devo {Re: [Pali] The New Pali Course Part III [1/120]}

Ong Yong Peng wrote thus at 11:35 PM 27-02-09:

>(f) "Yadaa vassati, tadaa devo nadiyo vaapiyo ca puureti", may be
>shortened to:-
>
>YP: When (he) pours, then the deva fills rivers and ponds.
>
>"Devo vassanto nadii-vaapiyo puureti".
>
>YP: The deva, pouring, fills rivers and ponds.

Don't you think "devo" here may be better translated as the sky or rain cloud?

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