Dear Nina and Mahipaliha,

I think "ra~n~naa" should be "ra~n~ne" --- the missing subject
of "vandite". This is the reading given in the online Thai Budsir
edition on page 139.

Best wishes,
Jim

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...> wrote:
>
> Dear venerable Mahinda,
> this is just one sentence but we all can learn from the way you
> explained it so clearly.
> I stared at it and thought: loc. vandite must be an absolute but
> could not find the subject. But I have seen before that sometimes
> these are omitted.
> Marvellous, thank you.
> Nina.
> Op 27-feb-2008, om 1:33 heeft Mahinda Palihawadana het volgende
> geschreven:
>
> > Ra~n~naa pana vandite bhagavanta.m avanditvaa .thaatu.m samattho
> > naama ekasaakiyopi naahosi.