PTS Dictionary actually mentions that -jaata in some contexts can mean
"kinds of..." Thus gandhajaata: kinds of incense. See PTSD under jaata.
vividhehi paa.nakajaatehi khajjamaana must surely mean " being devoured by
various kinds of small creatures".

Mahinda

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Piya Tan <dharmafarer@...> wrote:

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>
> Jim,
>
> I guess the suffix -jaata (since the Comentaries are silent) could
> mean something like "-kind" and in "mankind" (*manussa,jaata), thus
> referring to a group, kind, etc. It is a generic suffix.
>


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