Dear Yong Peng,
Thank you very much.
Op 23-mei-2010, om 16:26 heeft Ong Yong Peng het volgende geschreven:

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

"Haa! Yogaa vippayogantaa!
Haa! Nicca.m sabbasa`nkhata.m!
Haa! Jiivita.m vinaasanta.m!
Icc'aasi paridevanaa." [Apa.540]

Alas! All meetings end in separation! All component things are
impermanent! All life end in death! Such was the lamentation going on
there.
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N: Alas! All bonds (yogaa) end in separation.

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205. hi, for; because; indeed

"Tassa hi dve pajaapatiyo, imassa a.t.tha; a.t.thahi parikkhipitvaa
gahito ki.m karissati, bhante ti?" [DhA.i,73]

"He (Culla Kaa.la) has only two wives, but this one (Mahaa Kaa.la)
has eight. What shall he do when he was surrounded and caught by the
eight, Reverend Sir?"

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N: parikkhipitvaa: having surrounded.

suggest: "What shall he do when, after having surrounded them, he is
caught by the eight, Reverend Sir?"

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206. hiyyo, hiiyo, yesterday

"Kin nu kho, mahaasama.na, hiiyo naagamaasi!" [M.V.p.28]

YP: "Who then, O great monk, did not come yesterday?!"

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N: Why then, O great monk, did you not come yesterday?!"

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Nina.








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