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

From: Mahinda Palihawadana
Message: 13393
Date: 2009-03-02

On 3/2/09, Kumara Bhikkhu <yg@...> wrote:
> Don't you think "devo" here may be better translated as the sky or rain
> cloud?
This is right. 'deva' is a common Pali term for rain, rainy sky or
cloud . This meaning is noted in PTS Dictionary under DEVA. So devo
vassati means "it rains" or "it is raining".

Mahinda

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