Dear Nina,

I do beg your understanding. I have probably overly extended the simplification process.

The word 'per' can mean "in accordance with", "according to", "consistent with" (as a preposition), references include The American Heritage Dictionary and Marriam-Webster. This usage is also very common in the commercial environment.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/per
http://www.yourdictionary.com/per
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/per

Colins and Longman give similar definition, but under the entry "as per".

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/per
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/per

I leave it to you how you would put the Pali in English, so long as we have the common understanding.

metta,
Yong Peng.

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

I just had some trouble with the word 'per'. Perhaps this is used in modern English?

> Your suggestion also works, yathaarutavasena: as in accordance with the spoken words, as according to the spoken words, as per the spoken words.