--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...> wrote:

>
> The Meaning of dhamma 11.
>
> words:
> sata.m: existing, being, true (from sant).
> upeti: approach, obtain.
> icceva.m: iti+eva.m: thus indeed
> koci: someone (pl: keci)
> vattati: turn, proceed, take place.
> pariccheda (m); measure, division, classification.
> vatthu (n): ground, object, thing.
> *****
> The Saddaniti explains dhamma as nibbaana:
>
> <"Sata~nca dhammo na jara.m upetii"ti ettha nibbaane vattati.
> In the passage "And true dhamma is not susceptible to decay", here
> dhamma means nibbaana...>
>
> We read about dhamma as anattaa:
> <Tatra yaa nissattataa, saa eva nijjiivataa.
> Here what is devoid of a living being, that is indeed without a

soul.>

>
> We read about dhamma as cause:
>
> <Yo ca hetu, so eva paccayo.
> What is a cause, that is indeed a condition.>
>
> N: The terms hetu and paccaya are often used together, for example

in

> the "Kindred Sayings"(IV, XXXV, § 93, Duality: yo pi hetu, yo pi
> paccaya...so pi hetu, so pi paccaya.. : that condition, that

relation...

>
> The Saddaniti ends with a summary in verse:
>
> Icceva.m-
> Thus indeed the word dhamma occurs with reference to the

following

> words:
>
> Pariyattipaccayesu, gu.ne nissattataaya ca;
> scriptures and conditions, virtue and what is devoid of

a

> living being;
>
> sabhaave ceva pa~n~naaya.m, pu~n~ne pa~n~nattiyampi ca.
> what has its own characteristic and wisdom, merit and

also

> concept.
> Aapattiya.m vikaare ca, paccayuppannakepi ca;
> disciplinary offense and alteration, and also what is
> conditioned;
>
> saccasamaadhipakati-~neyyesu yuttiyampi ca;
> truth, concentration and nature, what is to be known

and

> also what is
> suitable;
>
> visaye ceva nibbaane, dhammasaddo pavattati.
> object and nibbaana, thus the word dhamma occurs.
>
>
> Keci pana dhammasaddassa pavattivisayaana.m dasadhaava

pariccheda.m

> vadanti.
> Some teachers, however, indicate the classification of the
> applications of the word dhamma as tenfold:
>
> Neyyamagge ca nibbaane, sabhaave atha jaatiya.m;
> What is to be known, the Path, nibbaana, what has its

own

> nature, and
> also birth;
>
> mane visayapu~n~nesu, bhaave paavacanepi ca;
> mind, object and merit, nature and also the scriptures;
>
> imesu dasavatthesu, dhammasaddo pavattati.
> in these ten applications the word dhamma occurs.
>
> ***********
> Nina.
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