Dear Yong Peng,
Thank you very much.
Op 25-apr-2010, om 16:52 heeft Ong Yong Peng het volgende geschreven:

> The New Pali Course Part III (1950)
> Prof. A. P. Buddhadatta Maha Nayaka Thera
>
> Chapter VII Definition of the Indeclinables

184. samma, is used in addressing friends

"Aama, samma, idaanaaha.m vihaara.m gantvaa thera.m tayaa kata-
pa.n.nasaalaaya nisinnaka.m disvaa aagato'mhi." [DhA.i,19]

YP: "Yes, friend, having gone to the monastery, and having seen the
elder sitting with you in the completed-hut, here I come."

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N:Yes friend, I have come here, after I had gone to the monastery and
I had seen the Elder sitting in the hermitage made by you.

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186. saya.m, oneself; by oneself

"Sayam eva odana.m saadhayaami;
Sayam eva bhaajana.m dhovi.m." [Thig.v.412]

I myself cooked the rice and myself washed the pot.

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N: I myself cooked the rice and I myself washed the pot.

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187. sasakka.m, surely; certainly

"Evaruupa.m te, Raahula, kaayena kamma.m sasakka.m na
kara.niiya.m." [M.i,415]

Such action, Raahula, you should certainly not do with your body.

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N: Such action, Raahula, committed through the body you should
certainly not do.

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"Yo ~naatiina.m sakhaana.m vaa daaresu patidissati
Sahasaa sampiyena vaa, ta.m ja~n~naa vasato iti." [SN.v.123]

"By force, or with consent, the wastrel holds Commerce with wives of
kinsmen or of friends." [B.T.32]

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N: K.R. Norman translation: Whoever is seen (misbehaving) among the
wives of relatives or friends, by force or with (their) consent, him
one should know (to be) an outcaste.

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190. saadhu, well; alright; yes; thoroughly

(a) "Saadhu kho, samma saarathi, pabbajito naama; saadhu samacariyaa;
saadhu pu~n~nakiriyaa." [D.ii,28]

Excellent indeed, friend charioteer, is what they call a monk;
excellent are peaceful life and doing of good actions.

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N: excellent are a peaceful life and the doing of good actions.

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Nina.










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