Dear Yong Peng and Pali friends,

Occasionally similar minds meet and we get into some interesting discussions
that sound profound, but we are exploring actually. So any helpful comments
are
always welcome. We have so much to learn from one another.

Regarding citta-gu, it is similarly formed as paara,guu etc. I think
-GUU can mean either
(1) literally, "gone" as in Paara,guu (gone across), that is, crossed over
suffering, doubt, etc.
(2) accomplished, as in Citta,guu (accomplished mind), that is, liberated
mind. Apparently,
cittaguu is not found in the Canon (from my CSCD search) but only in the
mediaeval
dictionaries and grammars. It seems to have been coined post-canon.

KR Norman (in his translation of Sn = Sutta Nipata, 1992) commenting
on Sn 167, say that the suffix -gu comes from the change of -GA > -GU (cf
-~n~na >
-~n~nu as in vi~n~nuu, Sn 321)
vedaka > vedagu (Sn 322)
antaga > antagu (Sn 458)

Norman, in his translation of Dh = Dhammapafa (The Word of the Doctrine),
says that
-GUU < Skt -GA (note on Dh 7) Paraguu is found in Dh 348, 384.

Perhaps some deus ex machina may throw more light here.

With metta,

Piya

On Feb 11, 2008 1:35 AM, Ong Yong Peng <pali.smith@...> wrote:

> Dear Mahipaliha, Jim and Piya,
>
> thanks for furthering this interesting discussion, it is quite
> stimulating and challenging to me.
>
> metta,
> Yong Peng.
>
>
>



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