Dear Mahinda,
Thank you for your interesting explanation. Difficult to find out
what is meant, I would not be able to get all this on my own.
Nina.
Op 28-apr-2009, om 10:50 heeft Mahinda Palihawadana het volgende
geschreven:

>> The comparison is between finished metallic objects and finished
>> words. Skilled persons form finished objects with the �raw
>> elements� like
>> iron and copper. Similarly persons with language skills form
>> finished words
>> with �roots�. For both �elements� and �roots�, the Pali word is
>> �dhaatu�.
>> For �form the Pali word in this sentence is �vidahanti�.
>> �vidahati� is from
>> the root DHAA with the prefix VI. So the author surmises that the
>> word
>> DHAATU can be derived from this root. That is etymologically,
>> according to
>> this opinion, DHAATU means �what forms� or �what is used to form�.
>>

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