Dear Mahinda,

Thank you, that is quite clear. I was trying to ask as much... would
paccaya then somehow be cognate to "paccaagacchati"?

Metta,

Yuttadhammo

On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 08:16 +0530, Mahinda Palihawadana wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Ong Yong Peng <palismith@...> wrote:
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> > Dear friends,
> >
> > this post is short, but it took me quite a while. I also reprint the first
> > two lines of the verse.
> >
> > Pa.ticca kaara.na.m ta.m ta.m, entiiti paccayaatha vaa;
> > Due to this and that action, the suffix now [is] "enti" or;
> >
> > Pa.ticca saddanipphatti, ito etiiti paccayaa.
> > due to the word-ending, now "eti" [is] the suffix.
> >
> * Dear Ong Yong Peng and others,*
>
> *The translation of this verse seems to have hit upon a rock!*
>
> *Having thought much about the matter, I venture to suggest a tentative
> explanation.*
>
> *The author is here trying to define paccaya (affix) from its derivation.
> The word is from pa.ti+aya. The latter (aya) is the noun from the root i-
> to come. It is similar in derivation to pa.ticca, which famously means
> dependent upon in the Pali language. (This word is pa.ti+cca. The part
> cca is from t-ya-. This tya is used to form the absolutive of a root
> which has a prefix added to it, as is pa.ti+i-. It is mandatory in Sanskrit,
> but optional in Pali.*
>
> *From this derivation, the author takes the basic etymological meaning of
> paccaya to be dependently coming or that which comes dependently. Then
> he applies it to grammar as follows:*
>
> *(a) **Paccaya is that which comes (into function) dependent on such
> factors as whether it is required to form a noun, a verb, a primary
> derivative or a secondary derivative. (pa.ticca kaara.na.m ta.m ta.m entiiti
> paccayaa: they are called paccayas because they come into function depending
> on various factors);*
>
> *(b) ** Or else (atha vaa)*
>
> *Paccaya is that factor dependent on which the form of a word attains
> completion (nipphatti: see PTSD s.v.) pa.ticca saddanipphatti ito etiiti
> paccayaa: they are called paccayas because the completion of a word comes
> dependently from this (source).*
>
> *Best regards.*
> *Mahinda
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