Dear Ole Holten Pind,

Could you please substantiate your clarification regarding
Patimokkha and suttantas by quoting the canonical source/ reference.
With thoughts of metta,

Phanlaichen

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ole Holten Pind" <oleholtenpind@...>
wrote:

>
> Dear friends,
>
> suttanta is derived from sutta + anta. anta "end" apparently

functions as a

> semantically neutral suffix, cf. kammanta "action, act," from

kamma + anta.

> In the Pali canon sutta denotes the Patimokkha, unlike the

suttantas viz.

> the doctrinal parts of the canon. This distinction is

corroborated in by

> the canon itself.
>
> Regards,
> Ole Holten Pind
>
> _____
>
> Fra: Pali@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Pali@yahoogroups.com] På ¶egne af

Ong Yong

> Peng
> Sendt: 20. juni 2007 15:38
> Til: Pali@yahoogroups.com
> Emne: [Pali] Re: Suttanta
>
>
>
> Dear Johnny,
>
> I believe suttanta = suttan-ta > sutta.m + ta (or taa?)
>
> However, I can be wrong.
>
> metta,
> Yong Peng.
>
> --- In Pali@... <mailto:Pali%40yahoogroups.com> com,

johnny pruitt

> wrote:
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> The word Suttanta seems to be composed of two words Sutta and Anta.
> when put together their meaning seems to be the "end of the

sutta". Is

> this correct and what does this mean?.
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