Dear friends,

here is my first monthly post on Saddaniiti. If you have not already
seen, the project page is now available at
http://www.tipitaka.net/pali/synthesis/saddaniti.00.cdv. I shall begin
with the first chapter, and invite you to review and discuss on what I
post below. George, on the other hand, will be sharing with us
passages from the second chapter.

Padamaalaa
pada (n) word. synonym: sadda.
maalaa (f) garland.
Padamaalaa: (lit.) An assortment of words.

Chapter 1: Savikara.naakhyaatavibhaaga

Savikara.naakhyaatavibhaaga ???

sa-vi-kara.na (n) with-de-construction.
aakhyaata [Sanskrit] (pp of aakhyaati) declared.
vibhaaga (m) division.

Tattha dhaatuu-ti ken-a.t.thena dhaatu?
here / 'dhaatu' / by which meaning / dhaatu
Here, 'dhaatu', by what meaning is dhaatu?

dhaatu (f) element, principle.

Sakattham-pi dhaaretii-ti dhaatu,
own way - too / understands / dhaatu
'Understands in one's own way' is dhaatu,


metta,
Yong Peng.