From: Jim Anderson
Message: 13676
Date: 2009-05-07
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Jim Anderson<jimanderson.on@...>wrote:
> >under
> > Pariyatti is a term I often seem to have trouble understanding.
> >
>
> Why? The commentaries are quite clear on this word.Search the CSCD
> 'pariyattiiti' and you will get a number of defining references.Most of
> them say "pariyattiiti tii.ni pi.takaani". A comment in AnguttaraPitakas
> Commentary goes further and says that Pariyatti means the three
> plus the commentaries. It is an entirely Buddhist usage. TheSanskrit
> equivalent paryaapti is not used in this sense in Hindu literature.'mastery' to
> PTSD has a fair explanation of the evolution of the term, from
> "what is matered". (In olden times learning by heart and what hasbeen
> learnt by heart.)
>
> Mahinda