Keren,

I think this idiom is also found in the Satipatthana Suttas, for example:

kaaye kaayaanupassii ...pe... (contemplating the body in the body, etc)

This is a literal translation. Idiomatically, we can render this as:

"Contemplating the body as the body..."

I have written a bit about (Dharma aspect, not so much Pali grammar) in
*the Satipatthana Suttas. (Introduction 3.7a)*
See this at http://dharmafarer.googlepages.com
under "Majjhima Nikaya"

Piya

On 12 Apr 2007 02:50:10 -0700, keren_arbel <keren_arbel@...> wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
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> Sorry for bothering you again and again, but I don't have anyone else to
> ask...
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> In MN III.29-30: di.t.the di.t.thavaaditaa
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> di.t.the: seen in locative
> vaaditaa: speaker (Nominative sg of vaaditar)
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> Bhikkhu Bodhi translate like this: "Telling the seen as it is seen".
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> I wanted to ask if a locative can be transles as "as"?
> It seems that the accurate trandlation should be:
> "in case of the seen, he is a spkeaker about the seen" or "concerning
> the seen, he speak about the seen".
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> However, in these translations there is no reference to speaking about
> the seen, as it is seen, which makes this sentence different. What do
> you think?
>
> Thanks,
> Have a wonderful day,
> Keren [:D]
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