Hi Jim,

> An example of the use of an accusative absolute is found in the following
> passage:
>
> vandite ca panaayasmataa mahaakassapena tehi ca pa~ncahi
> bhikkhusatehi sayameva bhagavato citako pajjali. --- D II 164
>
> And while (the feet of the Blessed One were) being venerated, moreover, by
> the Venerable Mahaakassapa and the five hundred monks, the funeral pyre of
> the Blessed one burst into flames just by itself.
>
> "vandite" is in the accusative plural and should be read with "bhagavato
> paade" from the previous sentence.
>
>

Is that something different than the "locativus absolutus". The "vandite"
looks to me like a classical locativus absolutus. But yes, the setup with
akusalam pahiinam semantically seems to behave very similar.

Some more on the locativus absolutus:
*http://tinyurl.com/ycgutc3*

A quick search brought up this little email:
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/sassn/issues/512/node12.html

this one is quite interesting too, however does not really have to do too
much with our discussion:
*http://tinyurl.com/yl6at4x*
*
*
*Never heard of the accusative absolute before, but Wikipedia got a great
example:*
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusative_absolute*

metta,

Lennart



Best,

> Jim
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