Dear Nina,

thank you, you are referring to Exercise 25 of NPC2. Various usage of the different cases is something I am looking out for as I read Warder's for the second time. Similar information is also contained in NPC, but is rather limited. Topics like this is probably interesting to the more advance members, and it would be good to know where we can find journal article or reference materials to read particularly about typical usages of vinaa with the instrumentals.

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metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Nina van Gorkom wrote:

> All beings, who live in land or in water, are not able to support
> their lives without food.
> sabbaa / sattaa / ye / viharanti / thale / vaa / jale / honti /
> asamatthaa / bharitu.m / tesa.m / jiivitaani / vinaa / bhatta.m
> Sabbaa sattaa, ye thale vaa jale vaa viharanti, (te) vinaa
> bhatta.m (tesa.m) jiivitaani bharitu.m asamatthaa honti.

N:Just one small thing: vinaa with instrumentalis, it can also be a postfix: vinaa bhattena, or bhattena vinaa.