Dear Ole,

thanks again. I always miss the particples. ;-) I have just completed
the entire sutta, and shall post it later this week as scheduled.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Ole Holten Pind wrote:

It is a present participle gen. plural.

> the commentary for Padhaana Sutta explains agaara.m ajjhaavasatanti
> agaare vasantaana.m.
>
> My study shows that ajjhaavasata.m should be a conjugation of
> ajjhaavasatar, where vasatar is derived from the root of vasati.
> However, should the word-form in the sutta be ajjhaavasatuuna.m?