.naado" indicates that there are other meanings of "dhammo"
besides the 14 given at Abh 784 and I would think that the .tiikaa is
providing some of those additional meanings but "samaya~n~nuu" etc.
just doesn't make a lot of sense here.

> I did not see elsewhere the meaning kaara.na for dhamma: cause.

Other lists may have "hetu" or "paccayo" instead.

> Then we have in the text kaara.naado and in the Tiika adinaa, what

is the

> meaning?It seems to refer to censuring with dhamma?

See above.

> ---------
> Then there is: sa"nkhaaravikaaralakkha.nanibbaanapa~n~nattivasena
> pa~ncavidhe ~neyye.
> Is lakkha.na referring to the three general characteristics? And

vikara to

> the changeability? I tried to see the five meanings of neyya.

I don't know enough about this to give any satisfactory answer. The
same five kinds of knowables are also listed in the Saddaniiti, p.
604 but I haven't come across anything that explains them in any
detail. I think "lakkha.na" would include specific characteristics
(hardness,etc.) as well as the general ones.

Best wishes,
Jim