Hello,



May be the real meaning of saavaka is not disciple.



Mettaa,

DC



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From: Pali@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Pali@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
arunlikhati
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:30 AM
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Pali] Translation of aryiasaavaka



Hello,

First I want to say how thankful I am that this list exists and to all you
contributors who've
put together such awesome materials. I read the emails daily and have been
working (very,
very slowly) through the Pali exercises.

I have a quick question about the translation of "ariyasaavaka". Bhikkhu
Bodhi and
Nyanaponika Thero translate this as "noble disciple", while Thanissaro
Bhikkhu and the PTS
translate this as "disciple of the noble ones". I understand that these are
not mutually
exclusive translations, but one is certainly more specific than the other.
I'm curious to hear
what you have to say.

I don't have a bias one way or another.

Metta,
AL





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