Dear Bryan and friends,
I find these explanations very helpful, also the mail of Ven. Pandita.
When explaining Abhidhamma to beginners, though, it may be to heavy
on them to use this way of writing.
Nina.
Op 25-jan-2010, om 3:05 heeft Bryan Levman het volgende geschreven:

> The problem is that initial consonants are sometimes doubled in
> compounds. See Geiger's Pali Grammar section 33 (page 25 in the
> 2005 edition):
> "... there is also the gemination of the initial consonant of the
> second member of the compound: jaatassara 'natural lake;
> navakkhattu.m 'nine times',..."

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